A Flour War In Chelsea

A FLOUR WAR IN CHELSEA

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And the Citizens are Getting the Benefit of it

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ARGUS LIST BOOMING

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Epworthe Leaguers to Give a Martha Washington Social Feb. 21

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Chelsea, Mich., Feb. 15. - The man with the wheelbarrow (not the hoe) struck town yesterday about noon and during his stay here afforded considerable amusement for the small boys.  He claims that he is from Dowagiac, this state, and is going to California pushing a wheelbarrow all the way, and according to the wager, must make the trip in one year. 

Frank Leach has just purchased of J. Bower a fine roadster, and Deputy Sheriff Lehman will have to look out or he will lose his laurels as the owner of the fastest horse in town.

At the last meeting of the L.O.T.M. Mrs. Jabez Bacon was elected as delegate and Mrs. C. M. Davis as alternate to the Great Camp review to be held at Marquette some time next June.

The Lima Epworth League social at the Lima church last evening was well represented by Chelsea-ites.

The entertainment given at the opera house last night by the Peet Bros. for the benefit of the senior class of the Chelsea high school was a decided success financially.

The Junior C. E. social at the Congregational church last evening was well attended and the society added a nice sum to its treasury as the result.  

Just now the citizens of this place are enjoying a flour war, and it is hoped that the warring factions will keep at it for some time to come.

Secretary Gage, of the Chelsea Horse Breeders' association, has issued a call for a meeting of the association to be held in this village Saturday, February 22, at 2 o'clock.

It is reported here that some hotels in Jackson are in such bad condition that the guest who is obliged to stay overnight in the Central City has to sleep under the bed in order not to have his life endangered from the falling plaster.

The Epworth League of the M. E. church will hold a Martha Washington social at the spacious home of Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Glazier on Friday evening, Feb. 21.  The guests will be received by George and Martha and the society promise all who attend a pleasant and enjoyable evening.

The Ann Arbor Music Co. expect to give a concert here in the near future for the benefit of Columbian Hive, L. O. T. M.  The Chequamegon orchestra of Ann Arbor will be one of the leading features.