The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-10-11
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Mr.. and Mrs. III. W. Parker left this
week for Pacific Beach, Cal, to spend
the winter.
Miss Effie WEIGH, of Tombstone, Ariz.,
is guest of her aunt, Mrs. E. j. Smith,
of Cedar street.
Mrs. d. M. Estey, who has been quite
sick, is improving daily, and is able to
sit up little now.
The Sophomore indoor base ball team
of the High school defeated the seniors
on Friday night by score of IL to 4.
The Woodland Casket factory employ
ees have raised fifteen dollars for the
Halstead children at the Dorcas Home.
The Drueke company, of Grand Rap
ids, took judgment in the circuit court
on Monday of 5000 against j. G. Viii
liams.
Miss Alta Norris has returned home
from Grand Rapids. She had a place
in casket factory there, but was COM
PEELED to relinquish it on account of i'll
health.
Alice Gould has applied for divorce
from G. Eugene Gould to whom she was
married u years ago. She alleges cru
city and says she has to earn her own
living.
A stranger made an insulting remark
to Mrs. Herman Pietschke, who lives in
the southern part of the city, Sunday
evening. Mrs. Pietschke demonstrated
that she was able to take care of her.
self by drawing pistol. whereupon
the stranger fed
A stranger appealed to Mayor Lamb
on Friday evening after the theatre to
assist in the recovery of a gold watch
taken from him by young woman
whom the man met on the street The
timepiece was recovered without pro-
ceedings being started.
The mayor and common council are
apparently unit on the question of
paid fire department, and at Monday
nights meeting, Aid. Townsends or
dinance, tabled last spring, was revived
and few trifing changes will
be made. 1t provides for two drivers
and four other paid men, and will be
acted on at next weeks meeting.
Mike and Dan Haban, Bohemians,
we're arrested for being drunk Saturday
hight and paid the justice FIVE dollars
apiece, rather then spend twenty days
IN jail. They were in Sheriff Watson's
custody for one day before raising the
money, They claim to have been rob-
bed, while drunk, of gold watch and
eleven dollars in cash.
w. d. Whitehead of the Haggart
drug store, has again been chosen to
manage the West Side indoor base ball
team, and w j. Bowling is secretary
and treasurer. John Shotwell refused
to sign as pitcher, and Corcoran and
Day will do the twirling, while Phillips,
Byrnes and Fletcher will catch. The
team practiced at the Armory on We'd
nesday evening.
Another in the list of good attractions
which have been given by Manager
Whitney to Owosso people was the
District Leader, which appeared at the
Owosso Theatre on Friday evening.
The play, an accurate and enlivening
portrayal Of political life in New York
City, pleased fair-sized audience.
The specialties were fine feature, and
the cast from star to chorus, was
adequate.
There was q we'll attended and in
teresting stewardship conference at
the Baptist church on Friday afternoon
and evening. DIR. Lapp, a pastor of
Flint, gave strong address upon sys-
tematic giving for the support of the
gospel. During his pastorate, the ladies
of the church have not held socials or
fairs, vet more money has been raised
than ever before. Daniel Kurtz, of Mt.
Morris, talked along the same line.
Rev. c. E. Irving, superintendent of
state missions, gave an earnest address.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram J, Norton, of
Davisburg, formerly of this county, cell
ebrated their fortieth wedding anniver-
sary on Saturday. Their children, Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Norton, of Romeo, Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur Cross, of Ovid, Mr..
and Mrs. l.. g. Heyer, OF Owosso, and
Mr.. and Mrs. James Harper, of Ken
lucky, were present Mr.. and Mrs.
Norton received many handsome pres
ents. They spent all their married life
in Shiawassee county excepting the past
three years, on farm in Middlebury,
and keeping hotels at Ovid and Laings-
burg.
A San Francisco paper maintains that
property kept well painted is increased
in value. The best protection for your
house is Bradley e. Vrooman Paint.
For sale by Benkelman g. Mulhall Co.,
Owosso
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