Charlevoix county herald., 1911-12-02
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stone soD. Wednesday.
Those who eat corn on the cob run
, a risk OF having corn In the ear.
Most men find IL easier 70 hold a
!, runaway horse than to hold the
tongue.
Miss Hopper Of Bay Shore Is guest at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. w. r..
Stewart.
Just because her husband refused to
stop playing a graph"phOne, Mrs Al
bert Crandall of Petoskey drank a
quantity Of Creosote. Sunday night.
and nearly died from the effects.
1t Is surprising TO some to hear
Empey Bros. say their business far
exceeds anv year yet. We presume TO
say that Is brought about from the
fact they are carrying larger stock
then ever.
The body OF George Gardner was
found In lake near Central Lake,
where IL had been since Friday. He
attempted 10 make a short cut by
walking on the ice, when he fell
through and was drowned.
Frank Grain. aged I3 years, OF Fred
eric, was accidentlv shot and killed
last Sunday He was shooting at
target with companions. The bullet
OF % caliber entered his head just be.
hind the right ear. No one seems to
know just how the accident happened.
The local camp of M. w. A. will
hold nomination Of officers and a supper
at their next meeting Thursday even
ing, Dec 7th. All members are urged
To ne present. The committee i'm charge
Of the evenings entertainment are
John Lucia. Roy VanSteenburg and
John Hawkins.
r. O. Bisbee returned Thursday
from Engadine, where he assisted in
opening the new Macknaw County
Bank. Oscar Waistad is cashier of
the new bank. which is controlled by
he same stockholders who are inter
ested In the Peoples State Savings
bank OF this city and chain of over
twenty Others in various parts OF the
state.
The Detroit News-Tribune. in
selecting an all-state team from the
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic
Assn, names Oral Misenar Of Alma
College for Center on the first team.
La commenting on the abilities of the
various players The News says: "Mise-
mar of A ina, is the best center taking
the place given to Amtsoutchler Of
Olveo for the past four years" The
selections were made BY foot" Hall
for years actively connect ed with in
tercollegiate athletics and this year
official at practically every big NJ. /.
a. A game.
George Spencer was separated from
roll of bills containing $1,000 at Chica-
90 last Thursday. He met pleasant
stranger who happened to be brother
lodge-man, and the latter fact put
Mr. Spencer off his guard. They went
together to an exchange when Mr..
Spencer cashed paper for $1,000. and
they started tor tank short dis
tance away where Mr.. Spencer intend
ed to purchase some drafts. The bills
were placed on All Inside coat pocket,
that coat buttoned. In crowd, Mr..
Spencer suddenly lost track OF his
"friend" and realized about the same
time that he had been touched for his
roll. He reported the matter 10 the
police but the thief had made get
away. IL Is needless TO say that Mr..
Spencer feels his loss keenly.
The advertising committee appoint
ed bv the Supervisors at their October
session, held their first meeting in
this city last Saturday. w. K. Hamp-
ton Uf Charlevoix was elected chair
man, W. A. Loveday of East Jordan
secretary and s. T.. Smith of Boyne
City treasurer. A booklet will be IS
sued booming Charievoix county and |
the plan decided upon is absolutely |
equitable, as each township will have |
space In the proportion its assessed |
valuation bears to the entire value OF
the county, so every township will get |
exactly what II pays for. Every su-
pervisor in the county will be required
and asked to furnish photographs and |
crop results from his particular town.
ship, and IL Is left to the board of
trade of the various cities of the coun-
try to write up their respective cities.
1t is the aim OF the committee to have
these ready for mailing very soon so
that any parties in the south, into
whose hands a pamphlet might fall,
would have ample time to move up
here and begin farming operations