• Mrs. Blanche Perry, wife of the principal of schools at Williamsburg died last week, the funeral being held yesterday from the M. E. church in that village. Undertaker Carter was in charge of the body and the burial. Mrs. Perry was only 19 years old and had been married fourteen months. Eight weeks ago she was taken to the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Avery, where she died. Tuberculosis was the cause.
• The Beitner Aid Society will meet with Mrs. Helm at Keystone next Saturday to do sewing for Mrs. Bartlett, the minister's wife. This will be a work bee as well as a social afternoon.
• Mrs. A. Stevens was very pleasantly surprised last evening at her home on Twelfth Street, the occasion being her fortieth birthday. She was called to a neighbors and, upon returning home found the house full of friends. Games and conversation were enjoyed and several instrumental selections were rendered, after which delicious refreshments were served.
• The general delivery system has struck the grocers and meat dealers of Ann Arbor. They have jointly purchased a 30-foot frontage on Washington Street and will erect a $10,000 building to stable 25 rigs. Construction is set to begin within a month.
• Deputy Sheriff Charles Powers and wife of Gratiot county returned home today after bringing an inmate to the asylum. Several friends were visited while they were in this city which more than made the trip worthwhile.
• Mrs. Tom Peau, an Indian woman living near Cedar, was found dead in the ditch alongside the railroad track by the Hurlburt farm by section men this morning. The coroner's jury gave as their verdict that she met death by drowning. She had gone to see her son who lived about twelve miles away and probably started home this morning. Judging by her tracks, she left the right of way to let a train pass.
• The valuable black horse owned on the Hobb's farm at Williamsburg was so sick that it became necessary to destroy it. The animal was valued at $250.
• Osceola Pooler, of Burr Oak, Michigan, will give an entertainment in the M. E. church at Kingsley Thursday evening. Mrs. Pooler comes highly recommended and no doubt will be greeted with a large audience. The proceeds of the entertainment will be applied toward the purchase of some new books for the high school library at that place.
• The family who lately moved on Henry Hulett's farm at Blackman have decided to make another change, selling off their personal property for most anything and left for greener fields. It is not known at this time where that will be.
• During the month of April 2, 933 books were given out at the main library, this being an average of 112 a day. Of this number 1,426 were fiction and 1,123 juvenile fiction. There were 213 men who visited the reading room, 95 women and 902 children, a total of 1,210 or an average of 46 daily. Seven hundred and sixty children attend the story hours.
• Births and deaths in the local area during April reported eleven births and twenty-two deaths, sixteen of the latter being at the asylum.
• The examinations for the issuance of eighth grade diplomas prepared by the Michigan State Department of Public Instruction will be held in this county May 9 and 10. These diplomas are not intended as entrance papers to the high school, but a sort of reward that marks the completion of the course.
• Advice on deportment. In carrying canes, umbrellas, and packages, care should be taken that they do not inconvenience others.
• Medical advice of a century ago. When a foreign body enters the eye, wink rapidly a few times, at the same time blowing the nose, and it may be carried to the corner of the eye where it may be removed with the corner of a handkerchief or a bit of cotton twisted around the end of a match.
• Best buy of the week. Shirts made with fine Panama cloth; Black, brown or blue and latest stripes, $5.00 at Steinberg Bros.