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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-07-21
Boehm-Cook.

Married, Sunday, in Detroit by Rev.
VIM. Conelly, Walter Boehm and Miss
Edith Cook both of Owosso. The couple
returned to Owosso Tuesday and an
nounced their wedding and are living
with the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Christopher Cook, Prindle street. Mr..
Boehm is well known as former
member of the fire department and is
now employed at the sugar factory.
Mrs. Behm has been clerk for some
time in Lawrence's department store.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-07-21
Big Reward.

T. j. Scroggie, Bradley street, this
city. left his pocketbook somewhere in
Ashley, Saturday, and on Monday was
notified that letter awaited him at
the postoffice in Owosso with postage
due. He called for it and found the
envelope contained his pocketbook,
minus seven Of the twelve ten.dollar
bills it had contained, but the balance
of the bills, notes and checks were in it.
1t is not known who mailed it but the
person took a big reward.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-07-21
Washington and Franklin on New
Postage Stamps.

Washington, July 1s.-"Utility, art
and harmony" according to Third
Assistant Postmaster Generalt Britt,
will be combined in a new issue of
postage stamps about to be authorized.
The head of President Washington
will appear on the first Six of the series,
while the last FIVE will bear the like
ness of Benjamin Franklin. The de-
nomination of all the new stamps will
be in Arabic and this as well as the use
of separate co'or or shade for each
denomination is expected to prevent
the confusion Of which two conven-
tions of postal clerks have complained
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-07-21
Blue Ribbon Races.

The first meeting of some of the
grand circuit horses at indianapolis
last week only served to increase the
interest in the stakes to be decided al
Detroit's annual blue ribbon meeting,
July 81 to August /. So many Of the
horses that are named in the principal
events at this most important of the
seasons light harness functions have
shown about the same ability that there
is more doubt in the outcome of the
stakes than there was before the frs,
heat was raced.
Men who have trained the candidate
express the widest difference in opinion
as to the outcome of the M. & M. stake
and those who have seen q number o.
the horses parade in contests are al
much at sea as they were in June
There are many entrants to the race
that did not score for the word at tn,
opening meeting, and their presence
will add to the uncertainty of the out
come. This condition makes the 191.
renewal of the M. & M. the best of al
from the standpoint of Of contest.
Enough has been seen of some of th'
PAGERS to know that Joe Patcben ii
will not have walkover when b,
starts in the Chamber of Commerce
stake. Sir R. and Peter the Secont
have raced cleverly and at the sam,
time Branham Baughman has worke,
close to 2:04, 30 it is evident that will
! a good track on July 81 the record TO
this event will be lowered.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-07-21
Death of Mrs. Curtis.

Mrs. Della Curtis, wife of Charles
Curtis, died Tuesday at her home in
Rush township, aged 81 years,
The funeral was held Thursday at 10
O'Clock, Rev. Mr.. Rowe of Garland,
officiating. Interment in the Hender-
son cemetary.
Deceased spent practically all of her
life in Rush township. She is survived
by her husband and seven children.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-07-21
Rebekah Officers.

The Star of Hope Rebekahs installed
officers Tuesday evening at their hall
corner of Main and Park streets, as
follows:
Mrs. G. g. Eaton, N. q.
Minnie Hawcroft, V. G.
Mrs. F. @. Packard, p. G..
Mary Whitney, Treasurer.
Matte Chapman, r. s. to N. G..
Ida Washburn, L. 8. to N. G..
Mary Leach, R. s. to V. G.
Mrs. Dyer, L s. to V. G.
Augusta Able, w.
Mrs. Wilcox, G.
Emaline Doan, Rec. Sec.
The grand officers were:
Mrs. A. f. Hollis, d. d. G.. p.
Mrs. Dyer, d. d. G. V. p.
Mary Leach. d. ID. G.. NJ.
Ida Washburn, d. d. @. w.
Mrs. o. T, Graham, d. d. q. T.
Mrs. John Brooks. d. d. G.. Sec.
Mrs. Lillian Mccall, d. d. u. Chap
lain.
The first Tuesday night in August a
big picnic supper will be served at their
hall for the Rebekahs.. All Rebekahs
are requested to bring something and
have good time. Anything in the
way of refreshments will be in order.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-07-21
STATE AsoLIsHEs THE PUBLIC
CUPS.
State Board of Health Acts in Inter
est of Public Health.

