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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-12-18

Sept: TO- Alvin Doyle. labor on
Sec. ----------------- 80 80 90
Oct. /. w. H. Bruno. labor ON
Sec. ------------- 33 60 90
Oct. /. Lasell Monroe. labor on
Secs 81 a 4 ------a "a l45 90
Oct. /, 1914, Balance----- $lO64 81
$3.50 90
Date. CIR.
April 2a. 1914. amt. assessed $ $3.50 90
$3.50 90
Oct. l. 1914. Balance -------- 1904 81
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-12-18

Financial Statement of Shaftsburg Drain
Shaftsburg Drain Fund.
Date. DIR.
1918. Ord. No. Amt.
Dec 81, E. ID. Colby, labor on
Secs and 2. tile. draining
tile and help survey IS l44 so
Dec. 81, E. d. Colby, labor on
Secs l and 2. tile, draining
tile and help survey 55 so
1914. Ord. No. Amt.
Jan. "a. Geo. M. Dewey. print
ing --------.---------- 80 rs
Feb "a. F. G. Boutwell,, labor
June 81, j. Collins. labor 90
Oct. /, 1914. Balance LAT 10
407 10
Oct. /, 1918. Balance---- 5 407 10
-~-- 5 407 10
Oct. l. 1914. Balance--- 5 lat 10
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-12-18

On motion of Supr. Vincent &he -
port was accepted and adopted dR5 star
following yea and nay vote as cs.Aoss
for by the Chairman:
Yeas. Braden, Clark, Colby, CS-es,
Curtis, Chase, Allan, Fillihger, Hvnrx,,
Kinsler, Kebler, McMullen, &cells-
Tough, Perry, Piatt, Ransom, RchOset
son, Sprague, Stewart, Thomas. Txss
house and Vincent. %.
Nays. None.
The Clerk presented the folloua,g
report of the County Road Comrzr
sioners:
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-12-18

Report of County Road Commissjentss-
To the Honorable Board of Supervisors -
Shiawasse County and State of Mirb2sss
Gentlemen: The County Road CommiSSsr-
ers of the said County of Shiawasscr
spcctfully submit the following as their
port and recommend the adoption ~ lew
same:
Township Of Antrim.
Commencing at the town line besx,sxn Ehs.
trim and Perry Townships running x&ss ~
tween Secs and 10 and Secs 8 and ". 'wrs
and one-half miles.
County Appropriations ------------s IssFi ~
state Reward --------------------- @s&~RH
sss"6scSs-
Township Of Burns.
Commencing at the end Of Or Stn, s--
ward Road in Sec Is running easa zsS-
south in Secs. l8 and IL, mile
County Appropriation -------------S tsN "a
State Reward --------------------- s~aS
esw az
Commencing at the village limits 81 ~
ron running south between Secs. % and ~
one-half mile.
County Appropriation -------------$ NC ~
State Reward --------------------- 2Se W
8 ioss ~
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-08

~ occasionally
their time and mention
timely sending meaningless
communications of this class is in the form
VI write ' nothinT s af f3' Tsq No you
appropriately enough signs this Nobody of No
where Evidently he Tor She for the CONN IN % Is Semeh n a
consequently acs clue as to SEX winch Is on nan
If was the writer's purpose to cause
rejoice For far from hitting
supplied me with theme and thereby defeated
otning is by no means so despabe
the kings Frederick the Great
regard the subject about which the king
He himself was to furnish the text The applicant
serousong After he had entered the pulpit np
and apparent agaOn and
then with flushed eountenace but in calm voice said, ~
from which desires preach As you can see there
nng9" Out nothing God created the heavens
sailing he made the
king sought no further He chose the man
who could make so much out of nothing
ERoM the ea times during the period
wrangng to whether there is any rea
corresponding words whether we can conceive of
nothing discussion this seemingly
silly subject has great enmiles
and unfortunately long is the fa
distinguish between what may be called
constructed that 1t cannot even imagine
the entire universe we would intermn
which worlds without number could be crowded
picture to ourselves
nothing relatively to the things that
attain rs @ 80 M things that this world in which we live presents
In Ergena who lived in the ninth
century philosophers world has
addresses God oh thou infinite
Nohng" irvren but If properly anayzed
by this expression scou
Edgena (who must not be coh1ounueo WIN M is 81, GO ~ a
meant convey the idea that God is exalted
words the things we know can even
hence, relatively Nothing
G you see friend Nobody
scohing has deeper sense than your msehee Gus spirit
satisfactory solution the problem you
ING you time silly practical
jokes and ranks
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-08
KEENEYS

