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M r s . F r a n k B a t e s a n d M r s . B. Col-v in v i s i t ed f r i e n d s in G r a n d R a p i d s , T u m » u » j .

I S p a r t a n s s i t u p and t a k e no t ice! The s e n i o r s a r e g o i n g to s t a r t s o m e t h i n g b e f o r e l o n g .

O r a n g e B u r n a p i s p r e p a r i n g to b u i l d a new b a r n o n h i s f a r m , jus t n o r t h of town.

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J . A . F e r g u s o n went t o Al l egan M o n d a y ni trht t o i n s t a l l a set of tbe Welch Mfg . C o . ' s d i s p l a y c a s e s .

Mr . a n d M r s . P . D. P e a e e will m o v e a b o u t the 20th of t h i s m o n t h to t he i r f a r m f o u r mi l e s s o u t h of S p a r t a .

T h e financial s t a t e m e n t f o r the vil-l a g e of S p a r t a f o r t h e y e a r e n d i n g F e b . 28, 1910, a p p e a r s in t h i s issue.

T h e d a t e f o r the L a w a n d O r d e r c a u -c u s h a s been c h a n g e d f r o m T u e s d a y e v e n i n g , M a r c h 1, t o M o n d a y even ing , M a r c h 7.

R e v . M . W . D u f f e y a t t e n d e d the E l i i s -DicKey d e b a t e a n d b a n q u e t at P r e s s b a l l , G r a n d R a p i d s , l a s t T h u r s -d a y n i g h t .

Mr . B a t e s , of E n g l i s h v i l l e , who h a s been conf ined t o t h e h o u a e seve ra l •reeks by i l l ne s s , i s a b l e t o be o u t o n c e m o r e .

V e r y few c i t i zens r e a l i z e d t b e f a c t t h a t M o n d a y a n d T u e s d a y were fine d a y s t o g e t r id of the s l u s h o n t h e s i d e w a l k s .

M r . a n d Mrs . A v a D o u g l a s , of G r a n d R a p i d s , vis i ted h e r s i s t e r . M i s s W a l c o t t . and f r i e n d s h e r e p a r t of l a s t week.

M i s s R u t h Al len , of F r e m o n t , v i s i t e d a t t he home of he r u n c l e , F r a n k C u l v e r T h u r s d a y a u d F r i d a y of l a s t week .

M r s . W a r d M a y n a r d a n d b a b y v i s i t e d F r i d a y and S a t u r d a y wi th G r a n d m a M a y n a r d and M r . a n d M r s . N. H i n k a o n , of G r a n d R a p i d s .

T h e e n t e r t a i n m e n t t h a t w a s t o h a v e been g i v e n b y the Swed i sh L u t h e r a n c h u r c h , F r i d a y e v e n i n g , h a s b e e n p o s t p o n e d un t i l M o n d a y , M a r c h 7.

N a w * h a * heen received of the d e a t h of C a p t . J o h n N. Fos t e r , of V p s i l a n t i , F e b r u a r y 28. He w a s the f a t h e r of M r s . W i l l T o o t h a k e r , of P e n t w a t e r .

M r s . S . W . Hainer . r ece ived a t e l e g r a m M o n d a y ' -a i l ing he r to the b e d -s i d e of h e r mo the r , M r s . W i n n , of B e r l i u , O n t . , who is f a i l i n g v e r y r a p i d l y .

V e r n A n d r u s b e g a n w<>.-k in t h e g r o c e r y d e p a r t m e n t of A. A . J o h n s o n & C o . ' s s t o r e M o n d a y . H i s m a n y f r i e n d s wi l l be p leased to see h i m be-h i n d t h e c o u n t e r .

T h e w i n n e r of the pr ize g i v e n b y t h e m a n a g e m e n t of the V a u d e t t e l a s t week w a s N e i t a S ico t t e . T n e p r i z e f o r M o n d a y n i g h t nex t will be a s e t of s i l v e r f r u i t kn ives .

M r s . L i ! l i e P e a s e e n t e r t a i n e d M a r k S h a w a n d C h a s . Hunt , of G r a n d R a p -ids , w h o were in town l a s t S a t u r d a y i n t r o d u c i n g the book en t i t l ed . " S t o r i e s of H i l l ' s C o m m e r c e . "

B e r t C o l e m a n , who h a s w o r k e d t h e p a s t t h r e e y e a r s fo r tbe V o i g t M i l l i n g C o . , of G r a n d R a p i d s , m o v e d t h i s week o n o n e of M a n l y H e f t ' s f a r m s . w h e r e he will work the c o m i n g y e a r .

