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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-10-26
Ship Christmas Parcels Early

Chicago, Oct. PA campaign fol
early shipment of Christmas packages
was inaugurated at joint meeting Of
the American Railway Associations
car service committee of Chicago, Mil
waukee and South Bend. Co-opera-
ton in this campaign was promised by
representatives of the National In
dustrial Traffic League and the Chi
cago Association of Commerce.
Each railroad is to do everything
possible to promote early shipments
of Christmas packages, whether by
mail or express, according to reso-
luton adopted by the car service COM
mittees.
"There is at the present time a
shortage of baggage car equipment
that affects the handling Of mails
said P. j. Schardt, government super
intendent of railway mail service, "and
this shortage will be felt more keeI-
ly with the approach of the holiday
period, when the flow of mail increases
far above normal.
1.-THE selective army law has made
serious inroads on our clerical force.
Unless the public will take into con-
sideration the shortage of equipment
and of labor that the railway mail SER
vice will be confronted with during
the holiday period, serious congestion
and consequent delays to Christmas
mails will result, to say nothing of the
disappointments to both senders and
receivers of belated packages"
Aliens Buy Liberty Bonds
A unique campaign for the second
Liberty Loan was devised by r. H..
Ford, engineer in charge of track ele-
walton at Chicago Tf-the Rock Island
lines.
Under Mr.. Ford are employed about
500 men, including Italians, Greek,
Austrians and other foreigners. He
arranged for four Liberty Loan solic-
itors, speaker and several interpre-
tiers to accompany him on trip over
the track elevation work. Every man
on the job was visited and the purpose
of the loan, its safety and other ad-
vantages were explained to him in his
native language.
Over % per cent Of the 500 men
subscribed Immediately for the bonds,
some paying as much as $50 in cash on
the spot. A considerable number of
the buyers were Austrians.
Most of the railroad companies have
made large subscriptions for Liberty
Loan bonds and many have offered to
finance the purchase of bonds on the
installment plan by their employees.
Appeals to the public to buy the bonds
are posted in nearly every railway sta
ton in the United States and various
other efforts to promote bond pur-
chases are made by the railways gen.
orally.
Record Breaking Freight Traffic
With an increase in locomotives of
only 1.3 per cent and in freight cars
of only 2.3 per cent, the railroads
handled 202 per cent more freight
traffice last July than in July, 1916, AZ
per cent more than in July, 1915, and
49 per cent more than in July, 1914.
For this record breaking accom-
plishment the Railroads War Board
gives much credit to the cooperation
Of shippers and receivers of freight, in
loading and unloading cars more
promptly and heavier.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-10-26
EIGHTH DISTRICT
w. II. C. CONVENTION

The annual convention of the w. r.
C. of the eighth district was held in
the Odd Fellow hall in Corunna, Oct.
II. The ladies of the local corps were
the hosts of the gathering. The ses-
sions were attended by about $50
delegates and friends. The convention
will be held next year in Flint.
The following officers were chosen
for the new year:
President, Mrs. Ella Bump, Flint
Senior Vice President, Mrs. Fanny
Kanouse, Byron.
junior Vice, A. H. March, Fenton
Treasurer, Mrs. Lottie Goodhall
Corunna.
The retiring president, Mrs. Good
all, presided oyer the session of the
convention with exceptional executive
ability.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-10-26

The undertakers of the county helt
q meeting here Wednesday and form.
ed an association. F. w. Smith ant
Orrih T. Jennings, both of Owosso
were elected president and secretary
respectively. The association will
meet every three months. There are
1S undertaking firms in the county.
Cassius Bentley, of Clifton Springs
N. Y, who came here to attend the
funeral of his brother, the late A. M.
Bentley, and who has been visiting
his sister, Mrs. Ida Pierpont, North
Ball street, left Thursday for his
home, accompanied by Mrs. Pierpont.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-10-26

lily J. Sternsman, aged 90 years, died
Tuesday at the home of his father,
Andrew Sternaman, s Robbins street,
after short illhess with typhoid fever.
He was born in Owosso and lived here
most of his life. having just previous to
his illness been employed in Flint The
funeral was held Thursday at the
Jennings & Son chapel, Rev. Dunning
Idle officiating.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-10-26
FOOD CONSERVATION

