The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-08-15


Mrs w. d. Fitzpatrick and daughter
returned from Detroit ON Monday
Half fare on all railroads to the big
Labor Day celebration at Owosso, Sept.
LIST.
Will Ledbeter went to Cleveland, Sat
urday morning, to accept position in
that city,
Misses Hulda and Anna Miesen are
spending their VACATIONS visiting in
Muskegon.
Mrs. G.. F. North was called TO
Traverse City, Tuesday by the sickness
of relative.
The Gates estate is arranging to erect
a house on the lot just west of DR.. Nc
Cormick's residence
Miss Gertrude Smith sang solos at
both the Congregational and Baptist
churches Sunday morning.
Miss Adelaide La Rowe has resigned
her position as teacher in the city schools
and will not teach next year.
o. L. Sprague spent Sunday with his
family at Bay Port, and the first of the
week at New Baltimore on business.
H. j. Daniels, city editor of the Argus,
returned from three weeks camping
outing at Long Lake Saturday evening.
Bert Fillinger has sold his interest in
the grocery store of Bunting & Fillinger
to Fred Miller. The new firm is Bunt-
ing & Miller.
Mrs. L. E. Gould attended a meeting
of the executive committee of the State
Federation of Women's Clubs at Lake
Orion, Wednesday.
Rev. Paul Desjardins, pastor of the
Corunna Avenue M. E. church. has had
charge of series of Pentecostal meet
ings in the grove adjoining the Kerby
church this week
Local fishermen state that it is not
necessary this year to go north for
splendid fishing. This is proven almost
daily by the fine strings of pickerel and
black bass taken from the Shiawassee.
j. w. Revenaugh, of this city, was in
Detroit, Saturday, to attend shooting
contest. He concluded that there were
too many others entered in the contest,
however, and did not indulge in the
| shooting.
Green goods" swindlers are at work
in the vicinity of Port Huron People
who are victims of this scheme are per-
sons who are looking to secure some
thing for nothing all the time, and be-
grudge merchants reasonable profit
on goods.
Mail Carrier Ami Nelson leaves this
evening on his annual vacation. He
goes from here to Flint for the Elks
carnival and from there to the State
camp at Manistee. The remainder of
his vacation will be spent in Detroit
and with relatives in Jackson.
E. T. Austin is expected in the city
this evening to spend Saturday and
Sund ~ here. He is assisting at the
state teachers institute for Clinton
county, held at st. Johns. He will
leave for Sterling, ILL.,, soon after the
close of the institute to begin his work
as the head of the large township high
school at that place.
Miss Kate Corlett was given pleas
ant surprise Friday evening by party
of friends at McCurdy Park where in
behalf of the donors Rev. G.. II. Hanks
presented her with handsome locket.
Later the party went to the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Jay Matteson on Goodhue
street where they spent the remainder
OF the evening
Letters advertised at the Owosso
post Office for the week ending August.
8, 1902: Maggie Bartell, Mrs Estella
Convis, Mr.. Fred butcher, A. Dutcher
not Adams street; Mr.. Samuel Fay, r.
Covert, Mrs. G. r. Looney Miss Mary
LaCure, Mike o. Conell Mrs. Lon Put
man, Miss Sarah Rice, Mr.. Troonley,
casket trimmer Mrs. Emma Thomas,
Mr. Rev Wolley; Mr.. Hugh c. Derrig,
foreign; Miss Bertha Ford, drop.
A Kansas City dispatch says: "a roll
ing mill for the manufacture of railroad
appliances and employing from $50 to
200 men at first is to pc erected in or
near Kansas City, to be in operation by
January next. The company, which is
capitalized at $9,5OO,OOO and which has
been incorporated under the laws of
Arizona, will be headed by d. M. Estey,
of Owosso, Mich, 1.-The furniture manu-
turer. Several local capitalists are in
terested." The company owns a pat
ent angle bar for joining Trails.
Delbert Lake. of Ovid, drove in front
of the street car near the Catholic
church, Friday night about half past 10
o'clock, and one of his horses was so
badly hurt by the collision that it had
to be killed. According to Motorman
Russell the team turned on the track
when not more than forty feet in front
of the car and in spite of his best efforts
with the brake he could not stop his
car One horse was knocked down and