The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-12-13
LOCAL NEWS

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Miss Bess Garland arrived home in
Corunna Friday from Washington,
where she is employed by the govern
ment.
A piece of jewelry is lasting re.
mindsr Of The giver. The Allison Jew
elry Store. --Adv
A son, John Roderick Phillips, was
born Dec. .4th, to Capt. and Mrs. M.
j. Phillips at Oxhard hospital, Los
Angeles, Calf.
! William F. Wilson, of Owosso, has
started suit for divorce against Flor
ence Wilson. They were married in
1911 and he says she deserted him in
1913 in Brennan, Ind.
Fred WEIGH, who recently sold his
elevator to the Isbell Bean Co., has
opened offices in the Citizens Savings
bank building. He will conduct a
Wholesale grain business.
Ben Cross, 80 years old was brought
from the county farm to the county
Jail Monday and is being held as an
insane person. He is not violent. He
formerly lived in Owosso and was en-
ployed as a machinist at the car shops.
Earl L. Slater, 16 years old, died
at, the home of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ray Slater in Owosso township,
Monday morning OF pneumonia devel-
oping from influenza, after an illness
of few days. The young man had
been attending school in Owosso.
The furniture store owned by w. j.
Simeon at Ovid was destroyed by fire
Friday, entailing a loss of $4,000
with insurance coveringSa third of the
loss. Mr.. Simeon went from Corunna
to Ovid in September, buying the
stock Of VOORHEES, & Son..
| Fred Wildermuth, Jr., was taken
to the county Jail Saturday night and
is registered there as insane. Mr..
Wildermuth has been in poor health
for some time and it is believed that
this has undermined his mentality
He was taken into custody after he
had shown signs of becoming violent
| The joint will of Mr.. and Mrs.
Leonard Zintel, of Owosso, was filed
in probate court Thursday with a PEI
tition that it be admitted to probate.
II Directs thats theip lestate ofq$5, 500,
n convertede4iit0 eAs}fSand divided;
equally among their four children.
The case of M. and Zach Craw-l
ford, of Perry, against H.. B.sStevens'
has been appealed to the circuit court
from Justice Botsford's court in Per-
ry. The Jury returned verdict of
no cause for action and costs of $21
were assessed against the plaintiff.
The motion of the attorneys for the
plaintiff for the doubling of the YER
dict of 5000 given the Superior Coal
Co. VS.. the Ann Arbor railroad COM
pany was argued Thursday. Judge
Collins directed the attorneys to file
briefs and further hearing will be
held on December 16.
The county road commissioners
have renewed their contract with the
T. z. Hoehler Co., of Toledo, bond
salesman, to take care of all of the
road bonds the county issues during
the coming year. The board will is
sue $4,000 worth at once to pay for
work already done.
w. H. Wilson and wife, doing bust
ness as the Wilson Lumber Co., of
Corunna, have started suit against
Mary Reed, Of Vernon township to
collect bill of $640.76 for lumber
which the defendant purchased but
which they say has never been paid
for.
Bert Bremen, aged 81 years, died
Monday at his home in New Haven
township of pneumonia. The funeral
was held Wednesday. Mr.. Brenner's
widow and six children, the oldest elev-
en- years, survive and all are i'll with
influenza. His parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Bremen, and nine brothers and
three sisters also survive.
A trunk containing two cases of
whiskey was seized at the M. c. de-
pot in this city Friday by Under
Sheriff Sproule. It had been checked
as baggage, it is thought, by well
known man whose name'is often seen
in print, but who, while he came to
the depot with a prominent north Of
Owosso farmer, while Sproule was
there, did not claim the baggage"
A reorganization of the Auto Sales
company has been effected, with Geo.
Stanton the only member Of the origi-
nal company remaining. The new
members are John Cutler, Charles
GLADDEN. and Roy Calhoun. Mr.. Cal.
houn has been chief engineer at the
water works for several years, while
Mr.. GLADDEN. has been employed in an
official capacity at the State Savings
bank. He will complete his work at
the bank January l.
Mrs. Nellie Calkins, Of Owosso,
Monday, started divorce proceedings
against her husband, Floyd Calkins,