The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-02-02
The OWOSSO TINES
EDMUND o. DEWEY. EDITOR.
OwOssO. MICH, FEB. Q, 1919.
Local News,

Mrs G. E. Rigley Jr. is spending the
week in Detroit
AID. Whipple was in Saginaw on
business Tuesday.
Born, Wednesday, to Mr.. and Mrs.
E. H. Wood, a son.
Chas. E Rigley was in Battle Creek,
Wednesday, on business for the Estey
Manufacturing Co.
Miss Katherine Garland of Corunna,
has resigned her position in the Ithaca
schools to accept one in Flint.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. d. Lyon of Toledo,
were guests of Mrs. G. Mcdonald,
Adams street, Sunday.
Miss Florence Thompson left yester-
day for Chicago to study music at the
American Conservatory of Music.
VIM Saver, Jr,, w. S. Beebe, Mr..
and Mrs. F. M. Grove attended the
state poultry show at Detroit, this week.
Mr. and Mrs. VIM. Gassman enter
tanned party of friends at their home
on N. Washington street, Saturday
evening.
Mrs. Josephine M. Gould has return
ed to the city from an extended stay
with Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Gould in
Chicago.
A. G.. Stevens was arrested in st
Joseph, Monday. by Deputy Sheriff
Houghton for forging check at Du-
rand.
The State Railroad Commission has
extended the time for the completion
of the new Grand Trunk station in this
city to July 1st.
A bill granting a pension of $24 a
month to Edward M. Leonard of Du-
rand, passed the lower house CT con-
gress Friday.
Miss Anna Deal has returned to her
work as a teacher in Pittsburg, Pa,
having spent some time here since the
death of her mother.
John Detwiler of Pontiac and Mr..
and Mrs. Ward Detwiler and son of
Detroit, spent Sunday at the home of
George Detwiler in this city.
Rural Carrier John Sprague has
been granted leave of absence +, r the
month of February and his route will
be cared for by w. G.. Mccormick.
Several of the offices of the Ann Ar.
Dor railroad have been moved from the
Putterill building to the new Stafford
block on South Washington street.
W. R Chappell and l.. N. Wilcox
represented Shiawassee county at the
annual banquet of the Michigan Society
held in Washington, d. G. last week.
Henry Phol Of Huron county, will be
tried in the municipal court 10 this city
Feb. Z on a charge of obtaining money
under false pretenses from Frank Neff
of this city.
Post Office Inspector e. A. Mackey
of Lansing, was in the city Wednesday
on official business. Mr.. Mackey has
recently been assigned to this territory
as inspector.
P. Klunpink of Chicago has bought
the farm of Wellington Clark, south
of this city and will move on it when
Mr.. Clark takes up his residence in
Owosso in the near future.
w. II. Launstein has paid about
sos, 900 this winter to farmers of Sbla
wassee, Genesee. Clinton and Bay coun
ties for beans contracted for in the
spring of 1911. His contracts will cover
a much larger territory this year.
q. E. Gibson. for number of years
a resident of Brant township near
Chaplin and for four years county drain
commissioner of Saginaw county, was
Instantly killed by railroad train at
Hope, Arkansas, Saturday. Mr.. Gibson
was well known to Shiawassee county
people.
Mrs. Elizabeth Torongo, aged CD
years, died at 9:45 o'clock, Sunday
evening, at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. William Mcclure, 628 Adams
street, after an illness of about three
weeks with cerebral hemorrhage The
remains were taken to Cadillac on
Thursday morning.
The following letters remain uncalled
for at the Owosso postoffice for the
week ending Jan. 81, 1912: Mrs.
Ahijah Adams, Earl Blanchard, s. r.
Goodrum, John A. Green, Willis Green,
Glenn Crould, Sam Harding, Mrs
Carrie harris, e. e. Kilmer, Harry
Lewis, Mrs. Plspey Mauin, Charley
Mills, Ernest Paisons, Miss Minnie
Paul, Charlie Pulle, Geo. p. Rice, Mrs
VIA Cal,..lz Ma Car.ia Tim nm.