The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-06-20

The Ann Arbor buffet car, Owosso,
has gone on the road for the year.
The Baptist Sunday school will OBJ
serve Children's Day. Sunday, June 20.
Janitor Niles Virgins now mows the
Central school lawn with the aid OF a
horse attached to large mower.
The new Y. NJ. c. A. base ball team
was defeated Monday in practice game
by score of to by the business men.
Harry r. Cole is chairman of the dec
Grating committee of the Labor Day as
ISOLATION, d. NJ Christian having re-
signed.
Andrew Geek will build the concrete
culvert under Corunna Ave, near the
church. He will receive $500 for the
same.
Mrs. Tod Kincaid and daughter, Miss
Alice McHardy, sailed from New York
City, for a European trip, on Satur-
day last.
Clarence Somers, who thy went
to North Dakota from Owosso, is grow
ing fax He has taken up 200 acres
more of government land.
The business mems base ball team de-
feated farmers team in the Butcher
settlement, northeast of the city, last
Friday, by score of 81 to 2.
The sum of $500 has been granted by
the council to the Labor Day Associa-
ton for the proper celebration of La
boris holiday, Sept. 1, in this city.
Peter Witt, of Cleveland, and Stephen
D. Williams, of Battle Greek, will speak
at the Labor Day celebration in Owosso.
Both are devoted labor union men and
good speakers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles o. Lapham will
celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of
their wedding on Monday. Many
friends and relatives have been invited
to be present
The school children have been enjoy
ing picnics this week. The foot of
King street and McCurdy Park have
been the favorite grounds for holding
the festivities.
The Ann Arbor yard engine here has
been taken off and the joint switching
arrangement between the Ann Arbor
and the Michigan Central has again
gone into effect.
The Federal Labor Union is making
an effort to unionize all the unskilled
laboring men in the city, and to that
end has reduced the price of member
ship to fifty cents
Miss Mary Thomas, of SO Glenwood
Ave, wandered away from home last
week while partially demented. She
was found working in restaurant at
Flint and was brought home.
Saturday was generally observed in
this city as Flag Day, the national
colors futtering everywhere. The Y.
NJ. c. A held special services in COM
memoration of the day, Sunday after
noon.
Mrs G. S. Allison and Mrs. Albert
Todd returned home this week from
Boston, where they attended the mar
riage of Mr.. Leroy w. Todd, formerly
of Owosso, to Miss Anna A. Dewey, of
Boston.
The cement spreaders whose salary
was increased from $2.50 to $500 per
day last week, can work for the former
figure or not at all, as the council re-
duced the compensation Monday even
ing to So. so again.
Mrs. Minnie E. Brown and infant
child, of Glenwood Ave, were buried
in one grave at Laingsburg, Monday
The deaths were separated only by q
few hours Friday. Mrs. Brown leaves
husband and three children to mourn
her loss.
The Grand Trunk passenger trains
made slight changes of time, beginning
last Sun day. The noon train goes east
at 1915 p. m. instead of 12 o'clock as
formerly, the 1915 train will go west al
1913 a. IN. and the 2:31 at 2:20 p. m.
AS means of protecting the city's
two new furniture factories, Corunna's
common council has voted to pipe water
from Wilcoxs lake, south of town, t.
the yards of the factories. The mair
will be four inches in diameter, ant
there is sufficient fall to guarantee goot
pressure.
John I. Crane died at his home il
Petoskey, Friday, as the result of fal
| received while working on q building
three months ago Mr.. Crane was fifty
years of age, and left wife and fiv,
| children. He was graduate of tn,
Owosso High school, class of rs, but hat
been north twenty years. His brother
S. A., A. B. and Alexander Crane at
tended the funeral.
The graduating class Of the Higl
school was entertained by Principa
and Mrs. j. G. Osburn, Friday evening
at their home. Ella O'Connor delivere,
the class history. Winifred Beech tn