The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-08-08
THE OWOSSO TIMES
EDMUND o. DEWEY. EDITOR.
OwOssO. MICH. AUG. 8, 1918.
Local News.

VSos s~O~o.
City Attorney Pulyer was in Flint
on business Monday.
V. E Josenhans is erecting a silo on
his farm west of the city.
Mr.. and Mrs A. B. Freeman of Du-
rand, were in the city Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Vreeland, were
guests of friends in Durand, Sunday.
Mrs G. 8. Allison is reported better
today after sickness of several days,
The walls in the Sunday school rooms
of the Baptist church are being deco
rated.
Born, Sunday. to Mr.. and Mrs.
James Campbell, West Main street,
daughter.
The store building erected on Main
street west by John Schneider is practi-
cally completed.
Clayton J. Thomas has purchased
of Mrs. G. j. Stuart her 1870 acre farm
in Bennington township.
Mrs. Frank s. Lyon of Jackson, has
been a guest this week at the home of
her father, A. E. Hartshorn.
Miss Nellie Mccormick left Wednes-
day for Buffalo, N. Y, to attend the
wedding of college friend.
Miss Hattie Polly aged 81 years, died
Thursday at the county farm. She is
survived by one brother, Henry, form
erly of Perry.
S. d. Emery has written friends in
the city that he will be in Owosso with
in few weeks to purchase poultry as
usual during the fall months.
L. ]. Kinnie has removed his Office
to the small building at the corner of
Main and Water streets formerly oc-
cupied by Mueller Bros.
w. T. Burdick, chief clerk in the
state fire marshalls department, was in
Owosso Tuesday looking over the pic
ture theaters with Fire Chief Claude
Craig.
Aid. Washburn objected at Monday
council meeting to the employment of
foreigners and non-taxpayers on city
work to the exclusion of tax-paying
citizens Of the city.
Mr.. and Mrs F. M. Grove entertain
ed Sunday and Mr.. and Mrs. u. Z.
Reineke Tuesday in honor of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. Whiting of Grinnell, Iowa,
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. A. 81. North
way.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. T. Campbell and E.
n. Stanard leave Saturday for Denver,
Col. to attend the triennisl conclaye OF
the Knights Templar. They will also
visit Yellowstone Park before return
ing.
A barn 100 feet in diameter and 70
feet high is being built in Middlebury
township for a. w. Hubbard q Son by
William Cummings. The peculiar
shape of the barn will make 1t an in.
teresting structure.
Suit for divorce has been begun by
by Chapman, Mcnamara q Matthews
for d. N. Mills against Myrtle Mills,
both of Owosso, on the ground OF
cruelty. The couple were married In
May 1908 and have three children.
H. o. Whittemore left Monday fol
Boston, Mass, to spend month study
ing the park systems of that city Mr.
Whittemore is senior in thu forestr,
department OF the U. of M. and is pre-
pairing himself to be a landscape
gardener.
A letter from Will A. Priest states
that he is daily delivering the mail OF
q rural route from the Yucaipa, Calf.
Office and while he gets very tired OF
the extremely hot days that he is stand
inq the work very well. This can b.
taken as an indication that his health
is improving.
Comfy Road Commissioner Bale.
has commenced work on the mile
road running one mile south from IN
Gloss school house. This mile will b
built to conform to the specification
for the state trunk line route OF whic
It will be part The fill at the hssi
hill will be heavy one.
Judge Miner in the circuit court ma
denied the dilatory appeal in the cas-
of Ethel Tobias against Jacob Slicher Q
Laingsburg. in which the plaintiff wa
given judgment by Justice Rowle
against the defendant for 500 on
note given to plaintiffs father bu
which slcher claimed he had paid be
fore Mr.. Tobias death, failing to take
receipt slicher's appeal to the Circui
Judge was denied.