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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-27
GLEANiNGS.

Icebergs somtimes last for zoo years.
Tea is gathered from the plant four
times year.
1t Is estimated that greater quantities of
gold and silver have been sunk In the sea
than are now in circulation on earth.
1t Is said that IL all the cotton raised in
Texas were made into one shirt, the gar
ment would fit man 10000 miles tall
Observations to determine the duration
OF sunshine In Europe showed that Spain
has the most sunshine and Scotland the
least.
The game Of golf is said to have been i'm
vented In ancient times by lonely shep-
herd who had nothing better to do than to
knock round stones into rabbit hole with
his crook.
The mountain region of Tibet Is one of
the few places on the earth where poly
andry still prevails. A wife is regarded as
property, and is 30 expensive that only a
wealthy man can have one all his own.
Ordinarily woman becomes the wife Of
several husbands.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-27
OVER THE WATER.

Even if it does not topple over, the
Spanish throne is likely to be unsteady
enough to make the occupant seasick. =
Chicago Post.
Japan would do well to save up that
China nest egg. She may be paying in
IDENTITIES herself before many moons
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Poor SPAIN She has been sowing vari-
Gus sorts of wind in widely scattered fields
for four centuries and now she is reaping
many kinds of whirlwinds all at once
New York Press.
The country with which England desires
to arbitrate need have no fear. 1t Is the
small country which is not in the arbitra-
ton class that will do we'll to look out
when John Bull is in a reaching out
mood.-New York Journal.
Russia and Turkey have had more or
less to do with the disturbance in India
and 1t is altogether possible that the ameer
has surrendered himself to Russian con q.
troll, but it is doubtful If either of these
powers contemplates more than counter
movement against Great Britain at Con =.
stantinople and along tho upper Nile
Baltimore American
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-27
THE TATTLER.

It Is rumored that Carlotta, widow Of
Maxim,lian, is about to make journey
to Mexico to visit the scene of her hus-
band s death
Ex-Empress Eugene of France recently
visited and inspected the United States
ship San Francisco as it lay at anchor in
the port of Smyrna, Asia Minor.
Miss Susan b. Anthony has set aside her
Monday evenings for her friends, and the
brightest women of Rochester and of the
whole country meet there each week.
Miss Colfax, cousin of the late Vice
President Colfax, has charge of the light
house at Michigan City, which important
post she has held for more than 80 years.
Mary Baker of Cass county, Va, cele-
DRAFTED her ninety seventh birthday by go.
ing into the wheatfeld and binding
enough sheaves to furnish souvenirs to her
relatives.
Nine. Leo Delibes, widow of the distin-
guished French composer, has founded an
asylum and school at Clichy la -Garenne,
near Paris, intended for the children of
poor families
Mrs. L. X. Burke is the one woman
member OF the committee of 100 appointed
by Mayor Phelan of San Francisco to draft
u ueW inuHlClpai CnarUer anu TO nominate
board of freeholders.
DR.. Ella f. Blaylock is the only woman
member of the Nashua IN. H. Medical
society. New Hampshire claims to be the
first state to admit women as members of
its medical association.
Princess Adelaide of Braganza, widow
Of Dom Miguel, the pretender, has taken
the black veil In the Benedictine convent
of Solesmes, near Anglers. She was prin-
cess of Lowenstein- Wertheim.
Mile. Marsy of the Coincide Franchise,
who won the Steeplechase at Paris this
year, paid $4,000 francs for her horse, Sol.
itaire, with the understanding that she
was to give 40, 900 francs more If he won
the Grand Prix.
Miss Braddon joins to her talent as nov
elist genius for housekeeping She al
ways trains her own servants and can
teach something to even the most accom-
plished pupil of school of cookery. She
is also an excellent needlewoman,
Mrs John +. Reese of Cleveland once
had the honor of entertaining Queen Vic
toria in her own homo. Mrs. Reese was
Mrs. John Mclean, her husband being a
major in the English army in charge of
Fort Monkton in Hampshire, and when
the queen made visit to the fort she took
q cup of tea with Mrs, Mclean.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-27
PERT PERSONALS.

