The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-09-11
The OWOSSO TIMES
OwOSSO, MICH, SEPT. II. 1914
Local News.

LOCdt MOVIE.
VIM. Morrice of Perry township,
expects to SOW 95 acres to wheat this
fall
Beautiful display of trimmed hats at
Bensons, corner Main and Ball Sts.
Adv.
Go to Duffey's studio for photographs
anything from post cards to the best
grade. Adv.
Frank s. Smith of Chicago, was the
guest of his brother, B f. Smith, the
first of the week.
J. E. Ellis and Geo. Valentine re-
turned Sunday from vacation at
Crystal Lake and Frankfort.
Geo. w. Burt of Silver City, New
Mexico, was guest of Mr.. and Mrs
G.. W. Haskell part of the week.
Corunna avenue M. E. Sunday school
enjoyed its annual picnic Monday,
about fifty being present at the city
park.
For fall and winter hats come to our
opening, Friday and Saturday. BEN
SONS, corner Main and Ball SITS. ADV.
Rev. W. II. Shannon of Bancroft,
has received a call to the pastorate Of
Plymouth Congregational church at
Jackson.
E. S. Waterman and son left for the
south Friday, the latter to enter school
at Bedford, Va. after trip to the
Bahama Islands.
Rev. c. H. Hanks will be home
Saturday from his vacation and will be
in his pulpit at the Congregational
church Sunday.
Mrs. Fife Manning Perry formerly
of this city, has accepted position as
instructor of music in the Thomas
Training school in Detroit.
Owing to the continued business de-
preston the Pennsylvania railroad has
announced the discontinuance of sixty.
eight trains daily on the lines east of
Pittsburg and Erie.
Miss Alma DeYoung, daughter Of
Mayor James DeYoung, has accepted
the position of supervisor of music in
the Owosso schools, succeeding Miss
Gertrude Smith, who has gone to Jack
- son to reside.
Mrs. Edward Monroe aged 90 years,
died Saturday at the family home in
Middletown, after an illness of several
W eeks of heart trouble. Deceased was
formerly Miss Anna Judd of Juddsville,
and had lived here but short time
The funeral was held Monday at the
Adventist church, Rev Guthrie of
Holly, officiating.
Sentence was suspended in the case
of Ora Bailey, driver for John Sewers
by, by Justice Friegel, Saturday, on
mis- conviction of violating the traffic
ordinance by cutting the corner going
from Main street to Michigan avenue,
forcing one buggy into the curb and
striking the wheels of another rig. A
few more arrests and some real punish
ment in future cases will make the
streets safer for real drivers and people
on foot. On Wednesday Bailey was
fined.
"Rotten," contemplate" machine
politics, liars, ETC., etc, were some
of the expressions heard in the Demo-
cratic county conventions about the
state Tuesday in the war of words be-
tween the Organization" and the
"original" wings of the party. Pro-
badly the Democrats of Michigan never
had more stormy sessions and unless
one side has decided majority in the
state convention the gathering at De-
troit will exceed for bitterness any con-
yention eyer held in the State-the
famous Bay City Republican conven-
ton not excepted. Tie Shiawassee
brethren had somewhat merry time
but it was gentlemanly affair.
Mrs. Marie Olney of Owosso, has sold
her one hundred and twenty acre farm
north of our village to VIM Stuart of
Venice, at price of about$l25 an acre.
The farm barns were lately destroyed
by fire on the farm-R 9 Smith, for
mer superintendent of the schools here
and who was so successful in the same
wo rk in Monroe, has a lucrative posi-
ton as superintendent of the schools at
Pekin, nl.--505 bushels Of wheat
grown off of acres and 1876 rods, is
what r. J. Mccartney grew on VIM.
Higgins, or better known as the Board
farm. 200 pounds of Armour's fertilizer
was used-E III DeLano threshed in
three days 23OO bushel of wheat and
1900 bushel of oats for w and Robert
Goodall. -Durand Express.