The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-05-15
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Happenings

pool of water eight inches deep
when he fell.
Howell-Edward Gregory McPher-
son, prominent in Michigan banking
circles, died at his home here aged "a
years.
Croswell-Hundreds of sugar beet
workers are being brought to this
place to make ready for work in sugar
beet fields.
Reed City-Three men found dead in
a town of 800 population is the record
of Hersey, Mich
Grand Rapids-This city will be a
headquarters for a company Of Mich,
gan State Troops, to aid in enforcing
the Prohibition Law.
Powers-Because teachers here re-
quested an increase in pay to $500 for
a ten-month school year, committee
of the school board will engage new
teachers next season.
Hartford-At meeting of business
men of Van Buren, County it was de-
cided to close stores Tuesdays, Thurs
day and Fridays at p. m, and on
other weekdays at 8 p. m.
Detroit-A home. going crowd on
Fourteenth line car was so dense that
Izaac Murray, "a years old, was forced
through a closed window, suffering
severe cuts from the broken glass.
Bessemer-George Roe, the driver,
was instantly killed and three compan-
ions were seriously hurt when an
auto capsized on a county road at
Ironwood, going at so miles an hour.
Escanaba-To determine whether or
not there is iron ore enough under
the city of Escanaba to warrant min
ing, the Escanaba Iron Range Explor-
alton company has been organized in
Delta county.
Detroit-Joseph II. Lewis, retail
clothier, is suing Western Union Tele-
graph company before jury in Judge
Webster's court because the defend
ant made a mistake in one word in
telegram. The mistake, the plaintiff
alleges, cost him S127.
Manistee-Another effort win be
made to resume operations on the
Michigan East & West railroad,
which the owners are seeking to junk.
The application to prevent the state
from interfering with the tearing up
of the tracks has been denied.
Pontiac-The Wilson Foundry &
Machine Co.. the largest industry in
Pontiac, has announced a plan of
continuous service awards" for work
men, involving bonus distributions
aggregating $25O,OOO a year. The plan
is based on efficiency and continuity
of service.
Detroit-Detroit millers have been
notified by the Food Administration
Grain Corporation to discontinue until
further notice all purchases Of wheat
-four for export, with the exception OF
first clears and victory mixed -four.
Discontinuance of offers to the Grain
Corporation was also ordered.
Muskegon.-But recently discharg.
ed from the army, the sanity OF Geo.
L. Smith is to be investigated upon
request of his father Physicians rec.
ommend that Smith, who is suffering
from shell shock, be sent to the psy-
copathic ward of the university hos
pital at Ann Arbor.
Fulton-Mr. and Mrs. Fred Eldridge,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Cramer and
| Miss Resale REEDS were injured when
an automobile in which they were rid
ing was turned over in a ditch when
struck by car driven by Joseph
Skinner The injured were taken to
the Kalamazoo Hospital.
Detroit-The price of milk in De-
troit will remain at Is cents a quart
through May, June and July, instead
of dropping to IA cents, the Detroit
area milk commission las decided.
Testimony of producers showed the
higher price is necessary because of
higher labor and feed costs.
Jackson-While delegates to the
session of the Michigan Traffic
League, which completed its work
here with the resolve to oppose the
proposed increase in freight rates,
were assailing Railroad Director
Hines for his action in reopening the
Michigan rate cases, that official, N
company with his predecessor in Of
fee, w. G. McAdoo, was passing
through Jackson on a westbound
train.
Detroit-With no more show of emo
ton than might have been expected
IL he were reciting details of some
childish prank a 14-year-old boy sat
in Judge Hurlbut's court chambers
and told how his greed for pennies
with which to buy candy induced him
to shoot and kill "a lady" The boy
is John Rossello and the lady" was
Mrs. Ada Rice, whose murder in her
confectionery store at 2475 Hamilton
boulevard. had baffled Highland Park