Abdul Hamid is still proceeding like a
man who regards himself as assassination
proof.-New York Journal,
Mark Twain says that there are only so
jokes in the world. Who Is the author of
the other 4Sp-Philadelphia Press.
Now that Chauncey M. Depew has taken
to riding the wheel a new terror is added
to bicycle stories. Boston Transcript.
ID is not quite clear whether the ozar
and the kaiser are fond of each other or
afraid of each other. Washington Star.
If it costs $500 for a Klondike outfit,
there is good reason for believing that Un-
Gle Russell Sage will not go.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Thomas A. Edson's fondness for trashy
novels probably accounts for the many
different kinds of shocks he Is able to give
tho public. philadelphia North Ameri-
can.
Ben Tillman of South Carolina says he
is fighting the devil. If Ben really means
1t, then we advise his satanic majesty to
be mighty shifty on his feet or he will get
knocked out.-Cincinnat Commercial
Tribune.
Mrs. Lease assures an interviewer that
she "intends to throw herself into the gu
bernatorial campaign in Kansas next
year. If she doesn't throw more aocu-
rately than the average woman does, she
probably will land somewhere in Nebraska
or Iowa. Chicago Times-Herald.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-27
A CENTURY AGO.

Imprisonment for debt was a common
practice.
Every gentleman wore cue and pow
dered his hair.
An old copper mine in Connecticut was
used as prison.
There was only one hat factory, and
that made cooked hats.
Virginia contained fifth of the whole
population of the country.
Two stagecoaches bore all the travel be-
tween New York and Boston.
A gentleman bowling to a lady always
scraped his foot on the ground
The Mississippi valley was not so we'll
known as the heart of Africa now is.
Vaccination had not become popular
and smallpox WAS an everyday disease.
All tho population of village assem-
bled at the inn Oh ''post day. to hear the
news.
Editors begged their subscribers to pay
up; if they had no money, to send In
wood, cheese, corn or pork
The church collection was taken in O
bag at the end of pole with q bell at
taohed to arouse sleepy contributors.
Qunine was unknown. When a man
had ague fits, he took Peruvian bark and
whisky New Orleans Times-Democrat.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-27
THE LISTENER.

Isaao f. Bassford of Helena, Mon, n
probably the oldest inventor In the world
He Is 81 years ODD.
Denman Thompson, is living on his
farm In New Hampshire, and he says he
has no notion of acting any more.
Sir Henry Irving has a double In the
person of Professor Burden Sanderson,
the most eminent Psychologist in England.
DIR. Sanderson Is the older man.
George c. Boldt of the Waldorf hotel,
New York, is an enthusiastic Thousand
islander. He owns two islands In that
region-viz, Heart island, five acres In d.
mansions, and Fern island, of one acre. !.
George S. Deakins of Rowlesburg, w.
Va, surveyor, has the compass and the
Instruments which belonged to his grand
father when, with Washington, he sur
veyed the road from Alexandria to the
Ohio.
When Seth Low was a schoolboy In the
Brooklyn Polytechnic institute he ao..
quired local fame as an amateur actor
OF no mediocre ability, his part dc resist
ance being that Of the hero in the "Mer.
chant of Venice"
Representative Bailey of Texas when a
boy was considered lazy, but he had his
ambition awakened by the character Of
Ishmael Worth in Mrs. Southworth' 8 "Ish-
mael, or In the Depths" and dates his
career from the reading Of that novel,
To reporter who recently asked him to
take part In a symposium on "How to
Make Money!" Phil Armour, the Chicago
millionaire, replied: "Young man, put 1t
down that the Armolirs don't know how
to make anything but sausages, and that
they never answer fool questions.
Edward H. Neff of New Philadelphia,
O., who has a local reputation as an ex-
pert worker in wood, recently sent to Pres
ident Mckinley small table of his own
make, containing over $4,000 pieces of
wood. The wood was taken from the
homes or tombs Of presidents and others
prominent In national history.
The Rev. d. Parker Morgan, rector of
the Church of the Heavenly Rest in New
York, is O practical farmer and is an ex-
pert judge of choice cattle. His friend
General Thomas l.. James says that "Dr.
Morgan not only knows how to raise vege-
tables, but he knows the difference be-
tween Jersey COW and Texas steer"
q Ex-senator Mcconnell, who has been ap-
pointed Indian inspector, has had varied
career in politics, and when he represented
the new state of Idaho as her first senator
his long speeches are said to have driven
Senator George f. Edmunds into private
life. He has been by turns a miner,
stock raiser, merchant and q banker. He
has lived in Nevada, California, Oregon
and Idaho.
ST Mohammed Ben MOUSSE, the giant
Moor sent as the chief of the Maroocan
mission to Queen Victoria s jubilee, never
vaa In
Paris on his way there, and then having
been sent home. His madness took a very
queer form. He thought he was Montjar-
ret, the chief outrider who preoedes the
president of the French republic on state
occasions, and insisted on being dressed in
livery, with riding brooches and high
boots
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-27

