The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1901-04-19
Local News.

w. K. Gardner, of st. johns, was in city
Tuesday.
o. l.. Sprague and Msrrick Blair are
spending the day duck hunting near st
Charles.
An exchange advertises preparation
sold by local dealer for use on seed oats
which, it says, destroyed the sprout and
increased the yield eight bushels per acre. F"
Rev. G. Fl. Hanks, Ii. w. Parker and q.
T. Campbell will represent the Congrega-
tional church at the meeting of the Genesee
Association to be held in Bancroft next
week.
Miss Anna Foess, who has been with
John Rogers & Co. for several months, has
accepted a position with Osburn & Sons,
or Owosso and will begin her duties il
about week. -Chesaning Argus
Frank Sloan, who is just starting new
bakery on Saginaw street put In an Owosso
phone this week, as has also Miss Compton,
dressmaker, rooms in Adam Deckert's
residence, corner Mason and Ball street.
DIR. w. G. Walker, of Detroit, had busy
day here last Friday and many OF his
patients were quite enthusiastic over their
Improvement. The Doctors next regular
visit to Owosso at the New National Hotel
is Friday, May 10.
a. ID. Hanes has sold the News and Tr-
bune agencies to Kenny Parker, son of
Chas. W. Parker. The papers have been
handled by the Hanes boys for number of
years past until very recently. Charlie
Hanes will assist the new agent for time.
II. j. Daniels returned from his trip to
the Pan American Monday morning. The
trip was pronounced by him as we'll worth
the taking even though all of the buildings
are not yet finished and none of the exhibits
except the government exhibit had been put
In place at that time.
The Grand Rapids Herald printed fine
half tone engraving Sunday of the ways
and means committee of the Michigan
House of Representatives of which Rep
Mason, of the county, is member. With
characteristic good fortune the Shiawassee
members likeness was good one.
The following Is the list Of letters un-
called for at the Owosso post Office, week
ending April 10. 1901: Mrs K. S. Osborn,
Hattie Spencer, Bert Stage, Janette
Suptoar, MIS-. Margaret Tuttle, Oliver
Taylor. Geo. Winnie, Mrs Wilcox, VIM
Walker, Dennis Murphy, Frank l.. John
son. Francis CogswelI, Arson Carr, Mrs.
Bell Lee, LessIa Mores, b. S. Lewis.
A newspaper social was given Wednes-
day evening at the home of Mrs. A. K.
Ferry, on Adams street, by her Sunday
school class. The admission fee was q
clipping from some newspaper, the clipping
to be either serious or humorous, but worth
preserving In either event and newspaper
prepared by the members of the class was
read as part of the evenings entertain
ment Games and light refreshments were
also on the program.
1t may be of interest to some people who
have had the matter Of spring snipe shoot
Ing under consideration to know that the
season for several kinds of game birds
In 1899 made the open season for
snipe, woodcock and plover the same
as that for the other game birds In the
lower peninsula, or from October. Goth to
November 30th. In other words spring
snipe shooting does not ''go."
Rev. F. II. Nix, whose severe illness has
been noted before In this paper, died at his
home In Ovid Monday. He had been suf |
fering greatly for several weeks with an
aggravated form of consumption. The
funeral services were held Wednesday
afternoon. Mr.. Nix formerly resided In
this city where he was engaged for time
In the photograph business, his health hav-
Ing compelled him to abandon preaching. |
He leaves two children, both well known In
this city, Miss Mable Nix, of Ovid, and
Harry Nix, of Big Rapids.