The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-11-17
The Perry post Office has been d esig
mated as a postal savings bank.

The Perry post Office has been d esig
mated as postal savings bank.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Lewis of Sagi
nav, were guests over Sunday at tn,
home of Mr.. and Mrs. G. 7. Campbell
Mrs Cora Clapp of Detroit, has beer
a guest this week at the home of Chas
E. Rigley, Jr.
A. E. Coping and family left We'd
nesday for Cleveland, Ohio, where
they will reside. They occupied the
w. E. Mckenzie residence on Oliver
street east while living here.
The dam in the Shiawassee river al
Byron which has been down for several
years is being rebuilt aud it is under
stood grist mill will be erected in the
spring.
Post Office Inspector Pond was in the
city Monday to investigate the recently
attempted robbery of the post office.
He is of the opinion that the work was
not that of amateurs.
Captain and Mrs. Fred @. Eibach
arrived in the city Monday evening
from Cheboygan to take charge of the
work of the local Salvation Army.
They come to the city well recommend.
ed and are apparently excellent people.
The U. S. Treasury department has
issued an order permitting representa-
tives OF the American Red Cross to sell
Christmas seals in the corridor of the
post office building during the holiday
season.
Oscar j. Reynolds has been unable to
attend to his duties in the post office
since Friday noon of last week when in
a collision with another bicycle rider
he was thrown from his wheel and one
of the bones of his shoulder broken.
o. L. Sprague had expected to at.
tend a meeting of the Republican State
Central Committee in Detroit, Wednes-
day, but was unable to do 80 on &C
count of the many calls upon his time
in connection with the work growing
out OF the damage done by the tornado.
VIM. Mcdonald, for several years
past publisher of the Byron Herald and
connected with the paper since it was
established 20 years ago, announced in
the last issue his retirement from the
paper on account Of poor health. He
will go west to spend considerable time
but intends to make his home in Byron.
We hope that he may speedily be re-
stored to better health.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Brooks, Adams
street, were agreeably surprised Thurs.
day evening of last week when they
returned home from prayer meeting to
find large number of friends in their
home who had come to remind them of
their forty fourth wedding anniver-
sary. The occasion was a most happy
one and before the guests left Mr.. and
Mrs. Brooks were presented with
handsome leather suit case. Refresh
ments were served and games enjoyed.
The city has been the center of at
traction since an early hour Sunday
morning for hundreds of visitors from
all parts of this and surrounding coun-
ties who came to view the work of the
storm 1t seemed to be generally agreed
that no adequate conception of the
damage could be formed except by
personal survey of the several parts of
the city. Many of the visitors carried
kodaks and it is safe to say that thous-
ands of views were taken.
The Peoples Health g. Accident ms.
Co. of Grand Rapids, has settled
promptly the claim of Ira A. Thomp.
son of Bennington, who was injured
several weeks ago. This company's
business is increasing rapidly in this
county because of the prompt and full
payments in ali cases of sickness or
accident. The district agent E. M.
Messecar has Offices in the Haarer
block.
While walking along the Grand
Trunk track from Washington street
to the depot on Friday morning Last,
Mrs. Edward Demorest was struck by
a freight car which was being switch
ed and was knocked down and very
severely injured, one arm being so
badly crushed that it was necessary to
amputate it later in the day at the
MILLER hospital. Her husband is line
man for the Michigan Telephone Co.,
and they had just come to the city
from Fenton to make their residence
here.
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