The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-02-08
STATE NEWS TERSELY TOLD


Port Huron-A dental clinic to care
for the teeth of students will be es
tablished in the high school.
Battle Creek-Local merchants have
refused to lend their aid to the agita'
ton of state merchants against the
Monday closing law
KalamazOo-An emergency unit OF
the American Red Cross will be or
ganized here to care for accidents due
to floods. wrecks and fires.
Grand Rapids-The Michigan Rabbit
Breeders Association, in convention
here, endorsed the use of rabbits as a
substitute for other meats.
Bay City-James H. Hall, a Filion
farmer, has filed a petition in bank.
ruptcy, scheduling liabilities Of $12,.
317.44 and assets of $7,345.
Muskegon-Magnus Johnson, Mon
tague farmer who confessed that he
permitted seven cows to starve to
death. was fined SIS and SIS costs.
East Lansing-To increase the stan
dard- Of Michigan pigs. prizes have
been offered this year to farmers ex-
hibiting the four best March-farrowed
pigs at county fairs this fall.
Big Rapids-This city has had less
sickness and fewer deaths this winter
than in past years. Moderately heated
homes and offices are credited by doc
tors for the improved condition.
Hastings-Lying helpless, with a
current of 10 volts of electricity pass
ing through his body, Ralph Smith, a
workman in local factory, was res.
cued just in time from boiler which
he was cleaning.
Ann Arbor-University of Michigan
engineering and literary college facul-
ties have approved a course in naval
training to be started this summer. It
will require two years and will fit
graduates to be ensigns.
Albion-Edward Frensdorf, acting
warden of Jackson prison, declared
in a speech here that the privilege Of
supplying school books up to the
eighth grade in this state would be
worth 100000 annually.
Houghton-John Pellika, 26 years
old, timbermen at the Isle Royale mine,
fell 900 feet down a shaft and were in
stantly killed. They were making re-
pairs at the third level. Their bodies
lodged at the twelfth level.
Ironwood-Five hundred pounds of
loaf sugar and $50 pounds of flour were
by the county administra-
tor in one home here which he raided.
Five hundred pounds of granulated
sugar were found in another home.
Frequent raids are promised.
Port Huron-Mr. and Mrs. Edmund
Mime and Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Sturgis,
all pioneer residents, observed their
golden weddings. The two couples
live in the same house here and have
preserved copies of weekly newspa-
per which notes both marriages so
years ago.
MISUNDERSTANDING of the hours
of local saloons is increasing the num-
Der of DRINKS in this city almost 100
per cent, according to Jerome e. Tur-
ner, municipal justice. Judge Turner
believes many men in Muskegon are
drinking as much in nine hours as they
did formely in 16.
Port Huron-A confirmed story from
says that Adam McGregor
q prominent and reliable farmer, has a
calf on his farm. which has two heads.
four eyes, two ears and two mouths
The remainder of its body is normal.
McGregor is endeavoring to keep the
animal alive, as a curiosity.
Port Huron-Howard Beard, son of
Mr. and Mrs. F. e. Beard, who is q
of the famous Eleventh En-
gineers" that participated in the Cam
brai battle November 80, has written
his parents that he Is alive and well.
He said that 60 per cent of the engi-
neer company was missing after the
battle.
Lansing-Michigan grocers can sell
wheat -four provided they sell one
pound of a substitute for every four
of the wheat -four. This is the change
made by the state food administration
under authority from Washington.
This ratio is only temporary and will
be increased later as substitutes be-
come available.
Observation-Disclosures dead, % in
jured and property loss of more than
81 100000 is the record-breaking fire
report for Michigan during January
as compiled by State Fire Marshal F.
H. Ellsworth. The large number of
fires which occurred in this state for
the past year are described as crimes
of carelessness by Mr.. Ellsworth.
Camp Custer, Battle Creek-Camp
Custer has passed the 100000, 900
mark in it's soldiers insurance cam
paign, practically completing its eff
forts along this line. Not more than
1 900 men in the $4,000 now here are
without insurance, and it Is believed
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