The Owosso times., 1917-07-20

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Private Howard Teller was hom
from Fort Wayne. Sunday, to visit hi
parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. o. Clark and daug b
ter Of Lansing, were guests part Of tn
week Of Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Howe.
Ward Detwiler and family and Mis-
Nelita Detwiler of Detroit, were guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Detwiler part o
the week.
Advertised letters at the Owosso pos
office for the week ending July IA, 1917
Monroe Griffin. Mart Mack. F. E. Rein
hart, A. F Schott.
The city commission has authorized
the mayor to negotiate for a rest room
and comfort station in the down towr
district as required by the State law.
The femilies of W. V. Robinson. A
e. Fos .er, Charles G. Ward and J. M
Bentley are spending the week at cot
tages at Round lake.
Mac Upham left for Cygent Ohio,
Friday. to visit his sister before return.
ing to Bridgeport, Conn.,, where he is
EN- ployed in the constr uction of suo
marines for the U. s. navy.
Miss Lena Sanftleben, r. G. Sanftle-
ben and w. II. Neiman have returned
from two weeks motor trip through
Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York.
They visited MIR. and Mrs. Charles
Sanftleben in Jamestown, N. Y.
A petition calling for special school
meeting in the Brady, Rush fractional
district, has been circulated and signed
by large number of taxpayers in the
district wholare not satisfied with the
management of the school affairs.
George Smith, laborer, who has
preached loudly and long on the streets
Saturday evenings, was taken into Gus.
tody. Saturday, on the ground that he
was public nuisance. and test case
will be made of the matter If Smith
contests. D
A horse feeding along the road
wheeled as the five year old son of
Albert Huntley of Caledonia attempted
to strike it, and kicked the child with
both feet injuring the child severely
in the face and chest.
Rev. Ralph Duff, private secretary to
Governor Sleeper, and formerly pastor
of the Congregational church at Ar.
mada, preached strong sermon on
Service" at the Congregational church
in this city Sunday, Rev. Mattson being
in Lansing to fill the Pilgrim churct
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Governors Sleeper has been invited to
come to this county and be guest
farmers day at the county fair August
%, and to award the prizes for the
three best titled farms In the county,
and the best titled gardens in Owosso
Names for these contests should be
entered in the next few days,
Edward Barber, landlord of the
Owosso hotel, formerly the Occidental
hotel, was arrested and bound over to
the circuit court for trial on charge
of receiving stolen property in connec'
tion with the wholesale theft of chick
ems in Bennington township last week.
He was released on $1,000 bail.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Ament of
Claremont, Calf. were guests of
Owosso friends this week. Mr.. Ament
is son of the late Rev. Ament who
was a we'll known missionary to China,
and both formerly resided in Owosso.
Mr.. Ament is on a two years leave
from the University of California where
he is an instructor, and is enroute to
Frankfort to attend the Congregational
assembly to act as physical instructor
while Mrs Ament will act as pianist.
Postmaster Fl. K. White has received
word from United States Marshal
Henry Behrendt, stating that he, could
not come to Owosso Monday. July %,
to examine and register alien enemies,
but would be here at later date. The
change was made because of the rush
of work. Marshal Behrendt will notify
Postmaster White several days in nd
vance of his coming. however, 80 that
those whom the order affects will have
plenty of time to prepare.
Preliminary steps towards the organi'
cation of another co operative stock
shipping company We're taken at a
meeting held at Knaggs Bridge Tues
day. Another meeting to complete the
organization will be held Saturday,
evening, July %, at Bancroft. Manager
Kelly of the Charlotte organization will
be present. According to officials of the
cooperative shipping company formed
at Bennington and Laingsburg two
months ago. $17C0 that would otherwise
have gone to the middlemeD, has been
saved to the farmers since the com.
psny's organization.
The county clerk issued three marri
gae licenses Saturday. One was given
to Freddie Halbert Cogswell, aged ,S, q
farmer Of Owosso, to marry Celia May
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