Pastors of churches all over the
United States will speak next Sunday
on food conservation, urging coopera-
ton along lines laid down by govern
ment authorities. Committees in the
county will begin Sunday securing
pledges from families to- save food
and reports will be made to G. T.
Campbell and the number published
and reported to State Food Commits
sioner Prescott who will report to
Washington. It is hoped eighty per
cent of the families will agree to
cooperate.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-10-26

Statement of the ownership, man
agement, ETC., required by the act OF
congress of August "a, 1912, of The
Owosso Times published weekly al
Owosso, Mich, for October, 1917.
State of Michigan, County of Shia-
wassee-Before me notary public in
and for the State and county afore-
said, personally appeared George M
Dewey, who having been duly sworn
according to law, deposes and says
that he is the business manager of
The Owosso Times, and that the fol-
lowing is, to the best of his knowledge
and belief, true statement of the
ownership, management, ETC., of the
aforesaid publication for the date
shown in the above caption, required
by the act of congress of August "a,
1912, embodied in section 443, postal
laws and regulations, to-wit.
That the names and addresses of the
published, editor, managing editor, and
business manager are: Publisher, The
Times Printing Co., Owosso, editor,
managing editor and business man.
ager, G. M. Dewey, Owosso, Mich. {;
owner, E. o. Dewey, Owosso, Mich. /;
mortgage or other security holder,
none.
Us 49, GEO. M. DEWEY,
- Business Manager.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 10th day of October, 1917.
, MILTON F. GROVE,
49,. Notary Public.
Ny commission expires Jan. %, 1920.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-10-26

For SALE-Two pairs solid oak
sliding doors. Call Union phone l62.
FARMERs:-It pays to sell your cream
and feed the skinned milk. We pay
45c G. U. D. for butterfat at Owosso,
or at our Oakley creamery. RUNDELL
BROTHERS
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-10-26
VAN TED
- @ Aeaw 02 revo sZod wcni4e1Ht
and
Poultry

We are in the market the year
round. We own our house in
Owosso, also our own selling
houses, so there are no middle.
men involved which allows US
to pay the highest market price
and to give honest weight.
We pay high price for heavy
fast stock. Give us a call.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-01-05

That's why couldn't resist saying my
prayers was so happy l couldn't
hold In"
As they walked slowly toward the
house, Mrs, Adams looked M this pnr
sonuge girl In frank curiosity and some
dismay which she strongly endeavore(
10 conceal from the bright-eyed PrI.
dence. The Ladies' had said II would
be so nice TO have a grown girl In the
parsonage Prudence was nineteer
from all account, but she looked like u
child, and-wcll, II was not exactly
grown-up to give thanks for Il barn
to say the very least Yet this girl
had full charge Of four younger chill.
dren, and was further burdened with
the entire care OF mlnister-father' :
Well, well Mrs. Adams sighed o
little.
"You are tired" said Prudence sym.
pathetically. IT'S so hot walking
isn't it7 Let's ait on the porch until
you are nicely rested"
'This is n fine chance for us 10 get
acquainted" said the good woman with
eagerness.
Now, II the truth must he told, there
had been some ill-feeling In the Ladies
Aid society concerning the reception OF
Prudence. After the session Of con.
ference, when Rev. Mr.. Starr was as.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-01-05
OFTEN LATENT FOR YEARS
Minnesota Physician Explains Reasons
for tuberculosis Infection In
Entire Families.

"If tuberculosis is not hereditary
why is IL usually found In most Of the
members Of an infected familyY
The reason, according 70 Or. /. J..
Murphy of the Minnesota Public
Health association, is this:
"The first case in a family usually
infects all the other members of the
family before the case is diagnosed or
sent to a sanatOrium.
Infection Of other members OF a
family can be prevented, as a rule,
only by removing the source Of the in
fection TO a sanatorium," adds Doctor
Murphy. "Children especially should
be safeguarded from individuals who
may be casting off tubercle bacilli in
their sputum or mouth spray. Today
authorities agree that childhood is the
period of infection.
Most of those who develop con-
SUMPTION in adult life have carried the
latent infection from childhood and
have not received a new infection at
the time the symptoms appear. The
extremely heavy death rate from tu-
berculOsis between the ages of twenty
and thirty is due 10 childhood infec-
tions which are lit up by the various
forms of life strains to which young
adults are subjected.
"The onset Of tuberculosis is very
insidious. In case of doubt consult a
physician. A cough lasting more than
three weeks, daily afternoon flush
ing, a steady loss in weight, frequent
hoarseness, easy firing, indigestion,
and a blood-stained sputum are soma
of the early signs, any one of which
should call for u thorough examina-
tion. GrOwn-ups who have been in
timately exposed during childhood
should report also for periodical ex-
aminatiOns." -
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-01-05
SPEAKING OF HEDGES
BY LIMA r. ROSE.


