The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-10-23
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BARRIERS itch is the epidemic
that is hitting Croswellites now.
Mrs. David ]. Perkins, of Mem
phis, 81 years of age, died at her
home on Oct. IL.
The new American Legion Post
at Harbor Beach has a member
ship of hundred ex-soldiers.
Mrs. Robert Short, of Wales,
was stricken blind a few weeks
ago. She il in a low condition of
health.
Mrs. j. F. Waltz, of Brown City,
was taken very sick the other day,
after eating mushrooms, but soon
recovered.
The proposition of constructing
pumping station at Port Sanilac
to pump water to Saginaw, is be-
ing considered.
Rev. j. A. Rowe, a retired Meth
odist minister, living at Marys-
vile, was struck by bolt from
whiffletree and had his right leg
broken.
Brown City common council has
elected that all children under 10
must be off from all the streets
of Brown City by $50 p. m., un-
der penalty.
The salaries of clerks in the
different county offices of Saint
Clair county have been recently
materially increased by the Board
of Supervisors.
Capac business men may try out
the plan of having ball games
heretofore played on Sundays,
played on Thursday afternoons.
Better all around.
Huron county's public park is
to be located four miles northeast
Iof Caseville and the county will at
once begin to carry out its i'm
provement plans.
James Haley, a Huron county
farmer, has sold $4,000 worth of
apples this fall from his orchard.
From one tree of northern spies
he realized $4,000.
Memphis will have a new depart
ment store, G. c. Bartlett and HIM.
Frierstine will open up a brand
new stock of goods in the Streeter
building as soon as it is vacated.
The sugar factory is the busiest
place in Marine City. Ten car
loads of beets from Sanilac and
Huron counties arrived last week
and ARE being sliced and ground.
The firm of Hart & Scott, of st.
Clair, have commenced the build
ing of new houses to sell, and will
not stop until 200 have been COM
pleted. They will all be fine, mod
ern dwellings.
Employees of the paper and pulp
plants of the Port Huron Sulphite
& Paper Co., went on strike Mon
day and about $50 were out of
work. The trouble seems to be
the open or closed shop, not a
question of wages or hours.
Walter j. Allen, Sanilac county
register of deeds, has accepted
the position as manager with the
Huron Abstract company of Bad
Axe and has already taken up his
duties there, although continuing
to live in Sandusky until his
term Of office expires. Miss Eva
Dawson conducts his business at
the court house.
About six miles out of Port HUI
ron on the stone road, two barns,
filled with hay and grain and ma
chinery, belonging to Alfred Par
ker, burned to the ground last
Saturday night. 1t is thought the
fire was set by tramps. The Port
Huron fire department saved an
other barn and the farm house.
Loss about $4,000.
Mrs. Matilda Hart, a resident
of st. Clair for many years, 76 yrs
of age, a widow and an invalid
from, rheumatism, with no relative
in this country to care for her,
took passage for England, her
childhood home, about the first of
September, and arrived safely at
the home of her friends after ten
days on the ocean.
One of the most unique farms
in Michigan is a fox farm at
Muskegon, owned by Mr.. and Mrs.
James Clark. Mrs. Clark last
week brought twelve live black
foxes from Prince Edward Island,
valued at $4,000 and paying ten
per cent. duty upon them. The
| farm now has a colony Of 240 an
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