The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-11-02
LOCAL NEWS

JULIUS heeDleE mas uSeutu W MI. anu
Mrs. John Stanton property on Isham
street in the city of Owosso for ST.
900.
Colon Mccormick and guests Mon
day returned to Olivet, after a visit
with the formers father, DR.. c. Nc
Cormick.
o. d. Snyder, who has been at
Camp Custer, Battle Creek, was home
Sunday to visit his father, o. j.
Snyder. He left Monday noon for
Waco, Texas.
Clinton Holman, who came home
from Camp Zachary Taylor last week
to attend the funeral of his father,
the late Ferrand Holman, is quite i'll
at his home on East Exchange street.
Word has been sent to his captain,
that he will be unable to return now.
Miss Mary Louise and Howard AL
liton entertained twelve Of their little
friends Monday evening at their home
on North Water street at masque
Halloween party. Games and
"stunts" were enjoyed and refresh
ments were served.
Paul Stellato, Chicago Italian
who was in charge of the commissary
department of an Italian work crew at
Durand last summer, was fined 500
and put on probation for a year by
Judge Miner Tuesday for violating the
local option law. A large amount of
liquor was found in his car.
City Attorney Miner is preparing
the bill of exceptions in the case Of
the City of Owosso VS.. the Michigan
United Railway Co. and the Michigan
Railway Co. The case was decided
favorably to Owosso in the circuit
court, but the defendants appealed to
the supreme court.
Health Officer DR.. w. E. Ward re-
ports that Owosso is fortunate in the
respect of prevalence of communica-
BILE diseases, in the city. Mrs. Horace
Haight, of North Shiawassee street,
is confined to her home for smallpox,
and there is case of typhoid fever,
contracted in Flint at the Jago home
on North Saginaw street.
The West Side Division Of the
First NJ. E. Ladies' Aid Society were
entertained Friday afternoon by Mrs.
John Jones, 208 N. Lansing street.
The officers of the year were elected
as follows: Chairman, Mrs. Arthur
Let's; assistant, Mrs. Albert Darl-
ing; secretary, Mrs. letters; treasur-
err, Mrs. Geo; Clark.
Rev. ara mrs. F.. D. Draper and
Mrs. Thomas TurnbulI went to Alma
fS4tufdag, where Rev. D4&per4elAefk
ed at the funeral of Velmer Lewis,
1.-THE 17-year -old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Bert Lewis. The young man was
drowned when he fell off bridge in
to the river. The Lewis family moved
to Alma from Owosso only short
time ago. Mr.. Lewis was for many
years employed in the carpet depart
ment of Christians store.
The state inheritance tax of five
estates was collected Thursday. The
amounts the estates paid were as fol-
lows: Josephine Story, Durand,
$192.57; Aaron Herrick, Bancroft,
$252.84; James Osburn, Owosso
$684.46; Harry Meyers, Durand
$326.7S, and John Mclean, Durand,
$223.S1.
R. R. Fox has resigned his position
with the Ann Arbor railroad in this
city and accepted a position with the
Trussed Concrete Steel Company, OF
Youngstown, Ohio. Mr.. and Mrs. Fox
and three sons will leave for their
new home the middle of next week
They have been residents of this city
for a number of years and have wide
circle of friends who will regret their
departure.
Frank thinner, of Ashley, pleaded
not guilty in justice court Monday
morning to a charge of reckless driv-
ing. The police claim that thinner is
the man who ran into the buggy OF
Robert Raatz a month ago, throwing
Mr.. Raatz out and wrecking the
buggy. thinner claims that he was
not in Owosso on the date of the &C.
cfdent. The case was adjourned foI
a week that the authorities might in
vestigate.
G. F. Friegel, exalted ruler of Owes.
so Lodge, No. 1853, B. P. o. Elks, DR.
G. N. Finch, Earl F. Hall and E. H
Stanard were in Saginaw Friday to
attend the reception rendered Grand
Exalted Ruler Fred Harper and the
other officers of the grand lodge, by
the Saginaw lodge. The grand officers
have been on 43 days tour of the
country visiting the larger Elks
lodges.
DR.. and Mrs. w. E. Ward have re-
ceived word Of the transfer of Their
son, Bernard Ward, from Camp Dix
the national army cantonment il
New Jersey, to Princeton university
where the young man will take 6
course in aeronautics. He made ap
plication some time ago to enter tn,
aviation service and by winning