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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-03-06
CAUGHT BY THE Grip
RELEASED BY .PE-RU-NA.
La Grippe Is Epidemic Catarrh.

THE disease now known as grip
used to be called influenza
livery closely resembles cold, but is
more tenacious in its hold upon the
system and produces more profound dis
turbances.
Grip is in reality epidemic catarrh.
When it once begins it spreads over the
country very rapidly.
People do not catch the grip from each
other, but each one catches it from the
atmosphere.
"MOst Effective Medicine Ever Tried
for La Grippe"
Robt. l.. Madison, A. NJ, Principal of
Cullowhee High School, Painter, n. c.,
is chairman of the Jackson County
Board of Education.
He is a writer of occasional verse and
has contributed to a number Of leading
papers and magazines, religious, edu-
cational and secular.
In speaking of Peruna, Mr.. Madison
says:
az am hardly ever without Peruna in
my home. 1t is the most effective medi-
cine that have ever tried for la grippe.
ait also cured my wife of nasal ca
tarrh. Her condition at one time was
such that she could not at night breathe
through her nostrils.
ain consequence, an infiamed condi-
ton of the throat was brought about,
getting worse and worse and yielding
TO no remedy until Peruna was tried"
Healthy Mucous Memhr anes.
Those who are fortunate enough to
have perfectly healthy mucous men,
i branes ordinarily do not catch the grip.
The mucous membranes lining the
nose, throat and lungs, when in
normal state, are an effectual barrier
against the invasion of grip.
But, if there happens to be the slight
est catarrhal arrangement of the
mucous membranes, then the victim be-
comes an easier prey to the grip.
This in part explains why some peo-
pie get the grip, while others do not.
The rational thing to do is to keep the
system free from catarrh. In attempt
ing to do this most people have found
Peruna to be invaluable.
Systemic Catarrh, the Result of La
Grippe. Pe-ru-na Receives Credit
for Present Good Health.
Mrs. Jennie w. Gilmore, Box A,
White Oak, Ind. Ter, formerly House
keeper for Indiana Reform School for
Boys, writes:
"Six years ago had la grippe, which
was followed by systemic catarrh.
''The only thing I used was Peruna
and Manalin, and have been in better
health the last three years than for
years before.
81 give Peruna all the credit for my
good health"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-03-06
Common Council.
Common Council Chamber,

Common Council Chamber.
Owosso, Mich. March end 1908
Regular meeting OF the Common Council,
Mayor Dryden II. Lamb presiding
Aldermen present at roll call: Appleton,
Rundell, Lamfrom. Wren, Townsend, Brown,
Conant, Lynch and Washburn. Later, Rigley.
The minutes OF the last regular meeting
were read and approved.
The following communication was presented.
Owosso. Mich March 2. 1908.
To the Honorable Mayor and Common Council.
GENTLEMEN:
Att meeting OF the Board OF Public Works
this date resolution was adopted recommend
Ing that the sum OF $4,000 be refunded to M T.
Densmore for payment made for permit to tap
Main street sewer from Cedar street, there
having been q sewer constructed on the latter
street In front OF the property benefited by
the former tap.
Respectfully,
A II. DUNOMD,
Secretary.
DC motion the recommendation was adopted
and the Clerk instructed to draw an order for
$780, 90 from the general highway fund In favor
OF M. f. Densmore, ayes III, nays0.
Aid. Lamfrom presented the report of the
street commissioner for the two weeks ending
received and placed on fle
AID. Wren presented the reports OF the mu.
nicipal justice OF fees ina fines collected, and
on motion same were received and filed.
AID. Conant presented the following. claims
anu hccOuuJs anu on mOtlOn same were referred
TO the committee on claims and accounts:
CLAIMS AND ACCOUNTS.
Council Room. City OF owosso
March 2nd 1908
To the Honorable Mayor and Common
Your committee to whom was referred the
several claims and accounts would respectfully
report favorablv on the following and ask unan-
imous consent OF this council that said claims
be allowed and the city clerk instructed to draw
orders for the same:
FROM CONTINGENT FUND
Times Printing Co.. SEQ; d G Cooper $50;
o xosso Press Publishing Co., el62; Frank ii
Rush, 5.e; Geo McCaughna, e739s; A b
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-03-06

