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Ypsilanti Locals

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Day
15
Month
September
Year
1899
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                  YPSILANTI LOCALS

               From Tuesday's Daily Argus

   Sadie Raymond, of the township of Ypsilanti, asks for a divorce from her husband, Daniel E. Raymond, on the grounds of non-support.

   The training school at the Normal college started in the second week of the year with a total enrollment 196, distributed as follows: First grade 23; second grade 28; third grade 22; fourth grade 28; fifth grade 34; seventh grade 29. The kindergarten department will not be open until the first of October.

   Postmaster Bogardus has made changes in post office hands which appears in the following schedule: On and after Sept. 15, the post office will open at 6:30 a. m. and close at 7 o'clock p. m., Standard time. The carriers Windows for evening delivery of mail will be open from 6:30 to 7 p. m. Thus giving patrons of the office their evening mail thirty minutes earlier than heretofore. Bear in mind that standard time only is used in all matters pertaining to the mail service.

   The Ypsilanti Trotting Horse association held a meeting last night and arranged a series of races for October 10, 11 and 12. There will be three races each day, and purses ranging from $250 to $350 have been made up. It is expected that there will be some very fine racing. A $500 reserve fund was put up to meet any unforseen contingencies. There will be a committee meeting next Thursday night to arrange all preliminaries. The men behind the association insure a successful meeting. lts officers are as follows: President, Henry P Glover; treasurer, Robert W. Hemphill; secretary, O. A. Russ; superinterdent of track, W. II. Lewis.

       From Wednesday's Daily Argus.

   Otsego is well represented in the Normal College, Misses Frances Conrad, Mae Watson, Josephine Nevins and May Blakeman, of that village, are among the students.

   At least four Ypsilanti people were made happy today by the fact that the county clerk issued two marriage licences. Anthony M. Burke and Gladys Holly will be made Mr. and Mrs. Burke, while Florence A. Brown will soon be know as Mrs. Robt. W. Lenglan.

   Rev. Eugene Allen, who has just been appointed pastor of the Preston M. E. church in Detroit, is a son of Rev. Dr. C. T. Allen, pastor of the Ypsilanti M.E. church he was stationed last year in Birmingham and is regarded as one of the most capable young men in the Detroit conference. His brother, Rev. Clarence Allen, is pastor of the Havens M. E. church in Detroit, where he was last year.

   Rexfords received yesterday the first shipment of Saline flour over the new electric road.

   The second Baptist church of this city will hold a camp meeting at Saline beginning Sept. 14th and continuing until Sept. 28th inclusive. Good talent will be present and the various services will be interesting profitable to the spiritually minded.