The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-03-20
LOCAL NEWS.

Harry Young has gone to jackson t.
work on the electric road
Frances, daughter of Aid. and Mrs
A. L. Nichols, is quite sick.
A daughter was born Tuesday to Mr.
and Mrs. G. l.. Hill, Milwaukee avenue
Joseph M. Rose has good display Of
baseball and other sporting goods in his
window.
Mr.. Frank Beardsley, of Flint, and
Miss Jessie Halsey, of Owosso, will soor
be married.
A twelve pound son was born to Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Broeffle on Wednes
day evening.
A. Van Zant goes to Grand Rapids
this week to work in furniture factory
His family goes later.
W.. H. Beatty left Wednesday fol-
Oregon and other states with the idea
of locating permanently.
Miss Katherine Young, of Corunna,
succeeds Miss Alice Thorne, teacher OF
the third grade, Emerson school,
Oscar Davis, of the Frank Weidman
farm west of the city, picked the first
dandelion of the season on Tuesday.
William Holmes, formerly employed
at the Ann Arbor shops in this city, will
soon move his family back to this city.
J. Fl. BRANDED refuses to allow his
name to be used in connection with the
democratic nomination for alderman in
the tn I'd ward.
Frank Comstock has been brought
home from st. Louis, and is at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. G. w. Runyan
West Williams street.
Frank w. Smith, who is now employ
ed at the Corunna Furniture Company
factory, will be the band sawyer at the
new Woodland factory.
Miss Florence Williams, sister OF
Mrs. J. B. Rogers, is making her home
with the latter, and attending the
Owosso Business College
Allie J. Vogus has succeeded l.. p.
Boardman as agent for the Postal Tele-
graph Company in this city. Mr..
Boardman goes to Detroit.
G. w. Detwiler was called to Ann
Arbor the first of the week by the sick
ness of his son. From there he went to
Detroit and Toledo on business.
H w. Parker was at Chagrin Falls,
Ohio, this week, attending the funeral
of his mother, Mrs. Harriet Parker, who
was quite well known in this city.
The Ann Arbor work train was fitted
up here Wednesday, and sent out to
Ann Arbor, where the yards will be re-
arranged. Engine 40 drew the train
w. R. Hookway will be home soon,
possibly to stay, possibly to return to
California next fall. In either event,
the store in this city will be conducted
by A. w. Hookway.
The Billings, Mont High School of
which Howard r. Daniels, of Owosso, is
principal, will hereafter have its gradu-
ates admitted to the University of
Michigan without examination.
J. w. Failor, of Jackson, has been
nominated by the democrats for county
commissioner of schools there. Mr..
Failor was formerly principal of the
Washington school in this city.
Mrs. James E. Weeks was given a
surprise party at her home on Monday
evening, the occasion being her forty
ninth birthday anniversary, She was
presented with fine oak rocker.
Ralph Graham is slated for the posi-
ton of catcher on the M. A 9. base
ball team. At least, his chances for that
position are very bright, as he is one of
the twelve men to retain a uniform.
A raccoon was freed and captured
near the Baptist church, Monday by
Oren Jennings, but afterwards escaped
from the barn where he was confined.
1t is mystery how the little animal
ever got so far from the woods.
Secy. G. N. Smith, of the Sugar Co.,
was in the city Wednesday. He reports
that everything is about ready to begin
the extensive improvements on the
Prairie farm, and that within short
time 500 men will be employed.
The school board has decided to sup
ply system of supplementary readers
for the second and third grades Smiths
Training For Citizenship has been
adopted as the civil government text
book for the High school. The board
will meet on Tuesday evening next to
make arrangements for the placing of
the Ross Memorial Tablet in the Cen
trial school on AIril /.