The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1914-02-12
MICHIGAN NEWS IN BRIEF :

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The Flint board of commerce is
to be used in encouraging new in
dustries.
Oakland county base been select
ed as the midsummer orchard meet.
ing place for the Michigan Horticulture
al society.
Port Huron dry goods store has
distributed $1,000 among its clerks as
reward for faithful services, and it
is said it will be repeated each year.
The prison board of control in SEES
sion at Jackson, decided to raise 200
acres of tomatoes and 125 acres of
peas for canning purposes next sum
mer.
Oswald Wiedenmuller, AZ years old,
was killed in his -four mill at Rich
vile when his clothing was caught
by a shaft. He leaves widow and
one daughter.
The Masonic bodies of Petoskey are
seeking a site on which to build a
new $4,000 temple The ladies of
the Masonic society are planning a
summer fair.
A short course in agriculture TO
boys who live on farms and cannot
attend school except in the winter
has been added TO the studies at the
Croswell schools.
All records for applications for cit
izenship in Saginaw county will be
broken Feb. II when 1913 men will
appear in circuit court before the
United States naturalization examin-
ers.
Mrs. Benjamin F. Rainey, a pioneer
school teacher of this state having
been instructor at Vandalia. Mich.
for many years. is dead at her home
in Muskegon township, a victim of
apoplexy.
Steve Holvitch, "a years old, a sec
tion hand on the Grand Trunk rail
road, was run over by a switch en-
CINE at Durand Saturday. His left
leg was nearly cut off and he died a
few hours later
The Michigan State Nurses associa-
ton will meet in Lansing May 26 to
90. The National convention will be
held in st. Louis April % to 20. Miss
Agnes Dean, Detroit, is chairman of
the program committee.
The u. S. senate Saturday confirm
ed the following nominations: Post
masters, Michigan, ID. L. Kinsbury, at
Cassopolis; Walter w. Simons, at
Coleman; Floyd A. Chaplin, at Fen
ton; II. J. Tibbits, at Ravena.
The state railroad commission has
been asked by John j. Tweddle, of
Traverse City, to determine if the
Citizens Telephone Co. and The Mich
igan State Telephone Co can estab-
lish a physical connection for long
| distance calls.
The Lake Shore & Michigan South
ern round house at Ypsilanti burned
Friday night, practically destroying
one freight and one passenger en-
CINE. 1t was a wooden structure. The
| fire was under Roadway when dis
covered. 1t is thought 1t caught from
sparks from an engine.
1t is expected that 300 members
of the Y. M. c. A. will attend the up
per peninsula conference in Escanaba
March 20 to %. A large delegation
was sent to the conference at Sagi-
nav in November, and it is believed
the lower peninsula will send as
many boys to this city.
Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton Fred l.. Keller announced Satur-
day that a summer school for teach
ers of defective children would be
held at Lapeer, beginning July s.
This will be the first time in the his
tory of the state that a school of
this kind has been attempted.
At a special meeting of the village
council, of Ovid, 1t was decided to sub
NIT TO the voters at the spring cleo
ton the proposition of installing cleo
trically driven pumps for the water
works system at a cost of about ST.
500.
The Boyne City Times and the
Boyne City Publishing Co. have con-
solidated with W. II. Griffin, formerly
of the Boyne City Times, as general
manager. The new company will
continue to publish the Evening Jour
nal daily and the Times, a semi
| weakly.