The Yale expositor., 1908-05-15

Ed. Pratt has had a new barber pole
placed in front of his shop.
Born to the wife of Jas. Blackford
last week an elevenpound girl.
Frank Gillian has severed his con
nection with the Paisley Hotel.
Palmer Bros. S Co. have had a new
awning placed in front of their store.
Don McDuff is at the L. NJ. depot
learning the my-teries of telegraphy.
Fifteen tickets were sold here on the
excursion to Saginaw and Bay City
last Sunday.
Will Palmer of Newberry is the proud
father of baby girl born May lst. All
are doing well.
Chris. Nogelei. living in Greenwood
township, held barn raising on Thurs
day of this week.
John Robertson, east of Y ale, expects
to have barn raising on his farm Tues
day of next week.
Summer Is here at last. A number
of new awnings are being placed in
front of the business places.
What about our cement walks?
When will the contract be iinished2 a
few questions to think about.
The LBS of the Presbyterian church
will meet with Mrs. Lothian on Wed
nesday afternoon of next week.
Guy Mulnyx has purchased the
sprinkling outfit from John Conroy
and will lay the dust on our streets
this summer
Dan Ferguson was taken seriously
= af a1
he had suffered stroke of paralysis.
At present he is some better.
The Melvin Dancing Club will give
a dance in the Melvin Opera House
Tuesday evening, May 10. Admission
% cents. Everybody cordially invited.
We go to press too early to learn the
result of the match game of pool at
Welchs' bowling alley between Prof,
Lou J. Laubscher and one of our local
players.
w. +, Poehler has made "a number of
books OF views of the Yale Woolen
Mills. He is around taking orders for
them now. The book is very neat and
contains eighteen prints.
J. g. Holden, Willard Welch, Warren
Roadway, and H. +. Beard were called
to Port Huron as jurymen on the Will
son case, but were excused on account
of previous knowledge of the case.
W. ii. Fletcher received a dispatch
Thursday morning stating that the Lon
don Auction opened May ~, and de
clined 10 per cent all around from last
auction. This means a depressed mar
ket in this country for woods and at
lower prices.
The trial of VIM. l.. Wilson charged
with embez2ling 9l25,000 from the
United Home Protectors Fraternity
started on Tuesday afternoon of this
week. Prosecuting attorney Moore APP
pears for the people and Joseph Walsh
and +. B. Brown for the defendant.
On Wednesday while George Beadle
was driving a team attached to hay
press, ,On the farm of L. ii. Parkinson,
a bolt slipped, letting the sweep fly back,
hitting George on one of his legs and
breaking that member. He was quick
ly removed to Yale and medical aid
summoned.
s. +. Barr d Co. are erecting q build
ing on the corner of Jones and Mechanic
street, g0x40 feet, which they will occupy
as their cement factory. Cement tile,
posts, bricks, blocks, and other things
will be manufactured as soon as the ma
chinery is placed for the production of
the same.
The Peck Times, with Thos. Graham
jr. at the head, is nine years old. Since
Tom junior took hold of the Times it
has been greatly improved both in ap-
pearance and amount of reading mat
ter. A large amount of new type has
been added and success is coming
Toms way. The Expositor wishes
him continued prosperity.
We notice that over i'm Cass City the
telephone company furnishes the farm
ers at IL o'clock each noon, with
weather report. Ten rings is the signal
and every farmer wishing to hear the
report takes down the receiver upon
hearing the signal. This is good idea
and would be of much assistance TO the
farmers. 1t would be good idea to
try anyway.
Ernest Fenby, the Shepard Giant, met
Freddie Clark, the German Wonder, of
Cleveland, Ohio, last Friday evening in
Kennefick Hall, and i'm seven minutes
of actual wrestling put his shoulders to
the mat twice, the first fall being Sc
cured in two minutes. The German
Wonder hardly lasted long enough to
show his wonderfulness. Local talent,
including Neil Connell furnished laugh.
able preliminaries.
Perhaps our readers would not be.
lieve IL, but nevertheless it is quite true
that Yale has a good healthy stump in
one of her public streets. Con Gleason
has been engaged in plowing up the
south of Jones street, preparatory TO
leveling and grading the same, and he
came across large pine stump. Ii re-
get this relic of past days out of the
middle of the street. Not many years
ago, the whole of Yale was covered
with stately pines, but we hardly be-
lieved il possible that such thing as a
stump remained in our streets to re-