The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-06-08
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Mrs. Sarah Gould, seventyeigt
years old. widow of Edward Gould,
dead at her home in Rives Junction.
John J. Brown, seventy years ole
q pioneer of Midland county and vel
eran OF the civil war, is dead at 6,
| Louis.
Governor Sleeper sent word Nav Q
to Provost Marshal Crowder at Wash
ington that Michigan is organized an,
ready for the selectiye draft.
Hazel Darling, eleven years old, re
siding at Grass Lake, was struck b,
an interurban car on the main stree
in that village and instantly killed.
Wanted by Indianapolis authorize!
on a murder charge, Joseph Benson
aged twenty-seven, was arrested by
Detroit detectives in a restaurant
Accused of treason in connection
with an alleged nation wide anticon
scription conspiracy, five persons were
arrested at Detroit by federal ageL Is
Lansing needs 500 homes at once
and efforts to finance a building pro
gram which will provide for their i'm
mediate construction have been start
ed
The Durand city council has passed
an ordinance requiring that a curfew
bell be rung each night at 8 O'Clock
in order to keep children off the
streets.
Bruce Schlinkert, an eleven year old
boy of ST. Clair, lost the sight of bis
right eye as a result of carelessness
on the part of Alfred Delore. play.
mate, who fired an air rifle at him.
After several weeks without a gar
bage disposal system, Kalamazoo
awarded the contract to the City Gar.
bage company. The new contract rep
resents an advance of fifty per cent a
can.
School boys helping on Michigan
farms this summer will earn nearly
s2,500,000 according to Superinten-
dent of Public Instruction Fred L.
Keller, who was the guest of County
Keller.
Two persons were killed, one was
probably fatally injured and a num-
Der of others slightly hurt. the result
of a Chicago e Northwestern passen-
ger train hitting a street car at Me-
nominee.
Leil Young, son of Mrs. Agnes p.
Young, of Eaton Rapids, has passed
at the head of the class in the compe-
titive examination for that district for
appointment to the Annapolis Naval
academy.
Miss Bina West, supreme comman-
der of the Woman's Benefit associa.
ton of the Maccabees, was elected
member of the board of directors of
the newly organized Port Huron
Chamber of Commerce.
James Waterworth, seventy-four
years old, for forty years Grand
Trunk engineer. running between
Port Huron and Detroit is dead He
was run over by an automobile several
weeks ago at Port Huron.
Bert Davier, who was struck by
train at Port Huron and died later,
had father at Lincoln, Mich. and
widow and child in Detroit, but eff.
forts Of local authorities to get any
trace of the latter have failed.
Fred z. Pantlind, of Grand Rapids.
is urging furniture and gasoline motor
manufacturers to consider the imme
date need for the mobilization OF
their resources to furnish the govern.
ment with airplanes and submarine
chasers.
Home guard companies have been
organized in Ludingtcn and Scottville
the former with ffty-six members.
Whaten, Spanish-American
veteran, is captain. The Scottville
has fifty members. A. r.
Sigel is captain.
A petition, asking that the govern
ment manufacture locomotives and
freight cars and rent them to railways
rs means of relieving traffic conges-
ton has been forwarded to the inter.
state commerce commission by the
Manistee Board of Commerce.
Merl Cleveland and Henry Pennow,
both Of Jackson, pleaded guilty in cir.
cult court at Kalamazoo to stealing
hoit tudH po,VVV WOTlu vi Automobile
Tres and accessories from freight
rains. Herman L. Triestram, an auto.
mobile dealer of Kalamazoo is
charged with receiving the goods.
For running expenses of the Ford
Motor company between 100000 and
100000 in cash is needed daily, ac-
,ording to the testimony of Frank L.
vice president and
treasurer of the Ford Motor company.
Turing the hearing of the Dodge-Ford
suit before Judge George S. Hosmer.
Mrs. Jonas Johnson. fifty, of Man.
stee, and blind for several years, was
nearly buried to death when a can OF |
stove polish, which she accidentally |
iropped into a stove, exploded, ignit-
ng her garments. Running into the |
,ard she beat the flames with her fists
md rolled upon the ground until the |
Ire was extinguished.
Clinton, Lenawee county. claims |
he honor of the oldest and youngest |
Red Cross members In Michigan. II |
lot in the United States. Mrs. Sarah |
Nastell, VINO will be 104 years this |
Month, is believed to qualify as old
,st member and Pahv McniIIoo 49,.