The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-07-04
THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1912.
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Mayville will have a home coming
August I'LL.
A new Methodist church will be
erected in Croswell.
A postal savings bank was opened in
Brown City post office Oh July LIST.
a large class was initiated into the
l.. q. II. Nj. Nj. at Croswell last Wednes-
day.
Twenty.four graduates of the high
school at Marlette were given doplo-
mas last week.
The Cleaners of Sanilac county are
planning to have a big blowout in Cros-
well sometime in September.
The Croswell Improvement Associa-
| ton is endeavoring to get a condens'
ed milk factory to locate in the city.
a base ball association has been
| formed at CrosWell with Melvin Beed-
ham, editor of the Overseer, as mana
| ger
The 2,5C0 farm residence of Ed
| Westrick near 1t. Clair was completely
destroyed 10y fire on the afternoon of
July q.
The ST. Clair County Pioneer Society
| held its twenty ninth annual meeting
and picnic dinner in Port Huron on
Friday last.
The taking of the school census of
Croswell has just been completed with
the result that there are 442 children
of school age in that city.
a large amount of draining is being
done in SaniIac county this year. The
WoOlworth Construction Co. of San
dusky have eight dredges at work.
1t is stated that nne.tenths of the
people of Ubly and vicinity still believe
that DR.. McGregoris innocent of poison
ing member of the Sparling family.
An institute train, conducted by the
Michigan Agricultural College, is max
ing the rounds of the Thumb giving
valuable instruction on the latest meth
DDS of farming.
| The fine farm residence of Al. Mont
gomery, located three miles south of
Croswell was burned to the ground on
Wednesday of last week. Few of the
furnishings were saved.
Marlette has several cases of typhoid
fever caused by drinking contaminated
well water. The disease is we'll under
control and no fears that an epidemic
will ensue are entertained.
Streeter IL Co. of Memphis are enter
tanning a large tarantula which they
| found in bunch of bananas. Forum
ately the spider was found before it
had the chance to bite anybody.
George Kimball of Croswell started
to investigate a large cannon cracker
that he thought had refused to explode
when the thing went off, severely burn
| ing him about the hands and face.
Frank Hunter of Harbor Beach be-
came respondent because of long ill
ness and hanged himself to one of the
rafters of his woodshed early Sunday
morning. lie was y years of age.
Archie Wilson, student of the Mich
| igan Agricultural College walked the
entire distance from Lansing to his
home in st. Clair last week, making the
journey in little over two days. The
distance travelled was one hundred
miles.
Harold NanSickle of Speaker won
the Michigan State Fair scholarship con-
test by receiving the highest standing
III the recent eighth grade examination
in Sanilac county. The prize is free
trip to the State Fair this fall with all
expenses paid.
John Gotez, a sixteen year old Ger
man boy left his home near Brown
City about three weeks ago and moth
ing has been heard of him since. His
mother has just notified the authorities
and search is being conducted in an
effort to find the youngster.
The summer resorts all along the
shore of the Thumb report an early pill
grimage of city people to the cottages
and very successful season is antici-
pated. The Pere Marquette is doing
much to boost this favorite resort Sec
ton of Michigan. Through trains
with dining car and sleeper attached
now make daily trips into the Thumb.
Miss Gertrude Inch of Port Huron
was severely injured by falling through
the rotten boards of city car on Mon.
day. AS result of the accident the
mittee to investigate the condition of
the ID. L. II. cars in that city AS is
most always the case we do not wake up
to existing perils until the injury of
some person calls our attention to the
danger.
After several unsuccessful attempts
to raise the sunken steamer Joliet which
lies i'm the st. Clair river a short dis
lance below Port Huron, the Canadian
government will undertake the destruc-
ton of the vessel by dynamiting the
hull. Great care will have to be taken
if this method is followed as the Grand
Trunk tunnel is almost directly under
the sunken boat. Many claim that it
will be impossible to split the steel of
the hull in this manner as the close proX
unity of the tunnel will not permit the
use of heavy enough charges of explo-
sives.
During the summer months mothers
of young children should watch for un.
natural looseness of the bowels. When
given prompt attention at this time