More and more the hedge is coming
into its own. For miles and miles
along the New Jersey coast, reaching
from Atlantic Highlands to Sea Girt
Is the most continuous stretch OF
country homes in America. MillioG-
aires, near-mlllionaires people with
money and people who are merely COM
| Portable have made this region a show
/ place of never-ending interest. There
are more milliOnuires among the home
owners of this one spot than the en-
tire realm of England holds.
They have discarded the fence al
most entirely and mile after mile of
privet comes into view as one motors
along the smooth, beautifully kept
roads.
There are also, in the Pacific region,
hedges of geraniums five feet high,
hedges of calla lilies and Of roses but
the substantial, serviceable evergreen
hedge is the last word for elegance and
utility, and the New Jersey coast of
fers the best possible field for its
study.
Here is how the landscape garden
ers of this section handle the plants /:
Before the plants are brought to the
ground a quantity of top soil is pro-
cured for The purpose of filling in
about the roots. They need lots Of
moisture to keep them healthy and to
maintain the rich green color. Then
the transplantlng is done in the spring
and the plants are handled with care
to prevent the roots from being dried
out by the wind.
The evergreens that run from u to
"a inches are set from to u inches
apart. The larger plants can be placed
with 18-inch intervals.
In order that the evergreens may be
bushy, they are pruned when planted,
and this makes the subsequent shaping
of the hedge easy. The spring time is
taken for the pruning, because the
plants are then resuming their growth
and the process finds its best results.
Starting at the beginning, the first
thing to do is to dig a trench wide
enough not to cramp the roots, so that
they can spread flat and not touch the
sides, Then plenty of well-rOtted stable
manure is worked in the trench with
the soil. After the planting a coating
Of manure is placed on the surface of
the soil, covering all of the earth that
has been disturbed This mulch is left
in place for year, and is then usual
ly worked into the soil.
Where double-row hedges are re-
quired the plants are set in rows six
to nine inches apart and the plants
from to 16 inches apart in the rows.
The whole eastern coast is begin
ming to show the effect of hedge cul-
ture. Newport, the queen of summer
resorts, Long Island and all of the 9TH
er show regions are literally marked
with the natural substitute for the
fences. at
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-01-05
CTO BE CONTINUEDJ
MANS WAR ON WILD THINGS
Trifles Seemingly of Small Significance
Have Power to Cause Much
Irritation.

There are awful little things be.
tween two people. Here are some Of
them:
NAB. When tired, the wife has a
peculiar yawn, roughly: "Hoo-hoO |!
Hoo-hoOw The husband hears it com
ing and sometimes curdles within
him.
MOS. Every morning in his bath the
husband sings, There is a fountain
filld with blood drawn from Emman-
uels veins"-always the same.
M124. The wife buys shoes a quar-
ter size too small and always slips
them off under the table at dinner.
Then she loses them and develops
great agitation. This fills her hus-
band with an unaccountable rage.
MICS. The wife is afflicted with the
cliche habit and can generally sum
up a situation by phrases such as:
"All is not gold that glitters." Or,
Such is life" or "Well, well, it's a
weary world" The husband can hear
them coming.
There are scores of these little cruel
things which wear away love as sure
ly as trickling water will wear away
l.. George, in Ntlantic.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-01-05
Proper Illustration.

