The Owosso times., 1910-05-06

Born, Friday, to Mr.. and Mrs. Mar
tin King, west side, son.
Mrs. e. M. Porter of Hillsboro, Wis,
visited friends in Owosso the first of
the week.
Mrs. ]. G. Osburn and daughter spent
Tuesday and Wednesday in Flint, with
Mrs. Arthur Stever.
Mrs. w. e. Collins was hostess for
the Alpha bridge club at her home on
Water street. Friday.
Mrs. w. q. Eggleston left on Mondav
for visit of several weeks with rela-
tives in Baltimore. Md. ....-a
how many short Of ten thousand
people are you prepared to have the
census man tell us Owosso has9 .
James Brown, formerly chief of the
Owosso fire department., has moved his
household goods to Lansing, where the
family will reside.
Mrs. Hugo Wesener Of Saginaw,
spent part of the week with Mrs.
Bertha Wesener and Miss Alma Krog-
man in this city.
Robert Towse has accepted the posi-
tion of superintendent of motive power
for the d. T. & I. Railroad with head.
quarters at Springfield, Ill.
Rev. c. FL. Hanks has been confined
to his bed all this week because of the
accident he suffered last week and It is
doubtful whether he will be able to fill
his pulpit, Sunday, although he hopes
| to do 80.
Advertised letters at the Owosso post
Office for the week ending April 30, 1910.
Anton Bilek, Lewey Burkhardt Silas
Carter, Chas. J. Delaney, Mrs John
Gretz, John Newburg. Miss Oracle
VanSickle.
Mrs. E. A. Thomas and daughter left
Tuesday for Detroit and will visit sew
eral weeks in Canada and in Chicago
on the way to Vancouver, B. g., hav-
ing spent two months at the home of
A. T. Thomas in this city.
The store of Ira G. Curry on east
Main street was entered Sunday and
razors valued at $50 stolen. The thief
broke window in the rear end of the
store and crawled in. No clue to the
thief has been found.
Mrs. M. Guthrie, Mrs. J. II. Lave
rock and Miss Eliza Thomas attended
the annual convention of the Woman g
Auxiliary of the board of missions of
the Episcopal church at st. Johns
church, Detroit, Monday and Tuesday,
representing Christ church of Owosso.
The remains of Mrs. Eleanor Squires,
formerly of this city, who died Tues
day at Stanton were brought to Owos-
so yesterday for interment at Oak Hill
cemetery. She is survived by one
daughter, Mrs Chas French, of Stan
ton, and one son, John Squires of
Pontiac.
Mrs Carl Yats, east Exchange street,
this city, mas received letter from her
father written at Seattle, Wash. She
supposed he was dead as he left for the
west from Chicago nineteen years ago
when her mother died, and had not
been heard from since. He states he
has tried to locate her but failed. He
will visit Owosso this summer.
E. o. Dewey left last evening en-
route to Washington, D. c., to return
home with his mother, Mrs. E. B.
Dewey, who has been spending two
months with her daughter, Mrs How
ard s. Reed, in Blacksburg, Va. Mr.
Dewey expects to visit his sister, Miss
Grace Dewey, in New York, and t.
spend Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Al
fred G. Williams in Newark, N. j
While in Washington he will make al
effort to Rave several bids accepted foi
additional work on the new federal
building and to secure some improve
ments for the post Office service.
Ever notice the paths on the lawn.
along side the walks in Mt Pleasant
They are made by vain people who weal
shoes too small for their feet. The
ground is not 50 merciless to a painful
corn or buuion as stone.-Mt. Pleasant
Times. That's pertinent inquiry ap
piled to Owosso. 1t seems almost i'm
possible for certain people to keep or
the sidewalks and so all along different
streets may be seen path worn on the
edge of the lawns and at corners about
the city where property owners are en-
deavoring to m axe grass grow bicyclists
persist in cutting across" without re
gard to the rights of the property own
ers. BY both these practices the appear.
ance of many lawns and the streets il
marred. 1t would seem as though u
little civic pride should stop both.