front OF his property at the corner of King
and Mulberry streets. On motion the subject
was referred TO the street commissioner with
instructions to report TO the council
Aid. Conaut presented the following report
ana on motion same was received and ordered
printed and fled:
February 9TH 1908
To the Honorable Mayor and Common Council
of the city OF Owosso.
Gentlemen:
Below is q balance sheet OF the Board OF
Public Works for the month OF January, 1908,
Balance on hand Jan. lst 1905 sl97.76
RECEIPTS
Meter collections siOo3 90
setting meters 30CS
Tapping 1919 ll9I17
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-03-06
Owosso to Have Holiness Camp
Meeting.

At the state meeting of the Apostolic
Holiness Union held in Lansing last
Friday, Owosso was decided upon as
the place for holding the summer camp
meeting and the dates will be in Au-
gust
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-03-06

Don't let the baby suffer from eczema
sores or any itching of the skin. Doans
Ointment gives instant relief, cures
quickly Perfectly safe for children.
All druggists sell IL.
New-York tribune., 1908-11-01

in factory. The sheep which the children tended
upon the hillside are gone and with them the oc-
cupatons OF cardinS. spinning and weaving wnich
made the long winter evenings too short for the
work to be done. The larder is stored day by day
from the grocer's wagon, and those delectabe times
are vanished IN which the womanknd gathered
the apple and the berry and preserved them III
shining rows, not for this year alone, but for next
year and the year after. The country has grown
rich but the family is destroyed. For the daugh-
ters OF the poor there refuge of the factory
daughters the rich there is nothing but idleness
and both classes are more unhappy than when they
lived in trees.
The care OF the offspring has been handed over
10 male and female NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and
nurses-and thus wide outlet for the physical and
mental activity Of the woman has been efectually
stopped Deprived of the OF her children. the
woman suffers a diminutiOn of her affection and
II is replaced by a noisy sentimental!sm which Is
equally disastrous for mother, child and husband
It is the maternal instinct running riot 1t ex-
hausts itself upon infant. and remains for
the growing child to whom II might be OF some
value The American mother Is famous for the
care OF her infant and the neglect OF her child
In society which has grown up by natural proc
ess In the course OF slow centuries the woman
performs her duties easily. almost unconsciously.
In a society which is the product OF only genera
tion the woman who aspires beyond her primitive
functions Is an amateur in new role We have
all seen and pitied animal compelled 10 per
New-York tribune., 1908-11-01

bic country boys who came up from the bottom
He was born at Metuchen. N J., which Is now a
resort for authors In 1870. When he was fifteen
years old he began sweep the floor and hustle
checks for the Hanover National Bank He climbed
the various rungs Of the ladder and became cash
Ter of the New York National Exchange Bank IN
1898. Later he made vice president and then
president of the institution which subsequently alb
sorbed the Irving National Bank and took the
of the Irving National Exchange Bank AT
the age of thirty-eight Mr.. Pierson is not only
president of large bank, but vcepresident OF II .
American Bankers Association
James G. Cannon, vice-president Of the Fourth
National Bank, matricuated messenger in the
Fifth Avenue Bank when that institution opened
its doors IN 1876. It then across the street
from its present location and on the site of Del
monco's restaurant The officials recognized that
Mr. Cannon had unusual ability after the first few
days Mr.. Cannon has arrived, but is still going.
Among the other heads Of New York financial
institutions who began at the bottom Of the ladder
and climbed to the top Edward Townsend.
president of the Importers and Traders Bank;
William II. Perkins, president Of the Bank Of
America and II. NJ. KilbuTn, vice-president OF the
National City Bank
Messengers become presidents IN other cities
besides New York Recently the First National
Bank of Pittsburg elected It's president James
S. Kuhn. who started his career there as a mes
senger forty-one years ago.
New-York tribune., 1908-11-01
ON TIE PACIFIC SLOPE
Taft W1M Carry California by from
10000 to Is 900.
LBy Telegraph 20 The nibune.

