The Yale expositor., 1917-12-20
HERE AND THERE.

The creamery at Romeo is closed on
account of milk shortage.
A part of the Almont school grounds
will be flooded and used as a skating
rink.
Watchmen are guarding the eleva.
tors, warehouses and waterworks at
Sandusky.
Brown City inaugurated its first an
nual football banquet on the evening
of December l4th.
Twenty-Five more men are called
from Sanilac county on account of the
shortage in its quota.
James Dunn is building thirty-lve
houses in Port Huron, ranging in cost
from 81, 200 TO $4,000 each.
The Mueller Manufacturing Co.. of
Port Huron, have a million dollar mu-
milton order from Uncle sam.
AnnaRyan,of Emmett, died last week
of diphtheria. Her mother has been
very low with the same disease.
SHOWER school is closed on account
of smallpox Orrin A. Mum, cashier
of the State Bank, is one to be quaran,
tined.
The Sandusky condensary will be
ready for operating by March 1. Both
evaporated and condensed milk will
be made.
Frank Taylor, of Elk township, had
his leg broken when the sweep of a
hay press hit him. He will lie idle for
some time.
For protection against possible
spread of an epidemic of smallpox at
Armada, vaccination is urged upon
everybody.
1t is reported that the paper mill at
Capac has been sold to an Ypsilsnti
paper company and will probably be
removed from CapaC.
The Memphis Bee last week entered
upon its 25th year of Beedom and by
the appearance of the bright little pap.
er, is enjoying fine prosperity.
The M. =. church, at Capac, is fortu.
nate in having two new furnaces just
put in place. 1t will be still more for.
tunate if there is plenty of fuel tc
burn.
John Davidson, of Carsonville, one
of the construction engineers who help
ed build the Pere Marquette through
the Thumb district, is dead, at the agt
of 80 years.
Ed. Mccoy, of near Capac, is tearing
down an old log stable and using the
wood for heating his house. Coco
enough, and there are other old los
buildings, stump and rail fences, anC
down timber on the farm which woulC
do better service as fuel than standing
as blight on the scenery.
Seems like old times when one hear
of an editor thanking farmer sub
scriber for donations of eatables from
J the soil, but here is one. The Harbo
Beach Times is deeply grateful for
trimming bushel of different kinds o
1 vegetables and huge pumpkin beside
Should think he would be.
l.. II. Howse, former editor of tn
Brown City Banner, with his wife lef
home the first of this week, going t
Toledo by train, from there to Wash
A ington, ID. c., by auto where they wi
z spend Christmas day, then they trave
\ south to Florida, expecting to renal
4 in that sunny climate for the mex
4 three months, hoping to recuperate tn
4 health of Mr.. Howse, which is not i
& the best of condition.
. John and Thomas Brandon, sons G
: Christopher Brandon, of Emmett, al
a in service at Waco, Texas. Tom,
\ years of age, was injured about tw
months ago in a railroad accident
\ the South and has since been in mil
\ tary hospital at SanAntonio. An OF
n Grafton is about to be performed upo
\ him to prevent, il possible, his being
4 cripple all his life. In any case, thel
will be no more army life for him.
i Mrs. Wesley Shuman, of Inlay Cit.
was killed by ID u X car at Hollo
4 Corner, three miles north of AlmoI
y last week Wednesday. She had bee
attending farmers club meeting an
was tagging the car at this crossin
y to go to her home in the evening. Sh
X must have miscalculated the speed {
= the car and stepped out of the wa
x hardly quick enough. She was hurle
n twenty feet and was killed instantly,
E John Mathieson, cashier of the Farm
z ers' State Bank at Deckerville, was a
N rested and jailed last week on til
charge of embezzling bank funds
the amount of $4,000. Speculstio
Ii became the pitfall of this man who yvS