The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-12-10
Local and Otherwise.

Is it cold enough for you?
Christmas two weeks from tomorrow.
Our stores are all in Christmas attire.
Buy your Christmas presents early.
The wooden covers have been placed
over the hydrants for the winter.
An automobile propelled by steam
was seen on our streets yesterday.
Does the label on your Expositor
read 1910 or 1911? Look it up and see.
Mrs. Geo. Carless was the lucky one
to get the $500 last Saturday at Rosen-
that's store.
A Mr. ,Curtiss, of Romulus, is the
new station agent at this point for the
Pere Marquette.
Typography outfits and all sorts of
Typography goods for burning at
Mathews q Wight's.
What do you guess it Will be, a green
Christmas or not? The weather the
past week was quite spring like.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Ballentine
have required constant attention.
Elder j. ii. Patton will preach in
Brick Chapel Sunday, Dec. IL, at 800
and 700 p. m. Come and hear him.
Don't forget the Bazaar at NJ. A
Ross store Dec. 10 and III, held by the
ladies of the Christian church, Yale.
Yale merchants have made numerous
preparations for holiday trade. Win
dows are beginning to put on festive
airs and interior of stores are filling up
with goods.
Rev. and Mrs. Il. Ii. Case have been
somewhat worried over the sickness of
their two children the past week.
Later reports are that theNiittle ones
are much better
Clarence b. McWain, who has been
night operator at the Pere Marquette
station here for nearly year, has gone
to Detroit where he will accept a posi-
ton in the postofiice.
The 7:15 passenger train on the Pere
Marquette was nearly three hours late
Wednesday night, caused by about two
inches of snow blocking the train on
the Harbor Beach division.
Clyde Adams asst cashier in the
First National bank will have charge
of all insurance business which j. A.
Rapley held and we have no doubt but
that it will be well looked after.
At the recent meeting of the board
of supervisors John Nj. Robertson, of
Clay, was elected chairman in place of
VIM. Cayanagh, resigned. The board
adjourned to meet on January IL, 1910
Mrs. 5. Z. Murphy, of Lynn, wants a
boy at once old enough to do light
chores through the winter and in re-
turn for it he will have a good home,
can go to school through the day and
dollar week spending money.
Martins timber sale which was adj
vertised for Tuesday, Dec. 9TH, at their
woods near Roseburg has been post
poned until Friday, Dec. 18th, at IL
noon. Be sure and attend this sale and
get half acre of this fine timber. w.
w. Lord, auctioneer.
Peerless Hive, No. 123, l.. O. Il. M. M.
will meet in adjourned review, at the
hall in Union Block, Tuesday evening,
ing officers. This is an adjourned
meeting and every member is espe-
cially urged to be present.
Palmer Bros. q Co. have just issued
their Christmas letter i'm large page
bill, which goes into all the homes and
lists numerous articles at special prices
which will appeal to the people at the
holiday time especially. Whatever you
need in dry goods or groceries can be
had at this store.
A treat was certainly given to Yale
people in the lecture on Making
Americans" by Rev. u. III. Case at the
Presbyterian church Thursday evening.
The subject was an interesting one
and was admirably handled. It is a
pity there was not larger audience.
The pictures were many and excellent.
Samuel Turner, a chauffer, was set
on fire when the gasoline tank of
powerful automobile he was clean
ing in the garage of f. e.. Bur
den, 60 Pringree ave., Detroit, ex.
ploded Tuesday afternoon. He inn
mediately ran outside and rolled in the
snow until the flames were extinguish-
ed. Although quite badly burned he
will recover. Mr.. Turner is son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Robt. Turner west of
Yale.
j. A. Rapley left on Thursday morn.
ing FOR North Branch where he will
take up his duties as cashier in the
bank. Jesse leaves Yale with more
warm friends than it usually falls to
the lot OF one man to have and although
the staunchest of democrats, he counts
every republican his friend. Mr.. Rap
ley has built up large and lucrative
law business in Yale which with his
insurance business and his work as City
attorney, has made him a very busy
man indeed. II is with regret that we.
with others, see him leave to make his
home in another place but we realize
that the change will be beneficial and
profitable to him and therefore wish
him all success as he climbs higher.