1t is a mistake, AYERS the nlumihat-
ing Engineer Society, to use o bright
light against a dark background, and
while an artistic fixture is well enough
as a decoration, yet lamps which in
themselves are good and suitable will
not be satisfactory from a hygienic
standpoint unless the fixtures are in
the right position. In planning the IL
Elimination of a room it is only COM
mon sense to determine just what you
are going to use that room for, and
then to arrange the lighting. BY do
ing this it should be possible for peo-
pie of middle age to add years of ex-
cellent eyesight which otherwise
would soon diminish. Where children
of various ages are in a family the
matter of artificial light is Of great i'm
pOrtance. The general health of a
growing boy or girl may be seriously
affected by careless lighting, especial
ly in rooms where they read or study
their lessons.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-01-05

signed to Mount Mark, the Ladies' Of
the church had felt great interest in
the man and his family. They inquired
on every hand, and learned several in.
teresting items. The mother had been
taken from the family five years be
fore, after n long illness, and Prudence
the eldest daughter, had taken charge
of the household. There were five chill
dren. So much was known, and being
women. they looked forward with
eager curiosity to the coming of Pru.
dence, the young mistress Of the par.
sonage.
Mr.. Starr had arrived at Mount Mark
a week ahead of his family. Prudence
and the other children had spent the
week visiting at the home of theil
aunt, and Prudence had come on day
in advance of the others to wind ev.
erything up" as she had expressed it
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-01-05
THE TULIP IN POTS.

Some varieties of tulips are well
adapted to the flpwerpot. The Clu-
siana vent grows to a height of 20
inches, with a slender stem. The
leaves are very long and narrow, and
the flower Sometimes measures two
inches across. This variety is Of the
funnel form, with bright lemon-yellOw
flowers, with light shading of green or
white, sometimes streaked with pink.
1t is very fragrant, and when properly
cultivated is one of the most beautiful
of all the tulip family. The tulip is
easy to cultivate, as it thrives well In
either heavy or light soil. 1t does bet
ter, however, in rather light soil, we'll
drained and fairly rich, Those grown
in heavy, black soil produce smaller
flowers, and the colors are not nearly
so bright. In some of the uplands
Of Virginia the ideal tulip soil is found
for the growing Of bulbs, and it is said
to be almost Identical with that OF
Holland, where this flower is so success
fully grown. r ..s. s.,s2yg,s.-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-01-05
CHAPTER l..
Introducing Her.


None but the residents consider
Mount Mark. Iowa, much Of town
and the very most patriotic Of then
all has no word Of praise for the ugly
little red G. B. & Q. railway station
Mount Mark is anything but proud OF
the little station. At the same time II
certainly does owe the railroad and the
state debt Of gratitude for its pres
ence there. IL is the favOrite social
rendezvous for the community! The
arrival Of a passenger train in Mount
Mark is an event-something In the
nature of a c. b. & Q. "at home" and
is always attended by large and en-
thusiastic gathering Of "our best
people" All that is lacking are the
prOverbial eight refreshments
So il happened that one sultry morn
ing, late in the month Of August, there
was the usual flutter Of excitement and
confusion on the platform and in the
waiting room of the station. The ha-
bltues were there in force. Conspicu-
Gus among them were four gayly
dressed young men, smoking cigarettes
and gazing with lack-luster eyes upon
the animated scene, which evidently
bored them
The Daily News reporter, in a we'll
creased, light gray suit and tan shoes.
and with eyeglasses scientifically bal
nnced on his aquillne nose, was making
pointed inquiries into the private plans
of the travellers. The young woman
going to Burlington to spend the week
end was surrounded with about fifteen
other young women who had come to
''see her on" Mount Mark is a very
respectable town. be 1t understood, and
girls do not go to the station without
an excused
A man in black business suit stood
alone on the platform, his hands in
his pockets. his eyes wandering from
one TO another of the strange faces
about him. His plain white ready-made
tie proclaimed his calling.
"It's the new Methodist minister"
volunteered the baggage master, cross
ing the platform. 81 know him. He's
not bad sort"
'SThey say he's got five kids. and
most Of 'em girls" responded the Ad-
.nmS express man. II want to be on
hand when they get here, to pick out a
girl"
Yah" Knocked the telegraph opera
tor. bObbing his head through the win
dow, 'yOu need tn. They tell me every
girl in Mount Mark has turned you
down Already"
But the Methodist minister. gazing
away down the track. where a thin
curl of smoke announced the coming
of No. 8 and Prudence-heard nothing
of this conversation. He wSs not
handsome man. His hair was gray at
the temples, his face was earnest. only
saved from severity by the little clus-
tiers Of lines at his eyes and mouth
which proclaimed that he laughed
often and with relish.
Train going east !"
The minister stood back from the !
crowd, but when the train came pound |
ing in n brightness leaped into his |
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-01-05

