The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-03-02

oPpOhuiOttio.
Oscar Reynolds, of Vernon, has accep' ID
position In Ii. Remington's grocery store.
Samuel Russell has been appointed a
Deputy Chief Ranger for the Independe ut
Order of Foresters.
Mrs. A. Z. Ferry was elected president
of the Mt. Holyoke Alumnae Association OF
Michigan at the annual meeting of the as
ISOLATION held In Detroit this week.
The members of the o. L. l. indoor base
ball team returned from Alpena Wednes-
day afternoon. They defeated the Com
pany ID ball team at Alpena by score Of
II to 9.
Ho0kway q Son have begun to remodel
their store for the accommodation of the
stock Of clothing and shoes which they ex-
pect to carry In addition to their grocery
and crocksry lines.
The Woman's Club hold an annual cleo
ton Of officers at the regular meeting in the
club room tomorrow, March Sd. 1t is de-
sired that every member attend promptly at
$3.50.
After beginning his suit for IS, 900 dam
ages against Cook & Company, Charles
Mold found himself closed up by Mr.. Cook
and the store has been shut up all this
week.
When Messrs. l.. /. Stewart and s. B.
Pratt returned home Wednesday evening
after Mr.. Pratt had taken his Master Mason
degree they found that their wives had
planned surprise for them and that there
were number of friends awaiting them at
the home of the former. Refreshments
were served and very enjoyable time was
had by all.
K. e. Taylor, an OwOssO boy and grad
uate of the University, is teaching in the
Phoenix, Arizona high school. With How
ard r. Daniels in the high school at Bill
lngs, Montana and Fl. b. Dewey, county
superintendent of schools in Tacoma, Wash
ngton, and Hudson Sheldon, of Santa Ana,
Calf, OwOssO's University Alumni, are at
least fairly well scattered over the country
and here's to success to all of them, and
to any others who may venture as far away,
as We'll as to those who remain Ia cities
nearer lone.
Aud now the Erie telephone system
which gobbled the Michigan Telephone
Company which gobbled the New State
Company has in turn been gobbled by the
Telephone, Telegraph & Cable Co., OF
America, whose directors are the same as
those OF the Western Union Telegraph
Company. 1t would seem that the old
nursery story of ''the house that Jack
built" Is being repeated on rather
stupepd0us scale. The Owosso Company is
still! thankful that 1t is still free from any
entangling ailiances-and 20 are OwossC
telephone subscribers.
| The new five hundred number multiple
switch board of the Owosso Telephone
Company has been shipped and will soon be
in position at the company's exchange
the company'S new subscribers who have
been unable to get telephones and connec-
tiOns with the switch board because Of
every available number on the old board
being filled, many of them with more thar
one phone on the same line. 1t will take
several days yet before the new board car
be set up and connected up but as soon a:
the change is completed the company will
be able to give the best service by far thai
1t has yet been able to give.
The board of public works at Its Tues
council to give the board authority to place
OH the corners Of the Business streets, signs
bearing the words, "Piease do not spit on
the sidewalks" The resolution was intro
duced by James Osborn who became very
favorably impressed with the success of thu
plan and the necessity for something of the
kind during his recent stay in Detroit. The
plan is good one and provision should even
be made to give the signs the weight of law
and to provide for the enforcement of the
same by the city marshal and his assistants.
There Is class of people who should be
made to remember that sidewalks are built
4 W Uc WdlhCu upOu hnu oiO hut muuC W Dol We
the purpose of spittOOns.
A. b. Cook went to Ann Arbor Tuesday
morning to attend the state round up o.
farmers Institutes. Mr.. Cook was on thu
program with discussion of the subject
"Sneep on the Diversified Farm" For thu
benefit of those who attended the Shawas.
see institute and heard the discussion o.
general purpose" horses, cattle, sheep, etc.
1t may be said that Mr.. Cook informed THT
TIMES before leaving that his subject nigh
be considered as referring to general pur
pose" sheep on the general purpose farm
Any one who has been taken into the con
fdence of Mr.. Cook, however, will be ready
to admit that he knows how to make sheer
pay and pay well whatever classifi cation l.
given to them or by whatever term his farm
ing is described.
Residents OF Owosso and Shiawassee
county will not soon forget the big fall Of
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