San Francisco, Oct 31.-The Republicans Of Cali
fornia closed their campaign tonight and well
pleased with results. 4 careful canvass of the
state has been made, and good speakers have ad-
dressed large crowds in all the principal districts.
The Democrats have made only perfunctory cam
paign, as at the outset they recognized the folly
of spending much money or energy in a losing
fight Mr.. Taft is popular throughout Cali
forna that he probably will carry the state by
$1,000, and his majority may go as high as IoCOo-
The Republican tariff principles are Of vital in
terest 10 California farmers, fruit growers and
wine makers and the vote of these classes Will be
practically a unit for Taft This overwhelming Re-
publican sentiment will be pretty sure TO carry
into office all the eight Republican Congressional
candidates who the present incumbents Ihe
only hope of the Democrats lies in the 4th and 5th
districts Ex-COngressman Mcguire Is making
hot fight against Julius Kahn in the 4th District,
but he has practically chance of success In
the 9Th District Hayes has made many enemies,
and his Democratic opponent. Tracy, may get in
In San Francisco no forecast the result, as
tickle voters frequently upset all the calculations OF
the shrewdest prophets. The graft prosecution is
making bitter fight for the reelection of Superior
Judge Dunno but the feeling against him is strong
because of the alleged prejudice he has shown ana
the part he played in giving immunity to Aora-
ham Ruef and the boodling supervisors
New-York tribune., 1908-11-01

advertisements boast In America this industrial
change has been remarkably rapid. and there are
women living In ideness to-day who in their youth
were accustomed TO take the sheaf from the field
and nrenare the evening meal from It before the
night fell
Every advance In that industrial development OF
which we are boastng continually makes for the
destruction Of the family. Originally each FAMILY
was more or less sef-coutained and mutually sup
porting The man procured food from the forest,
from the sea- or from the soil. and he was aided
in these occupations by his boys. who became COM
petent at a very early age. The woman dressed
the skins, made them mo garments. and prepared
the food for eating In later times she carded the
wool spun the yarn. wove the cloth and fashioned
II into clothing and there men yet living who
look back with yearnng to family life In when
these occupations were tho chief concern Al an
early age the girl. too initiated into these
mysteries She was telf-supportins from her
childhood and, indeed added TO the wealth and
comfort of the family. The child, instead OF be-
ing a burden was an asset Both male and fe-
wall. were efficient members Of the community and
there was an honored place for even the maiden
sunt 1naAe honora Bile By her usefulness into this
community OF families comes the manufacturer
with his machinery and his love OF money, ana
his formulas about efficiency. saving OF labor In
dgstriai progress and commercial development
Every turn OF his wheels disintegrates the family
nv destroying It's multfarious occupations. The
butter which used to be churned in the dairy kept
cool by an oyerhanging willow uee' Is now nadS
New-York tribune., 1908-11-01
OYSTER SHELL WINDOW pANEs

On the west coast of India IS found a species of
oyster, Placuna placenta, whose shell consists of
a pair Of roughly circular plates about six inches
diameter, thin and white At present these Oys-
ters are collected for the pearls which they often
contain. although few are fit for the use of the
jeweller. But in the early days Of English rule
in India the shells were employed for window
panes Cut into little squares, they produced a
very pretty effect, admitting light like frosted
glass. When the Bombay Cathedral built, at
the beginning OF the eighteenth century, its win
dows were paned with these oyster shells In Goa
they still thus empoyed.-Youth's Companion.
New-York tribune., 1908-11-01
oLD-FAsHIoNED WAY BEST.

Alexander Gilbert. president Of the Market and
Fulton National Bank, and formerly at the head of
the Clearing House Association, born in Eliza
beth N J. in 1889. He was educated in the pub
lie schools, and at the age Of twenty entered the
service OF the old Market Bank. in this city. AT
tUentv-four ne elected cashier, being the
youngest bank official in New York He declined
the presidency of several banks and became the
head of the consolidated Market and Fulton bank
in 1888 He was twice elected Mayor OF Plainheld.
n J. In 1895 he took the presidency of the Clear
ing House Association. of which he had previously
been secretary. A conservative IN his views Mr..
Gilbert recently said IN address before the New
Jersey Bankers Association that the panic Of
1907 had demonstrated that there is no modern
way of doing banking business which Is any i'm
provernent on the good, od-fashioned, conservative
methods handed down TO by our fathers"
Lewis e Plerson, president OF the Irving National
Exchange Bank. IS one Of the group of irrePresst-
New-York tribune., 1908-11-01

The death OF Henry A. Buffers this week closed
a remarkable career. Buffers made his fortune In
South African mines and in developing electric
railways in Cape Town and In many clues or
Europe He was also one of the pioneers IN the
New-York tribune., 1908-11-01
LIKE THE RAW MATERIAL.

