The Owosso times., 1922-03-10


ther shutdowns.
Benton Harbor.-The Berrien
County Highway commission mas
opened campaign in conjunction
with the sheriff's Office against the de-
struction of highways by overloaded
motor trucks.
Lansing-The state has been asked
to furnish briefs in the Charlotte
courts March 16, in the case OF Ben
jamin Augustine, charged with having
melted residents Of Charlotte and
vicinity to purchase stock in the Au-
gustine Rotary Motor Engine Co.
Mt. Clemens-Papers were served
on e. a. Frost of Armada by Sheriff
John Spaller in $4,000 damage
slander suit begun in the circuit court
by William p. Rosso. chairman OF the
county road commission. Mr.. Rosso
claims he was unjustly accused OF
misapplying county funds.
Kalamazoo-James Nufer is under
arrest as the result of his attempt to
win back his wife's love at the point
of a pistol. Nufer was seized by or
ficers who were called to his father
in.law's home where he had drawn a
pistol on his estranged wife in an ef-
fort to compel her to return home.
Monroe-At the annual meeting of
the directors of the Monroe Paper
Products Co., officers were reelected
as follows: President, William X.
Harris; first vice president, Walter
NJ Sawyer; second vice president
Thomas l. Ilgenfritz; secretary, Roy
M. Sperry; treasurer, George Blum.
Ann Arbor-Claiming decrease
in the water supply of their section
because of the location there of the
pumping station operated by the city
of Ann Arbor, 20 land owners of Pitts
field township started suit in circuit
court here to prevent the operation OF
the pumping station. Damage to crops
is claimed.
Battle Creek-Clad only in their
night clothing, Asa White, his wife
and their four children, escaped,
when their home at Urbandale burned.
Urbandale residents fought the fire
with buckets for two hours and sue
ceeded in preventing the blaze from
spreading. The loss was $4,000, partly
covered by insurance.
Grand Ledge-The old belief that
women like to handle the money"
has been strengthened hre by the an
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they will be candidates for the nom.
ination of city treasurer at the Re-
publican caucus in March. They are
Mrs. Cora A. Meier, Mrs. Minnie M.
Shane and Mrs. Nellie M. Hodge.
Kalamazoo-One lifetime now is
worth more than $50 years Methus-
elah lived, according to Jacob Kindle
berger, president of the Kalamazoo
Vegetable Parchment Co., in an ad-
dress before the Kalamazoo Metropol-
itan club. The nuts of one genera
ton, he asserted, are the inventors
and industrial leaders of the next.
Bay City-Rate reductions of SO to
$40 a car on grazing stock from Chi
cago for all points north Of Bay City
on the Michigan Central railroad, will
become effective April 1. With tenn
porary reductions on farm products,
the new rate will be 30 cents for one
hundred pounds. Shippers must give
a guarantee that the stock is intended
for feeding and not for slaughter.
Kalamazoo-The example Of the
Highland Park high school, in sending
It's senior class on trip to the ma
,ional capital, before graduation, will
be followed by Kalamazoo Central
High school in the spring of 1928.
Plans are being made to send the
present senior class to Washington,
D. c., in May next year. To raise
'unds for the trip carnival will be
leld Wednesday, May 10.
Kalamazoo-Mrs. Theodore Coun. !
,erman, 1645 Lincoln, while being
rushed to a hospital Friday afternoon
IN an automobile, accompanied by two
public health nurses, gave birth to a
baby in the automobile, just as the
institution was reached. A physician,
about to leave the hospital, attended
her. Delay in reaching the hospital
was caused by train blocking rail- !
road crossing, SO that the automobile
was held up for several minutes.
Scotts-Jumping from the truck, on
which she was riding, while it was
still in motion, Mrs. John Thompson.
wife of a retired merchant, was killed
instantly when the momentum of the
machine hurled her violently against
a brace, breaking her neck. She was
walking to the home Of sister living
in the country when the driver Of
passing truck invited her to ride. |
The sister was waiting at the gate to
welcome her when the fatal accident
occurred.
Kalamazoo-Frank Stanley, plead.
ing guilty to a charge of violating the
prohibition law, turned accuser in
circuit court and declared federal of.
ficers who invaded his home at /
o'clock in the morning, did so without
warrant Holding the plea in abey-
ance, Judge George w. Wetmer or
dered an investigation to determine
whether a warrant had been issued
for search of the Stanley premises.
In event the prisoners charges are
Stanlpv the cOurt in