The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-08-24

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A factory for canning peas is one of
the possibilities of Croswell.
Rev. j. n. West, the popular and
well-known clergyman of Bad Axe,
will soon leave for u new home in the
west.
An old hotel barn, erected in Anna
da seventy years ago, is now being
torn down. 1t has long been land
mark and an eye-sore.
The seventh district convention Of
the Women's Christian Temperance
Union will be held in AlgOnac the lat.
ter part Of September.
"A branch of the postal savings sys-
TEN will be established in Marine City.
Deposits will he received at the post
office after September ).
The LenoX business Mems Associa.
ton are holding successful auction sales
which are open to everybody to dis
pose OF any article they may desire.
The 3lth annual reunion of the Sold
iers' and Sailors association of MacOmb,
81. clair and Sanilac counties will be
held in Marine City September IL and Id.
Rev W. Geach, pastor of the M. +.
church at Richmond for the past ten
years, has been UNANIMOUSLY invited by
his people to return for the eleventh
year.
| Rev. j. &. Haller, of st. Clair. has
written and published q hook entitled
"Ihe Redemption of the prayer meet
ing" intended to be of help to minis
ters and laymen.
G. G. McGregOr, of Carsonville. was
struct by q street car in Detroit last
week and seriously injured. He was
taken to the hospital, where his recov.
cry is considered doubtful.
The large barn on the farm of VIM.
Laidlaw, near Melvin burned last Fri.
day night together with a quantity of
hay and grain. This barn had just
been completed last spring and there
was no insurance.
Armada business men are investigat-
ing the merits and cost of the different
systems and preparations for abating
the dust, and will try something on
their main street What's the matter
with the water wagon?
A big storm late last week Wednes-
day afternoon did great damage in
parts of st. Clair county but other parts
it scarcely touched. At Adair the roof
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crops of corn leveled and scores of trees
blown down.
The stage between Lexington and
! CrOswell had an accident one morning
recently when bolt dropped out, let.
ting the pole down and causing the
horses to run. Several of the passeng
ers were badly bruised and one received
broken shoulder.
Mrs. Peter Basney, pioneer of st.
Clair county died last week at her
home in Marine City. Mrs. Basney
died just two years after her husband,
in the same house, same room, at the
same hour, day and month, was buried
from the same church and now lies be-
side him.
Elaborate preparations are being
made by the st. Clair county Farmers
association for the picnic and dance to
be held at Wilson Grove, near Smiths
Creek, Thursday, August "a. The at
fair is the annual farmers picnic for
the entire county and people from all
over attend.
The Michigan National Guard left
| its encampment at Port Huron Friday
of last week, after what the officers
and men declared was the most sue
ceSSlul encalnpmenI IN lIS history.
Nothing has been done about perm
anent site but the soldiers were con-
tented, happy and healthy at Camp
Osborn and permanent location there
would fall in with their sentiments.
Ernest Wilcox, a law abiding citizen
of Marlette, was i'm Port Huron during
the encampment and was given some
articles for souvenirs by one of the reg
ulars. AS he was walking down town
with these things in his hands, he was
arrested and taken to the jail by a
policeman, who took it for granted that
the articles were stolen and would
listen to no explanations or protests
Mr.. Wilcox tried to make. lie was
kept in Jail until next day when the
truth became known and he was re-
leased with many apologies. The.
| Times Herald also made retraction of
its story concerning the affair.