..yy rather like a hayseed fresh from the coun-
Try as 2 beginner here said MI tIlssel' no
kind used 10 getting up at o'clock IN the morn
irg IT'S wonderful how quickly a raw specimen
sco1,i.es nolish and style. I was country boy
lnyse and worked in a store The bank seems Ike
q paradise TO that sort The chances Of promotion
ere by no means ended to-day Competition Is not
so intense hut that clerks Of initiative and energy
can become bank officers Saving money is a point
cf Importance. The vast majority Of clerks can
and do save money, and there Is some mysterious
connection between saving money and being valu-
able to your employer. There are still chances 10
climb from the bottom 10 the top"
william Il. Porter. president OF the Chemical
Bank and OF the Clearing House Association. en-
tered the Fifth Avenue Bank in 1873 az nessen-
ger. He was then seventeen years OF age He had
obtained some schooling his birthplace. Middle
bury, Vt, and at Saratoga Springs, y. Y. a brief
experience IN the Office Of a small railroad presi-
dent preceded his banking debut There plenty
Of hustlng for bank messenger in those days.
without telephones subways. and free lunch
con 10 exc out tie 3 week salary II real
lied that Messenger Porter had initiative and
ability and he received q special training. He
raFddIy filed minor positions and became credit
man Of the institution. He specialized 1nercan-
tie credit as being az important subject After
eight years Of service, ana when he only
TWENTY-FIVE years old, Mr. Porter resigned to be
come cashier Of the Chase National Bank. He
was the country's youngest cashier OF large In
siJutiCn The following year he felt that his posi-
ton justified marriage IN 1891 Mr Porter was
elected director and 1892 vice-Dresident Of the
Chase National lie created an exceptional sys-
TEN of accounts and credit department files. con-
tanning exhaustive records cf banks and financial
houses. Ills rise TO the presidency of the Chemical
National and his recent elevation 10 the head Of
the Clearing House did not surprise those who had
followed his
II just worked along anG kept at it," said Presi-
dent Porter TO the writer. There's nothing more
10 tell. II I were author or an artist there
might be something interesting to talk abeut.'
New-York tribune., 1908-11-01

DEVELOPMENT OF electric power IN California He
quarreIled with his wife after the earthquake be-
cause she refused to aid him with s00oOO0 ne hao
settled her. in his will he left all his estate
to his only son. Although he made no proVisioA
for his wife and her two daughters by former
husband. whom he had adopted. they VIII not con-
test the WILL as they had been amply provided for
IN his lifetime.
California grape growers are sending dispatches
to Assistant Secretary Wheeler OF the Department
of Commerce and Labor. urging him to revoke the
ruling made recently prohibiting the use OF do
mestic sweet wines in compromising proprietary
medicines This ruling was secured, the Cali
fornIans claim, by fraudulent charges that Cali
fornia sweet wines were adulterated This charge
the Californians deny and call attention 10 the
fact that the manufacture and sale are regulated
by special revenue laws and supervised by revenue
officials If this ruling holds it will mean heavy
loss to many owners OF vineyards that produce
sweet wines
RIds have been opened for the Columbia
Theatre at the southwest corner OF Geary and Ma
son streets which is to cost s250eOO. feature
Of obtaining funds the sale Of seyenty-t"o seats
In the theatre at $500 each for fifteen years, when
added s36, 900 to stock contributions Ihe 'neatre
is planned to be the finest in the city
Police Judge ConIan imposed heavy fines this
week on cigar dealers who operated slot macnlnes
and bought back tickets that drew winning hands
Five men fined $500 each
The sale of the large packing house OF the Earl
Fruit Company Oroville. Is said to have been 10
the Pacific Fruit Express Company This new
twelve million dollar corporation Is believed TO oe
backed by the Western Pacific Railroad.
Robert IIu Tung Bosnian. the millionaire Eura-
sian of Hong Kong who IS under treatment at the
German Hospital here for nervous disorders must
send back by next Oriental steamer one OF ms
two wives He arrived here several months ago Win
two wives and several children The children De
long to the second wife, whom he married thirteen
wears ago The other wife, whom he married TWEEN
weight years ago he has decided 70 send back 10
China The Washington authorities. TO whom the
question was submitted. gave him the choice of one
wife but insisted that the other must be deported
The anti-gambllng league OF Reno. New altnousn
beaten in the special election this week to close
gambling places and saloons. purposes TO Keep up
1 tbe fight and have another test at the polls Ihe
league attributed It's defeat TO the nearness OF Ine
| election and to business conditions
New-York tribune., 1908-11-01
FIFTH AVENUE BANK TRAINING.

