The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-05-23
Local NoWs.

Walter Fl. Mumby has returned from
a several months stay in Grand Rapids.
Frank Smith who is pitching for
Muskegon in the State league, lost to
Lansing Tuesday by score of to 3.
Photographer W. S. Beebe has taken
business partner in the person of ]. B.
Lone, of Flint, an experienced and able
! picture man.
Harry S. Ogden and Mrs Luella
! Miller, both of Owosso, were recently
married by Rev. Winans in Ovid They
will reside here.
The spring term of the Oakside school
opened Monday with Miss Florence
, Fitzpatrick in charge, and Miss Lois
Rigley assisting her.
Harold and Donna, children of Mr.
and Mrs. F. B. Richardson, furnished
an instrumental duet at q musical in
Vernon, Friday evening.
o. E. Murdoch, of Big Rapids, who is
visiting his brother, B. n. Murdoch,
recently paid $95 to John Bowers Jr.,
| LII q lduCSOLlc COdCu uOS
Floyd Cowles, of Middletown, cut his
hands very seriously on broken win
dow glass Saturday 1t was necessary
to take several stitches to close the
wounds.
President Angel, of the U. of NJ,
notified Supt. Austin on Saturday that
the Owosso High school has been con-
tinued on the University approved list
for three more years.
Special agent F. H. Fink, of Cincin-
natl, made an inspection here Friday,
| and as result, several branch agencies
! for the sale of American express money
orders, will be established about the
city.
j. H. Weir the Grand Rapids man
arrested here recently and taken back
| to Saginaw, settled a case Of obtaining
money under false pretenses, pending
against him there, and is again in
/ Owosso.
The marriage of Mr.. George A.
Thomas and Miss Lucia, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Jay Rogers, will take
place at the home of the bride Thurs
day, May 80 at 8 p. m.
Fifty couples attended the o. L. I.
Band party at the armory last Friday
evening. R. P. Shorts, of Saginaw,
William Marshall, of Oakley, and Miss
Nettie Clark, of Vernon, We're out of
town guests present.
| Crescent A. Parker came home from
Lansing Tuesday to attend the caucuses
He spent Wednesday in Port Huron on
| business for the state tax commission,
attending the county convention Thurs
day at Corunna.
Company H has received big con-
signment of clothing and it is being dis
tributed among the men. The fourth
squad had target practice Tuesday even
ing, and Roy Lewis got the best score,
II out of a possible 25.
Mrs. Esther Huntley who recently
died at Corunna at the age of Sc, saw
her eight sons leave home, one by one,
| to serve their country. Six of them
were in the civil war, and two We're
regular soldiers. Six Of the eight are
dead.
William Sullivan, who came here
from Lansing several months ago to
work for Osburn 81 Sons, has gone to
Jackson to work in the offices of the
! Michigan Telephone Co. Mrs. Sullivan
formerly Miss Hannah Grady, follows
/ him this week.
Rev. G. H. Hanks, L. E. Gould and
NJ H. Reynolds were in st. Johns, this
week, attending a meeting of the state
Congregational association. Owosso is
one of the eight churches in the state
| especially mentioned for the large gain
in membership made during the past
year.
| Mrs. Elizabeth Hildebrant, of Owosso,
has taken decree of divorce. by her
attorneys, Watson g. Chapman. Defend
ant in the suit was George Hildebrant,
arrested and heavily fined several
months ago for insulting defenseless
women who were on the streets after
dark in this city.
Charles Yeats, superintendent of one
of the largest power houses in the world,
located at Batavia, Ills, has moved his
family tol that city. Mrs William
Lowrey accompanied Mr.. Yeats family
as far as Wheaton, Ills, where her
husband is working for the same COM
pany which employees Mr.. Yeats
The Corunna Avenue Epworth
League, assisted by the Ladies' Aid of
| its church, will serve meals to the
delegates and others who come for the
district Epworth League convention in
| the Corunna Avenue church on May 81.
The Abrey house on Corunna avenue
has been secured as a dining hall
Jacob Simon has purchased the brass
foundry on Cedar street from Hugh
Lyons q Co. and expects to increase the
! capacity of the plant and extend the
business. He has secured the services
| OF j. j. Carey, of Detroit to conduct the
foundry, and will as rapidly as business
demands IL odd 20 kba fDr,a 90. ,,,av,