The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-06-26

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Port Huron-Police Chief Chambers
has issued an order barring patent
medicine vendors from the streets.
Ishpeming-John Hassett, Is years
old, was drowned while bathing In
Cooper Lake, three miles from here.
Battle Creek-Property value has
increased $1,500,000 in the last year.
Real and personal property in the city
is assessed at $44,097,1S0
Marquette-There is great de-
cline in the amount of ore being ship
ped, the shipments being rs per
cent less than this time one year ago.
Big Rapids-While Frank Carlow
was attending the welcome home cele-
bration here, lightning struck his
barn, which with a silo was totally
destroyed.
Port Huson-The city assessor esti-
mates thai increase in realty values
during the last few weeks will result
in the assessed valuation of the city
Undressing {o,VUV,OVO.
East Lansing The first crop of
sweet clover must be cut high and
early if good second crop is TO DC
grown, according TO farm crops spe-
cialists at the M. A. c.
Manistique-When Nick Rudalovich
went to see why charge of blasting
explosive in the White Marble quarry
failed to explode, the charge ignited
and blew him to pieces.
Kalkaska-George w. Persons, 80
years old, after whom Persons Point,
Torch Lake, was named, died sudden
ly at his home here. He had lost both
legs during the Civil War.
Morrice-Stalled on the track as
an interurban approached, an auto
mobile containing Mrs. Edward Klee
and her three children was wrecked,
but the occupants escaped injury
Pontiac-Forty days in jail and
fine of $50 were imposed by Judge i.
l.. Covert on Joseph Hirt, who pleaded
guilty to making liquor for his own
consumption at his home IN Ferndale.
Kalamazoo-Samuel Smiley's life
was saved by his plucky rabbit hound,
which drove an enraged bull off after
it had knocked Smiley down and was
attempting to gore him on a farm
near Paw Paw.
Menominee-Emil Bentz, s years
old arNibanfollu obOf and m
stantly killed by his older brother.
The older boy was attempting to re-
move a cartridge from a rifle when IL
was discharged.
Cadillac-By using the balance in
the United War Work chest Wexford
County has made up the remainder Of
the Salvation Army home service
fund quota and also met pleas Of
three other minor war drives.
Ironwood-A verdict of $4,000 was
awarded Andrew Salberg, OF this city,
for injuries sustained 10 years ago
while working as helper to a mason.
The case came to trial at the time
but was put over, from year to year.
Marshall-Pulled into tho water
when the junior and senior boys of
Marshall High School were having
tug of war on the banks of Rice
Creek, Delbert Benz was nearly
drowned before he could be rescued.
Jennings -Missaukee County farm
ers have modified to fight the grass
hoppers which are beginning to In
wade this county Meetings of farmers
all over the county are being held
and plans outlined for the battle
against the pest.
Evart-The Methodists and Presby-
terians of this village have united.
Because the Presbyterians had a finer
edifice and a smaller congregation and
no pastor and the Methodists had
larger congregation and a pastor, the
merger took place.
Pontiac-Stepping into a pit full Of
boiling oil and water in the plant OF
the Hess Pontiac Spring works, while
engaged in fighting a fire there, Cap
tain Edward Graham, OF the local fire
department., burned his left leg 80
badly that the flesh was cooked.
Pontiac-Authoriza for their
local branch to loan $1,000, 900 in Pom
tiac to help solve the housing situa-
ton was made by directors of the De-
troit & Northern Building and Loan
association, after inspecting loans al
ready made and surveying industrial
prospects in Pontiac.
huskegon-At least one local
mother was made happy by an exhibit
ton Of motion pictures, for when Mrs.
w. A. Singer of Muskegon attended
a local theater, her son, Wagner Ed
win A. Singer, at present in Coblenz,
Germany. waved his tin hat at his
parents and winked." Singer is a mo-
tor truck driver with the fifth division
of regulars, and when his mother saw
him. although he was dirty and his
clothes we're mnssed up" he was hap
PLY devouring a Salvation Army
doughnut
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