The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-12-08

Miss Pearl Parshall. of Hartland, is visit
ing in the city.
+. Ii. Watson was in Ithaca on legal
business Monday.
Gurden Bingham, OF Chicago, is visiting
his sister, Mrs. e. b. Dewey.
The Current Topic Club met with Mrs.
Warren Plerpont Monday afternoon.
n. NJ. Osborne, of Lansing. spent Sun
day in this city with Morris Southland.
Mrs. b. Radford left Wednesday morn
ing for Biloxi, Miss, to spend the winter.
Robert Gemmel is having an addition
built on his home, corner of Ball and Will
liams streets.
The Foster Furniture Co. opened its new
store In the old Knapp 81 Smith location,
M ,nday evening.
Supervisor o. l.. Sprague left Wednes-
day evening for Saginaw and Caro- on busi-
ness connected with the census.
The ladies of the Congregational church
will serve an individual chicken pie supper
at the church TUESDAY, evening.
Fletcher Conner, salesman for the Acme
White Lead Works. of Detroit is in the
city to remain until after the holidays.
The Foster Furniture Company has pur.
chased the Blackwood hardware stock and
placed Morris Southland In charge of the
same.
Cards are out for the marriage of Miss
Ida nj. Howell, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
T. j. Howell, of Fairfield, to John p.
Scofield.
Mrs Fred Gill, who was burned so badly
that for time she was not expected to live,
is improving now and is able to sit up part
of the time.
A public reception will be rendered
Secretary and Mrs. K. G. Van Ness in the
Y. NJ. G. A. rooms this evening from eight
unit! ten O'clock.
c. NJ. LOynes, formerly of Fairfield, has
been appointed postmaster at Chaplin to sue
coed Geo. w. Clark, resigned. The selec-
ton is an excellent one.
Mrs. Van Ness and daughter, Mrs. Harry
Clapp, who have Deen visiting In the south
ern part Of the state tor the past two weeks,
returned home Monday night.
The regular monthly business meeting of
the senior G. e society of the Copgrega-
rional church was held at the hone OF Miss
Hannah Dewey Tuesday evening.
A. y Cook was at the Agricultural Co..
leee, Lansing, Tuesday, at the request of the
students Interested in tho organz ttiou OF a
farmers club and assisted in organizing one.
Invitations have been issued FOR the mar
rage Of Miss Grace NJ Smith, daughter of
Judge and Mrs. r. Smith, to George NJ
Hunt, the ceremony to take place Christmas
day.
Fred Knapp has returned from Ann
Aroor and has accepted a position in the
furniture and undertaking establishment OF
j. Wiseman in Grand Rapids. MIR. Knapp
will have charge of tue undertaking de-
partment.
William Eagan has notified the city that
he will hold the city responsible for Injuries
which he alleges he received on the twenty
second of November on a defective side
walk corner OF Main aud Lansing streets
Percy Edwards Ia bis attorney.
William Aiken died Tuesday morning at
his honie on Grover street after a long Ill
| ness with Brighl's disease. He was thirty
| four years of age and leaves wife and twt
children. The funeral was held yesterday
morning at the home, Rev. j. p. Varne
| officiating.
John r Bush, of North Mulberry street
had a fanting spell Sunday morning ant
has been in a serious condition since tina,
| time. Mr.. Bush is an eighty three year:
Old pioneer who until the last few years
lived on one of the farms north of the city
which he cleared up years ago.
Every farmer and all interested in farm
| ing are reminded that the County Associa
ton of Farmers Clubs will hold its 1906
winter meeting in the M. K. church, a
Corunna, on Thursday, January 9 next
This is but a little over four weeks away Sc
begin making Your plans to attend.
Edwin Rundell and George Schultz wer,
taken before Justice McCaughna Wednes
day morning charged with being truants
Their parents had disregarded truant off
Ger Young's warning to send them to school
and now County Agent King is makns
further investigations into the case.
FL. l.. Kendrick. of St Johns, who hat
charge of the Black & Son stock of dry
goods for several week, has accepted posi-
ton with Wilson, Larrabee a. Co., of Bos
ton, wholesale dealers In dry goods, ant
will go on the road for them in January
His territory will be in this state. Mr.
kendIck added to the number of his Owos
so friends while here looking after tn,
Black stock, and all of his friends unite II
In wishing him success in his new position
s. ID. Emory, proprietor of the Boston
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