The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-12-29
| STATE NEWS

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Owosso-Checks totslling s253.254
were sent out by the Owosso Sugar
| Co. to farmers who raised beets for
the company.
Traverse City-Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Chervenka of Traverse City have re-
turned from several years service
with the Y. M. c. A. in Czecbo Slo-
vakia-
Lansing-Immediate expenditure OF
about $4,000 to repair electrical wir-
ing In the state industrial school for
boys at Lansing and the state public
school at Coldwater was authorized
by the state administrative board.
Flint-After waiting six years Mrs.
Petra N. Petraff, resident of Bull
garia, will soon receive from this city
$2,139 compensation due her through
the dea,h of her husband, who was
killed here by the cavern of a sewer
in 1915
Mt. Clemens-Mrs Bertha Gehring,
So, wife OF Christian Gehring, farm
er five miles north of this city, found
in the barn of the farm home, sui
eide. according to Coroner Groesbeck.
Her throat was slashed from ear to
ear with small butcher knife.
Grand Rapids-The Victor Talking
Machine company lost all its points in
it's bitterly fought patent infringe
ment suit against the Chene Talking
Machine company, of Grand Rapids,
in decision OF the United States cir
cult court of appeals at Cincinnati.
Owosso-To guard against fire, Off
GERS posted signs warning against
lighting matches near the liquor seiz-
ed in a raid on the home of Steve
Border. The liquor had been distill-
ed twice, the officers said. and would
burn like oil. Border is being held.
Lansing-A municipal swimming
pool, to be located in park not far
from the center Of the city, which
will accommodate 600 persons at one
time, is one OF the features of a pro-
gram OF civic improvement planned
for next year by the Lansing city
council.
Albion-Driving their auto in a
heavy snowstorm, DR.. and Mrs. G. w.
Durham Of Albion cut into electric
wires that were blown down across
the street, which caused their car to
smash into telephone pole. The au-
to was badly damaged and Mrs. Dun
ham received cuts from the broken
windshield.
Rogers City-Attempting a short
cut home from school caused the death
of John Mindock, Is, when he broke
through the ice Of pond near the
Minton school house. The first ink
ling of a fatality was brought to light
when his tracks in the snow were
traced to the hole in the ice His body
was recovered.
Kalamazoo-The Right Rev. Mon
signor Frank A. O'Brien. dean Of the
parish Of st. Augustine here, a do
nestle prelate motu proprio. died in
his home here December 10. Father
O'Brien was 20 years old and had
been Ill for some time. He was one
Of the most widely known parish
priests in the United States.
Owosso-A committee representing
the Central Charities Association Of
Owosso, will visit landlords in an ef-
fort to have rents reduced for men
on. of work Several families face
eviction, 1t is said because of inabil-
ity to pay rent A plan is being con-
sidered to advance money to needy |
families, taking the mems notes.
Kalkaska-Guarded by their two
dogs, the frozen bodies of Leonard and |
John Glide, 13 and years old. were |
found in Is inches Of snow, six miles
west Of South Boardman. Lost in a |
snowstorm when they left the home
Of their father, Cornelius Glide, to
hunt rabbits, they crouched down to
sleep besides the animals, and were |
found by searchers led by their father.
Lansing-The finest honey bee food
in the world grows in Michigan. There
is something about the climate or the |
soil Of this state, officials of the state
department Of agriculture say, that
develops the flora upon which honey
bees feed. AS a result, Michigan hon.
ey is quoted on the markets, outside
the state, at from two to three cents
pound higher than that from other
states.
Grand Rapids-By ordering the de-
PENDANTS to pay claims amounting to
$61,544 to IA former stockholders in
the old American School Furniture
company, Judge Arthur G. Dennison,
Of the United States Court of Ap-
peals, has ended the 15-year-old suit
of Mary A. Billiard, executrix OF the
will Of George A. Billiard, and 13
others against the seating company
and others.
Grand Rapids Sheriff Peter vier-
gever has identified Edward Joost, ar
rested some time ago, as Edward
Yoost, an escaped inmate of the state
hospital at Traverse City. Joost took
possession of deputy sheriff's house
during the absence of the officers