Lansing, Mich, July 17.-Secretsry
Dixon of the state board of health pro.
poses to abolish the public drinking
cup in all public places, railway trains,
steamships and other public convey
ances. BY direction of the state board
of health he has sent out notices to-day
to those in control, announcing that
the board will expect them to abolish
this form of disease carrier by the Goth
of this month. The notice is expected
to apply to public buildings as WELL
the board believing that under the
authority vested in them relative to
the protection of the public, there is
authority for this radical move.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-07-21
PROSPECTS FAVORABLE
For the Rebuilding of the Standard
Fiaked Food Co. Plant-Commit-
tees to be Named to Work
Out "Details.

The work of securing the required
number of signers to the $4,000 guar
antee to ensure the rebuilding Of the
plant of the Standard Flaked Food Co.
recently destroyed by fire was practi.
cally completed Wednesday morning.
The committee of the Improvement As
sociation having this matter in charge
has worked hard to accomplish the end
desired and If the plant is rebuilt our
citizens can thank President j. Z. Shat
tuck and his associates for their per-
sistent and successful work The COM
mittee and several of the signers on the
guarantee feel that there are number
of other citizens who should be public
spirited enough to take their share of
the responsibility by placing their
names thereon, making the number of
signers fifty. 1t is not fair for a rel,
stively small number of the business
men of the city to become responsible
for deals of this kind when whatever
benefit IS derived Is shared by all. 1t
should not require further soliciting on
the part of the committee to get the re
naming signatures.
At the meeting of the Improvement
Association on Tuesday next commit
tees will doubtless be named to have in
charge the expenditure of the money
for the erection of the building required
and to perfect the necessary legal papers
for the protection of both the guarantee
signers and the parties interested in the
company. The signers will also be
called upon to name three of their num-
ber to act as directors of the company
until such time as the money advanced
is repaid.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-07-21
GAYLORD Wins Again.

B. S. Gaylord Of this city, took first
and other prizes at the trap shoot of the
Upper Peninsula Sportsmen's Associa-
tion at Sault Ste. Marie last week, be-
ing two birds ahead of J. Matthews, a
professional, who represented the Dead
Shot Powder Co. Mr. Gaylord was q
winner in each of the "a events.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-07-21
Remember the Sufferers.

The Michigan Centpal Railroad will
carry free of charge any provisions or
clothing which people of Owosso and
vicinity desire to donate to She fire suf-
ferers in Oscoda, AuSable and other
parts of the state.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-07-21
President Brown Presides.

Mayor Sprague being absent from
the citv, President of the Council Aid.
John Brown presided at Monday even
ing's meeting, conducting the proceed
ings most excellently, many matters
being disposed of.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-07-21
Want Patterson On His Old Beat

Fifty business and professional men
and citizens of the west side have
petitioned the Council to return
Patrolman Patterson to his old beat in
the west end, believing him to be the
best man who ever served in that part
Of town. The mayor and police COM
mittee will look the matter up.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-07-21
STATE LAW ABOUT FLIES.
Requires Sanitary Protection Of Fruits
and Vegetables Exposed for Sale.

The attention of merchants is called
to the new state law promulgated by
the dairy and food department which
makes 1t unlawful for dealers to expose
goods for sale without proper sanitary
protection against flies and dust, par.
ticularly referring to meats, fruits and
vegetables. This law has attracted
much attention throughout the state
and there will be general efforts to en-
force it. A penalty is attached for
those who violate the law.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-07-21
BETTER THAN The WEST.
This Man Says Michigan 10 the Best
State Of All.


State Of All.
Charles T. Manning of Manistee, an
agriculturalist and horticulturist of
note, has just returned from the west
and he says that Michigan has furnish.
ed altogether too many to the popula-
tion of the fruit growing states of the
west. He says he is convinced that the
opportunities afforded by Michigan far
exceed those of any western state. He
also says there yet remains in this state
100000 acres of undeveloped land
suitable for high class farming and
orchards. The opening up of these
lands would mean an increase of popu-
lstion of at least one and one-half mil
lions according to Mr.. Manning's esti.
mate.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-07-21
Want Pay For Cattle.

