The Yale expositor., 1911-07-27

| addressed the assembly at the
Traverse City insane asylum at
the annual joint board meeting. COM
mending the work Of the boards and
the management Mrs. Huntley Rus
sell, wife of the commissioner of the
state land office. also addressed those
present on the work OF the anti-tuber-
culosis association. The daily rate OF
maintenance for the ensuing year is:
Kalamazoo. AZ cents; Pontiac, 40
cents; Traverse City, 40 cents New
berry, so cents.
Saginaw-The tenth annual con-
vention of the Michigan Associa-
ton of Stationery Engineers opened
at the Auditorium, with an attendance
of 200. Mayor George w. Stewart
gave the address of welcome which
was responded to by State President
Brandau. That the association is
rapidly growing is evidenced by the
remarks Of the national secretary,
who said at the present time there
were LOO members
Saginaw Sheriff Ben J.
Wiltse arrested John Shebeck,
John Hayes and John Prior, wanted
| in Bay City for horse stealing They
were turned over to Chief of Police
! Murphy of Bay City. Deputy Wiltse
found the men at Carrollton and also
gray horse and colt which, 1t Is
said. were taken from gypsies Sunday
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reward.
Kalamazoo.-Falling from a launch
while riding on Gull lake, Mrs.
A. j. Jones Of Chicago. whose hus-
band is said to be a representative
of the New York Betting & Rubber
company, was drowned before the
boat could be stopped. Mrs. Jones
was spending the summer at the lake
with friends.
acknowledgement Harold Nash
had narrow escape from in
slant death when he was run
over by load of hay weighing over
ton. The rear wheel of the wagon
passed over the boys chest, yet
strange to say not one rib was broken.
Providing internal injuries do not de-
velop he will recover.
Allegan.-Whle bathing In Middle
lake three ladies and three chill
dren got past the rope showing
the deep water line and two of them.
Mrs. J. II. Vanness, wife of one Of
Allegan's most prominent doctors, and
Miss Eleanor Thompson. daughter of
Probate Judge l.. l.. Thompson, were
drowned.
Battle Creek. - George Nelson.
Grand Trunk fireman, who was
supposedly fatally hurt in the wreck
at Durand last August, left Nichols
hospital with a whole skin Much of
this skin, however, was not native to
Nelson. Part OF 1t belonged to Fire
man George Minor, part of 1t to En-
gineer "Ole" Oleson, part TO Frank
Floyd. brakeman. and part to Fred
Ross, hospital nurse, all Of whom al
lowed cuticle to be cut from their
bodies to save Nelson. 1t took 415
graftings to patch up Nelson and the
work of transferring this skin has
taken nearly a year. But Nelson is in
pretty good condition now.
Flint.-Meager reports reaching
this city from the southern and
western parts of the county indi-
cate that wind, rain and hail storm
did great damage to the crops, and
in some instances destroyed farm
buildings. A report from Lennon
says that hail moved down crops in
a territory several miles in length |
and mile in width. In this district |
there is nothing left of the corn ex-
cept the bare stalks. Oats and beans |
also suffered greatly.
Kalamazoo Mrs. Archie ]. Jones |
OF Chicago. who, with her hus- |
band and two young SOUS, was
passing the summer at their cottage |
at Highland Park, was drowned in |
Gull lake. She was riding in launch |
with friends and in attempting to
the water.
Bay City.-Wilmot Mitchell of
Sault Ste. Marie was arrested in
this city on warrant issued I'm the
500 charging him with incest. Verne
York. his seventeenyear-old niece
from New York. was also taken In
charge. Mitchell and his niece were :
living as husband and wife with a /
well-to-do family just outside the city
limits.
Grand Rapids. The Michigan Re-
tail Clothing Dealers association
was organized here with officers
as follows: President. Meyer s. May,
this city: vice-presidents. II. J. Lip.
hardt, Detroit. and L. r. Marcoux.
Bay City; secretary-treasurer. A. Ro-
sen. Muskegon: executive committee,
S. Folz. Kalamazoo; j. A. Solomons.
this city; G. Stern. Albion.