On page six will be found well written
letter by jerome Wood on ''Labor's Holt
day" The article Is well worthy of the
thoughtful consideration of our readers.
The bank robbery at Shepherd remains as
much mystery as ever. No arrests have
yet been made.
While the sidewalks about the city are In
unusually bad condition 1t does seem as
though 1t has quite ceased to be matter of
patience when one of our five iron bridges
should be closed to traffic for three weeks,
condemned by the street commissioner,
simply because it needs replanking. Such
is the case with the Mulberry street bridge.
While the action of the street commissioner
in closing 1t when he saw it was unsafe is
of course all right, the neglect to have it re-
planked at once does not seem to be excus-
able in the least.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-27
MARRlAGEABLE AGE.

In Germany the man must be at least
18 years of age.
In Portugal a boy of IA is considered
marriageable and a woman of 10.
In France the man must be IS and the
woman 10. In Belgium the same.
In Greece the man must have seen at
least IA summers and the woman 10.
In Switzerland the men from the age of
ID and tho women from the age of IL are
allowed to marry.
In Spain the intended husband must
have passed bis fourteenth year and the
woman her twelfth.
In Austria man and woman are sup
posed to be able to be capable of conduct
ing home Of their own from the age Of IA.
In Turkey any youth and maiden who
can walk properly and can understand the
necessary religious service are allowed to
be united for life.
In Hungary, for Roman Catholics, the
man must be IA years old and the woman
12; for Professionals, the man must be IS
and the woman 10.
In Russia and Saxony they are little
more sensible, and youth must refrain
from entering into matrimony till he can
count Is years and the woman till she can
count 10.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-27
Order of Publication.

State of Michigan-In the Circuit Court for the
County OF Shiawassee, in Chancery
Louisa j. Taylor complainant, VS.. Soloman
Evarts, defendant
Suit pending in the Circuit Court for the
county OF Shiawassee, in Chancery at Corunna
on the Goth day of August, A. D., 1897
In this cause 1t appearing from affidavit on
file, that the defendant Solomon Evarts is a
person whose place of residence Is unknown,
on motion of Fitzpatrick g. Pierpont Complain.
ants solicitors, 1t is ordered that the said de-
PENDANT Solomon Evarts, cause his appearance
to be entered herein, within five months from
the date OF this order, and in case of his appear
ance that he cause his answer to the complain
ants bill OF complaint to be filed, and q COPY
thereof to be served on said COMPARTMENTS
solicitors within twenty days after Service on
him OF copy of said bill, and notice of this
order; and that in default thereof, said bill be
taken as confessed by the said defendant And
II Is further ordered, that within twenty days
the said complainant cause notice OF this or.
der to be published In The Owosso Times. n
newspaper printed, published and Circulating
In said county, and that such publication be
continued there at least once in each week for
six weeks In succession, or that she cause
copy of this order to be personally served on
said defendant at least twenty DAYS before the
time above prescribed for his appearance.
STEARNs +. SMITH,
- Circuit Judge.
Complainant's Solicitors.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-27
Laingsburg.