M r s . J u d s o n C r a i n a n d t h r e e c h i l -d r e n , f r o m I n d i a n a , are v i s i t i n g wi th C . C . C r a i n and wife f o r a few w e e k s . wh i l e M r . C r a i n is s e t t l i n g in t b e i r new h o m e o n a f a r m n e a r M a n i s t e e .

C l a s s N o . 10 of B a p t i s t S u n d a y s c h o o l wi l l meet a t the h o m e of M r . a n d M r s . F r a n k S t a u f f e r . W e d n e s d a y e v e n i n g , M a r c h 9. Al l m e m b e r s a r e e a r n e s t l y r eques ted t o be p r e s e n t .

D o n ' t f o r g e t the lec ture a t t h e A l -g o m a c h u r c h nex t S u n d a y a t 3 p. in. T h p npfis t*nrl c o n s of th« l i n n o r q u e s -t i o n will be h a n d l e d w i t h o u t g l o v e s by R e v . V a n W e s t e n B r u g g e , of G r a n d R a p i d s .

In s p i t e of the s t o r m S a t u r d a y M a s t e r L a w r e n c e T a y l o r e n t e r t a i n e d s ix of b i s l i t t l e f r i e n d s in h o n o r of h i s n i n t h b i r t h d a y . L a w r e n c e w a s r e m e m b e r e d with m a n y p r e t t y g i f t s f r o m h i s l i t t le f r i ends .

T h e o d o r e S t evens h a s a r e c o r d -b r e a k i n g J e r s e y , of which he is j u s i l \ p r o u d . S h e w a s new milch F e b r u a r y 22 a n d i s now g i v i n g 12 q u a r t s t o a m i l k i n g . C a n a n y o n e b e a t t h i s f o r a y e a r a n d a ha l f o ld he i f e r .

M r s . J . C . S i m o n s , l i v i n g w e s t of t h e v i l l a g e , h a d the m i s f o r t u n e t o f a l l T u e s d a y , a n d d i s l oca t e s e v e r a l of h e r r i b s . S h e was in the c e l l a r a n d t r i p p e d o v e r a b r i ck , f a l l i n g a g a i n s t t h e s h a r p edg<* of tbe s t a i r w a y .

M r . V a n Auken , of L a n s i n g , will g i ^ c a I f c t - r c i c d c h a l k t a l k o n Toc^i I o p t i o n T h u r s d a y e v e n i n g . M a r c h 10, ! a t t he B a l l a r d s c h u r c h . H e c o m e s 1

wall r e c o m m e n d e d and t h i s b i d s f a i r | t o be well wor th a n e f f o r t t o a t t e n d .

T h e r e g u l a r mon th ly b u s i n e s s mee t - , c i d e d u p o n . i n g of t b e B r o t h e r h o o d B i b l e c l a s s of t b e B a p t i s t c h u r c h will he he ld a t t h e h o m e of M r . and Mrs . A b e l H a n f o r d n e x t T u e s d a y even ing , M a r v h H. A t

M r s . A n n a P r y . of E n s l e y , s topped ' t h i s m e e t i n g the v a r i o u s c o m m i t t e e s

A ve ry i n t e r e s t i n g a n d c o n v i n c i n g l ec tu re o n l o c a l o p t i o n w a s g i v e n a t the M e t h o d i s t c h u r c h , W e d n e s d a y e v e n i n g , b y N . F . J e n k i n s , of L o w e l l . On a c c o u n t of s h o r t no t i ce a n d insu f -ficient a d v e r t i s i n g t h e c r o w d w a s n o t a s l a r p e a s c o u l d be d e s i r e d .

Dr . C h a s . G . P r a t t , in r e n e w i n g hi9 s u b s c r i p t i o n t o t h e S e n t i n e l - L e a d e r , i n f o r m s u s t h a t be h a s o p e n e d a n office in G r a n d R a p i d s a t n u m b e r 80 M o n r o e S t . T b e d o c t o r ' s f r i e n d s h e r e will be p l e a s e d t o l e a r n t b a t he h a s l oca t ed n o f a r t h e r a w a y .

