The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-08-30
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the city, Monday.
Attorney w. M. Smith. of st. job MS
was in the city Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin p. Bentley are
home from their western trip.
Mrs. II. D. Lyon and children are Wis.
iting her parents in Greenville.
Rev. G. Fl. Hanks is expected home
tomorrow from Pointe Aux Pins.
Miss Lena Welte will enter the State
Normal school at Ypsilanti next month.
V. A. Douglas attended the funeral
of his grandfather at Grand Rapids,
Sunday.
Miss Minnie Mccormick will return
to Ionia, Monday, to resume her work
as teacher in the high school.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Lawrence and
daughter are home form trip to New
York and other eastern points.
New York city is to raise its interest
rate on bonds from four to four and a
half per cent. Likewise Owosso.
The state sanatorium at Howell for
the treatment of consumptive persons
is now ready to receive patients.
Miss Nellie Mccormick leaves tomor.
row for Big Rapids, where she is to
teach this year in the high school.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Sprague and
granddaughter, Helen, left yesterday to
visit at Pennington, their former home.
B. Martin returned the first of the
week from Albany, N. Y, where be
was called by the death of his brother,
VIM. Martin.
The sale of the E. l.. Devereaux stock
to Geo. Beemer has been declared off
and the former will continue the bust
ness as heretofore.
Fifty-two births and twenty-nine
deaths were reported to the state board
of health from Shiawassee county for
the month of July.
w. II. bigelow is now able to get
down town nearly every day and is
regaining his health and strength in a
manner highly pleasing to his friends.
Acting Police Justice Rush has had
an unusually large number of cases
within the past week, mostly DRINKS
who have been properly punished by
fine or imprisonment.
j. A. Thick was in the city Monday
He makes no promises as to when work
will be commenced on the electric rail
way about which 80 much was heard
few months ago. He is confident, how
ever, that it will be built.
Rev and Mrs. q. II. Wilson, former
ly of this city, have issued invitations
for the marriage of their daughter Miss
Sarah M, to Mr.. Ralph w. Horn, of
Evanston, ILL.,, for Wednesday, Sept.
18th, at their home in DeKalb, Ill.
Geo. Wickham, who was the guest of
his brother Herman Wickham, the lat
ter part of the week, left Monday for
his home in Erie, Pa. Miss Myrtle
Wickham accompanied him for an
extended visit there and in New York.
Superintendent Lawrence Manning,
of the o. e. G. E. Co., left for Philadel-
phia, Wednesday morning, in answer
to telegram from Pres. Stevenson. 1t
is understood his trip is for the purpose
of buying some much needed new ma
chinery for the power plant.
Cecil Mclaughlin, of Vernon, shook
hands with his friends in the city Mon
day, incidentally calling on the super
visors to say that he would not be
averse to filling the vacancy on the
board of superintendent of the poor
caused by the death of his father.
The following letters are advertised
at the Owosso postoffice for the week
ending Aug "a, 1907: Mrs. Bessie Bay,
Mrs. Ethel Booth Floren Cline, w. j.
Dempsey, Theodore Folton, Chas. S.
Lockwood, VIM Mitchell, Mrs. N. Ra.
tan. Chas. w. Rogers, Mr.. A. Toy.
The spirit shown before home COM
ing to improve the appearance of the
city in every possible way still fingers
with good many citizens as is shown
by the number of buildings which are
being re-painted, the better conditions
of the streets about many of the resi-
dences, etc.
Striking match to find gas leak is
as foolish as comparing cheap, adulter-
ated material with high grade guaran-
teed paint like Bradley 81 Vrooman's.
Sold by Benkleman e. Mulhall Co.
Henry McMichael, a transient junk
dealer, will board with Sheriff Watson
for thirty days on charge of drunken
ness. He was found in box car Mon
day night by officer Patterson but sue
ceeded in getting away, being arrested
the next day by Marshall Hodges and
Constable Sanderhoff.