The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-07-25
MICHIGAN
BREVITIES

Edluu ndpluS- fTOSia nave cut the
early potato yield by about half in
this district.
MarshalI--The Marshall Furnace Co.
Is making 500 furnaces Cor the War
Department.
Lapeer-Lee Partee, Is years old,
may lose his sight. He dug powder
out cartridges
misunderstanding companies are
advancing seed to farmers who lost
their crops by frost.
Hudson-The 13-month-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. V. c. Davis, near here,
drowned in water tank.
Flint-Floyd Langdon, gassed during
practice in France. is the son of Mrs.
John Merrill. of this city.
Allegan-Orville Smith, of Grand
Rapids, has been sentenced for from
two to Is years for bigamy.
East Lansing-Srring frosts accent
uated the need of more silos in the
state, according to M. A. c. authori-
ties.
Waldron-Edward p. Hartley, SO
years old, died from burns suffered
when a can of gasoline he was testing
exploded.
Manistee-Local men have been in
Washington urging the government to
take over tue Michigan East & West
Railroad.
uskegon-Petiticns for Henry
Ford for senator on both Republican
and Democratic tickets arc being cir
culated here.
Grand Rapids-The next draft calls
win strip Kent County of Class 1 men,
including many granted temporary ag-
ricultural exemptions.
Flint-The Rev. Mr.. w. V. Mere
dith. Of this city, graduated from the
school for army chaplains at Louis
vile as a lieutenant.
Bay City-The city may sue Bangor
Township for $4,000 damages. A wa
ter main was broken when the town
iynamited ice last winter to prevent
, Goods.
zwemer, who has just returned from
| Egypt, will speak before the Michigan
State Sunday School convention here
August $3.50
Lapeer-Miss Harriet Mckinney,
10 years old, marlctte teacher, drown
ed in Pleasant lake as Is other bath
ers could not swim to save her when
she waded into hole.
Muskegon-Prof Robert e. Bunker
has moved here after II years abb
sence while holding a chaii at the
University. of Michigan. He will re-
sumo the practice of law.
Muskegon-The trial of Mrs. Cora
! Sanasace. who Killed her husband on
the streets here, will begin July 20. 1t
! is expected to last two weeks and GO
extra jurors will be drawn.
Muskegon Heights-George S. Col
! Inns, 81 years old, is held at the county
/ Jail as a deserter from the Canadian
army. He is alleged TO have quit the
army two years ago and has since been
married.
Walter Heckema, IL
years old. was critically injured when
rifle accidentally was discharged by
playmate, Ralph Warren, who raised
il to protect himself from sand which
the victim was throwing.
Grand Rapids-State constabulary
may guard local war industries as the
result OF recent disclosures regarding
the profits officials have made In sub
letting guards. The troops are here
looking for food violations.
Clsre-Four volunteers of draft age
leave Glare county Monday to take
mechanical courses, Fred Krell and
Otto Kleiner at the Michigan Agri-
cultural college; Lyle Ernest Waite
and w H. Kennedy to Valparaiso uni
versity. The last named has been
county agricultural agent.
Charlotte-Grand Ledge registrants
in deferred classes have perfected an
organization for war work and have
already started an aggressive cam
paign for the sale of War Savings
stamps. The following executive COM
mittee has been named: Archie Scha-
vey. II. A Albaugh, DR.. Harry Mack,
Clyde Taylor and George Hixson.
Charlottesville following shipments
were made during June by the Eaton
county Chapter Red Cross; 10 suits
summer pajamas, 100 bed shirts, 20
helpless case bed shirts, IL bed jack
cts 30 helpless bed jackets, 30 pair
underdrawers, 1870 bed socks, 10 hot
water bag covers. $50 wash cloths, 2S0
napkins, 10 tray cloths, 220 handker-
chiefs.
Niles-Wanted, 1t is said, after es-
Gaping from the Camp Custer guard
house, following a sentence to IL
years imprisonment as deserter, and
also charged with the theft OF an auto
mobile from Ionia, Mich, Ray Miller
who was arrested last week in Ken
lucky, was brought to Niles Sunday