The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-10-27
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F. e. Ferguson. Grand Rapids, was
found dead on the. floor of his bed
room
Archie Clark, aged 49,, who re-
sided eight miles east of Shelby, COM
mitted suicide by hanging himself.
Mrs. N. V. Weaple, IS, who lived
in Ingham county sixty-one years, is
dead at the home of her son in Stock.
bridge.
A body of students started actual
work on the excavating tor the pro-
posed million-dollar Michigan Union
clubhouse.
Thieves at work at Ludington smash.
ed the show windows in the Knight &
Roehrig jewelry store and stole ar
ticles worth 800.
Dean Shaw. of Michigan Agricul-
tural college, looks for gradual re-
adjustment of the population of the
cities and country in the next Eve
years.
Charged with defrauding Mrs. Alb
hey Mccall. Muskegon woman, out of
property worth $500, Ernest E. Pratt,
local real ESTATE. 1oal"~ is held at
the county Jail.
At a recent meeting the Grand
Rapids Trades and Labor council
adopted a resolution in opposition to
preparations for war, except upon
purely defensive basis.
hrr nf oDad
twenty-four, was stricken with infan-
tile paralysis and died two days later.
His little daughter, three years old.
is also i'll of the disease.
People State bank, Wayne, opened
Offices in the Masonic temple. The
new bank is capitalized at 100000.
James r. Hosie has been elected pres
ident. Samuel McGeachey will be the
cashier.
Murray Pendell, six years of age,
Of Grand Rapids. died from injuries
received in an automobile accident in
which his parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Pendell.. Bellevue, also were
injured.
H. H. Flemmine. senior engineer Uni.
versity of Michigan, whose home is in
South Orange, N. j., is the second
case Of infantile paralysis at present.
Fleming contracted the disease in his
home state.
A Gratiot pioneer, Thomas Charles
ton, oaged 100 years, a veteran of three
European wars and sailot on Eng
lish merchant ships for fifty years,
has been committed to the county
poor house.
Antrim county supervisors at a reg
ulars session adopted a strong resolu-
ton declaring that the board was high
\ " in favor Of statewide prohibition
and opposing the so-called home rule
amendment
Samuel Willets. of Monroe, a
boat man, had narrow escape from
serious injury when it is alleged he
was fired upon with revolver by
Merle Rogers, twenty years old, pa
per maker.
The University Of Michigan Y. M.
|. c. A. which is under the direction Of
Freda Eieeworth of Lickingville, Pa,
is arranging to do social service work
this winter among the factory and
other working girls of the town.
w. RI. Kellogg, of Lansing, has
resigned his position as DEPUTY secre-
.tary of the state board of health, in
order to devote his entire time to his
campaign as the Democratic candi-
date for congress in the Sixth district.
Within "a hours nineteen convicts
have been received at the prison. Six
teen came in after 6 o'clock in the
evening. the largest number register
ed in one day. Recorders court, De-
troit. furnished eleven of this num-
Der.
Detroit girls, elizabeth Bolobas,
fourteen, and a younger sister. ION
their way to school. were struck by a
passing train at n crossing there. The
Younger child was killed and Eliza.
beth ia in Harper hospital with prob
ably fatal injuries.
Fire in a pooIroom Quilted the bus
iness section Of the Village of EN-
nett. causing t.yavy loss. Thirteen
buildings and their contents were de-
stroyed. Only six business places and
two hotels remain standing in that
district OF the tovn.
Martin Rocking, fleeing from the
Kalamazoo state hospital. went to
silver Lake, and made ardent and vio'
lent love to a school teacher at that
place. Deputy Sheriff Pohl brought
Martin back to the detention hospital.
He was returned to Kalamazoo.
Charles Jakewav, SO, OF Lowell.
produce and stock shipper, and his
father-in-law, Charles Francisco. sew
entv-two. also an old resident OF
Lowell. were instantly killed by a
Grand Trunk fast train when their an-
fomobile was struck as 1t was cross
ing the track.
Authorities Of Muskegon seek
ing Miss Rosie ogg. aged eighteen,
and ordered committed to the state
home for the feeble-minded at Lapeer,
who disappeared shortly after the or
der was issued, arc confident that the
cir, has gone with Max Bennett, a
voune man who took out license to
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