Thomas Dwyer of Owosso township
has begun suit against the Grand
Trunk Railway for damages of 5000 by
reason of his cattle having been killed
last spring by an engine on the railroad.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-07-21

Mrs. g. F. Friegel and children, Gail
and Theodore went to Detroit, Thurs
day morning for visit of several days.
Judge Matthew Bush and G. M.
Bilhimer Of Corunns, leave Saturday
on fishing trip in the northern part
of the state.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-07-21
CITY League STANDING.
Mscadsmlxe South Washington ST.

If proper arrangements can be made
and the funds are available, South
Washington street will probably be
macadamized from the bridge to Gute's
hill. Estimates of cost are to be Sc
cured Immediately.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-07-21

Sidney Bowling has resigned his
position with the Consumers Power
Co. and is now driver on the United
States Express Co.'S wagon.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-07-21

Miss Msyme BRANDED has accepted o
position at Lyon and Ponds store.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-12-16
Heroic Dream Came True.

Patrolman William Noble of Dor
chester. Mass, dreamed that he was
standing In Peabody square when run
away fire horses rounded the corner.
In his dream he saw five little chill
dren in the path of the mad animals.
He seized the horses by the bits and
brought them to a stop within three
feet of the children-and then he woke
up.
Still pondering over the dream
Noble went of duty, walked to Pea
body square and told another cop
about the dream. Just as he had fin
ished two fire horses dashed around
the corner, running wild toward a
group Of children in the square. At
the risk of his own life Noble seized
the bits and stopped the pair within a
yard of the nearest child. Then he
counted the children and was aston.
ished to find there were just five.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-12-16
Chlcago's Way.

81 haven't tried 1t in New York, SO
I don't know how obliging they are
here" remarked a Chicago man. "but
in Chicago they used to take pains to
reimburse patrons Of gum and
chocolate vending machines II the de-
posted cent failed to deliver.
81 had been defrauded of several
pennies, and finally reported one loss
to the ticket agent of the elevated
road at the station the cent had been
lost He took my name and address.
A few days later I received a letter,
saying:
1--WE regret to learn that you lost
one cent on account of one of our ma
chimes being out Of order. We are
sending you herewith gum to make
good your loss, and wish to assure you
that we use every effort to keep the
machines in perfect working order, but
we cannot prevent attempts at rob-
bing them, which occasionally damage
them or put them out of order
1T was typewriter. had been copied
In a letter press, bore a cancelled two
cent stamp and contained two sticks
OF gum. a blotter and o return en-
velope."
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-12-16
Chinese Complexlons.

A French writer has given IN La
Presse Medicale the results of his OBJ.
servations on massage In China. He
remarks that the exquisite complexion
of the young Chinese women is due
not to enameling, as has been sus-
pected, but to careful manipulation OF
the face done by expert masseuses.
They begin by a gentle pinching OF
the cheeks between the tips of their
fingers, which lasts fully ten minutes;
then apply lotions on absorbent cot
ton, then an unguent, and finish by
kneading the cheeks with an extreme
delicacy of touch, always proceeding
from the nose and commissures Of
the lips toward the ears.
This is a harmless and physiologic-
ally correct process which can be
recommended In cases. rarer than
they should be, where the physician
is consulted concerning a faded or
otherwise unattractive complexion.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-12-16
WHAT CHICKENS MUST SUFFER
Astonishing What They Pass Through
Before Reaching the Real and
Ultimate Consumer.

III this poor chicken knew how
much l was enjoying him." remarked
a bright woman at country inn not
80 long ago. "he would have been glad
to die"
That remark might have been good
for that particular chicken. He did
not have far to travel until he reached
his ultimate destination. His first
owner brought him to the inn via his
own automobile and collected for him.
Then 1t was but step to the frying
pan.
But 1t Is astonishing what some poor
chickens have to suffer. First they are
killed. Then their lean little car
casses are placed in storage, and be-
fore they reach the real and ultimate
consumer they have to carry as many
as a dozen profits.
AS a rule 1t may be stated that the
more profits a chicken acumulates the
less he is worth. How some Of them
hold together long enough to reach the
table Is a mystery.
And the same Is true with many
things.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-12-16
JOKE OF ENGLISH JUDGE
Found scotsman's Case 20 Exceptional
That He Excused Him From
jury Dpty,