An act that falls little short Of being
a vaudeville classic Is on the Keeney
bill for The last half Of the week. It
is Hugh Herbert and companys
production of THE Son Of Solomon, .
the story Of which is based on the
love of a Jewish father for his er-
ring son. As The old Hebrew. Mr.
Herbert Was very good, and his sup
porting company of two persons were
capable.
Howard Hastings and company
five persons, do an amusing burlesque
on the current rage for society dances
during which some very graceful and
also some very awkward tangoing
and marking are INDUCED in. Gull
len and West got off a line of talk.
most of which was new and pleased
the audience.
Fiddler and Shelton. two negroes.
have refined act that is very
humorous and far better than the
average run Of such acts. Mark List,
a Newark boy, does some fine work on
the violin Taylor and Brown sing
some new songs in a catching man
ner. the woman member of this team
being very pretty. Ward, Belle and
Ward close the bill with a tumbling
and acrobatie act that is very good
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-08

she revealed that secret to me early
in our interview. She declared that
real dramatic worth is quickly recog-
nized and just as quickly rewarded.
Playing before a theatreful Of New
arkers is what the little star of the
Orpheum company calls a real treat
and incentive to good work, for ap-
plause is freely given.
What Miss Campbell believes
pleases her most is that in Newark
she is welcomed as one of 1.-The
family" Immediately, and she feels
at home at once.
The lure of the movies has so far
failed to have any attraction for
Mss Campbell, for she has never been
Filmed for the movies She lays
that to the fact that she don't take
good in pictures" which statement
is undeniably open. to argument.
Miss Campbell declares that she is
looking forward to the coming sum
mer with great delight and hopes to
still be singing for the pleasure OF
local amusement lovers when the
Brownell- Stork Stock Company opens
its regular winter season.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-08

A novelty IN a line Of entertainment
that Is being worked overtime just at
the present time IS being inter- olated
in The Msn Who Owns Broadway
at the Orpheum Theatre this week by
Miss Primrose Semon. the gingery
little soubrette Of the orpheum Musi-
cal Comedy Company, assisted by
four couples Of dancers.
Il Is called the Evolution of the
Dance and leads the aud ence
through the succession Of dances that
have baeu the vogue since 1920, start
ing with the minuet and ending with
the tango Miss Sadie Jiyermore and
Miss May Murray dance the minuet,
Augustus N.nron and Miss Gertrude
O'Connor, the waltz Miss Ethei
Fisher and Miss Eleanor Mascotte.
the buck dance. and Miss Semon and
Hudson Freedom. the tango. All OF
the dances arc well performed and
have received rounds of applause tins
week.
The musical comedy, The Girl from
Bond Street is % move from New
York to London-prineipals chorus,
| scenery and alias the result of ii
contract closed with George Edwardes
by Morris Gest and Lee Shubert
| London. The only exception in the
| moving Of the entire production is
| Gaby Deslys, who is starring with
sam Bernard in the piece here. Gaby
| will be supplanted n London by Ina
Claire. now playing in London in
THE Girl from Utah"
While many theatres in New York
are closing their doors for the long
summers vacation, To-day" still con-
] tinues supreme in its occupancy of
the Forty eighth Street Theatre,
| where it has been for the past eight
months. Having passed its 250th per-
Torrance mark, To-day" is now we'll
started towards the S00th milestone
on its progress 10 posterity. 1t en-
! joys the enviable record of having
been the drama longest on the New
! York stage this season.
''Today's" new leading lady. Ethel
Valentine, has scored the biggest hit
of the season. Coming TO New York
from the obscurity Of a Western
stock company, Miss Valentine has
achieved a success oftentimes record
ed in fiction, but rarely in real life.
To-day" viii probably come to the
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-08
LYRIC

