The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-08-03

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! Mrs; Howard Reed is visiting friends
in Bay City,
Fred ID. Stowell, postmaster at Byron,
was in the.cityi Wednesday.
Miss Anna Miesen is visiting in Mus
kegon and Chicago this week
+ A. M Bentley left Tuesday evening
for Milwaukee and Chicago on business.
R. Claude Bentley, of Chicago. has been
! visiting relatives in the city part of the
week.
Abram Splitter, of New Haven, re-
ceiyesan increase of pension Of $40 per
Preaching service at the Bennington
Evangelical church next Sunday after
noon at $50.
" just month to primary nomination
day and the several candidates are max
ing each day count
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Lawrence and
Glen Byerly are taking trip to New
York, Cleveland and Pittsburg
Mound Spring Farm announces its
second annual sale of Berkshire swine
on September Goth in this city. (
Mrs Polly is attending the Women's
Missionary Society convention of the
Evangelical church at Flint this week.
Preaching service at the Evangelical
church corner Park and Williams st.
next Sunday both morning and evening
Albert Todd, A. H. and Harry North
way and Samuel Kirby are attending
the hay dealers state convention at Kal-
amazoo.
Married, Saturday evening by Rev. c.
M. Keene at his residence, 425 Abbot
street, Mr.. Herbert Fairfield and Miss
Leona st. John.
ID. j. Gerow attended the Retail Fur
niture Dealers ASSOCIATION meeting at
Detroit Tuesday, remaining for the
state democratic convention Yesterday.
James Brown announced to bis friends
at the firemen's room at the city hall,
Monday, that he and Miss Jessie Green,
of this city, were married February g.
They are now moving into rooms over
Frank Moffat's store,
Z. o. Dewey returned Tuesday even
ing from trip to Washington, visit
with relatives at Chatham, N. j., and a
short outing at Far Rockoway, Long
Island. Mrs. Dewey and daughter re-
main at Rockaway for another week.
Rev. J. G. Cromer, pastor of the Con-
gregational church at Wellington, Ohio,
spent Wednesday in the city renewing
acquaintance with his former parish
toner's, all of whom were pleased to see
him. He left Thursday for brief out
ing at Macatawa Park.
Rev. j. j. Fryer, of Ovid, preached
at the Congregational church in this
city Sunday morning, his sermon was
an able one and very instructive.
While in Owosso he was the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Bradley.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Thomas left We'd
nesday for Tawas City for visit at H.
T. Thomas and will then go to Cheboy-
gan to visit at the homes of I. s. Cooper,
formerly of this city and John Reed,
returning by way of Saulte Ste Marie.
The state chemist has replied to
Supt. Cossitt. of the board of public
works that his analysis shows the water
at Gute's hill perfectly good for drink
ing purposes. A report by Eugene
Brewer, city surveyor, shows that the
springs are sufficiently high to make it
practical to carry the water to the pres
emit tank at the water works and that
the supply of water is sufficient for the
citys needs.
The Bennington band members and
their wives and number Of other
Bennington and Owosso people sur
prised Mr.. and Mrs. o. f. Harryman,
of this city, Tuesday evening and spent
a delightful evening. A lunch was
served and orchestra and band music
was interspersed with solos. Mr..
Harryman leaves on long business
trip soon.
DR.. Colin Mccormick, of this city,
was elected vice president at the recent
meeting of the American Anti-tubercu.
losis League in Atlanta, Georgia, and
will prepare a paper for the next meet.
ing at Atlantic City, N. j., in 1907. DR..
Mccormick was one Of the speakers al
the meeting last year in Atlanta when
one thousand physicians from all parts
of the world were present.
The Owosso Canning Company will
commence its canning of tomatoes next
week at the factory on Summit avenue,
and will put up 100000 cans, all Of
which has already been sold, going tc
three buyers. The output represents
twenty carloads. Mr.. Payne reports
that this is his best year since he began
the business, and this in spite of the
fact that the frosts in the early summer
ruined many acres of the plants, which
had to be reset.