Farmers who sold their wheat in this
market on Monday did not go home with
long faces. The check they received read
81 cents per bushel. This is the highest
figure paid here, and was not paid all day
Monday, the price dropping down to SO
cents later in the day-The following
fourteen people from this vicinity took ad-
vantage of the low rates to Buffalo. They
left here Monday afternoon: Andrew
Rohrabacher and daughter, Theo. l.. A.
Farnham, Miss Nella Phillips, Mrs. G. j.
McClintock, Miss Ida Platt, Miss Emma
Cole, Mr.. and Mrs. III. r. Sharpe, Mrs. j.
Vert, Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Look, Smith
Brown and Asa Pound-John Aldrich,
who has been camping at Round Lake and
making big catches, was taken before JUS
tice Beckwith at Victor last week by Game
Warden Allen and fined for fishing with
set lines. The fine was suspended on
payment of costs-Edgar Collister met
with serious accident last week. His
team ran away and running at terrific
speed, struck one of the party poles in front
of the Collister school house, with, such
force that his ankle being caught, was
broken in seven places. -News.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-27

J.H. Robbins was In Saginaw, Wednes
day on business.
M. G. Dawes reports the sale of his ha!
crop at 5000 a ton.
Fred Aberle is entertaining his father
Jacob Aberle, CT Greenvllle.
Miss Harriet Furgeson, of Battle Greek
returned Tuesday from visit with Miss
Grace AFFORD.
Mrs. Phoebe Haight, of Montrose, visited
Owosso relatives from Wednesday unit
Saturday.
Jerome E. Turner, of Muskegon, visited
his father, Jerome w. Turner, the first
of the week.
Walter Lusk and family, Mrs. ID. +.
Blair and son, Floyd, and Mrs. Mary Nc
Caul left Tuesday for ten days trip to
Petoskey.
Miss Ransbeck, of Ludlngton, who has
been visiting her cousin, Miss Grace Mer-
shon went to Grand Rapids Wednesday, on
her way home.
Secretary Van Ness was charged upon
by cow while riding his wheel Saturday.
The wheel was badly damaged but Mr.. Van
Ness escaped unhurt.
Fred ii. Clark, former Owosso boy
who has been visiting in this vicinity for a
few weeks, sang solo at the Baptist
church Sunday morning, which was thor
oughly enjoyed by all who heard 1t. Mr..
Clark leaves this afternoon for his home in
Kansas City, Mo.
Mrs. ID. II. Moyles and family left during
the early part of the week for Koss, near
Menominee, where her husband now is,
and where he has good position in her
brothers. mill. Her mother, Mrs. Ii. Bag
ley, went with them and expects to spend
the coming winter at Calumet with another
daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Il. Jones, of Corunna
avenue, celebrated their fiftieth wedding
anniversary yesterday. Both are enjoying
the best of health. They have one child
living in Owosso, Mrs. j. @, Able. A fact
almost as remarkable as the golden wedding
itself is that both the best man and the
bridesmaid who stood up with them fifty
years ago are still living and in good health.
The effect of prosperity" was strikingly
in one of the groceries in this city
A farmer who drove in some
ten miles with thirty-sx bushels of pota-
toes and sold them for fifty cents bushel,
did not lose fifteen minutes before he COM
menced to 'bowl up" and before he left for
home was uncomfortably full. Last year
he brought several loads in, selling them for
fifteen and twenty cents per bushel and
went home sober every time. A difference
Of thirty-five cents bushel in the price of
potatoes made more prosperity than he
could stand.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-27
Byron.

