The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-05-01
Local News.

sick.
James Mcintosh is clerk at Breads
News stand.
Miss Mary Hubert, 9ss Water street
is ill with grip.
| Bert Gristock is delivering groceries
for Frank Russell.
Carl Pickert is agent for the Canada
Life Insurance Company.
Archie Horton, a drunk, is doing ten
days in the county Jail.
Frank Mcnamara will give a May
party at the Armorv tonight.
The G. T. Railway is putting in new
walk across its tracks at Cedar street
A daughter was born last week to Mr..
and Mrs. Matthew Drexler, 800 Stewart
street.
Miss Lillian Deal has been offered her
position in the Cadillac schools for an
other year
William Reinsberg had finger badly
crushed last week in a cog wheel at
Factory B.
W. S. Beebe recently caught seven
pound pickerel in the river near the
water works.
The Merchants Beet Co, Ltd, has
secured about 600 acres of land to be
put into sugar beets.
G. j. Hagan, of Bennington, is able
| to be out again, after being i'll three
months with pneumonia.
AT a recent shoot at the Armory, Cor
poral Evans and Private Garner each
scored AZ out of possible so.
Miss Kate Farrell, of the Junction
House, has purchased the house former
ly owned by Marion Mason, Linn street.
A. N Sowersby will be the proprietor
of the Commercial House at Morrice
after May 1, succeeding T. w. Tewks-
berry.
The Scofield House, for lack of pat
ronage, was a losing venture, and
closed down last week. The bar closed
today
The official canvass of the votes cast
at the April election for state and
county officers is published on page two
this week.
The Team Drivers Union, on and
after today, will charge $3.50 for nine
hours work This wage was formerly
paid for ten hours.
Mrs. Eleanor Odell is home from a
stay in Ontario. She will live with Dr.
and Mrs T. B. Scott and will do pro-
fessional nursing
w. S. Lamb is no longer travelling
salesman for Hall Bros, Nichols &
butcher. He has been succeeded by
Elmer Bowers, of Morrice.
THE TINES job department has re-
ceived a large amount of new type this
week and is in better shape than ever
to do the best job printing.
Several automobiles ordered months
ago by Owosso men for spring delivery
have not yet been received owing to a
rush of orders in the factories.
A lace curtain caught fire in the resi-
dence of Merrick Blair, 722 West Main |
street, Monday evening, but no water
was thrown by the department.
Owing to the fact that Rev. w. B.
Matteson's throat was troubling him,
Rev. Hanks delivered the afternoon adj
dress, Sunday, at the Y. NJ. c. A.
Teamster George w. Erect was fined
50 last week by the Team Drivers
Union for carrying loads for the Owos-
so City Mills at less than the usual
price.
Swindlers have been at work in Michi-
gan orseveral months, passing Mexican
five dollar bills on merchants, and get
ting the full change back, although a
Mexican five is worth but s.. 80.
Attorneys Watson & Chapman have
begun suit in Justice McCaughna's
COul III tllC CdoC VI w Ill l>cWlS vs.. MIS-. |
Helen Jobes, both of Bennington. The
suit is over promissory note for $50
which Mrs. Jobes signed.
The executive committee in charge of
the Woodmen State Camp meeting here
next week wishes it thoroughly under
stood that no Royal Neighbors, except
members of Forest Home Camp, Owos-
SO, are invited to the banquet to be
rendered the visiting Woodmen.
Mrs. w. w. Keyte, of Bennington,
has brought two suits by her attorneys,
Watson 81 Chapman, against her father
and brother, James B. and Fred Lewis,
She claims $3.50 for
nursing Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis and
share in 100 acre farm, the deed for
which was secured by fraud from her
lying and incompetent mother.
Watson & Chapman have filed
answer in the case of Herman Olsaver,
vs.. Bernard Corcoran, of Woodruff, and
Fred Edwards, of Owosso. Mr.. Ed