Mrs . T . H . Wta i t t a ! e n t e r t a i n e d the m e m b e r s of A l g o m a G r a n g e wi th a n o y s t e r s u p p e r , a t h e r h o m e l a s t S a t -u r d a y . A g o o d p r o g r a m w a s g i v e n a n d M r s . S m i t h L o w n , of S p a r t a G r a n g e , g a v e a fine r e p o r t of t he s t a t e g r a n g e a t T r a v e r s e C i t y .

T h e r e p a i r s f o r t h e e n g i n e a t t be l i g h t i n g p l a n t a r e expec t ed t o m o r r o w ( S a t u r d a y ) a n d will be p l aced In po-s i t i on j u s t a s s o o n a s p o s s i b l e a f t e r t he i r a r r i v a l . M r . J a c k s o n a s s u r e s u s t b a t e v e r y t h i n g will be in first c l a s s o r d e r by the first of the week.

" T h e P e a ' - e m a k e r " i s t he s u b j e c t ' o r t he m o r n i n g s e r m o n a t t he Me thod i s t E p i s c o p a l c h u r c h . In the e v e n i n g the p a s t o r wiii g i v e a n o t h e r a d d r e s s in t h e s e r i e r o n the " A n s w e r s of J e s u s t o S o m e of the W o r l d ' s G r e a t e s t 'Ques t ions . 'L i f e , is i t W o r t h L i v i n g ? . ' "

A c o u p l e were r e c e n t l y m a r r i e d . T h e c e r e m o n y o v e r , t b e wife b e g a n t o weep c o p i o u s l y . " W h a t ' s t he m a t t e r ? ' a sked the new h u s b a n d . " I n e v e r to ld you I d o u ' t k n o w how t o c o o k , " sobbed the b r i d e . " D o n ' t I r e t , " s a i d he, " I ' l l n o t h a v e a n y t h i n g t o c o o k ; I ' m an e d i t o r . '

S e v e r a l of t h e n e i g h b o r s a n d f r i e n d s of Mrs . B . C o l v i n c a l l e d o n her W e d n e s d a y a n d s p e n t a ve ry p l e a s a n t a f t e r n o o n . R e f r e s h m e n t s were se rved a n d m a n y e x p r e s s i o n s of g o o d cheer a n d w i s h e s f o r h a p p i n e s s , in he r new h o m e a t Buck l ey were ex-tended t o M r s . C o l v i n .

P o s t m a s t e r s h a v e been . no t i f i ed t h a t a new o n e - c e n t p o s t a l c a r d will be issued s h o r t l y by tho d e p a r t m e n t a t W a s h i n g t o n . I t will be t h e s a m e s ize a s the p resen t " M c K i n l e y " c a r d . I t will be p a i r t e d o n l i g h t b l u e b o a r d and in b r o n z e b l u e i nk . T h e p r o f i l e of W i l l i a n M c K i n l e y will a d o r n the a d d r e s s s i d e of the c a r d .

T h p L i t e r a r y S i x e n t e r t a i n e d a l the h o m e o( M i s s L u c i e M i l l s l a s t T h u r s -d a y e v e n i n g . A v e r y p l e a s a n t even-i n g was e n j o y e d b v a i l . T h e y o u n g f o l k s p a r t o o k of r e f r e s h m e n t s e a r l y F r i d a y m o r n i n g . T h e g i r l s a r e a b o u t U» t a k e u p tbe s t u d y of P i l g r i m ' s P r o g r e s s a n d expec t t o h a v e i n s t r u c -t ive m e e t i n g s a l o n g t h i s l ine .

An e d i t o r w o r k s 365 d a y s in a y e a r I t o ge t o u t 52 i s s u e s of a p a p e r , t h a t ' s [ l a b o r . Once in a wh i l e a s u b s c r i b e r ! p a y s a y e a r in a d v a n c e f o r h i s p a p e r , t h a t ' s c a p i t a l . A n d o n c e in a wh i l e s o m e s o n - o f - a - s e a - e o c k of a d e a d b e a t t a k e s the p a p e r f o r two o r t h r e e y e a r i a n d l o n g e r then s k i p s o u t w i t h o u t p a y i n g f o r i t . t h a t ' s a n a r c h y .

