The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-11-28
STATE NEWS
IN BRIEF

auOOIlub.
Ann Arbor-About Is young women
attending the u. of M. are earning
their way through college. More than
a score are working in Ann Arbor
homes and number are nursing.
Calumet-To insure getting candy
to the boys in France in good shape,
Calumet woman urges that tho
sweets be placed in tin boxes, as 9TH
erwise they absorb the odors of the
bilge.
Ann Arbor-Dr. E. r. Wander Slice.
of the Michigan Anti-Tuberculosis
Association, has sounded warning
that the white plague is bound to in
crease as result Of the influenza cpl
demic.
Hillsdale-Boys' and girls club
work in the county, backed by the Y.
M. C. A. and public schools, cost the
county $430. The return in articles
made or grown by the pupils was
$4,000.
Charlotte-C. A. North, superintend-
ent of Potterville schools, has started
fund for the purchase OF a marble
slab upon which names o, former
students who served overseas will be
inscribed.
Owosso-John Rake, alias Bernard
Rock, has pleaded guilty to marrying
a girl in Traverse City and later one
In Owosso without the formality OF a
divorce. He asked .leniency in Cir
cult Court
Adrian-E. X. Conover, formerly
head of the windshield department of
the Page Wire company, later absorb
ed by the Detroit Motor Products COM
pany, is dead in Denver. where he
went for his health.
East Lansing-Reports from the ex-
pertinent station of the NJ. A. c. at
Chatham show that there has been
great success in the raising Of peas
and oats for silage purposes in the dis
trict north of the straits.
Albion-Miss Mary Baker, who went
from Albion to France to work as a
Y. w. G. A. secretary, arrived in
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take a part in the French celebration
over the coming of peace.
Kalamazoo just wanted to die"
was the only explanation made by
Miss Hortense Hatch, Is years old,
after shooting herself near the heart
with a revolver and then pleading
with surgeons to save her life.
Flint-Charged with having beaten
his former wife on the head with a
revolver, William Castle is held for
Circuit Court under bond of $1,000.
The woman, who is now Mrs. Blanch
Ellis, was attacked at her home
Flint-Private Robert Lauthers,
aged %, of the Fourth Canadian
battalion, is dead of pneumonia in
France. official notice being received
by his sister, Mrs. James Couchmau,
Saturday. Lauthers had been wound
ed in action.
Grand Rapids-Another Michigan
man has won high honors in France,
Lieutenant Tom McAllister of Grand
Rapids having been decorated with the
French croix de guerre McAliister
was a volunteer in the famous Foreign
Legion of France.
Lansing-State Food Administra-
tor Prescott was notified by the fed
eral food administration at Washing
ton that the sale OF substitutes in con-
nection with the purchase of wheat
-four, is no longer required. The order
takes effect Immediately.
Hastings-Frightened by the ride in
motor truck, large wild buck
which had been in City Park died
while being taken to Battle Creek.
The animal had killed three Of the
herd of deer and was to be exchanged
for buck of milder disposition.
Observation-Disclosures she was re.
proved by her father, Ruth Martin, IA,
daughter of Carey Martin, D. u. r.
conductor, shot herself with a 32-cali.
Der revolver that had been loaded nine
years. The bullet struck near the
heart and the girl is in a precarious
condition.
Grand Rapids-Following immedi.
ately upon the announcement OF the
signing of the armistice, work on the
Government picric and sulphuric acid
plants being established here was
suspended. More than 1000 working
on the buildings were discharged.
The official orders hating the work
were received shortly after signing OF
the armistice terms.
Grand Hapids-George Harland, OF
Detroit, was elected grand master of
the Michigan Grand Lodge, /. o. o. f.,
and Mrs. Emma Tobin, of Calumet
was elected president of the Rebekah
assembly. The announcements were
made at the close OF the annual ses-
sion of the two lodges. The ballots
were cast last January. but not count
ed until November H.
Lansing-Work of the county wal
boards throughout the state will not
be eliminated for some time to come