r. NJ. Tubs family. of Lansing, are
guests at William McKinney's. and calling
on friends in Byron--Mrs. ii. Ii. Rosen-
krans and daughter, Grace, have retu rned
to Byron. w. Rohrabacher and Floyd
McCage are in Toledo this week.-Mrs..
Enge, who has been suffering with typhoid
fever is able to be up again-Mrs. G. M.
Buell. is at Petoskey visiting relatives this
week.-Mrs.. Mulkins has returned from
visit at Milan-William Mcdonald is
very sick with inflammation of the bowels
PROF. A. j. McEwen has gone to Ovid
Quite large number of our citizens
went to Buffalo on the G. A R. excursion
-Rev. F. ID. Able and wife were in
town this week-Archie McCaughna re-
turned Monday from visit at his daugh-
ters, Mrs. j. Bilhorn, of Chicago-Mrs.
S. K. Swick was called to Detroit last week
on account of the death of sister-Rev.
G. Gibbs and wife and Mrs. A. f. Richards
recently visited Jabez Close and wife. Mr..
Gibbs formerly preached to the Baptists of
Byron-John w. Williams lost valuable
livery horse Saturday Harder
and Mabel Lewis Sundayed in Bryant Gen.
ter on the fifteenth-Mabel Fosket and
Master Willie Etchman, of Corunna. were
guests at b. s. Foskets Sunday and Mon
day-Mr. and Mrs. George Avery, of
Conway, were guests of 7. A. Lawrie and
wife Sunday--Mrs. Wilson Royce and
daughters, Addie and Neva, of Owosso, are
visiting friends in Byron and vicinity
Mrs. George Prussia, of Bancroft was in
Byron Tuesday. j. Lusk, manager of
the cheese factory, is sick at presently.
l.. Stark has resigned his position as agent
of the station here and II. K. Smith, of Mt.
Pleasant, has been appointed in his place
Fred Lewis and wife were In Corunna
Monday--A. f. Morgan & Co. have pur-
chased the Burgess building, used as q
meat market, and will continue the meat
business and grocery In nnection--Lew
Sharrdy, of Corunna, Is doing the type
setting for the Herald this week, on ac-
count of the sickness of Mr.. Mcdonald
Johnny Fosket is on the sick list.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-27
BUFFALO ExcURSIoNIsTS.

Those in the Quackenbush Post Party
As predicted the party to start will
| Quackenbush Post for Buffalo Monday wa,
a large one and from information received
from w. A. Richardson the presence of s.
large number of friends made the trip an
enjoyable one in which the fatigue of trave
by excursion trains was reduced to mini
mum. Probably the majority will not sta,
| in Buffalo, but will make this the starting
point for various visits in New York and
other states.
The list of eXcurslonists who went with
the train on which the G. A. II. party wen,
in, given by Mr.. Richardson. Is as follows:
Owosso-T. M. Wiley and wife, w. A.
Richardson, wife and daughter, lvah; w.
ii. Beatty, j. 81. Wood and wife, John
Willet, w. ii. Smith, @. A. Markham and
wife, II. Trask, w. II. Smith (Rush), c. E.
Blakeslee, Martha Smith, Mrs. Rhoda
Wright, Chas. Drake and wife, G. T.
Mason and wife, Geo. Livingston and wife,
Mrs. K. S. Graft, Mrs. Frank Norris, Mrs.
j. L. C0rcOran, VIM. Gossman and wife,
Jerome Markham and wife, Mrs. M. Mer-
riman, Mrs. G. Heath, ID. f. Collins, Andy
Owen, Martin G. Getchell, VIM. Getchell,
A. w. Splitter, G. j. Splitter, VIM. Grove,
Mrs. M. Cummings, Francis Van Gorder,
Guy Van Gorder, ID. French, G. Ruess, John
Seegrst, Gilbert Osburn, ii. III. Daniels
and wife and daughter Nina, Geo. Dever-
eaux, Mrs. Will Lingle, Mrs. Wurtenburg,
Mrs. Geo. Fulmer, G. A. Daley and wife,
May Daley, Mrs. j. l.. Curtis, Bessie Hos.
mer, Geo. Sheasley and wife, L. M.
Townsend and wife, Mrs. Chas. Spaulding,
G. G. Potter, G. w. Slater, Frank Ever,
G. Ii. Slocum, Chas. Cook, John Gayer and
wife, Charles Paris and wife, Theron and
VIM. GLADDEN., Robt. Gray, j. B. Hinman
and wife, Miss Lena Dunning, j. l.. Olcott
and wife, j. j. Mackey and wife.
Corunna-J. G. Thomas. d. G. Cooper
and wife, Miss Gertrude Cooper, w. e.
Jacobs, A. E. Williams, w. j. Rouse, An
drew Porter and wife, Mrs. Fl. Hawkins,
Mrs, j, T. Kay, Mrs. Annie Goodsell, Mrs.
Peter Ackerson, Mrs. j. Wood, j. II. Alli-
ton and wife, s. Anthony.
Vernon-H. Clark and wife, A. b. Stone
and wife, j. +. Hutton and wife.
Elsie-C. ii. Preston and wife, George
Litchfeld, Ralph Van Dusen and wife, Mrs.
Ada Waters, Mrs. r. Capen.
Ovid. I'll. Van Slice and wife, +. Al
chin, Chas. Valentine and wife. Mrs.
Nethaway.
Laingsburg-Wm. Simpson and wife,
Bancroft-Wilis Skinner and wife, Plat
Pelton, Aaron Herrick.
Shiawassee-W. Nation, Miss NATION,
Harry Williams.
Venice-Jerome Frazer.
Galnes-Fred Wolf and wife, Maud
Wolf, FL. Demond.
Chesanng-H. T. Weaver and wife, Miss
Kittie Fuller, b. A. Badgley, N. w. Find
ley.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-27
Cheap Rates to the West and Northwest

