Charlevoix county herald., 1914-08-01
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Port Huron-Thomas Knight of
Sarnia, 10 years old, was sentenced TO
not less than one nor more than three
years in the industrial school at MINI
leo by Magistrate German, on convic-
ton of stealing bicycles.
kalamazoo-Stricken with apoplexy
as he was walking down a stairway i'm
one of the mills of the Kalamazoo
Paper company, William w. Deem fell
the remaining distance, sustaining in
Jurles which caused his death.
Standish-During a celebration at
Hale, north of here, a horse bolted
from the race track and struck John
Laclalr with both fore feet, knocking
him insensible. He is in a critical
condition and may not live.
Detroit-Fred l.. Grant of LEROY
Mich, has been appointed deputy col
lector of customs to fill this vacancy
caused by the resignation of w. o.
Sackett. Mr.. Sackett will enter the
immigration service.
Lansing-Wayne county sent i'm
$4,000 mortgage tax fees and $4,000
bond tax fees to the state treasurer.
This is the largest amount sent i'm
from these sources by any county in
the state.
Ithaca-Frank Walters, farmer,
was run over by a wagon loaded with
heavy timbers when his team ran
away on Main street, and instantly
killed. A hundred persons witnessed
the accident.
Stanton-F. NJ bort, a jeweler,
single, who lived here alone II years,
died suddenly in his shop from heart
disease. He came here from New
York state, where he has a brother
and other relatives.
Port Huron-Thirteen years to a
day, and almost to an hour, that her
husband was taken by death, Mrs.
Katherine Eichborn, for 50 years a
resident of this city, succumbed at
her home in this city.
Escanaba-Mrs. Charles Frost, first
woman to hold an office on the Escan-
aba board of education, was elected
IN spirited contest in which hun
dreds of women took part. Mrs. Frost
won over her nearest opponent by II
votes.
Port Huron-While driving a hay
fork Mrs. Thomas Hill, a resident of
Wales, was fatally injured when the
clevis broke allowing the whifiletree
to bound back, striking her in the alb
domen. Hemorrhage followed and the
woman died.
Ludington-David Barrow Of Lex
ington, KY, drowned when canoeing
two miles out on Lake Michigan.
Barrow's companion, Edgar Leaven-
worth of Olivet, Mich, swan ashore
for help, leaving Barrow clinging to
the canoe. Barrow sank before help
arrived. The body has not been re-
covered.
East Lansing-The recently inaugu-
rated statewide campaign for the inn
prOvement of the Michigan potato
crop will in August receive support
from the federal department of agri-
culture, which has announced to NJ. A.
c. authorities that three specialists
will arrive here next month to join the
Michigan workers.
Detroit-Harry Nixon, retired from
the United States army, recently took
room at % Adams avenue east. In
pocket he left his final statement
check, drawn on the United States
treasury. 1t represented NiXon's saw
ings of many years service. Some
thief entered the room and made away
with it. The check is for 81 ,687 "a
Detectives are endeavoring to locate it
Perry-Mrs. William Place, who
lives three miles west of Perry, while
in a demented condition, set fire to-
her home, and the building and con-
tents were destroyed. She said the
house was full of snakes and she
wanted to burn them. Mrs. Place was
taken to Corruna to be examined be-
fore Judge Bush of the. probate court
as to her sanity.
East Lansing-"Russia is a land of
opportunity for young men trained in
the science of agriculture"-this is
the massage which a commission of
five Russian agricultural experts
brought to NJ. A. c. The representa-
tives of the European empire are here
for a tour of the state college and to
study Michigan methods of scientific
farming.
Dowagiac - Announcement was
made Wednesday that Mr.. and Mrs
Fred +. Lee will erect and present to
the city hospital costing approx
mately $4,000 The institution is to
be named in memory of Mary Beck
with Lee, daughter of Mr.. Lee, who
died several years ago. 1t is under
stood that the gift will carry with it
provisions for number of free beds
Lansing-A value of $1OOS0 was
placed on the fore part of a mans
index finger by the state industrial
accident board. The ruling was made
when the board decided that Stephen
Balzsi, who injured an index finger
while in the employ of the Thomas
Foreman Lumber company. Detroit
was entitled to that amount. Since
the accident, Balzsi has not had con-
troll of the upper half of his finger, il
brought ont