The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-03-15

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properly listed.
Traverse City.-John L. Olszewsh
and his brother, Frank T., Polish boys,
drove 66 miles in an open rig to be
indicted into service. They were sent
to Columbus barracks.
Kalamazoo.-The Kalamazoo Indus
tries corporation. capitalized at $780,
600, will finance factories seeking
government contracts. An agent will
be maintained at Washington.
Concord. = Rev. William LOCKER
Gibbs, a civil war veteran, aged II,
ried, well-known Democrat,was killed
of the Universalist church of this vii
lage. Rev. Gibbs was the officiating
clergyman to 372 marriages. He also
preached 1929 funeral sermons during
his ministerial career.
Grand Rapids.-The Grand Rapids
Furniture Manufacturers association
has purchased the De Soto Coal and
Mining company of De Soto, Ills. The
purchase price was $4,000 and the
total investment is about 100000. The
mine will supply local furniture fac
tories with eight cars Of coal day.
oo.-Tuberculosis damages
person to the extent of $751;, jury
decided when it awarded Bert Mum.
of Schoolcraft, that sum in compensa-
ton from the Kalamazoo Telephone
Co. for contracting the disease as the
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about year ago.
Ionia-Oden Wood, chief engineer
at the Yrsilanti Reed Furniture fac
tory, entered the retort to make some
repairs. He had just gotten inside
when the fireman, not knowing he
before Wood could be pulled out more
than half his body was horribly
scalded.
Flint-Secretary Pound Of the Flint
war board has received letter from
the chairman of the house military
committee, informing him that the
committee would give early considera-
ton to proposal recently made by
Flint man that deaf mutes be per-
mitted to enter the army in separate
supply unit.
Cadillac. = Cadillac farmers are
afraid of the QUESTIONABLE sent out by
the department of agriculture to deter
mine the prospective acreage to be
planted and the available labor. Re-
sponses indicate farmers fear the in
formation will be used to their dis
advantage in spite of the explanation
! ii is a war order.
Lansing. to Labor Com
missioner Richard S. Fletcher there is
going to be plenty of farm labor in
Michigan this summer. Mr.. Fletcher
says that his free employment agen-
cies are already getting track OF many
men who wish to leave the city for
farm work this summer. and that he is
having no trouble placing them.
Rochester.-Miss Ruth Eaton left
here a few days ago tor Cape Town.
South Africa On her arrival there she
will be married to DR.. William Robert
son. DR.. Robertson is graduate of
the University of Michigan and up to
four months ago was practicing den
tistry in Detroit. He met Miss Eaton
while they were at the University OF
Michigan 1t will take % days to make
the trip.
Charlotte.-Mistakin a can Of bel
ladonna seeds for coffee, while clean
ing the cubboards, Mrs. Charles Sill
verthorn, residing in Chester township,
poured the contents into the coffee,
which was of similar appearance. Mrs.
Silverthorn later made coffee from the
mixture, with the result that Mr. and
Mrs. Silverthorn and 10-year-old daugh-
ter Margaret barely escaped death by
poisoning.
Lansing.-Moving pictures Of Ame-
rican soldiers and sailors in the war
will soon be shown in Michigan under
the auspices of the Michigan war pre-
paredness board An admission is to
be charged and any profit accruing
will be put in fund for the depend
ents of Michigan's own soldiers in the
war. In this way. in addition to keep
ing track of the troops, the public can
in a substantial way help the depend
ents.
Camp Custer-With the arrival Of
65 900 Identification tags the work OF
tagging every man in the division has
started. According to present plans
each man will wear two tags, one
about his neck and the other about his
wrist This is to make identification
certain in case of explosion where por-
tions of the body might be blown to
pieces. Each company has been furn-
ished with a stenciling outfit and upon
each tag will be cut the wearer's name,
official number and organization.
Alpena--An American bald eagle,
estimated to be about 35 years old,
with wing spread of eight feet, was
captured by Louis Fussey at his Long
Lake road farm. The bird had become
caupht in a tran set for foxes After