The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-11-17


A. e. Stever went east on business trip |
Monday.
Alfred Barnes, of Byron. is visiting rela-
tives in the city.
The infant son OF Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. f.
Payne died Tuesday morning.
Miss Mary Plerpont begins teaching in
the Bennington school next week.
w. r. Smith has gone to Lapeer for
two weeks visit with his son, Cuyler.
Mrs. ID. M. Christian has been the CUES I
of Mrs. A. M. Donsereaux, in Lansing,
this week.
The Modern WOOdmen expect to take in
| a large class at the meeting next Wednes-
day evening.
Mrs. James Osburn returned from Ypsi-
lantl Tuesday, accompanied by her mother,
Mrs. Hendrick.
Miss Helen Shanafelt was In Battle
Creek Tuesday to attend the State Sunday
school convention.
Mr.. and Mrs. l. II. Keeler and daughter.
Miss Bernice left Tuesday for ten days
| trip in the eastern states.
Ed. j. Hunt lett this morning for
weeks visit at Rhodes. incidentally he
expects to try his luck at deer hunting for
day or two.
l.. 0. Underwood has purchased the in
| terest of G. l.. Dick In the meat business
of Dick & Underwood and will continue
the business alone.
| Burglars entered the residence of AttOr-
ney John B. Stockdale Saturday but con-
tented themselves with getting good meal
and did not modest any part of the house
except the kitchen and pantry.
A. M. Bentley returned Monday from
business trip In Ohio and Pennsylvania and
left again Tuesday to attend the annual
meeting at Shortsville, N. Y, of the Empire
Drill Co., of which corporation he Is the
president.
The Ann Arbor noon train going north
now leaves the Owosso station at 11:15 in
stead of 11:23 and the junction at 11:22 In.
stead of 11:3O as before, the only other
change In the time of trains at Owosso is
the morning train going south, which
leaves two minutes later at 9:O3 instead of
9:01. Trains 101 and l02 running on Sun
days between Toledo and Howell have been
discontinued. The change went into effect
Sunday.
Charles Thorn has purchased the retail
cigar business of Geo. II. Grahsme, in the
Keller block, where he has been .,
for several years as clerk and as travelling
salesman for Mr. Grahame. IN connection
with this work he will also continue to have
charge of Mr.. Graharle's wholesale busi-
ness in this city. Ir. spite of the memory
OF the bowling m egaphone advertisement OF
the mole IN the wall" Charles has q
large num- er of friends among the business
men an L will no doubt make a fine success
IL new venture.
Work is being pushed along rapidly al
the Owosso Carriage Company's plant and
L the big building is rising fast. The heavy
beams for the support of the second and
{ third floors are in position over the greater
part of the new portion and large part OF
Z the joists for those floors are already In
position. The brick walls are also going
Il up in good shape. The walls of the old
part have been partly torn away at the tor
: and corners to make the union with the
new perfect and to permit the building OF
! the additional story on their top.
Grove Il Payne always have something
so say which is worth the attention of every
u farmer and user of machinery or owner of q
D horse. This week they take a half page
in The TINES to tell you have
done in the last thirteen mon this and wha
they propose to do during the coming sea
son for you, especiallyin the line OF Nc
Cormck machinery. Both members of this
firm are hustlers, and in the person of Mr.
Z Graham, block agent for the Mccormick
company. they have another hustler asso
b ciated with them in the business. And the
u best of it is that their reliability is Just a.
: ability.
The Castree Shaw Co. has at last an.
nounced change 10 Its name and business
which has been under consideration for q
long time and has been practical certainty
{ for the last two or three months. BY the
change the company enters into more
profitable line of business, and is saved the
expense of advertising or of keeping men
on the road. as one firm takes its entire
output. The company now becomes the
Vincent Valve Co., with the same officers
] as before: j. j. Schurtz, of White Pigeon,
president; A. D. Whipple, vice president;
K. Q. Bacon, secretary and treasurer.
Some new machinery has been added to the
plant and the COR pany will limit It's output
to the Vincent valve which 1t will manu-
facture in various sizes for water, gas and
steam mains or pipes.
Murray & Terbush, whose names and
business are familiar to every TIMES read.
or celebrated the sixteenth anniversary of
their first days business in Owosso on Sat.
urday last The firm came here from Fem
ton In 1884 and met with such good success