Summoned TO serve upon q special
Jury In the kings bench division, Sir
George Douglas OF Springwood Park,
Kelso, who has 2 town house In En-
pismore gardens. asked Mr.. Justice
Darling to excuse him from service
on the ground that he had not occu-
pied the latter place for a year and
a half. He said he had come from
Scotland in answer to the summons
and wished to return at once.
Mr.. Justice Darling-Have you
served on juries in Scotland?
Sir George have never done 80.
but am liable.
Mr.. Justice Darling-Do you want to
go back to Scotland?
Sir George-Yes.
Mr.. Justice Darling-When do you
want to go back?-because thought
that Scotsmen never wanted to go
back to Scotland. Laughter.)
Sir George want to go back I'M
mediately--tomorrow II l can.
Mr.. Justice Darling-As tempta-
tion to stay you may earn a guinea
II you care. but in the circumstances
a Scotsman wishing to return to Scot
land when he might make money in
England being so exceptional-I think
l will excuse you. (Renewed laugh
ter.)-Pall Mall Gazette.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-12-16

q gracious CLINE, which testify with
subtlety to the depth of the appeal Of
the birth Of Christ. Here divinely
spiritual symbolism and there sweet
human tenderness and pathos appear,
and, blended. they evidence the worlds
belief that this was both Son Of Man
and Son OF God.
An Irish legend tells that. on Christ
mas eve, the Christ-Child wanders Rnt
in the darkness and cold, and the
peasants still pat lighted candles ia
their windows to guide the sacred lit
tie feet that they Iaay not STUMBLE on
their way to their homes. And in
Hungary the people go yet further in
their tenderness for the Child, they
spread feasts and leave their doors
open that He may enter at His will.
while throughout Chfistendom there is
a belief that no evil can touch any
child who is born Or Christmas eve.
The legend which tells how the very
hay which lined the manger in which
the Holy Babe was laid put forth liv-
ing red blossoms at midwinter at the
touch of the Babes body could only
have arisen from belief in the renewal
of life through the Lord OF Life.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-12-16
B. c. Hubbard 4 Go.
Regular Habits.

It Is a good plan to have a regular
time for reading. One accomplishes
SO much more in this way, and be-
sides establishes kind OF intellectual
habit that is good thing in itself.
In an hour, or even hair an hour given
regularly each day to reading, a great
deal may be accomplished. Do not
confine your self to serious books. AL
ternate light with heavy reading and
do not attempt heavy reading when
you are tired. Do not read merely to
be amused. Treat your books as
friends. Do not follow blindly the
teachings of any book.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-12-16

At first Christmas was what 10
known as movable feast, just as Eas-
ter is now, and owing to misunder-
standings was celebrated as late as
April or May. In the fourth century
an ecclesiastical investigation was or
dered, and upon the authority of the
tables of the censors In the Roman
archives December rs was agreed up
on as the date Of the Savior's nativ-
ity. Tradition fixed the hour of birth
at about midnight, and this led to the
celebration OF a midnight mass in all
the churches, a second at dawn and q
third In the later morning.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-12-16

a trace OF Christmas bounty and good
will. and he called to the sea. which.
as OF old. obeyed his voice. and Been.
the city OF sin, was buried deep, clean
out OF sight, beneath the waves. But
ever at Christmas up fr0m beneath the
covering waters comes the sweet call
Ing OF church bells buried In Been. 1t
II q legend which appears to tell In
parable that nothing which ever be-
lopged to the Christ. and was dedi-
Gated to his service. Is ever wholly lost
from him and alienated from service;
that ever and again something of their
inherent beauty and compelling sweet
ness rises from the depths through all
seeming ruin.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-12-16
An Alarm At Night

That strikes terror 10 the entire
hou,ehold Is the loud, hoarse ant
metallic cough of Group. No mlS'ak
ing IL, and fortunate then the luck
parents whe keep Folev's Honey and
Tar Compound on hand. III. G. Gas
selman, Canton, N. Y. saws: III /.
worth its weight In gold Our littt.
children are troubled with Group au,
hoarseness. and all we give them /.
Fo'eys Honey and Tar Compound
always have bottle Of IL in IN
house. J." Hite's Drug Store.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-12-16
Indian Relies Found In Massachusetts