If t h e r e is o n e t h i n g m o r e t h a n an -o t h e r in o u r e x p e r i e n c e in p u b l i s h i n g a loca l n e w s p a p e r t h a t m a k e s u s t i red , i t i s t h e p r a c t i c e of s o m e t h a t tell us t h a t we m u s t n o t s a y a n y t h i n g a b o u t t h i s o r t b a t t h i n g t h a t h a s h a p -pened. T h e r e a r e t w o s i d e s t o e v e r y q u e s t i o n a n d i t w o u i d lie a v e r y e a s y m a t t e r t o f o r m u l a t e a r e a s o n w h y a p a p e r s h o u l d no t r e p o r t e v e r y t h i n g .

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w a s a r e spons ib l e bus ine s s w o m a n . T h e n s o m e b o d y r e m i n d e d Mil ler t h a t 26 B r o a d w a y , Mrs . M c L e a n ' s p l ace of bus iness , w a s t h e S t a u d a r d Oil a d d r e s s , wh ich he a c c e p t e d a s f u r t h e r proof of the lady b r o k e r ' s ab i l i t y , t h o u g h Jus t w h y s h e p r e f e r r e d to h a v e h e r mall s en t t o box 3142 S ta t ion A. w a s n o t evi-d e n t . Stil l , a f t e r al l . it d idn ' t m a t t e r .

Sa t i s f i ed a f t e r t h e s e c u n n i n g p r e c a u t i o n s , Mr. Miller s e n t h is check fo r $500 to Mrs . M c L e a n and by r e t u r n mai l l ea rned t h a t s h e h>ad inves ted h is m o n e y In Union Pac i f ic a t t h e lowest q u o t a t i o n s fo r t ha t da te . H e looked up tbe q u o t a t i o n s a n d s a w by the c l o s i n g fig-u r e s t h a t h e had m a d e $100. S o m e d a y s a f t e r -wa rd he no t ed t ha t t h e s tock had a d v a n c e d ten poin ts . I l o o r a y ! H e had m a d e $2,000. Wou l d ho cel l? Not yvI. H i s " a d v i s o r y bro-k e r . " a s s h e cal led he r se l f , waa e v i d e n t l y o n t o t h e c u r v e s of t h e " s t r e e t " a n d w o u l d m a k e a lot of m o n e y f o r h i m . The s t o c k con-t i nued to r i s e a n d t h e n c a m e a l e t t e r f r o m Mrs . M c L e a n s t a t i n g t h a t she had sold h i s s h a r e s for $-.200 ne t . S h e did not , h o w e v e r , inc lose a check .

" I h a v e conf iden t i a l adv ice , " w r o t e t h e b r o k e r ln t h e s a m e l e t t e r , " t h a t t h e r e Is t o be a b ig m o v e m e n t in P e n n s y l v a n i a . A n u m b e r of m y c l i en t s a r e p u t t i n g in $3,onn a p i e c e t o g e t t h e benef i t of t h e dea l . If you c a r e t o In-v e s t $800 ln add i t ion to t h e $2,200 In h a n d h e r e I will buy a s imi l a r a m o u n t of s t o c k f o r you . "

Mr. Mil ler s e n t ln MB $800 and a s n e a r l y a s he could figure ou t f r o m t h e q u o t a t i o n s he was . wi th in a few weeks . $5,000 a h e a d .

T h e n c a m e t h e inev i t ab le—a l e t t e r f r o m Mrs . McLean s a y i n g m a t s n e r e g r e i ' e u »e iy m u c h to i n f o r m h e r c l i en t t ha t s h e had sold t h e P e n n s y l v a n i a s h a r e s and with t h e pro-c e e d s had b o u g h t 5.000 Smel te r s , b u t t h a t t b e s t o c k had gone d o w n and he now o w e d h ia b r o k e r $714.62.

T h e wild Mr. Mil ler . $1,300 ou t of p o c k e t , w r o t e b a c k a n i n d i g n a n t l e t t e r , but r e c e i v e d no reply . T h e n he compla ined to t h e pos t a l a u t h o r i t i e s a n d showed ihem t h e c i r cu l a r . B u t t hey a l r eady had cop ie s of i t f r o m o t h e r d u p e s a n d w e r e i n v e s t i g a t i n g Mrs . McLean a n d h e r r e f e r e n c e s . E v e r y one of t hose re l i ab le New York firms t o w h o m s h e had r e f e r r ed t u r n e d o u t t o be a s ingle individual .

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