The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1915-04-08
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porous Emmett county farmer, ended
his life by shooting himself.
A campaign of 80 days to obtain
recruits has saved the local Michigan
National Guard company for Ionia.
The 2-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
jeremiah Kayler, OF Port Huron, died
Saturday as result of being acciden-
tally scalded in a tub of boiling water
a few days previously.
Mrs. Joanna Schultz, 73 years old,
pioneer of Wexford county. was
burned to death at her home in Col
fax township. Her dead body was dis
covered by her husband near an open
kitchen door.
Guilty as charged was the verdict
of the jury at Kalamazoo which tried
Frank B. Lay, Jr., former vice-presi-
dent of the Michigan Buggy Co., upon
charge of embezzlement. The jury
was out but few minutes.
Governor Ferris has signed the
Morford bill to prohibit the use of
cigarettes by minors. The latter may
not even have cigarettes in their pos
session and are subject to penalty If
caught with the goods" as are any
dealers who sell to them.
Oscar Oilok, minor at the Wolver-
inc mine No. at Bay City, was buried
in a cave-in, and although 1t was an
hour before he was dug out, he was
still alive and conscious when res
cued. No bones were broken and he
will recover.
The G. NJ. Bullock elevator at On
away was totally destroyed by fire
with loss of $4,000. partially in
sured. The fire is supposed to have
originated from an overheated stove.
Mr.. Bullocks son was seriously burn
ed on the face and neck.
The city of Pontiac lost it's suit
against the Michigan State Telephone
Co., in which it attempted to compel
the company to- pay 80 cents pole
as an annual license and rental fee
for placing its poles on the streets Of
the city.
One hundred farmers in the neigh
borhood of Bronson had their poles
removed following the announcement
of the Michigan Telephone company
that rates were to be advanced April
l. The rate Increase has been in
definitely postponed.
The monthly report of State Treas
urer Haarer shows a balance in the
| treasury of $5,341, 1879, of which 3d.
1913 ,25363 is in the general fund.
There is $2,06S,S83 already in the
primary school fund with railroad
taxes just beginning to come in.
Miss Jennie Livingston, teacher at
the Bunker school in Columbus town
ship, has resigned, the result of a
furore which followed her alleged
whipping of Clair Crawford, son Of
one of the directors. 1t is declared
Miss Livingston called in two farm
| hands to help her discipline young
| Crawford Wien he rebelled and she
was unable - control him.
The bill plsvIding that full-paid fire.
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in every four and a 20-day furlough
each year was killed by the house
Friday The vote was 20 to 43. The
objection raised to the bill was that
firemen's furloughs should be left to
cities. Two years ago a bill for a
like purpose was passed, but it ap-
plies only to Detroit firemen.
The Saginaw county Jail may be
quarantined unless certain improve
ments are made at once. Three cases
Of typhoid recently developed there
and the jail Ia in bad condition. The
state board OF corrections and char
tiles has suggested the possibility OF
its condemnation, and the state board
Of health has announced it will act
unless conditions are remedied.
The construction of the new electric
railroad from Almont to Inlay City
has been halted near Lapeer, where
all attempts TO bridge over a swamp
have been in vain. More than 1000
loads of earth have already been
dumped into a sink hole, but it has all
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are at their wits end in efforts to
make permanent roadbed over the
spot.
The longest continuous session OF
the federal court ever held in Grand
Rapids will end April Is, when Judge
Sessions will go to Marquette for the
opening of court in the northern dis
trict of Michigan. During the present
session of court Judge Sessions has
appeared on the bench every day since
January 20, exclusive of Sundays. He
heard arguments on Washington's and
Lincolns birthdays and frequently on
Saturday afternoons.
Claims made by wire fence manu-
facturers at Adrian that they are sub
ject to undue prejudice and disad.
vantage because Adrian is grouped
with Detroit on traffic from Pittsburg,
were upheld by the Interstate com
merce commission today. The com
mission held that the rate on wire