The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-10-16
LOCAL

Caleb Briggs is confined to his home
by an attack of neuralgia.
Mrs. Edw. Yeomans has been con-
fined to her house by illness.
Mr.. and Mrs Henry Newton visited
their son, Harry, in Flint, Sunday.
Geo. Randall places in our window
collection garden beet weighing five
lbs,
Mrs. Sam Reed sends to our Office
few nice samples of strawberries picked
Oct. IA.
Mrs. F. A. Grinnell has been some
what i'll during the past week but is
improving.
The finest line of Blankets and Bed
Quilts ever carried in Clio is at Meeks
& Wirth's store.
B. +. Yerden has been under the
weather" for several weeks but is now
on the gain.
Born, Tuesday, to Mr.. and Mrs. Will
Rogers, son. Congratulations and
best wishes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry West are re-
ceiving a visit from their daughter,
Mrs. II. Hurry, of Flint.
Mrs. o. B. Wilson and Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Atkins and children, of Vassar.
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. B. ].
Wilson.
Mrs j. c. Chambers, Mrs. Guy Selby
and Miss Eva Smith were guests of
Mrs. Harry Finn in S. w. Vienna over
Sunday.
. and Mrs. Lizzie German drove to Fen
ton, Saturday. where they spent Sun
das with friends.
We are indebted to Mrs. J. F. Arnold
for a magnificent bouquet of dahlias
and other flowers. Our compliments
and most sincere thanks to the lady.
Mrs C. w. Mott, who resides on the
Manasseh West farm, underwent a
minor surgical operation a few days
since, from which she is recovering
nicely.
Mrs A. E. Kelsey, of Saginaw, spent
Wednesday of last week at the home of
her parents, and very enjoyable day
was passed in visiting with her uncle
and aunties.
Oscar Francisco, who came to Martin
Jones' in West Vienna on visit few
days since, was taken sick with typhoid
fever and is at present in rather seri-
Gus condition.
F. NJ. Houghton & Co. will load cider
apples the balance of this week. TWEEN
ty cents per hundred paid. This will be
good chance to dispose of the surplus
apple crop for which the market is not
very promising.
If you are going to buy heating
stove don't fail to see the "Orinda
Heater" the handsomest, most dur
able and economical heater ever built.
Burns anything. Sold on a positive
guarantee-you to be the judge. A. N.
Stuber
The ladies of the L. o. T. M. M. are
requested to meet at the Grange Hall
next Tuesday afternoon at as early an
hour as possible and bring thimbles and
needles with them. A quilt is to be tied
off on that occasion for one of the men,
bers.
The family of George Neeley, living
three miles north of Clio, has been hav-
ing an unusually severe siege of illness.
Four children have been sick, being af-
flicted with both scarlet fever and diph-
liberia. One boy, Glen, was very sick
for few days but all are now improv-
ing.
Mrs. VIM. English and Mrs. G. w.
Taylor went to Grand Rapids, Monday,
where Mrs. English will visit her moth
er and son and where both ladies will
attend the social functions that will be
incident to the meeting of the Grand
Chapter, o. E. S. The ladies will re-
main in Grand Rapids during the week.
A number OF ladies' and gentlemen
met at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Mar
shall E. Smith, Monday evening, where
the preliminary steps leading to the for
nation of a historical research club
were taken. The program, as outlined,
will cover the rise of the German ma
ton and should prove most interesting
at this time.
Pere Marquette railway officials, with
commendable perspicacity, have sug-
gested that while our people are help
ing the South by buying cotton, they
can help the Michigan farmer by buy
ing apples. The apple crop is big and
fine but like the cotton crop it is hard
to realize on it because the European
j. market has been destroyed by war.