The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-08-23
STATE NEWS

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Flint-Pickpockets robbed Julius
Pawlowsh of 1920 on an interurban.
Petoskey-Enoch Coveyou suffered
broken ribs when attacked by bull.
Bravo-Fire destroyed the Whiting
& Co., potato crate factory at the loss
Of $500.
Ionia-Ald. Frank s. Thomas has
received a German helmet weighing
three pounds.
Manistee-Garfield T. Swansby has
qualified as city treasurer, following
the resignation of Therwald E. Ander-
son.
Charlottesville torn trousers of
Seth Dunn, II years old, of Lansing,
led to his arrest as an automobile
thief.
Albion-The infant daughter of Mr..
, and Mrs. Freely Demsky was killed in
, an interurban car while playing in
+, the street.
Port Huron-Military street will be
, closed for several blocks to aid the
Foundation Co., which is building 10
ocean-going tugs.
misunderstanding struck the To-
, cal postoffice, tearing a hole in the
roof. All but one out of town telephone
line was interrupted.
Ann Arbor-Seven hundred recruits
, for the mechanical training detach-
ment at the University of Michigan ar
, rived at the university.
Dowagiac-Corp. Floyd Ibbotson, %
years old, killed in action with the 18th
Field Artillery, was the son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Ibbotson of this city.
Morenci-Miles Barber, 65 years old.
one of the best known men of Morenci,
committed suicide by taking poison
and afterwards hanging himself In his
barn.
'Albion-Dr. Samuel Dickie, presi-
dent Of Albion College, who was in
jured by an interurban car, has recov-
cred sufficiently to be taken home from
the hospital.
Muskegon-Red Cross nursing will
be included in a special course at the
Muskegon high school If present plans
go through, say members of the local
board Of education.
Owosso-Mrs. Ida H. Hume, of this
city, has been appointed a member of
the women's committee on war pre-
paredness to succeed Dean Georgia l..
White, formerly of M. A. G.
Petoskey-Warren Odds Ferris, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. John l.. Ferris, has
been recommended for special honors
for dispatch carrying for the 9th in
fantry on the night Of July 1.
Owosso-Superior Coal Co. has sold
its mine in New Haven Township to
J. A. Knapp, of Bay City, and N. A.
Cobb, of Battle Creek. The output
will be increased to 100 tons daily for
local markets.
Charlotte-Clinton G. Gribble, of
Concord, Mich, was arrested at Eaton
Rapids for having a large amount OF
explosives on his person which he
could not account for to the satisfac-
ton of the authorities.
Cheboygan-Theg gasoline freighter
Pathfinder, owned by Albert Bird, OF
Cheboygan and Mackinac Island, burn
ed recently. A large load of merchan-
disc for the island was destroyed. The
loss is estimated at over $1,000.
Flint-Further preparation for Sep
TENDER registration was made here by
appointment of George G. Kellar, for.
mer mayor, City Clerk d. e. King as
a central registration committee to
have charge Of selection of precinct
clerks.
Mt. Clemens-Speedy remedy 10
promised of the disgraceful condition
Of the Gratiot road between Mt.
Clemens and the Wayne county line.
Enough signers have been obtained
under the Covert act to insure paw
ing of the road.
Kalamazoo-Mrs. Effie Schakenheis.
or escaped from the Kalamazoo State
Hospital. She was detained by the
police, but let go when hospital au.
thorities reported no one missing. Her
absence was discovered later, but the
police can't find her again.
Portage Center-Lightning struck
an automobile in which Robert Van
Bochave, Bert Reifsnyder and Abram
Boodt, of Kalamazoo, were riding.
Most of the body of the car was torn
away, but the passengers and me
chanism were not seriously affected.
Flint-When Edward Smears, broth.
er of Mrs. Flora Dibble, and her son
created a disturbance in circuit court
and during noon recess attacked Frank
Dibble, whom Mrs. Dibble was suing
for divorce, Judge e. d. Black fined
them 500 each and turned the money
over to Red Cross.
Albion-It is now a certainty that Al.
bion college will be one of the col.
leges that will form unit Of the stu
dents army training corps. Adjutant
General Mccain has telegraphed DR..
Samuel Dickie, president of the local
college. that the Methodist institution
had satisfied the conditions prescribed
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