The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-05-09

MISS Margaret Knapp, or Danyllle
ILL.,, is the guest of her aunt, Mrs
James B. Hurst, North Ball street.
William H. Ball, of North Yakima
Wash, is visiting at the home of hi
daughter, Mrs. George Copas, 81
North Dewey street.
John Baird, of Saginaw, has beer
re-appointed as State Game, Fish ant
Forestry Warden for four year
term, beginning July !.
| Mrs. r. C. Bell and son arrived yes.
terday from Everett, Washington, TO,
an extended visit with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Armstrong.
James B. and j. Watson Hurst, OF
this city, were summoned to Oak Park
ILL.,, Monday by the sudden death of
their youngest brother, Frank Hurst
Don A. Meeker, formerly county
agent here, is visiting old friends in
Owosso and Corunna. Mr.. Meeker
has been working in Georgia for sew
eral months.
Abe Suber, the Owosso soldier who
lost his eyesight in overseas service.
left last night for Baltimore where he
will receive his discharge. He ex-
poets to attend school for the blind
there.
Earl H. Sutphen, of this city, was
married May 2 in Detroit to Mary
Barga. They are residing temporarily
on the Gale farm south of the city,
with his father, Fred Sutphen. Friends
extend congratulations.
The circuit court jury will report
for duty next Monday, May IL. Judge
Collins is hearing contested chancery
matters this week and takes up jury
cases next week.
The part of the Cute building form
erly occupied by the Dumond book
store, is being entirely remodeled and
fitted up for Mike Angelo and John
Varriale, now located on South Wash
ington street, who will conduct a
modern shoe repairing establishment
there.
Judge Collins Monday made an or.
der permitting the Biggam Trailer
Corporation to retain temporarily 49,
900 worth of machinery purchased OF
the McMullen Machinery Co. of Grand
Rapids, and recently replevined by the
Grand Rapids firm. The defendants
will, however, furnish bond of $4,000
to the plaintiffs.
One good act of the last Legislature
was the transferring of delivery OF
owl, weasels, hawk and other heads
from the county clerk to township
clerks, who issue orders on the coun.
ty clerk for the bounty. The old meth
cd was extremely full of red tape ano
cost of collecting was as much as the
bounty. Representative Martin intro
duced the bill.
A. B. Cook, of Shiawassee township
has been named by Governor Sleeper
a member Of the Michigan Communi-
ty Council committee recommended by
at the state reconstruction conference
of county war boards, for which the
legislature appropriated $4,000 for
expense, but the position does not
carry a salary. There are one hun.
dred members
Fifteen months in Leavenworth pen
itentiary was the sentence given Ben
Thorn, of Lansing, formerly of Owes
so, by Judge John M. Killetts Friday
afternoon in the Detroit u. S. court
following his conviction on four counts
for misusing the United States mails
to blackmail j. Pierpont Morgan, and
his daughter.
Phillip Monsaert Of Venice town
ship, Monday began two suits for
1000 each against Arthur Waldorf
and James Michael Sullivan and
against Arthur Waldorf and Warren
Doan and VIM. Thompson. He claims
that he sub-let a road contract to the
defendants and they failed to carry
out their contracts.
Friends in Shiawassee county of
Todd Kincaid, of Cleveland, but for
merly of Owosso and Corunna, will
be grieved to learn that he was COM
PEELED to submit to an operpation for
the amputation of one leg. The
operation was made necessary by
gangrene, resulting from non-circula-
ton of blood. The leg has bothered
him for some time. Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Gale, of this city, left for
Cleveland Monday to see Mr.. Kin
caid.
A petition signed by a majority OF
the taxpayers on North Shiawassee
street between Oliver and King
streets, was presented to the commits
sion, asking that that street be paved
The petition was referred to Com
missioner Hanscom. 1t was original
ly planned to secure a petition for the
paving of the street from Oliver to the
city limits, but a remonstrance signed
by many of the taxpayers living north
of King street was sent to the commits
sion some time ago.
Judge Collins Monday heard test.
mony in the divorce case Of Alice vs
William Whitmore, prominent DuranC
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