The Yale expositor., 1918-02-28
Local and Otherwise.
Sugar snow today.

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Port Huron Wednesday.
Mrs. G. S. CoChrane and Mrs. Alex
Pollock were in Port Huron Wednes-
day.
Sure signs of spring-the robin, the
martin and the small boys playing
marbles.
Our merchants report big days
trade on Saturday last, the best for
two months past.
Jas. l.. Brown was down from Brown
City the latter part of last week on
visit to his parents and friends.
Victor and Irene Edighoffer were in
Port Huron Saturday. Victor goes
down once week for nose treatment.
The Red Cross dance at the audi
forum last Friday evening was well
attended tand all enjoyed the dance
and good music.
Clifford Hutton was home on Friday
last from Ann Arbor, having been in
Port Huron Thursday before the ex.
animation board.
Mrs. j. ID. Jones was at Brown City
the past week on visit to her sister,
Mrs. Bryce, who has been quite sick,
but is now some better.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dave WEIGH, who have
been spending the winter in Flint, were
at their home in Yale over Sunday, re-
turning to Flint Monday evening.
James Oogley. Chas. Rounds, John
z. Sheehy and son O'Brien drove to
Emmett Wednesday morning where
they started taking inventory of the
Cogley stock.
Rev. Chas. Bragg, of Adrian, spent
Saturday and Sunday in Yale and
West Brockway assisting in the Meth
odist Protestant church. He also Wis
tied among his many friends.
Thomas Holmes has sold his 40 acre
farm in Speaker township to Carl
Hawks, of Buel. The consideration is
$1,000 Mr.. and Mrs. Holmes will
probably move to Yale.-Peck Times.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Adams have
moved into town from their farm and
are occupying Mrs. Mary Simmons
house on South Main street. Mr.. and
Mrs. Craig Adams are living on the
farm
Counterfeit $50 bills are being cir
culated in this part Of Michigan, and a
warning has been sent out by the gov
eminent to look out for them. Buying
gasoline is said to be one of the meth
DDS used.
f. w. Hough has purchased the o.
L. Sanborn farm, mile south and q
mile and quarter west, for his son
Howard, who plans to move back from
Y ale. Mr.. Sanborn will have q sale
March 7.-Almont Herald.
The stamp collector is haYing the
time of his life. Already the war has
brought out more than 200 new issues
A thousand Of them are the result OF
invasion and conquest, AGO are provis.
ional issues and nearly 400 are charity
stamps. The others are war tax, mill.
tsry or commemorative stamps, includ.
ing those that Italy has issued for its
aerial mail service.
Now that American troops are taking
their places in the trenches, attention
is again directed to an estimate made
by the Secretary of War, that the losses
up to June l, 1917, Of the British expe.
dictionary forces from deaths in action
and from wounds amounted to but
seven per cent Of the total of all men
sent to France since the beginning OF
the war. The ratio Of losses of this
character today, because of improved
tactics, is less than 2 to every 100 men
A fire in the heart of Port Huron's
business district on Saturday last al
about the noon hour, originating in
the basement of the Meisel Company
in the Walsh block, almost completely
wrecked this store, consuming the en-.
tire stock of goods of both the Meisel
and Londy Companies and doing much
damage to stocks of the McElroy Shoe
Co., the Mahar Shoe Co., the Henson
Clothing Co., the Athenian Candy Co.
and the Millinery Stores Co. Loss on
buildings and stocks altogether estl.
mated at from $4,000 to $4,000.
The variety of Michigan weather has
become almost proverbial. We are
generally safe in saying that we know
not what the day may bring forth.
Take for instance last Monday. Day
dawned beautifully bright and mild
but soon clouded and by afternoon rain
came and came harder and faster to-
ward night with the wind rising and
turning cold. The wind became so