The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-12-29

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Chicago on business.
Miss Louise Steadman left Tuesday
for Los Angeles to reside.
George G. Dewey of Detroit, is visit.
ing friends in the city this week.
Miss Ella Bower is home from Albion
college for the holiday vacation.
L. j. Kinney is home from Florida
for short stay to attend to some bust.
ness matters.
B. Sweetland has purchased the F.
M. Hodge farm in Caledonia, SO acres,
for SO, 900. Mr.. Hodge will return to
Owosso to reside.
Seth @. Pulver and family were
guests at the home of Mrs. Pulvers
parents in Olivet from Saturday until
Wednesday.
w. F. Gallagher attended the month
ly meeting of the board of control OF
the Industrial school at Lansing,
Thursday.
Prof. Edward Bower of the Twin
City Business College, Menominee,
spent the first of the week in this city
at the home of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Bower, Hickory street.
The board of supervisors will meet
on Tuesday next for the January ses-
sion. The session will doubtless be
short as there is no business of special
importance out side the regular routine.
w. Carl Parker of Kokomo, Ind, is
spending the holidays with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Parker, 1905 South
Washington ave. f. L. Brown and
family and 81. d. Parker Of Owosso,
spent Christmas with Mr.. and Mrs.
Parker.-Lansing Journal.
Judge Miner Thursday granted de.
cree in the divorce suit Of Anna vs.
Alba Keith. It is stipulated that the
household goods are to be given to Mrs.
Keith while the couples cash amount
ing to 1898 is to be divided equally be-
tween them after the costs of the case,
$40; are deducted.
J. II. Laverock left Saturday evening
for Mt. Vernon, Ill, to join Mrs.
Laverock, who had been visiting her
sister Miss May Butterfield for few
days. Mr.. and Mrs. Laverock left the
first Of the week for California to spend
the winter.
The fire department were remember.
ed Christmas day by A. L. Osmer with
candy and apples. by Judge Miner,
John Steck, VIM. Patterson, Benz.
Priest, James Campbell, the Everitt
Hat Shop, G. A. Lawrence and n.
Thompson with cigars. Chief Craig
was generously remembered. by firemen
with an umbrella, two shirts, sox and
handkerchiefs.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. 8. Allison leave early
in January for visit of several weeks
with their daughter, Mrs. Harold Min
er, at Fort Sill, Okla at the barracks,
which has just been rebuilt and are
very commodious and comfortable. A
remnant of the Apache tribe of Indians
Including Geronimo, the blood thirsty
chieftain are kept at the fort, the chief
having been prisoner of war for sew
eral years.
Corunna Commandery Number 81,
knights Templar, celebrated Christ
mas appropriately. At II o'clock Mon
day morning a goodlv representation
assembled in Masonic hall, and drank
the prescribed toast in water to the
Grand Master, Bromwell Melish of
Cincinnati. There followed the pro-
gram of appropriate toasts: 1.-THE
Grand Master" Chas. M. Peacock;
1.-THE Right Eminent Grand Comman.
der" P. E c., jay d. Royce; "Our
Commandery," A. E. Richards; 1.-THE
Christmas Spirit" Gilbert J. Cole
The Christmas mails at the post Office
were much greater this year than ever
before, particularly the incoming mail.
With three additional carriers the &C
emulation of cards and packages was
we'll cleaned up Saturday night but the
mails Sunday and Monday were so
heavy that it looked almost impossible
to even hope to deliver everything dur
ing the day. Before the day was over,
however. practically all the Christmas
packages were delivered. The receipts
of the Office for last week were $l135,
while the money order transactions
were unusually heavy and the registry