The Yale expositor., 1912-08-01
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cycle stealing has struck Battle
Greek. Within the last two weeks
more than fifty wheels have beeD
stolen and but few have been recov-
cred by the police. 1t is thought that
an organized gang is at work. steal
ing nothing but wheels.
Eaton Rapids.-The twenty-seyenth
annual session of the state Holt
ness camp meeting opened here,
the first sermon of the ten days meet
ing being preached by Rev. b. Cara
dine Of st. Louis, Mo. The attend
ance was the greatest 1t has ever
been on the opening day.
MISUNDERSTANDING new hospital
became certainty when the
articles of association were filed with
the county clerk for the Ella E. M.
Brown Charitable circle. Charles Z.
Brown of this city left $4,000 for the
endowment of hospital in Marshall
and one in Richmond, VT.
Ypsilanti.-Carl Simpson, who was
arrested for playing baseball here
Sunday, July IA, was found not
guilty by jury. Simpson adj
mitted he played ball on that day, but
the jury found that the city ordinance
confiicted with the state law.
Lansing.-Governor Osborn appoint
ed the following jury commits
sioners OF Berrien county: W. ii.
Seitz, Benton Harbor; Albert Hart,
Watervliet, and David Potts, Three
Oaks.
inent German resident Of this city,
died at the dinner table of heart fail
ure. He was seventy-four years Old.
Grand Rapids.-C. E. Tarte, gen
eral manager of the Citizens Tele-
phone company, declared that the in
dependent telephone men will, If the
Bell interests take over the Home CON-
pany of Detroit, ask that the same
conditions be imposed as in the SWAY
erly merger, that is, that Independent
connections be retained with the sep
arate exchanges or with the Bell eX-
change If they are combined.
Gpsilanti-Presdent Kenney OF
the normal college has publicly
announced to the students here
that there must be no more entertain
ment in living rooms and that there
must be no more public dance patron
age. Men were advised to avoid
smoking and women and men were ad-
vised TO not play cards only on certain
occasions. Invitations have been is
sued to people who keep roomers to
meet at the home of Dean Fuller Sat
urday afternoon.
Bay City.-William Bishop, a line
man for the Bell Telephone COM,
pany, was electrocuted while making
connection en- top Of pole at Prairie
and Patterson streets on the West
side. The young man grasped the
ends Of two live wires and fell for
ward from the crossarm onto two 9TH
er wires. In less than five minutes
the power had been shut off, but It.
was more than half hour before the
body could be rescued from its posi-.
ton.
Saginaw.-John Pearson commit
ted suicide by taking carbolc
acid. Pearson was forty-five years
Of age. He had come home under the
influence of liquor and had threatened
to end his life, but his wife did not
take his assertions very seriously. A
widow and four daughters survive.
Petoskey. - BY good majority
the electors decided to erect the
new $4,000 high school building on
the present site, instead Of buying
new land or adding to the present
property. Several options had been
secured by the board, but these were
all rejected. Work on the new build
ing will begin at once
Benton Harbor.-The Berrien Coun-
ty Equal Suffrage association has
been launched here, the membership
comprising prominent women from
all over the county. Officers
elected are: President, Mrs. Helen
b. Mcdowell, st. Joseph; vice
president, II. s. Whitney; secretary,
Mrs. Louise Alger; treasurer. Mrs.
John Hamilton.
Kalamazoo. Although they met
less than week ago, Miss Sadie
Bishop, a pretty young Kalamazoo
girl, will soon marry Lieut.. r. r. Gil
more of the Philippine islands. Gil
more recently came to his home in
this city on a brief vacation trip. 1t
was only few days ago that he met
Miss Bishop. They will be married
in the immediate future and the bride
will accompany the army officer back
TO the far east.
Alpena.-William 4. Hoey, veter.
an of the Civil war, and for 46 years n