some q the hest vaudeville that
has been brought 10 Newark in
months is on The Lyric program for
the last three days Of the week The
vaudeville IS not only first class, but
the moving pictures are al Of the
kind that are featured by the better
class Of motion picture houses
Hearts Adriff' is the movie head
liner II Is a thrilling love story, fuiI
Of path0s. Mary Pickford takes the
leading role ia this picture.
Hearing the vaudevuIe program i
La Duke and Parker IN a very funny
sketch entitled The Minister'S Wife 2
Bobby and BIZ, with line Of chat
ter. are also a big nit. These tive
acts kept the audience laughing conr
tinaouslT To- q half hour last night, s
4 character singing act is offered
by Condor and Doyle Dolly MedeH
also appears ia a singing act BotA
are well received. The Lansings han 8
a clever acrobatic act. Gilbert, an
operate singer. adds a little polish
20 the bill.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-08
As Always.

The Prince Of Monaco, who having
had both an English and an Ameri-
can wife, knows whereof he speaks,
said Of marriage at a dinner:
Through marriage a French wom-
an gains her liberty, an English wom-
an loses hers, and an American wom-
an"
The prince paused and looked quiz
zically about him.
Yes? The American woman"
said a debutante.
THE American woman" ended the
prince. continues to do as she likes. :"
Public Ledger.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-08
He Understood.

sometimes a virtue can be eX-
aggerated until it becomes a vice"
said the adviser.
81 see exactly what you're comm
at" replied Tarantuia Tim. Where
as four aces is a blessin' an greatly
to be admired, five Of 'em kin create
untold ascension Philadelphia
Pub,ic Ledger
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-08
Shopping.

A lady ambles 10 q store
To buy a spool of thread.
At first she looks at hats galore,
Then carving knives and bread.
From there she travels to the aisls
Where davenports are kept.
And then she fingers for a while
Around the ribbon dept.
She looks at frying-pans and lace
Inspects the latest books
She prices lotions for the face
And linen goods and hooks.
And when she's canVassed all thf
joints.
And clerks are nearly dead,
she brings the matter TO a point
And buys a spool Of thread.
Louisville Courier-J ournal.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-08
Couldn't Blame the Pump.

a lumberman having awakened on
Sunday morning in a dry town.
after a big spree of the night be-
fore. searched his pockets in vain.
Being very thirsty he remembered
stumbling over a pump in the alley
back of the hotel.
He fastened to the pump and be-
gan pumping, but without results, as
the pump had not been primed. He
slowly backed away and, cycling the
pump, said: We'll | don't blame
you for not working, anyhow.
wouldn't patronize you when | had
rnoney."-Public Ledger.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-08
NEWARK THEATRES

of Napoleon historical MN ac'
r and p
Broadway musical comedy
Tuesday,
to IL
1YRICvaudevc 1890 to
m.
racing carnival Prak L. hrarner
Colns Matneees daily Country
store.T Tuesday; Thursday
masterpiece The Sea VOL
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-08
Nose Longer Than Arms.

Pat getting up hurriedly one night
and feeling around cautiously in the
dark, with his two arms extended,
came to an open door and his arms
went on each side of the door, with
the result that Pat bumped his nose
on the edge of it.
"Begorro!" he exclaimed, this is
the first tonne l liver knew me nose
was longer than me arms. Public
Ledger
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-08
MOSQUITO determination.

This is a story of q schoolboy who
returned home on Monday with a
circular issued from the Court House
by the Mosquito DISCRIMINATING Com
mission: Pop" said he. "any time
you get bit by a MOSQUITO this sum-
mer just cali up the Court House and
they'll send man up and extermi-
nate Patterson Call.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-08
Automatic Cafes.

Crimsonbeak-I see by the paper
that automatic cafes are to be es-
tablished at Sidney, Australia. What's
an automatic cafe?
Yeast-Why, | guess it's one thai
throws a man out when he's had
enough. -Yonkers Statesman.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-08

she appear on the stage when The
first curtain rises.
She was the recipient of congratt
ulations from Elfinge and the rest
of the company and was engaged for
the balance Of the season.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-08
Best Regards to Science.

Science attacks the sandwich y
a headline. Here's hoping it has bet
ter luck with II than we have had
with some purchased at railway lunch
counters. Boston Transcript.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-08
Accent on the A.

