The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-03-01
STATE NEWS

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| Battle Creek-SA 100000 moving pic.
ture theatre seating 1000 people will
be built here.
Greenville-The groceries Of Green
Vile are using sugar cards to prevent
the boarding Of sugar by customers.
Owosso-Ebenezer Gould, the first
white child born in Owosso, died at the
Odd Fellows home, in Jackson, aged
IS.
Port Huron-Terrance Trainor, OF
Melvin, was brought to Port Huron
hospital to have both hands and feet
amputated, the result of frost bites.
Greenville-A tablet containing the
names of the ~ Greenville men serv-
ing the United States in the war has
been placed in the Greenville postof-
| flee.
Allegan-A nurse found 81 400 sewed
inside the clothes of Mrs. Marie Myers
just before she was buried here. She
died pauper in the county hospital,
having no known relatives.
Kalamazoo-Shortly before daylight
thieves broke through the transom of
the Ray c. Thompson jewellery store
here and escaped with from $4,000 to
| $4,000 in diamonds and watches.
Grand Rapids-Frank Pasharnis,
who operates a frog ranch near st.
Ignace, suffered severe loss as re-
suit of the recent cold snap, which
caused nearly of his frogs to
"croak."
Ann Arbor-With only a few days
supply of -four left in this city, Ann
Arbor is facing serious situation. The
government has closed the local mill
and has also closed -four mill at Man.
chester, which was shipping some flour
to this city.
Muskegon-Thomas Workman, for
Is years mail clerk on the Owosso di-
vision of the Grand Trunk railway out
Of Muskegon and a resident of this
city, has been selected by the govern
ment to go to France as a United
States mail clerk.
Detroit-The state convention of the
Michigan Equal Suffrage association
will be held in Detroit, March 25-2S.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, president
of the national association, and Mrs.
Frank ]. Shuller, chairman Of state
campaigns, will be present
Iron Mountain-A sheep ranch of TO-
600 acres in Dickinson county, Michi-
gan, and Florence county, Wisconsin,
will be established south of here by
spring. The ranch will be stocked
with 5000 sheep at first. This num-
Der will be augmented gradually to
10000.
Crystal Falls-When the surface at
the Amasa Porter mine near here
caved in II men were entombed. All
efforts to reach the men failed. This
is the worst mining accident in this
section since the caving in of the
Mansfield mine in 1903 when % men
were drowned.
Jackson-Warden Frensdorf of the
Michigan state prison announced that
Irvine contracts amounting to between
100000 and 100000 had been assign
ed the prison. AS soon as adequate
shipments of sisal are assured the pris-
on Irvine plant will operate on three
shifts of eight hours each.
Ann Arbor-Eight students OF the
engineer college. University Of Mich
igan, have petitioned the board of re-
gents asking that course in internal
combustion engineering be given the
summer session of 1918. This work
would fit those taking it for govern
ment work on Liberty motors.
Petoskey-Visions of lean resort
season have resulted from the cold
wave here. The entire flock Of thor
oughbred frogs belonging to Frank Pa
sharnis, of Allenville, were killed when
even the mud bottom of his pond froze
solid. Resort owners fear they may
have to import frog legs this sum-
mer.
Grand Rapids-Denied admission to
Devore hospital, where he went to call
on a girl patient, Harry Fenby, Lans-
ing, climbed a telephone pole outside
the girls window. Before he could
reach the window, however, James A.
Devore, head Of the hospital, discover
ed Fenby and held him up the pole at
the point of pistol until the police
arrived.
Camp Custer-Monotony of training
has told on the officers of Camp Custer
and hundreds are seeking transfer to
other branches of the service, mainly
aviation work. The majority of those
asking to be moved are first and Sec
ond lieutenants. If all petitions were
granted the transfers would not Grip
pie the division, as the unit is over
Differed now.
Petoskey-Beaver Island residents
are suffering from a diphtheria cpl
demic. The lack of doctor on the is.
land and the difficulty In getting to
the mainland because of the breaking
up OF the ice has increased the danger.
A lowering doctor finally arrived from
Cross Village with antitoxin. Beaver
Island is rs miles from mainland in
Lake Michigan.