The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-05-09
THE OWOSSO TIMES
EDMUND o. DEWEY. EDITOR.
OwOssO, MICH. MAY o, 1918.
Local News.

Local News.
DR.. A. M. Hume was in Chicago,
Wednesday.
J. Frank Barnes of Byron, Yves in the
city Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman Thompson spent
!, Wednesday in Howell
Lesion Arnold and Morell Bentley
were home from the University, Sun
day.
Adelphia hive l.. o. T. M. NJ. of this
city, sent $25 for the Ohio flood sufferers
this week.
Warren Pierpont is remodelling and
charging barn on his farm south of
the city. He will also erect silo.
Howard NJ Smith, the successful
secretary of the Y. M. G. A. at Durand
has resigned to engage in similar work
at Whitehall, N. \.
Some one either carelessly or inten-
tionally broke large pane of glass in
the front of the Payne & Euler build
ing on West Main street, Sunday.
On motion of Aid. Springett the COM
mon council will have grade for Co.
ruuna avenue established and the street
properly graded and the M. U. T.
tracks brought up to grade.
The City Attorney was instructed by
the council Monday. on motion of Aid.
!. Palmer, to prepare an ordinance pro-
viding tax of 81 on male and $3 on
female dogs.
Sunday afternoon at $50 o'clock at
the parsonage, Rev. G. Fl. Hanks united
In marriage, Chas. E. Pollock and Miss
Pearl Dawson. MIR. Pollock is cigar
maker employed by August Stephan.
The bride is daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Roy Hsveners a727 East Mason street.
Friends extend congratulations.
An ordinance to make the street COM
missioner's salary $21 instead of $1s per
week was presented at Mondays coun.
Gil meeting but failed to pass. As the
commissioner must keep a horse and is
always on duty it was thought by some
that the present salary was not suf-
ficient to secure the services of a good
man for the place.
lowing is list of letters remain
ing uncalled for at the Owosso post
Office for the week ending May Sd, 1918:
Ray Alton. James Conley, c s. Cum
ningham, Mrs. Burrill Dyer, George
Finch, Mrs. Huwett, E iwsrd Lowery,
Mrs. Edith Moores. Chas Roberts, Lula
Savage, John sinnbera. Tawdoeha
Syssak, w. Tarr, w. J. Warner, Ben
Wolfe.
The plant of the Michigan Condensed
Milk Co., at Howell was totally des-
troyed py fire at an early hour last Fri
day morning and two men met death
as they entered the building to secure
tools. The loss is estimated at 800, 0Oc.
Work has already been commenced
preparatory to rebuilding and 1t is ex.
pected the new plant will be larger
than the one destroyed.
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readers to the Extraordinary Combina-
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Mrs. J. G. Reynolds, aged 81 years,
died Saturday at her home in Shiawas-
see township, after an illness OF ten
days with stomach trouble. Mrs. Rey-
nolds was we'll known and most highly
regarded by all and her death is shock
to the many friends. She is survived
by her husband and two sons, Perry
and Henry, both at home. The funeral
services were held. Tuesday at the
Maple River church.
DIR. J. L. Smith, who is in the asylum
in Pontiac, is failing in mental and
physical condition. His son, Hudson
o. Smith Of Owosso, saw his father
ona dav Last week. The doctor did not
recognize his son and his mind showed
absolute blsnkness. He is very poor
and changed so much in appearance
that he would be hard to recognize.
The doctors there report him as failing
rapidly and that he will probably not
live through the summer. His occupa-
ton is to continually pick at his clothes.
- Durand Express.