Redd-There is very little difference
between q booster and a boaster.
Greene-Perhaps, but you must adj
nit there is a observation-disclosures
Statesman
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-08
CURTAIN CALLS

shubert Theatre mere the latter part
Of september.
one Of tae legends OF Lady Win
dermere's Fan" playing at the Lib
ertv Theatre. New York. concerns
the close Of the drst act Tvhen his
wife is growing more ana more ieal=
Gus Of the mysterious Mrs Erlynne,
10 whom her husband has made such
generous presents Of money. not even
the audience knew thai II was 10 his
mother-in-l that rhe checks Went
| The success OF the play at first
seemed 10 hang in the balance
George Alexander finally got permia=
sion from Wilde to insert toward the
/ last scene Of the act-it may have
| been the last speech ia it-aome such
solilOquy as How can ] ever tell her
| thar Mrs. Erynne is her mother
| The legend goes on 10 tell that the
| success Of the play became decided
from the time that the audience was
definitely let into the secret Of the
! heroine's parentage. In spite Of this
| the line was not spoken by Mr. de
| Cordoba at the Hudson Theatre. Miss
Anglin's success has not been in the
| least diminished on that account
/ She mas Deeu most SUCCESSFUL VIII
/ the revival Of the play. although the
| original production Of It at Wallack's
/ Theatre cost Charles FrOhman $50 600.
/ Has the public grown Interested in
! the sparkle Of Wilde's delightful
paradoxes since that time or is it the
superiority of the piece 10 most Of the
drivel now acted that has won favor
for the play?
Grace Coburn, engag ed at SO
O'Clock yesterday afternoon to play
one Of the leading parts in THE
| Crioline Girl" in which Julian e.
! tinge is starring IN the Knickerboek-
er Theatre, New York. appeared last
night and Went through the part
/ practically letter perfect
/ Helen Luttrell, who has been play
ing the part of Dorothy Ainslev. vas
taken suddenly i'll yesterday. there
was no understudy, and for a while
the office force of A. H. Woods was
on tenterhooks. Some one suggested
Miss Coburn and she was located
and engaged.
She reached the theatre long pasi
s o'clock and q little after opened
the play, the lines demanding ths'
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-08

Like cut. OF best malleabIe
iron, strongly built; finished
in hard baked white enamel;
brass caps on posts.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-19
WARNED OF MAN WHO HAS
TRIED TO DUPE TWO WOMEN

Mrs. Rose Salisbury. police matron.
warns Moline women against the wiles
of one Johnson who has submitted
propositions to at least two women
lately 70 go with him to keep house
for himself and 19-year-old daughter
on his farm" near Monmouth. Mrs,
Salisbury believes that she has the
record of this fellow. and says if she
has he has been mixed up in a number
of matrimonial escapades which have
brought him to the attention of the
police.
This Johnson submitted his proposi-
ton to a Rock Island woman. who
agreed to go WITH him. He stayed at
her boarding house over night and the
next morning borrowed 20 cents from
her and never returned.
Mrs. Salisbury believes that this
same fellow after corresponding with
an eastern young woman about a year
ago, inducing her to come here to mar
~ him. When she arrived she be-
came suspicious and declined to live
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-19
RESULT SHOOTING
is LOSS OF A Lee
Vernon Gilman of Hampton
Will Be Operated Upon
in Moline Hospital.
SKATERS ENDS OF BONES
Putting Shotgun Into Boat When 1t is
Discharged and Load Lodges
in Right Leg.

Vernon Gilman, 4 Hampton lad, is
in the Moline city hospital in serious
condition, as a result of shooting
accident at that village yesterday. He
discharged a shotgun, the charge en-
tering his right knee, shattering the
kneecap and the ends of the bones oil
the upper and lower leg. Amputation
will be necessary. according to DR.. j.
w Long of East Moline, the physician
in charge.
Vernon and boy companion were
hunting yesterday between Hampton
and Rapids City. They were return
ing to their boat after stroll along
the shore. and as Vernon placed his
gun in the craft he dropped it and the
hammer struck against the seat, dis
charging the load into his knee.
Cannot Save Leg.
The youth was hurried to Moline as
quickly as possible. At first it was
thought that the leg could be saved,
but during the night a second hemor-
rhage occurred and today the physi-
clan decided that an operation would
be necessary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-19
FOSTER =
and Mrs. Fred Freyermuth ant

