Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-05-04


Bruce Dickie left Wednesday for De-
] troit.
Dee Virgins is employed at Burdick's
store.
Thos. Whiteford left Thursday for
Flint.
Will Boswell is confined to his home
with quinsy.
G. A. Bell has purchased a new Crow
Elkhart car.
c. S. Abbott was here from Detroit
over Sunday.
Mrs. Geo. Carr entertained the Whist
Club, Wednesday.
Z. f. Hall is home from Detroit for a
visit with his family.
Emerson Collins with family have
moved to Boyne City.
Thos. Fitzgerald and family have
moved onto their farm.
Mrs. Eliza Flynn was an Alba bust
ness visitor Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs E. V. Smith were over
from Boyne City, Monday.
Miss Phyllis Weisman visited friends
at Charlevoix over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Goodman were
Boyne City visitors, Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Brennon visited
relatives at Bay City over Sunday.
Mrs. Atty Cox of Lansing and daugh-
ter, Pearl OF Big Rapids spent the week
| here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Danforth spent
Sunday with the latter's mother at
Bellaire
Enoch Giles and family moved Thurs
day into the VIM. Roy residence on
Safest.
VIM. Kogama and family OF Spring
vale now occupy the Jake Tafelski
residence.
I Mrs. G. W. Crouter returned to Char
levoiX, Sunday, after a weeks visit
with relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robt. Spence returned
to Alba, Tuesday, where they will cook
in one OF the Camps.
Verne Flanders and far,ily now oc.
cIpy Mrs. Samuel Whiteford's resi-
dence on the West Side.
Mr.. Tonga and family of Central Lake
have moved here and occupy the Pat
Foote residence on Third-st.
Howard Grant and family have moved
from their home on the West Side to
residence at Orchard Heights.
Mrs. Bessie Greenwood returned
home from Provemont, Mich, where
she has been visiting her son.
The Pythian Sisters will hold bake.
sale at the East Jordan Drug Co. store
this Saturday afternoon, May 5tb.
| 'oi iooh otcWdii, WHO mas Deen
working in the Upper Peninsula for
some time past, returned home Satur-
day.
Mrs. Steven Convey returned to her
home at Traverse City, Sunday, after a
visit with her mother Mrs. Oscar John
son.
M. E. Ladies Aid will be entertained
at the home OF Mrs. Carl johnson on
Mill-st, Wednesday p. m. May 9th. Full
attendance desired.
Miss Ida Levinson of Charlevoix and
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Wolfson and Mrs.
Marks of Boyne City were guests at the
Weisman home Sunday.
| The Pythian Sisters will begin their
work again and will meet Tuesday
evening, May the 9Th in the X. of p.
Hall. Meeting starts at o'clock.
Mrs. r. M. Burr and son returned 10
their home at Central Lake, Wednes-
day after visit with her parents, Mr..
ana MIS-. l.. SmattS and other relatives
Some people have supposed that
spontaneous combustion is a myth, but
there is nothing mythical about fire
loss of IS, 1853, 800 in the United States
in single year. When it is estimated
that this figure is so per cent pre-
ventable, 1t may be assumed that such
an estimate is very conservative. The
most frequent cause of spontaneous
combustion is from allowing oily rags
to be kept in wooden boxes or in con-
tact with combustible material. Certain
kinds Of oil have a great tendency to
produce flame upon the least oppor.
tunity. The public has been warned
times without number of the danger OF
carelessness in this matter, but oily
rags are so often found in every house.
hold, factory and business building
that the proportion of careless in.