The Yale expositor., 1912-01-11

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A Knights of Pythias lodge has been
organized in Croswell
A lodge of the Eastern star will be
organized in Minden City.
Robert J. West has been re appointed
postmaster at Deckervlle.
Twenty-fom new state banks were
organized in Michigan during 1911.
| +. &. Babcock, the well known San
dusky lawyer. is seriously ill at the
home of his daughter in Port Huron.
Port Huron people are thinking that
the best location for the new Pere Mar
quette depot will be at the foot of
Water street.
Croswell citizens are petitioning the
school board for the use of one or more
of the school rooms, to he used for
lyceum purposes.
&. +. Doyle, for twenty-five years a
merchant in Marlette will close out his
business and with his family will make
| his home in California.
Robert Morrison, former editor of
| the CrOswell ,Jeilersonian, is now tray
eling salesman for the Truesdell Marble
K Granite Co, of Port Huron.
Two St. Clair young men with their
wives, have started Oh a journey III
Caravan wagon to Mobile, Alabama,
where they will spend the winter.
The Sugar factory at Croswell will
operate about twenty days longer. The
company have already contracts for
about one half as much acreage us it
will use in 1912.
a banquet was given one night last
week at the Hotel Dow, in Harbor
Beach by the light house keepers Of the
Eleventh Life Savings District. Cap
tains were present from all over the
district
The Peck Times is in favor of any
railroad that will come To Peck, |
whether it be electric, gasoline or
steam. Any old thing will do. 50 the
inhabitants are able To say, we've got |
a railroad.
A number of It. Clair merchants
were taken to Port Huron and fined |
SO each and costs on complaint of the |
woman representing the Labor Depart
ment of the state. This act is declared |
a tlagrant injustice.
Thomas Nj. Oldfield, a well known
Sanilac county man, was married to
his wife Christmas day from whom he
had been separated twentysiX years.
The wife had married again and her
second husband had died.
Croswell is still on the grumble about
the dear old Pere Marquette. The
CrOswell depot is a mere "Organ box"
not large enough to hold the people
who cohgregate there and the Office is
a stuiTy l2X20. We don't blame CrOS-
well people. We're grumblng too and
for just cause.
The Huron and Sanilac county Spar-
ing mystery has received another shock.
The grave of Mrs. lfisden, who died
under peculiar circumstances, was
opened for examination of the body,
but no body was there and now il is
thought that it was removed TO prevent
examination for poisoning.
The Palms Hardware Co.'S store in
the village of Palms was robbed of
Sl25 one day last week, when a stranger
entered the store and while the proprie
tor was in back room, supposedly
helped himself at the till. The loss
was not discovered until plenty of time
for the thief to make his escape.
The new Y. Nj. &. a. building on
Sixth Street, Port Huron is completed
and an opening or fair will be held be.
ginning January 29, continuing till
February 3rd. During that week the
whole structure will be thrown open to
visitors. Active work of the Y. NJ G. A.
will begin about the middle of January.
Pigeon is to be the proud possessor
of sugar manufacturing plant to cost
SS00000 to 81 100000 and which will be
ready for next years operations. The
location at Pigeon places factory at
the junction of the l.. o Il n and a
branch of the Pere Marquette. The
plant is to be about the size of the one
at Saginaw.
The year 1912 causes the people lv-
inc along II. Clair and Detroit rivers
to recall the state OF affairs in 1872
when war was declared and the scenes
were far different from now. Border
warfare was being waged and Detroit
was surrendered by Hull. James Mad
son was elected president of the l.. =.
for the second term in 1872.