The Yale expositor., 1918-08-22
MICHIGAN
BREVITIES

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Big Rapids-Lieutenant Il. w. Min
ter has gone to Fort Sheridan.
Big Rapids--Rev. ]. A. Golden, X
Of G. chaplain. is reported safe in
Franco.
Hastings-George Vandewalker. OF
Kalamazoo. paid fine of $23.95 for
using set line in fishing in lower
Crooked Lake.
Port Huron-The ground upon which
the old city opera house block stood
for years, was sold at public auction
for $500 per foot.
Port Huron Kimball township
farmers will have as their guests on
August Fl, Governor Sleeper, Henry
Ford and Chase S. Osborn.
Bay City-Montiville Hale, 22 years
old, bookkeeper for the Thorne Elec-
trio company, used chloroform TO put
himself TO sleep. He was found dead
in bed
Albion-The Albion Vigilance corps
has taken up plan proposed by fac.
tory men, for every laboring man in
the city TO work Labor day and give
the proceeds to the Red Cross.
Flint-Fred Kavesky, of Flint, re-
ported severely wounded in action, has
been sought by the local draft board
as a draft delinquent The board did
not know Kavesky was in service.
Albion-The village of Springport
turned out over 1000 strong for the
towns annual picnic at Duck Lake
Friday. Capt. w. B. Pullinger. for two
years on the French front, spoke.
Muskegon-George II. Knutson,
Muskegon young man, is now a con-
sulting engineer in the purchasing di.
vision of the emergency fleet corpora
ton, with headquarters at Philadel-
phia.
Petoskey-Thomas Gordon, Jr, of
Howell, Mich, president of the Bay
View Camp Ground association, was
reelected to the board Of trustees
for three years at the annual election
in Bay View.
Grand Rapids-James Heyt, IA, a
cash boy at the Boston Department
store here, walked into an elevator
shaft at the store, Saturday, fell FIVE
stories, and was so badly injured that
he died on the way to hospital.
Big Rapids-Three Mecosta young
women have enrolled in the student
nurse reserve in the preferred class.
They are Mrs. George e. Hurst and
Miss Hazel Bricksner of this city and
Miss Ruby Pangborn of Lakeview.
Grand Rapids-Governor Sleeper, to
fix war fund quotas, has appointed e.
j. Billiard, Detroit; Otto S. Sovereign,
Bay City; w. G. ovill, Coldwater; Carl
Young, Muskegon; Felix Flynn, Cadil-
lac; j. II. Rice, Houghton; Charles H.
Bender. Grand Rapids.
misunderstanding poisoning in
serious form recently developed at the
home of Mrs. j.. C. Meliskey, near
Saugatuck, where party OF Chicago
guests are being entertained. Mrs.
Meliskey, 10 guests and child were
victims Three still are very i'll.
Reed City-Reed City has had three
fires in less than four days. The din. |
ing quarters of the Seventh Day AID. |
ventists camp burned to the ground. !
Boys using matches set the Evangeli- |
cal sheds on fire and then the Dell |
Watkins llmber mill suffered a loss. |
Coldwater-Fire started by an ex-
ploding lantern destroyed a big grain
barn on the Shoemaker farm near
Coldwater with all the summers crops |
and much farm machinery. The farm
was occupied by H. b. Clouse, who |
loses all the proceeds OF his summers I
work
Iron Mountain-William Osterberg,
IS years old, of Norway, was drowned
IN Hamilton lake while bathing. He
dove from a raft and his head became
stuck in the mud and he failed to
come to the surface. Two friends tried
20 rescue him, one nearly meeting a
ike fate.
Petoskey-Thirty Harborn Springs
young men of army enlistment age
to the appeals OF a COM
1any of pretty Petoskey girls, who
made recruiting rally in that village
or Sergt. Kent OF the Petoskey army
recruiting station. The young women
ire visiting all nothern Michigan
points.
Saginaw-Theodore N. Eller, a ira
veling salesman, died at st. Mary's
hospital as result OF an accident
which he suffered in Flushing. Eller
vas cranking his auto when It start
ID, jamming him against another ma
'hine and tearing about six inches of
zone from his right leg Mr.. Eller
served as Justice of the peace here
or six years
Holland-Recent deaths of Mrs.
seuntje Decker, at iceland, and Mrs.
{. M. Vandenbosh, at Holland, have
brought to Hight the coincidence they
we're born In the Netherlands, in cities !
I've miles apart and their deaths oc-
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