The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-09-16
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LOCAL NEWS.

Boom the street fair.
The car shops began running all depart
ments on ten hours time yesterday.
The opera house has been improved by
electric lights and Welsbach burners.
The work on the west Main street sewer
has been pushed along fast this week.
Ward Detwiler will enter the engineering
department of the University this month.
New Owosso Telephone Co. subscribers:
DR.. B. 5. Sutherland; Dr. Perkins & Hume,
office.
large number of the car shop employ es
attended the Corey funeral Wednesday
afternoon.
Thousands of visitors from all part of CEN
trail Michigan will take in the street fair
next week.
II President Mckinley comes to Owosso
he'll surely take in the Free Street Fair,
Sept. 1923.
The Ladies of the Christian church will
serve meals during the street fair, under
DreWers snOe store.
A scrub foot ball team from this city will
play game today with the Chesaning
team, at the Chesaning fair.
8. ID. Emory has added to the appearance
Of his wholesale poultry house on West
Exchange street, by painting 1t clear
white.
M. Woodin has exchanged part of his
farm near Burton for the Manning property,
on north Mulberry street, and will move to
this city at once.
W. E. Collins & Co. are putting a large
aquarium in the center of their drug store
and expect to have hundred gold fish on
exhibition early next week.
The official board of the M. E. church
voted unanimously at the Wednesday night
meeting to ask for the return of Rev. John
Sweet to this city at the coming conference.
Between fifteen and twenty of the Wood
ard Furniture Works employees have already
obtained employment in and gone to other
cities and a number more are expecting to
leave early next week.
The Christian Endeavor Society of the
Congregational church gave very pleasant
reception to Jay Matteson and Albert
Frieseke at the home of c. s. Gilbert on
East Main street, Friday evening.
Prof. l.. II. Wood has accepted a princi-
pashp In the jackson city schools at a
good salary. He expects to work for the
degree of Master of Arts in the Chicago
University during the coming year.
Foot passengers and bicyclists have been
using foot bridge when compelled to cross
the river on Main street, this week. The
bridge started on its trip to the water works
this morning, going east on Main street.
Jerry Maloney was able to be down town
Tuesday for the first time after his long
confinement. He is looking quite we'll
again and few weeks more will doubtless
remove all traces of the effect of the Cuban
campaign from him.
Odell Chapman received on Wednesday
from w. 3. Williams, of Lareer, one of the
finest Shropshire ram lambs ever brought
into Shiawassee county. He will place it
on his farm in Rush.
There were three hundred fifty people
who went to Detroit Wednesday on the K.
o. T. M. excursion via the ID. q M. The
train broke the record for excursion runs,
making the trip in two hours and eighteen
minutes.
The school board engaged two new teach
ers at its meeting Tuesday night, one being
an additional teacher for the high school
and the other for the Washington school,
Miss Minnie Sullivan was chosen for the
latter place and Miss Elizabeth Roberts of
the Owosso high school class Of 80 for the
former position. Miss Roberts has been
engaged in college work and teaching In
Ohio since her graduation from the Owosso
school.
Mrs. Lucinda Peck, mother of G. r.
North, died at the home of the latter Satur-
day morning. The funeral YVES held Mon
day afternoon In this city, Rev. J. G.
Cromer officiating. The burial took place
in Oakhill. Mrs. Peck had lived with
daughter near Kalamazoo since her hus-
bands death about year ago. About two
weeks ago came to Owosso to visit her son
aud while here wasltaken sick, complications
setting in from which she died.
The home of Will Horn, about mile
south of Henderson, was the scene of a
largely attended wedding, Wednesday
night, when Miss Ada Horn and w. A.
Spencer were united In marriage, Rev.
Strong performing the ceremony. About
two hundred people were In attendance aud
the presents were numerous and expensive.
The bride was member of Star of Hope
Rebekah lodge In this city, and about thirty
Of the Owosso members attended In body.