The Owosso times., 1922-02-10
| STATE NEWS

Grauu hdpluS-LdT6o uOWhloN
stores, retailing ice cream, have an
nounced that beginning Wednesday
ice cream sodas and sundaes will b.
reduced to 10 cents.
Reed City-At the annual meeting
of the Reed City Woolen Mills, c. w
Tiffany was reelected president and
manager and M. w. Brown, i. b. Sa
vidge, II. w. Hawkins and II. j. Crock
er were elected directors.
Iansing-The Michigan Exchange
Clubs, holding their quarterly meet
ing here, were told by Harold Harder
of Toledo, national secretary, thai
the aim is to have a club in every city
Of 100000 population or more.
Kalamazoo-While Rev. James Hor'
ton Bishop, rector OF the fashionable
st. Luke's Episcopal church, preached
his Sunday evening sermon, thieves
broke a rear window Of the rectory
and ransacked his home. They failed
to find any money.
Owosso-A petition is being cir
CuldIcu Wy Guy "A. SOAO, Souhsy wa
oner, for a revision Of the city char
ter, to provide for the return of alder
manic form Of government, 1t is re-
ported. The commission form has
been In force here since 1914.
Pullman-Fifteen cars of an extra
Pere Marquette freight train, coming
from the south went into Black river
at midnight Jan. 81, in the worst
wreck in this vicinity for many years.
In all 18 cars OF the train were de-
rallied. No one was injured.
Grand Rapids-The city commits
sion has granted to the widows of
Detective Samuel Slater and Special
Officer George Brandsma, shot and
killed December Z, by bank bandits,
compensation of $4,000. 1t is to be
paid in 800 weekly instalments of SIS
q week.
Misunderstanding kettle of
boiling water from the kitchen stove.
Donald. 1-2-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Samuel Gotta, prominent resi-
dents, was scalded SO badly that he
died within few hours. He was
rushed to a local hospital, but every
effort to save his life was futile.
Owosso-That poison pen" wri-
ter is at work in Owosso was the as
sertion of the Rev. II. A. Waite in
First Baptist Church here. He de-
clared that the names of several men
had been linked with women and that
ons man in particular had been
named in Is letters sent to members
of the congregation.
Grand Rapids-Charles w. Wagner,
recently appointed city housing in
spector, has resigned to save the city
from embarrassment relative to his
appointment. Recently he was chosen
by City Manager Fred Locke from a
list Of 80 applicants, who petitioned
for his removal as the position should
have been filed by civil service ex-
animation.
Battle Creek-Manufactur here
will survey their employees to find out
whether there are wives Of employed
men at work, whether there is more
than one breadwinner in a house.
hold, and whether Battle Creek can
replace those from out Of town. This
action is result of a conference on
unemployment called by Mayor
Charles c. Green.
Port Huron-Henry l.. Freking. one
of the directors Of the Port Huron
Press, has been appointed receiver
for that publication. Mr.. Freking has
filed an $4,000 bond. He is authorized
by the court to wind up the affairs
OF the concern and sell what proper.
ty is necessary to meet current &C.
counts. The publication will be IL.
sued for the present.
Pontiac-Figures received from the
United States Census Bureau indicate
that Pontiac during the period from
1914 to 1919 led all cities of the state
regardless of size in Industrial expan-
sion. The value Of products manufac-
tured Increased 1862 per cent and the
number Of persons employed grew 220
per cent. Manufactured goods for
1919 in Pontiac were in excess of
$40, 100000.
Pontiac-Howard Coffin, vice-presi.
dent Of the Hudson Motor Car COM
pany, has offered to the city Of Pom
tiac q tract Of 60 acres of land east
of the city for boulevard purposes,
provided the city will adopt definite
plan for improvement. The land fol-
lows the Clinton river. Bridges al
ready built by the company owning
the land, In which Coffin and Roy d.
Chaplin are interested, cross the Clin.
ton and smaller stream.
Kalamazoo-When Charles Collier
q year ago went to a clairvoyant, he
was informed that his wife would get
a divorce and marry "a dark man"
The prediction was the chief cause of
its own partial fulfllment, according
to the testimony of the wife in her
suit for divorce, which was granted.
Her husband, she declared, became
violently jealous and suspected every
dark man he met of being his wife's
prospective second husband. A few
months ago, she said, her husband
took the children and left.