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Freyermuth and
daughter Ruth spent Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. William Freyermuth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Bowser spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. John
Bowser.
Miss Mary Shirley had the misfor-
tune TO fall last Friday. spraining her
arm badly.
Mr. and Mrs. ID. a. Kleist spent Sun
day at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. VIII
liam Nussbaum.
The ladies OF the Pine BLUM Metho-
dist Aid society were entertained
Wednesday by Mrs. Fred Freyermuth
at her home.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-19
WRITES DRAMA TO AID
BELGIAN RELIEF FUND

CASTOR Veys, of the Moline State
Savings bank, is a playwright. I'm
der the title of 1.-The War in Europe"
he has written a three-act drama
which will be presented by the Bel
gian-American club shortly after the
holidays. Later it will be shown in
Chicago, the receipts in both cases be-
ing used for the Belgian relief fund.
Mr.. Veys' new play deals not with
the military side of the great conflict,
but with the devastation which has
been wrought among the homes and
the families of Belgium. In it he
paints a graphic picture of the terrible
suffering that the struggle has en-
tailed there.
Local contributors have raised
1000 for the Belgian relief fund which
is being gathered by the Belgian
American club of Moline 1t is hoped
that the sum may be increased to
$4,000 before it is forwarded to Eu-
rope. A meeting of the relief commit
tee will be held this evening to plan
to continue the canvass.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-19
FIRE INSPECTION
OF CITY STARTED
Business District Will Be Gov
cred in Same Manner as
Was Done Last Year.

Building Inspector J. H. Wood and
Electrical Inspector Fred Harrington
have started their annual inspection
of buildings in the business district Of
the city for the elimination of fire
risks. They will look for defective
wiring and heating, faulty construc-
ton, accumulations of waste. storage
of inflammable material near stoves
and furnaces. etc, going from garnet
to ceiling in every structure.
AS the work is completed reports
will be made to Commissioner E. L.
Eastman, who in turn will notify own
er and tenant where conditions are
found which seem to require remedies.
Last year this work was done in a
thorough manner and during the win
ter not n single fire occurred in a
business house. a condition unique in
the history of the city. 1t is believed
that the inspection was almost entire
ly responsible for this. as many cases
where precautions We're necessary
were reported.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-19
ADJOURNED SALE OF
MAIL NEXT MONDAY

Referee in Bankruptcy Z. U. Henry
of Peoria may be here in person next
Monday to look after the sale of the
property of the Mail Publishing COM
pany, now defunct. There are a num-
Der of disputes over title to property
and some fine legal questions are in
volved. The referee has fixed next
Monday as the date for the adjourned
sale Of the effects of the company, the
first one having resulted in unsatis-
factory bids on most of the articles.
1t is understood that bulk bids will be
considered next time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-19
PLAN HOLDING OF
CONFERE NCE HERE.
Protestant Laymen Will Meet
for the First Time in
Moline Dec. 10-11.

Preparations are being made for the
entertainment of a Protestant lay
mems conference in this city Dec. 10
and IL. 1t will be held probably at
the First Congregational church and
will be the first one of the kind ever
held in Moline. One was held in Dav-
export in 1910 and one in Rock Island
in 1912. Several hundred attended
each of these meetings.
A feature will be the mems supper
which will be held on the evening of
the 10th, at which DR.. E. NJ. Richards
of East Africa and DR.. j. Y Aitchison
Of Chicago will speak.
Seventeen of these conference sup
Pers were held in Illinois last year.
The conferences are a part of a great
missionary campaign in behalf of both
home and foreign missions and aim at
the enlistment of the entire member
ship of all communions as intelligent
and regular supporters of the work.
One feature of the campaign is a ma
tion-wide, simultaneous, every-member
canvass for missions and all regular
benevolences to lie waged in March on
the part of as many congregations as
can be led to undertake it at that time,
unless a communion decides upon
some other period.
To prepare the congregations for
such a canvass as many missionary
conferences as possible are being held
throughout the country.
The campaigns aims not only at Sc
curing larger missionary offerings, but
at the development at the latent spirit
ual resources of Christian people.
Prayer, personal bible study and per-
sonal service and stewardship will all
be emphasized.
Organization of the local committee
that will have charge of the confer
ence here has been effected, as fol-
lows:
Chairman-H. A Ainsworth.
Vice chairman-A. E. Montgomery.
Secretary-D. II. Leland.
Treasurer-O. f. Anderson.