The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-06-16

campaign spcdhci.
Pontiac ~ Establishment of yaca-
ton bible school in Pontiac, with Mrs.
V. w Palmer, OF Detroit, as superin-
tendent is announced by the Pontiac
church federation.
Owosso-M Mrs. Della Bruno. IS. has
brought suit for divorce against An
thony Bruno, 50, who, she alleges, has
given her only SIS with which to buy
clothes since their marriage in 1894.
Grand Rapids-The Grand Rapids,
Grand Haven & Muskegon Railway
company has made effective 10 per
cent reduction in its wage scale, plac'
ing it at 40, 40 and so cents an hour.
Benton Harbor-Benton Harbor
voters, by a vote of almost two to
one. discarded the eXistr z aldermanic
system and adopted the commission
manager form of government at the
polls.
Grand Rapids-Richard s. English,
wealthy lumberman and banker, and
son of the founder of Englishville,
near here, died at that village as the
result OF injuries received in an auto
accident.
Grand Haven-Mr. and Mrs. George
Woodhouse and Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
Swanson were arrested at Spring Lake
by Federal officers charged with steal
ing bank checks from an express com
pany. They were taken to Chicago.
Menominee-Fred Z. Reiff, former
division traffic superintendent for the
Michigan State Telephone Co. in the
upper peninsula, has been appointed
to succeed the late Nj. l.. Saunders as
division commercial superintendent.
Pontiac-When his clothing caught
in the belt of a machine at the VOL
VERNE Sand & Gravel plant at Clarks-
ton, William Mcmillan, 33 years old,
a foreman, was killed. McMillan's
body was drawn into pulley and his
chest was crushed.
Cadillac-The typhoid situation is
so serious here, that the city has Of
fered to pay for innoculation of per-
sons who feel they cannot afford to
pay the bill Rigorous measures are
being taken to stamp out the disease
and prevent its spread.
Owosso-A toy gas balloon, one of
six sent up by an Owosso automobile
sales company, floated to Holly and
was picked up there by Miss Agnes
Racket. Each of the balloons had
tag on it good for $25 in trade with the
company. Holly is 25 miles from here.
Cadillac-The offer of $4,000 for
the plant of the Osceola Light & Pow
er company at Reed City by the viii
lage council was refused by E. J.
Haynes, of this city, majority stock
holder. The company offered to sell
for $4,000 afer the dam went out in
March.
Muskegon-James Mauterstock, 4S,
Of Wolf Lake, driver Of the car in
which Orley Thompson and Loren
Adams lost their lives was arraigned
in justice court for manslaughter. The
examination was postponed and Maui
terstock was held to $4,000 bail which
he furnished
Muskegon - Moonshine saved the
life of Marion Adams, 16 years old,
when she swallowed poison because
her father scolded her for being out
late, according to the city physician.
A police sergeant was told by the ply
stefan to give her whisky. He gave
her moonshine and now she is recov-
ering.
Flint Jitney buses have been
ruled off streets on car line routes
here by the city council. The main
object of the councils action was to
relieve the traffic congestion on streets
where street cars are operated and
also to open up new territory not now
being served by any transportation
conveyances.
Monroe-Richard Gosser, Tony Paul.
Lee Wigley and James Kennedy, of
Toledo. pleaded guilty in Circuit Court
to holding up George Karmel, Is years
old, at Erie, Mich, several weeks ago.
Kennedy was sentenced to serve from
five to Is years at the Jackson State
Prison and the others were given from
one and one-half to Is years in the
Michigan Reformatory at Ionia.
Kalamazoo-Any monument to be
erected in honor of Joseph Guyton,
the first American killed in the world
war. should be constructed at Evart.
the hero's home, and not at Detroit, or
Lansing, according to a resolution
passed by the Kalamazoo post OF the
American Legion. This resolution
called on Senator Newberry to aid
passage OF the bill which would pro-
vide for erecting the monument at
Evart.
Grand Rapids-A 100-year-old treaty
will be used as a defense by w. j.
Masquskey, rs, an Indian. held at the
county Jail for trial in district court
on an indictment charging him with
impersonating a federal agent. The
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