The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-04-06

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spend week or so with relatives in
Wayne.
Miss Lillian Converse fell down a
flight of stairs at her home March 20,
and fractured both bones in her right
wrist.
Mrs. Paul Gadola left Monday for
Rochester, Mimi, to undergo an OPP
Grafton at the Mayo Brothers hos
pital, for cancer.
George F. Robinson, of the U. S.
treasury department, Washington, D..
c., is visiting at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Ed. Merrill, west of
Owosso.
The police had busy month dur
ing March, answering total of 295
calls, and travelling 435 miles in re-
spending to them. They found 100
doors unlocked, put in 81 sleepers
and made nine arrests, eight of them
for drunkenness.
Mrs. Harry E. Payne and daugh-
ter, Miss Kathryn, went to Detroit
Monday for few days visit. Miss
Payne took part in piano recital
there Monday Their guest, Miss
Evah Bernstein, of New York state,
accompanied them to Detroit. Miss
Kathryn returned to Oberlin We'd
nesday.
Tuesday was the first time Allison
u Son have received the time from
the United States Wireless station at
Arlington. They receive it every day
at IL O'Clock. The receiving station
is located at the Allison jewelry store
on Washington street. Tuesday night
is set aside for amateurs and consid-
cradle amusement is derived FROM
hearing the various messages which
passed through the air.
AT the regular meeting of the Con-
gregational Social Union Tuesday af-
ternoon in the church parlors, must
cal program was rendered by Misses
Gertrude Lee and Zielsdorf and
Eleanor Lyon, Of the Oberlin conser-
vatory of music. Miss Lee sang sew
eral pleasing solos and Misses Lyon
and Erna Zielsdorf gave piano selec-
tons. All three young ladies are ex-
ceptionally fine Musicians. The pro-
gram was greatly enjoyed.
A new Ford automobile owned and
driven by Harry Stevenson, was dam
aged somewhat Sunday morning
when a team driven by Fred Schultz
ran into him at Williams and Wash
ington streets. One of the horses
reared and came down on the front
of the machine. Schultz, hurrying
to church, attempted to cut across in
front of Stevenson machine while
the latter was turning around.
Monday afternoon Miss Arlene
Lawrence pleasantly entertained the
Obelin college girls who are guests of
friends here this week during the
spring vacation. Music was a
feature of the afternoon and refresh
ments were served. Among the out
of-town guests we're Misses Lilah
Baird and Edith Bryan, of Texas /;
Erna Zielsdorf, of Duluth, Mimi !;
Gertrude Lee, of Ashland, Wis, and
Pauline Zinninger, Of Canton, Ohio.
Mrs. W. E. Strusbers, aged 30 years,
died Monday at the home Of her moth
er, Mrs. J. A. Sutton, East King street
in this city, after years illness with
perncious anemia. The funeral was
held Thursday at the home, Rev E. ].
Warren officiating. Miss Daisy Sutton
was born In Corunna. coming to Owes
so with her parents as a child and has
since resided here. She graduated from
the high school, and was later EN-.
ployed at Osburn q Sons store and as
night operator at the Union Telephone
Office. She was member of the First
M. E. church and the Y. W. G. A., and
was an active and helpful worker In the
home and societies.
A short circuit on the power line
carrying 100000 volts into the station
of the Consumers Power Co here dur.
ing the electrical storm Saturday night,
burned out the mammoth switch In the
station and put the lights out all over
the city. The switch, which was made
up Of large number of parts. was re.
duced to Q shspelees mass Of molten
metal. The men at the power house
did some fast work for after waiting
for the ruined switch to cool sufficiently
for handling, they took IL off, installed
new one and had the lights back on.
all Ia 10 minutes. It Ia believed that
lighi ming striking the power line caused
the short circuit