The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-08-06

Monday was Civic holiday in Sarnia.
Lexington and Almont Home-com-
ings were both huge successes.
Marlette people are talking of getting
up an independent telephone exchange.
A canning factory is possible for Bad
Axe If the people will only get after it.
Marlette has two new sanitary drink
ing fountains in, her streets, of which
she is nightly proud.
The Armada Agricultural Society
have decided the fall fair dates to be
October 9th, eth and Sth.
Harbor Beach has a new secret soci.
ETY. composed of ten young ladies who
call their club "Whatsittoyou"
The 10th annual session of the Al
mont Summer School opens Sunday,
August 10 and continues two weeks.
The Diamond Crystal Salt Co. at st.
Clair cannot make salt fast enough for
its orders. The ware house is empty
of salt and orders are rushing.
Mrs. Agnes Hindson, of Port Huron,
has started suit against the City Elec-
trio Company for $4,000 for injuries
received when getting off a car.
The type settlers of the Thumb are
thinking strongly of organizing and
hold a Typographical convention at
Harbor Beach in the near future.
Memphis is to have electric lights.
"A contract has been made with the st.
Clair Edison Co. To furnish 20 street
lights for the sum of 800 per month.
The Michigan Lumber Company, of
Memphis, has been organized with +.
L. Holmes, president; =. &. CARMEL,
secretary and James Dunn, treasurer.
a large barn belonging to Frank
Connors, near Emmett, burned during
the severe electrical storm of July 30,
with 30 tons of hay and farm imple-
ments.
The body of Tony Conkey, the Ken
dali Marine reporter who was drowned
July II, was found July q, floating in
st. Clair river opposite the Lynn
Marine offices.
Wadhams residents are again in the
throes of excitment over what they be-
lieve is gold found in Black river.
Five years ago the people had the same
scare but nothing came of it.
The chicory factory at Capac, recent
| ly burned, is being rebuilt as fast as
possible. The building will be larger
! than the old and the roasting depart
ment will be separate building.
John Handy, aged 81 years, died at
the county home at Goodells, Wednes-
day afternoon. He was sent to the
home from Lynn township year ago,
and has no friends or relatives.
Some mean, low-lived fellow is steal
ing wood from the Harbor Beach
| Times editors wood pile. Now If that
! fellow realized how dreadfully hard 1t
is for an editor to get a wood pile, he
would never steal stick.
George Parson, of Port Huron, was
piling up Gold Medal flour in his ware
| house, when the sacks began to fall
upon him. When discovered, fully
| fifty sacks had to be taken off before
he could be released. Mr.. Parsons was
not seriously hurt.
Fred W. George, savings teller in the
Commercial Bank, Port Huron, is a
strong advocate of walking as an ex-
ercise and will demonstrate by walking
on his annual vacation. He started
Monday last from Port Huron and will
walk to Mackinac City.
Cora Pearce, Richmond milliner,
stepped on some matches in her store,
| igniting them and the ire catching her
| light dress. She was in flames as she
rushed out rear door and threw
herself in the mud, extinguishing the
flames, but getting quite badly burned
on the arms and face.
Forestvile has man AZ years old
who has been upon bed the last Ia
years, claiming his heart would not
permit him to rise. A sister has waited
upon him all these years until recently
he was taken to Sandusky for examin-
alton as to whether he is insane, sick
or only just lazy. His name is Oswold
Berrisch.
Five Brown City business men and
three prominent farmers have started
for the great west and besides the Sc
attic exposition, will visit Spokane,
Portland, SanFrancisco, Los Angeles
and other places before their five weeks
trip is over. The names of the party
T.. NJ. Carroll, John Krogear, w. A.
Martin, o. a. Tuck, Albert Winter,
Dan Welch, w. A. Holden, and DIR. j.
T.. Campbell.
Mrs. Electa 4. Bailey, wife of Chas
A. Bailey, of Port Huron township,
who had been patient at the Mac
Fadden sanitarium, at Battle Creek,
for some time past, committed suicide
on Wednesday afternoon. During the
absence of the nurse from the room
Mrs. Bailey took a bed sheet, tied il
around her neck, fastened a loop TO a
hook i'm closet and jumped from a
chair. When found life was extinct.
It is claimed that the old st. Clair
Marine City road which runs between
the Pultygot road and Lyman Recor's
farm, is'wasting away because of the
washing of St. Clair river, and so after
60 years of service the road will be
closed and abandoned. 1t is great
grief To property owners along the
beautiful road and they will all file
claims for damages The amount due