On August II, September z, 21, October
5 and 10, the North Western line Chicago
and North Western Ry.) will sell Home
Seekers excursion tickets at exceptionally
low rates to large number of points in
northern Wisconsin, Michigan, northwest
ern Iowa, western Minnesota; Nebraska,
North Dakota and South Dakota including
the famous Black Hills district Better
own a farm! Start now! Send for free
copy of The North Western Home Seeker to
w. IL. Guerin, 67 Woodward avenue, De-
troit, Mich, or w. B. Kniskern, 90 Fifth
avenue, Chicago, Ill.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-27

Lansing Republican: Mr.. and Mrs. Eu-
gene Phelps, Ottawa street west, will give a
fagot party this evening In honor of their
sister, Miss Edith Phelps, of Owosso.
]. r. s. Goblin. of Pennsylvania, was
elected commander in-chief of the Grand
Army of the Republic yesterday at Buffalo.
The next encampment is to be held at Gin
cinnati
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-27

DIR. G. A. Munich, the noted specialist of
the Detroit Medical and Surgical Institute,
Detroit, Mich, who has five diplomas, can
name and locate disease without asking
questions, will be at National hotel, Owosso,
Saturday, Aug. 2s. He treats all Chronic,
Nervous, and Private Diseases, and guaran.
tees CURE or NO PAY and NO PAY UNTIL
CURED. No matter what your disease call
on him. Consultation FREE.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-27

Clark and Lewis Drown were run into by
a drunken driver on west Main street Sat
urday night and their buggy was complete
ly wrecked. Clark Drown was also badly
cut and bruised.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-27
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The fac N
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Farm for Sale.

SO acres of well cultivated land, we'll wat
cred; good house and barn; large plum
orchard; acre fine strawberries; 4 acre best
blackberries, and other small fruits. Stu
ated mile south l 4 east of Bennington.
Would trade for city property. Inquire Gil
Ball street.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-27

Bert Compo, who was arrested on charge
of mallclously setting fire to hay stack be-
longing to Albert Weitzke on the Dewey &
Stewart farm east of the city, was examined
before Justice McCaughna Friday and dis
charged, the evidence being insufficient.
County Agent King investigated the case
thoroughly before the boy was discharged.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-27
CASToIRTA.
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The bicycle is the great popular road We
hicle at present. Rightfully, bicycle con-
tests have prominent place In the track
events at the fair at Ionia, Sept 14.l7. The
prizes are liberal, and all cyclists in the
county should look over the list.