The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-02-17

Born. Thursday, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Lee Bensinger. Clinton street, son.
A. r. Knapp of Pontiac, was In
Owosso on real estate business this
week
Earl Kay of Corunna, has taken up
his duties as assistant cashier of the
Bancroft bank.
Mt Pleasant citizens are voting this
week on the question of closing the
post Office on Sunday.
The time for the payment of taxes
without the four per cent penalty ex-
pires on Thursday next.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Thomas enter
tanned at six o'clock dinner parties
Monday and Thursday evenings at
their home West Main street.
Neighbors and friends surprised Mrs
Arthur J. VanEpps at her home on
West Main street to help celebrate her
birthdayTuesday.
Miss Florence Upham will leave
Tuesday to resume her work at
Olivet college, after several weeks
stay with relatives here.
Supt. c. II. Cossitt of the board of
public works has returned from ST..
Louis where he has been taking the
baths for rheumatism, and has resumed
his duties. -
A mortgage involving the. holdings
of the Consumers Power company, has
been filed in the county clerks office.
The other party concerned is the Harris
Trust & Savings bank of Chicago.
The rural carriers will not make a
delivery on Wednesday next-Washing.
tons birthday. The post Office will be
open until 10 a. M, and city carriers
will make one general delivery.
Rural Carrier w. H. Halstead, who
was seriously injured in run away
accident last week, is slowly improy.
ing. being able to sit up few minutes
on Thursday.
Sanford Shuster of Rush township,
raised twenty acres of beets for the
| Owosso Sugar 90. last season. After
paying for the seed and the contract
labor he had the snug sum of $1,000
left. He will contract again this year.
Judge Matthew Bush has ordered
Lila Oliver of Corunna, committed to
the State School for girls at Adrian.
She is fourteen years of age and recent.
ly Edward Soss of Corunna, was
sentenced to Ionia reformatory on her
complaint of improper treatment.
List of advertised letters at the Owos.
80 post office for the week ending Feb.
II, 1911: James Barry, Geo. erase, G.
w. Downe, ,Chss A. Fisher Co.. H. Her
rick, Dec Hughes, Minnie Koon, Will
liam Leaman, Gilbert Lister, Miss Liz
zie Paine, Jane Peterson, Fred Retain,
DIR. H, B. fisherman, Chas. Thompson,
Miss Gertrude Smith, X. A. Strand,
John Webber, Clarence Young, Parcel
800 Saginaw st.
The Modern Brotherhood of America
has, after canvass since Feb. l by four
members in each ward, secured AZ ap-
plications which will be acted on at q
meeting next Thursday evening. March
big roundup initiation will be held.
The society is prospecting in every way,
the social features being always promi.
inent, but the business end more than
satisfactorily conducted.
A woman claiming to be Mrs. Belle
Brown, daughter of the late Manford
Burgess, appeared in Owosso this week
and departed again and the settlement
of the Burgess estate is still compli-
Gated Deceased had three daughters
but Mrs. Brown was missing and
thought to be dead and her children
who live here wished her share of the
estate to be given to them, but it was
claimed by others that she was alive
and her supposed appearance and
failure to stay appeared" does not help
matters apparently.
DIR. aud Mrs. A. M. Hume expect to
leave this evening for Philadelphia to
visit relatives for few days after
which they will 90 to Washington.
The DR.. will be present with the Michi-
gan Grand Lodge of Masons at an ami.
versarv of the lodge at Alexandria, of
which George Washington was the first
master. Grand masters of all the grand
lodges have been invited to be present
and 1t Is expected most of them will
attend. The Michigan grand lodge is
to exemplify the third degree. 1t is
expected plans will be formulated for
the erection of national Masonic
temple at Alexandria. Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Fl. Watson. formerly of this city,
will go with the Michigan delegation,
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