The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-01-30


Robert kaatzSwin Monday move
his meat market from East Main
street to 213 S. Washington street.
William Brandt OF Venice Center
was brought to Memorial hospital
Thursday and at once operated on for
severe case Of stranaulated hernia o.,
Mr.. and Mrs. Will p. BoShay NJ
Mr.. and Mr.. d. @ Dickinson left
Tuesday to attend the Cleaners bien al
convention. held iu Kalamazoo
Mrs Msude Thompson WAS called to
o ,erliD, Ohio Thursday by pv"s tot
her daughter, Mary ,Mander Thorn pson
who ia attending Oberlin College, has
influenza a-'@"'' ..-,
The will of the lac William E. Smith
of Laingsburg, has been filed in pro-
bate court. 1t disposes of an estate
Of $1,000, dividing it between a
grandson and his son and daughter.
Acting City T essurer NJ. F. GROVE
states that he had collected $50, 900 OF
the $l6S,000 tax roll Satu day nigh
when the penalty for ia lure to pay
went into effect. The Owoss, Sugar
Gu. paid the largest tax. about $40. 900
The Owosso boys basketball team
we're easy winners, 81 to l2. Wednesday
nightlat the srmory In the game played
with st Louis, Mich, high school boys.
but the st. L)us girls tea n defeated
the Owusso girls 20 TO 10 in fast con
to
Thirty minute service between
Owosso and Corunna, between the
hours of IL a. m. and Z p. m. was
inaugurated today by the Michigan
Railway Co. The cars will leave
West Owosso and Corunna at Is
minutes and as minutes after the
hour.
Driven insane by worry over his
continued illness and the resultant
financial difficulties, Joe Francide, a
foreigner living in the western part of
the city, was taken into custody by
police officers Tuesday and will be
committee to the Pontiac state hos
pital.
William Vert, aged IS, died Tues
day at his home in Laingsburg, the re-
suit of stroke of paralysis. The de-
ceased was we'll known and respected
having lived in Laingsburg and vici-
nifty all his life. He is survived by
three sons, Alva, of Blissville, Ark,
Stacey and John of Laingsburg, and
two daughters, Mrs. Arthur Plunkett
and Mrs. Floyd Stevens, of Laings-
burg.
The clerks of the C. 2. Robinson
store were entertained at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Robinson on North
Washington street Tuesday at six
o'clock dinner celebrating Mr.. Robin
sons birthday. Miss Hazel Van Ever
who is soon to be married to Arthur
Keeney, of Morrice, was surprised to
find herself guest of honor and was
recipient of many gifts of cut glass
Of china. NJ. Robinson was given a
box of cigars.
Judge Matthew Bush of the probate
court has named X. j. Colby and Clay
ton J. Thomas of Owosso and William
Cline of Bennington as special COM
missioners to meet with commission
ers named in Saginaw county to de-
termine the necessity of deepening,
widening and lengthening the Hurd
drain in Shiawassee and Saginaw
counties. The joint meeting of COM
missioners will be held at the hotel in
Oakley on Tuesday, February 8, at
9 a. m.
Dennis McCaffery, so years old and
for 40 years a resident of New Hav-
en- township, and resident of the
county all his life, died this morning
at his home after a years illness with
cancer. Mr.. McCaffery was born in
Corunna and moved to New Haven
township in 1875, hewing from the
wilderness one of the finest farms in
the county. He was man of sterling
character and had host of friends
who feel keenly his loss. Surviving
the deceased are his widow, two sons,
Burton and Frances D. McCafferty
two brothers, Steven Of New Haven
and James of Detroit and one sister,
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