The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-08-11

The Lottridge milk house was struck
by lightning last night, little damage
was done.
A large barn on the Bishop farm in
Venice township was destroyed by fire
last night caused by lightning.
Mrs. c. A. Lawrence and Mrs. E. j.
Doerr, the latter of Pontiac, left
Wednesday for business trip to New
York City
The Misses Gertrude and Marcella
Watkins of East Exchange street, are
spending few days in Laingsburg
with friends.
Mrs. R. ]. Tick and daughter Rebe-
kah, will spend next week in Pontiac
ut the home of MIR. and Mrs. George
Westbrook. 1t-A4
Mrs. Lois Crawford and SON Karl,
and Miss Frances Jones left Tuesday
for lake trip from Port Huron to Du-
luth and return.
Miss Hazel Schneider, stenographer
for s. @. Pulver, left the first of the
week for Detroit to spend two weeks
with her mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Address of Grand
Rapids, haye visited friends in and near
Owosso part OF the week. Mr.. Address
is clerk in the post office.
Miss Nellie Westcott is spending the
week with friends in Bancroft and Fen
ton and will go to Detroit for q short
stay before returning to Owosso.
A terrific electric storm swept oyer
the county last night. the rain being
heavy. Considerable damage is report
ed this morning to telephone lines.
Mrs. A. M. Hume was in Detroit,
Tuesday, to attend the funeral of Mrs.
Lillian M. Hollister, past supreme COM
mander of the L. o. T. M. w. The
ladies were cousins.
w. A. Upham returned Monday from
his outing at Glenn Lake, Leelenau
county Reports from o wosso resorters
are to the effect that Mr. Upham cap
tured some strings of big fish.
Mayor Sprsgue left last night for
Beulah for two weeks stay at his
cottage. During this time Mr.. and
Mrs. G. Z. Stoddard and two children
of Washington. D. G. will be his guests.
Miss Mollie Roberts leaves Saturday
for Detroit, where she will be joined by
her sister, Miss Hazel. on lake trip
to Cheboygan. They will spend two
weeks at the Mead cottage, Topinabee.
Hon. w. R. Chappell, who has posi-
ton under the District of Columbia
commissioners in Washington, is visit.
ing at his old home in Corunna. Mrs.
Chappell has been in Corunns for few
weeks.
G. G. Holman, the lightning land
scape artist left Thursday afternoon for
Lansing where he has two weeks en-
gagement. Gus Shier accompanied
Mr. Holman to Lansing to act as sales
man for his paintings
Advertised letters at the Owosso post
Office for the week ending Aug. 5, 1911:
Geo. Bradley Lloyd Hall, Jno. Hemler,
Mrs. Alice Hayes, Francis Kasni, Oscar
La Marche, Frank Zealand, Tom Nc
Grath, Mrs. Martin Seioner, B. F.
Swick, Geo. Thompson.
Dr. and Mrs. A. M Hume and daugh-
tiers, Ethel and Margaret, were in Lans-
ing, Wednesday to attend the marriage
of Harry G. Rawson, principal OF the
Beloit, Wis, high school, and Miss
Ruth. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. E. II.
Hume.
The fact has just leaked out that at
the recent meeting of the National Hay
Dealers Association at Niagara Falls,
Albert Todd of this city was rendered
the presidency of the association but
felt compelled to decline the honor al
though strongly urged to accept.
Superintendent w. E. Hanson of the
city schools, returned Wednesday night
from his trip to the Pacific coast. After
attending the meeting of the National
Educational Association in San Fran.
cisco he visited brother in the state of
Washington and spend some time sight
seeing en- route home.
Pearce & Ward announce their semi
annual reduction sale in page ad in
this issue. The firm says that in the
past these sales have sometimes been
held to close out stock a little shop
worn. This year everything offered is
bright and new. Reduction in prices
m IKE the sale an attractive one.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. M. Bentley, Mr.. and
Mrs. T. A. Harris, Morell Bentley and
Don Shattuck left Sunday morning in
the Bentley automobiles for trip east.
Mr.. and Mrs Harris went as far as
Buffalo, while the others will go to
Canandaigua lake for months outing
a; their cottage. The trip was made