for ar entertainment. They had three
elegant prizes to be awarded.
For what, you ask.
Bridge?
No.
These women Of the arlstocracy Of
money came together, each bearing a
little basket, TO compete for the prizes
! that We're given for tie best arranged
basket Of flowers thAr had been grown
by the woman who arranged the hand
basket.
All Of the money commanded by peO-
pie who consider one with a mere mil
lion poor could not provide these won.
en- with a pleasure that the poorest
child Of the log cabin cannot enjoy.
What child is there in the land who
cannot pick and arrange a bunch of
pOsies with as much freedom as the
wealthiest Of these grand danes?
think it a good Idea. Why not
have little contests at which the taste
and good judgment of the members OF
each little circle Of u community will
be tested by the arrangement Of flow
ers?
One need not award cut glass and
silver prizes. There can be just as
much rivalry and competition where
the prize is but a ribbon. And when
the award is made the committee that
judges the prizes ought to be made to
tell exactly why one bouquet or basket
Is better arranged than another. The
members should say in what respect
one set of flowers is better grown than
another.
Thus will be established an inter-
change Of ideas as to the growing of
plants and flowers and the artistic SEN
sibilities of each contestant will be de-
velOped while the stock Of general in.
formation will be improved.
Flowers are the true democrats.
They are as sweet for the pauper as
for the prince. There is absolutely no
bar to n study of their beauties and I
would like to know that in a million
homes the example of this rich coterie
on Long island is being followed to the
profit Of other people and to the bet
ter production Of the pretty things Of
life. -r.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-01-05
one-Step Not New.

If you've been doing the one-step un-
der the impression you're being mod
ern, forget it and go to learning the
minuet or some other reasonably up
to date dance-take it on the word Of
James E. COgan of Washington. Mr..
COgan, who is here on a visit told
Broadway he had danced the One-step
as far back as 35 years ago-and, in
fact, had invented it himself. The
other night COgan strolled down the
great white way to renew memories
of the city and chance led him into
big restaurant along the RialtO, where,
after q few minutes of destination he
was persuaded to try his hand-that
is, feet, of cOurse-at a dance. What
was his surprise to find he could not
only do the One-step, but could do
1t as well as any of those on the floor.
And then he discovered the one-step
was really not new at ALL II danced
that as far back as forty years ago."
he declared. "In fact; invented it."
Wherefore, Mr.. Dancer, what do you
mean, modernism New York Core
spondence Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-01-05
YES, LAUGH AT YOURSELF
Much Wisdom ls Needed n We Arc
20 See Ourselves 40 Others
See Ua.

Laughter Is mark OF intelligence
only when one II able 10 laugh at him
self 10 smile with others at his own
nwkwnrdness, whims. shortcomings
and personal peculiaritles, remarks the
New York Tribune. one needs Ger.
tain amount of wisdom In order 10
know when he Is making himself ridic-
ulous. lie must be big enough and
wise enough 10 put himself In another's
place and see himself as others see
him. II Is then that laughter serves
the purpose Of corrective and
means Of self-dlscipline.
But this requires certain breadth
Of vision which not everyone possesses.
Lincoln had II, and with all the sad
ness and tragedy OF his life this abll-
lty 10 laugh at himself kept him sweet
and human, saved his wit from irony
and cynicism. and enabled him to
laugh, not nt people but with them. IL
Is this trait Of quaint self-ridicule and
uloofness from that petty sense Of dig
nifty which spurns self-crltlcism
which constitutes the true sense OF
humor. All the great humorists, from
Aristophanes 20 Mark Twain have had
IT, Half the fun OF life must be en-
joyed at ones own expense.
A man may be dead in earnest in
his devotion 10 some great cause, as
was Lincoln, yet keep his faith in him
self and his ideals. II is this sense Of
bumor which preserves balance and
saves a man from bigotry and fanati-
ctsm. For want of II among good
people and reformers many a noble
cause has failed and many a moral
ideal has been rendered almost unen-
durablp
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-01-05
JAPANESE NAPLES

One can go long way ahd do worse
than to pick the Japanese maple for
ornamental effect. The elegance of the
tree, its rich colOrlng and its decorative
value cannot be overestimated.
One should always take care to give
the maple a sunny position to fully de-
velOp its rich cOlOring. In the spring
and summer it should be literally wa
tered.
1t is important to keep the soil loose
about the base of the trees and under
no circumstances should the pruning
knife be applied.