The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-12-05
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1912
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Lexington streets are being gravel
ed and holes filled up.
The Capac Journal will put out a
fine Christmas number.
A new piano has been placed in the
M. e. church at Capac
William Erwin, a Marlette super
visor for number of years, Will
move to Detroit.
Caro- is to have third banking
institution to be known as the
Peoples State Bank"
The diphtheria cases at Almont are
all we'll and everything is running
along smoothly again.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Falk, of Port
Huron, celebrated the fiftieth ami
versary Of their wedding. November
9th.
Rufus K Farnum, for many years
a business man OF Almont. died at
his home there last week, aged So
years.
The bean crop is surprising many
by turning out especially good and
as the prices are high the farmers
are jubilant.
The elevator plant at Cass City was
damaged by fire last week to the
tune Of $4,000. 1t is thought sparks
from an engine caused the fire.
The new gasoline car which is be-
ing tried out on the Thumb branches
of the Pere Marquette railroad is
said to be giving the best of salts
faction.
Memphis citizens are contemplate
ing the buying of piece of land to
be fitted up for an athletic park to
be used for baseball football and 9TH
er sports.
NJ S. Shannahan, of Lambs, will
build three story warehouse in Port
Huron to be used in connection with
his bean business, which will employ
forty people.
1t is reported that the Pere Mar
quette headquarters, which have been
located in Port Huron the past year,
will be transferred to Saginaw, but
the report is not officially verified.
The hearing for a new trial of DR.
r. A. McGregor who is serving time
at Jackson prison for the murder of
Cyril Sparkling will be held this
month. Mrs. Carrie Sparkling, who Is
out on bail, is living in Port Huron.
The extension of the water mains
at Brown City, work upon which was
recently started has been postponed
until spring. by order of the city
council Unforeseen obstacles came
up which prevented the work being
continued this fall.
Herbert Walther, of Lexington. had
nine fine plump chickens fattening
for Thanksgiving day eating but
somebody got in ahead of killing time
and logged off seven of the best ones.
This is not the first of the escapades
of the night raiders in and around
Lexington recently. Mrs. John Jack
man had four big turkeys stolen that
she was preparing for special order.
II. B. Hitchings, cashier of the
Moore bank in Capac, has left for
Maine with his family For awhile |
the household goods were held up
until the village taxes, electric light |
and water bills, amounting to over |
$780, were paid. The automobile |
was attached by parties having claims |
against Mr. Hitchings 1t was un |
derstood by the bank depositors that |
the cashier was to have an eXamin |
alton in circuit court before leaving, |
but it was not given.
The birthday anniversary of Will |
lam Mcqueen, Sr., of Elmer town
ship, Sanilac county, was celebrated |
last week in a different manner than
was intended. A large number of
relatives ate dinner together and
soon afterward were taken i'll one by
one. A physician found the trouble
to be ptomain poisoning, caused by
eating head cheese which was rather
old All recovered soon, but Mr.. Nc
Queen himself whose condition was
rather grave on account of his ad-