The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-08-07


University, Washington. ID. g., is Wis
itlng at the home of his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. A. E. Ferry.
l. u. Curry is attending the supreme
lodge meeting of the Knights of Pythiss
being held in Winnipeg. He is one OF
the representatives from Michigan.
Arthur L. Moore. who has been in
the southern states for some months on
a commercial trip, returned the first
of the week and is spending several
days in the city.
Joe Nassau of Owosso, easily defeated
John Jordan of Chicago, in a wrestling
match at Saginaw last night Nassau
won the first fall by toe hold after an
hour and four minutes and the second
in six minutes in the same manner.
The last heard from Mr.. and Mrs. j.
81. Laverock and Miss May Butterfield
of this city, who are touring Europe
in an automobile, indicated that they
would be in Germany last s.sweek
Whether or not they were able to get
back into Switzerland before war was
declared is not known.
A. d. Whipple received csblegram
this morning from Prof. E. T. Austin,
sent on the 9Th from lnterlochen, Switz
erland, stating that his party, one of
whom is Miss Elsie Whipple, had ar.
rived there safely. 1t is confidently be.
lieved some arrangement will be made
shortly by the government which will
permit all American tourists in Swift
erland to leave for home.
Excellent progress has been made
during the week on the work of recon.
structins the Washington street pave
ment. The block between Mason and
Exchange streets will be completed by
Saturday night and the repairs to the
foundation as far south as Main street
will be finished the first of the week.
Some delay may occur on South Wash
ington and Main streets due to the fact
that the new rails for the tracks of the
M. U. T. line have not been received.
Dir. and. Mrs. R. P. Bigelow and Mr..
and Mrs. w. A. Seegmiller were con-
siderably shaken up Sunday afternoon
when the auto of the former was struck
with considerable force by an auto 20.
ing in the opposite direction. The &C.
cident was due to the fact that three
cars were passed in quick succession,
the dust made by the first two obscur
ing the view of the third which struck
Mr.. Bigelow's car with considerable
force. fortunately the accident was
not serious one.l
Jay p, the six year old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Julius Kebler, 1873 North Cede,
street, died Monday morning after 9
sickness of less than "a hours. The
boy had been about and as we'll a,
usual up to an early hour Sunday when
he was taken very sick and despite
every effort possible grew rapidly
worse. The cause of his death is be-
lieved to have been kidney trouble
Jay was bright boy, favorite in the
neighborhood and his going brought
sorrow to many outside the family cir
Gle. Funeral services were conducted
from the no ne Wednesday morning by
Rev. Hartley Cansfeld.
The Brattleboro, Vermont, correspon.
dent of the Springfield Republican,
writes the following concernir g a for
mer Laingsburg boy: REV. Roy M
Houghton, pastor of the Center Con.
gregational church at Brattleboro, has
notified the committee of the Euclid
avenue Congregational church of Cleve
land, o., that he did not wish to be
considered longer in connection with
the vacant pastorate of that church
This news was very pleasing to the
Brattleboro parish and the com sunity
In general. The Euclid. avenue church
pays a salary of $4,000 per year and the
parsonage, and is one of the prominent
churches in the denomination
Hon. A. j. Grosbeck of Detroit, one
of the leading candidates for the Re
publican nomination for governor stop
ped in Owosso for couple of hours on
Friday while en- route in his automo.
bile from st. Clair to Ithaca. SO far a.
time will permit Mr.. Grosbeck is GOV
ering the state in his campaign and il
meeting and speaking to great many
people He has no hesitation in ex
pressing the opinion that his chances
are good for the nomination and that
the race is between himself and Hon
Chase S. Osborn. While in the city
Mr.. Grosbeck met quite number OF
our citizens and left very favorable
impression. He expects to spend day
in Shiawassee county the latter part Of
next week.
Miss Frances Nichols is visiting in
Pontiac. Ixaa al