Moses B. Phillips Of the Log Plain
road has found and left in the town
clerks Office two attractive speci-
mems Of Indian implements. One Of
these is a spear head. apparently un-
finished. Of native stone and Of un-
usual size, and the other, an ak or
tcmahawk, is somewhat unusual in
being made of native stone Of rather
coarse grain. Both specimens were
found by Mr.. Phillips on his farm
Greenfield correspondence Springfield
Republican.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-12-16

NhSV ~ tuuCuluB ieSeuus ooHCtIu-
ing bells, which are heard
ringing from buried cities and villages
at this season. One belongs to a viii
lage near Raleigh. in Nottingham
shire, and the story runs that once,
where there is NOW but valley, there
was q village which, with every trace
of life and habitation, had been swal-
lowed by an earthquake; but ever
since, at Christmas, the bells of the
buried church are heard to ring as Of
old.
A similar legend Is told OF Preston,
In Lancashire, and yet another and
more moving one comes from the
Netherlands, II is said that the city
of Been was notorious for its black
and shameless sins, as well as re-
nowned for its beauty and magnifi-
cence. TO the Sodom OF the middle
ages came our Savior on one anni-
versary of his birth, and went as a
beggar from door to door, but not one
in all that Christmas keeping city
gave.the Master of the abundance. Sin
he saw rampant on every side, but not
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-12-16
.ssa aHlfgHolv Thorn.
T is not Sc many centuries
ago since there was that holy
thorn at Glastonbury which

thorn at Glastonbury which
blossomed every Christmas, and, SO
ran the legend. had done ever since
st. Joseph Of Arimathea, having come
as apostle to Britain, and, landing at
Glastonbury. had stuck his staff of dry
hawthorn into the soil, commanding 1t
to put forth leaves and blossoms. This
the staff straightway did. and thereby
was the king converted to the Chris
tian faith, the faith which preached
life from death.
The holy thorn of Glastonbury flour.
ished during the centuries until the
civil wars. During those 1t was up
rooted; but several persons had had
trees growing from cuttings from the
original tree, and those continued to
bloom at the Christensen, just as
their parent, which had grown from
ST. Joseph's staff, had bloomed. And
about the middle of the 18th century
1t was recorded in the Gentleman's
Magazine how the famous holy thorn
would not deign to recognize the new
style calendar, which had then come
into force but would persist in bios
soming as of old on old Christmas
day!
In those days the anniversary Of the
advent of the Babe had certainly
meant more to the common people
than merely a time for feasting and
revelry. for giving and receiving; 1t
had been also a season for holy OBJ
servances, for they refused to go to
church on New Christmas day, the
holy thorn not being then in blossom.
So serious became the trouble that the
clergy found 1t prudent to announce
that Old Christmas day should also
be kept sacred as before. Only an
other story Of mems weak, supersti-
tious minds? True. perhaps; but they
are better who evidence some spiritual
weakness than those who wallow in
the wholly material, and when we
cease to be careful of the cup and the
platter, we become not over careful of
their contents.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-12-16

a part of the mind that the prosaic
and commonplace can never crush
them. Until the youth reaches man
hood and independence, Christmas is
the happiest day of the year. It's gifts
and hearty good cheer impress family
affection, parental thoughtfulness and
brotherly love. The dullest and most
irresponsive Of fathers and mothers
are uplifted to q vision Of higher life
by the interchanges of souvenirs and
the merry meeting with children and
grandchildren at the table and fire.
side. Few can escape and all enjoy
the meaning Of the festival, the les
It gives, and we enter upon a brighter
future and fuller appreciation of the
beneficence Of the practice of faith,
hope and charity. The loved ones
who have crossed to the other side,
the loved near and far who are still
with US, the old homestead with its
precious memories, the old church
whose sacred associations tie togeth,
er childhood, maturity and age, love.
marriage and death; the schoolhouse
where the beginnings of education
were SO painful, and the ever-increas-
ing pleasures Of the pursuit of learn
Ing through the high school, academy
and college are recalled and recited,
and there is exquisite delight in these
oft-told tales, and new experiences en-
liven this blessed anniversary,-Les-
lies Weekly.