The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-10-04
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Robt. Gemmell has been at home
part of the week.
G. c. Hopkins, of Grand Rapids
was in the city Wednesday.
Fred Northway, of Durand, was in
the city on legal business Tuesday
Geo. L. VanDyne leaves the first OF
the week to resume his work in
Washington.
Mrs. Bessie Blackmar Bridges, of
Saginaw, is a guest at the home of
DR.. j. d. Crum.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wellington Williams
are at Dayton, Ohio, visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Milton Whiting.
F. H. Watson was in attendance
at the circuit court at st. Johns
Monday, looking after several natur-
alization cases.
Wishing to spend the winter in a
warmer climate, G. D. Smith has
leased the Grand Central hotel at
Corunna to Carl Pickert.
The births in the county during
August exceeded the deaths by
nine, there being fifty of the former
and forty-one of the latter.
H. ]. Tobin and family are visiting
in Toledo and will go from there tc,
Omaha, Neb Mr.. Tobin has been
employed as train dispatcher at
the Ann Arbor.
P. p. McGinty and family arrived
from Detroit Wednesday, and are set
thing in the sharpsteen house on Will
liams street. Mr. McGinty is to SUI
perintend the construction of the
postoffice building.
The races at the Owosso driving
Park will be pulled off next Tuesday.
There will be a running race, for
which prize of SIS is offered and
three classes of harness racing, for
which SIS each is offered
The Congregational Social Union
was entertained Tuesday afternoon by
Mesdames A. M. Hume, ]. w. Sim
mons and NJ w. Southland at the
home of Mrs. Hume, with a large
number present. Eight new men,
bers were added.
Miss Eva Fuller, of Butternut, has
been engaged to take charge of the
sixth grade at the Emerson school
to succeed Miss Downer, resigned. |
Miss Fuller is graduate of the State
Normal and has taught for three
years at the 500, declining re-elec-
ton for this year.
The payment has finally been
made by the government for the ad-
ditional land for the site Of the
post Office building, the council has
paid for the abstract, etc., and the
deal is closed. The appearance of
the property from Washington street
will be greatly enhanced by the pur-
chase as it will prevent building
being erected east of the opera
house block, thus giving a better
view of the p. o. building.
An exchange tells of the three
stingiest men on record. The first
will not drink unless the water comes
from a neighbours well; the second
forbids her family to write anything
but a small hand as it wastes the ink
to make large letters and the third
stops the clock at night to save the
wear on the machinery. All OF them
refuse to take newspaper because
they say it is terrible strain on
spectacles.
Miss Bessie Ravens, youngest
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William j.
Ravens. was quietly married last
Thursday to Leroy Player, OF Owos-
so. at the M. f. parsonage, Rev. J. b.
Pinckard performing the ceremony.
Miss Ravens is well known mere
having lived near the city all her lie.
Her kind, pleasant ways have won
her many friends. Mr.. Player is uh-
known here, but is we'll known In
Dwosso where they will make their
nome for the present. The best
wishes of host of friends go with
Johns Republican.