The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-03-06
Miss Mabel Halstead spent Sunday in

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Chesaning.
County Clerk J. Y. Martin has beer
i'll part of the week.
Mrs. Conrad of Vernon, is spending
the week with her granddaughter, Mrs,
A. l.. Nichols.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. III. Pier of Flint
returned home Saturday after visit al
f. b. Woodlands.
Mrs NJ Laveck entertained twenty
ladies at O'Clock dinner at her home
Tuesday evening.
H. L. fowler of Minneapolis. and E.
L. fowler of New York City, visited
their father, Rev. T. fowler the first OF
| the week.
Mrs. L. Heysr and daughter are home
FROM Flint. Miss Gladys will be taken
back soon to enter the State School for
! the Deaf
Fred Edwards has accepted position
as chief clerk in the Office of the divi.
, sion superintendent of the Ann Arbor
Railway.
Albert Gotten, of Detroit. spent
Sunday at his home in this city. He
has good position with the Siegel
Company.
Mrs. Jennie Shay, Mrs. James Bar
trem and Mrs. s. A. Waugh attended
the Splitter Ruess wedding at Hender-
son, Wednesday.
w. A. McTaggart is now at the Main
street M. G. station in Owosso as ticket
seller and operator. Frank E. Schram
will take his place at the Junction.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Brown have been in
Ann Arbor this week, taking their
year old son, Ellwood, for treatment
for his eyes which are in a serious con-
ditiCn.
Oliver Ware has gone to Dakota to
dispose of his property and will return
and with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
James Warren, buy property near
Owosso.
A surprise was given Mr.. and Mrs.
Roy Alcombrack Saturday evening at
their home on Detroit street by about
twenty-five friends. They will soon
move to farm west of Owosso.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Purves will move
from Owosso township to Bennington
where he will work for J. w. Hubbard.
A company of neighbors and friends
were entertained by them last Friday
evening.
The Grand officers of the Grand
Lodge Of Michigan 1. D. o. F. will hold
an open meeting on Monday next in the
Odd Fellow No. SO hall to which all
Odd Fellows and friends of the order
are cordially invited. Meeting held in
the afternoon.
Carl Wietzke, aged 80 years, died at
the home of his son, Albert, Grover
street. Sunday morning Mr.. Wietzke
has lived with his sons, Albert and
for the last fourteen years,
August dying year ago. One other
son, John, survives, living in Ohio.
The funeral was held Wednesday after
noon from the Lutheran church, Rev.
Hahn officiating.
Mrs. Clarissa Robinson, aged so years,
died at the home OF her daughter, Mrs.
John Sowersby, Sunday afternoon after
a brief illness. The remains were tax
en- to Ithaca for burial, funeral services
being conducted by Rev. f. L. Church
at the Sowersby home, East Mason
street, Tuesday morning. Mrs. Sowersby
is the only member of the family sur
viving.
Cole 81 Johnson's colored "Shoo Fly
Regiment" company reached Owosso
Wednesday morning and were to show
in the Owosso Theatre in the evening,
but were unable to find hotel or board
ing house accommodations and as the
advance sale of seats was small the
company left in the afternoon for
Grand Rapids, cancelling their engage
ment for this city. There were about
fifty in the company.
Don and Dee Bacon have broken the
1907 record and slid long way into
1908. They finished drawing 500 bush
els of hand picked beans to Calkins' ele-
vator Saturday and drew check for
81, 900 for the crop. The beans were
raised on 20 acres and including 100 bu
shells saved for seed and amount picked
out, the average per acre was over 20
bushels. That kind of farming pays
with big Perry Journal.
Frederick J. Schuknecht of Benning-
ton township, died at his home Thurs
day February 9th, aged "a years. He
has been resident of this county Al
years and is survived by four children;
Rev. Herman Schuknecht and Rev. J.
J. Schuknecht of Detroit, Fred of Ben
nington and August of Owosso. The
funeral was held Monday at the home
Rev. p. II. Polly officiating. The re-
mains were buried in Oak Hill GENE