The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-02-05
Local News.


employ of the Davis Dry Goods Co.
Miss Edith Cooper, West Main street
has gone to Pittsburg, Penn. to work
M. j. Kirk, who has been employee
by the Sugar Co.. has entered the Agri
cultural College.
M. P. McInrue. who has been con
tractor at the sugar factory. has return
ed home to Lennon.
Mrs. A. A. Sherman left yesterday fol
North Baltimore, Ohio, to visit Mr.. and
Mrs. Meron Sherman. ,.s,
The heavy snow drifts made it impos
sible for the rural carriers to make com
plete trips Wednesday. ~
Watson Beelby, of Grand. Rapids, il
spending few days,with his brother, s.
w. Beelby, of this city. 1
Miss Vera johnson, of the Press
American, has been confined to the
house by sickness this week. FS
The old reliable Specialist, DR.. Munich
will be at Hotel National, Thursday,
Feb. 18th, do not forget the date.
Leroy D Taylor, of Owosso, who has
been helper for the Pacific Express Com
pany, is now regular messenger on the
Ann Arbor.
The private pension bill for DR.. Jabez
Perkins was reported favorably in the
senate on Monday and will undoubtedly
pass at any early date.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. McDiarmid have
removed from Nova Scotia to Poles
town, Pa. Mrs. McDiarmid was form
erly Miss Anna Bartrem, of Owosso.
The new Skinner engine was started
last week at the power house and is do
ing good work. A heater has been in
stalled in the plant. The Fisher engine
is being moved to new base.
Wallace Simmons, of Sturtevant's
planning mill, had the palm of his left
hand badly cut Tuesday. His glove
caught in some machinery, dragging
his hand in among the planer knives.
The twenty months old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Gray, Saginaw
street, died the last of the week of
spinal meningitis. The funeral took
place Sunday from the Disciple church.
Mrs. G. J. Whitney, a sister of Mrs.
VIM. Fletcher. of this city, died at her
home in Detroit Sunday evening, aged
70 years. Mrs. Fletcher and Mrs. f. Fl.
Gould were present at the funeral
Tuesday.
E. M. Richardson and family will re-
move to Detroit in the near future. Mr..
Richardson has been given an office posi-
ton with the firm for which he has
travelled, carrying with it quite an in
crease in salary.
BY visit to the state superintendent
of public instruction, last week. Supt.
Simmons succeeded in having 40 names
of children which had been stricken
from Owosso's school census. replaced
This city will get consequently, about
1925 more primary school money.
County Agent D. F. Blair took Ivah
Kerby to the Adrian school for girls,
the last of the week. The child will re-
main there until she is eighteen Her
mother, Mrs. Mary Beebe, is serving 80
days in the county Jail at Corunna for
taking the child to a disorderly house.
Don't forget that DR.. Walker, the
noted Detroit Specialist, who is per-
forming so many wonderful cures here,
will be at the National Hotel, Owosso,
on Friday, Feb. 10. If you have been
'emahle to find cure perhaps DR.. Walk
nao. n,able to do something for you.
o,.,awbsr tbS>aate, Friday, Feb. IL.
'o -, ,D''','.banquet and ball of
company H was held u"y evening
t the Armory. Those whc'pJJl.oo
0 toasts were Rev. J. A. ClyS 'uuge
!. F. Smith, Corporal G. M. Hampe,
,irk White, Major and Mrs. McCaugnN
a. D1. and Mrs. Hume and W. E Col
ms. Rev. G. H. Hanks was toastmas
err.
The Michigan Central has installed
in its offices at Jackson
lansing, Owosso Junction and Rives
junction. These instruments are much !
ike telephones. A condenser reduces |
he amount of electricity on the tele-
,raph wires in the offices, allowing per-
ons to hold oral conversations over a |
telegraph wire. A telegraph message
nay be sent at the same time without
with the functions of the
The new machine is de-
igned to raise some of the burden from
as much routine business
an be transacted by it. 90
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