Messrs. Porter, Woolverton. Cannon and XII
burn are graduates OF the Fifth Avenue BANK
which has been described nursery for BANK
officials and presidents a large proportion OF all
New York's bank presidents were country boys
who came 10 the city to make the traditional
fortune. College educatons are scarce among these
heads OF financial institutions 1t takes four years
u 20 through college and In that time pTlght
hank messenger is climbing the LADDER so TO
sneak TO the bookkeeper's stool and hoping 10
hecorne discount clerk before long. The next step
IS teller then cashier and SO up 70 the pinnacle
The boy who begins as bank messenger must Oh
course ba honest and willing, but these qualities
alone VIII not carry him far. The simple duties
Of opening and sorting letters and writing ad-
dresses are varied with collection errands where
good Judgment Is needed TO avoid loss wnen TAX
ing cash or checks from the banks debtors II
* hard not 70 be q faithful messenger what Win
restrictive rules and the keenly paterna o7eEsls'
OF bonding companies and public and private de-
tecives but the thing IS 10 display enough or the
gifts that win advancement
President F'risseT of the Fifth Avenue Bank,
who was himself a messenger in e Poughkeepsie
hank torty-six years ago, told the writer some OF
the methods he uses in making chiefs Of financial
INSTITUTIONS Everybody IN the bank, except de-
tectives and stenographers, begins as messenger
This IS necessary apprenticeship. Ihe pay OF
e. a week is supplemented by free luncheons and
dinners which are served 10 all employees In the
building. Most banks have the free luncheon
feature, which is more practical than sentimental;
the clerks s-e preserved from outside temptation
during the noon hour and can be quickly called
20 their posts in any emergency. The F1fth ave
me Bank feeds its employees in basement lunch
room every day. There IS chance for
each man to try his hand at the work Of his i'm
mediate superior and TO acquire an all around
banking experience. There are understudies for
every pos!tlon In the bank, as in a theatre 30
ti,at no one is indispensable and every one can
show his aptitude. a system Of prizes for sug-
gesticns 10 improve business methods stimulates
originality Promotion is by merit not seniority,
and the man who stays in a routine posluoh 100
,,,env 1-aars Is advised 70 wake up.
New-York tribune., 1908-11-01

The sale of the large packing house Of the Earl
Fruit Company at Oroville. IS said TO nave oeeh 10
the Pacific Fruit Express Company lhls ne"
twelve million dollar corporation is believed to be
backed by the Western Pacific Railroad
New-York tribune., 1908-11-01

-zt.,o- or senility which devices serve lonS
- nos+noue. Indeed. the expression marie" So 81
is commonly employed in those perloole1IS 80
-. eric instinct Is failing IS found In the reueuS
1,cb IS orered-that the nature Of 1t De taught III
srbooIs from books physiology
New-York tribune., 1908-11-01

Police Judge Conlan imposed heavy fines THIS
week on cigar dealers who operated slot machlne'
and bought back tickets that drew winning hands
Five men were fined $500 each.
New-York tribune., 1908-11-01

The anti-gambling league OF Reno New. aitnorsh
beaten in the special election this week to close
gambling pIsces and saloons. purposes to keep up
the fight and have another test at the polls The
league attributed It's defeat TO the nearness Of the
election and TO business conditions