The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-12-04
NEWS ITEMS FROM
NEARBY CITIES
Thumb Tales Tersely Told
Interesting Items Cleaned
From Our Exchanges

vile unIll Lne coal shortage Is re-
lieved.
The first annual meeting of the
Memphis Agricultural Associa-
tion was held on Dec. End.
Thieves entered the basement
Of a st. Clair home recently ant
stole all the canned goods
A fine new, modern hotel for
Port Huron is the plan Of the
Chamber of Commerce of that city.
Mrs. A. j. Lacroix, of Algonac,
has a set of Mulberry dishes l25
years old. presented to her by an
uncle in the East.
Croswell has graduated from
the midnight electric service to
full 24-hOur and is much pleased
with the change.
A plan is being carried out at
McGregor to open a Cooperative
store. Fifty shareholders are
wanted at S100 a share.
st. Clair County home at Good
ellis is quarantined for smallpox.
There is only one case but it was
thought wise to quarantine.
In the last football game of the
season at Brown City on Thanks
giving day, Brown City high beats
IDeckerville to the tune of 10 to 0.
st. Clair is a growing city. Not
withstanding the fifty new houses
already built, the demand for
more is insistent and more are
going up all the time.
A party Of Croswell people pic
nicked at Lexington, on Lake HUI
ron, on Nov. 21st, and claim that
the day was as warm and pleas
ant as could be asked for.
The ten occupants of st Clair
county Jail were served bacon for
their Thanksgiving dinner. Of
course they would have preferred
turkey, or at least chicken.
| How the spirits Of Washington,
| Lincoln, Monroe and Henry must
Iyearn to form a receiving line and
shake the hands of those Senators
Iwho have saved America for Amer
lea
The new Stephens library build
ing at Almont was slightly dam
Jagged by fire last Saturday. 1t
seems a mystery how the fire
started but it was in the furnace
room.
| The village of Port Austin is
without a Protestant minister.
The people are endeavoring to
Ifederate the churches and secure
lone minister at a salary of $1,000
or $4,000.
Calvin Ranke, of Harbor Beach.
was doing thriving business
and making most excellent drink
from raisins which all it's imbibers
Testified had a delightful kick,
when the law stepped in, arrested
calvin and fined him $50.
| Rev. G.. A. Payne, formerly pas
tor of the Baptist church in Brown
| City, died in that city Tuesday
afternoon of last week after an i'll
ness extending over several years.
He is survived only by his wife.
Jerome Taggart, of Romeo, died
last week after being found in an
unconscious condition the day be
fore. 1t is feared there was foul
play as there were marks on his
head and no money in his pockets.
1t is known that he always carried
money.
! Quarantine is still in effect
and vaccinations are still being
made at the ferry docks in Port
Huron and Sarnia. The order
will remain in force until the
epidemic of smallpox in Ontario.
is under control There are no
cases in Sarnia.
| While the workmen were on
strike at McLouth's shipyard at
Marine City, the government de-
cided to have the government tugs
finished at some other yard as
soon as the one on the ways is
launched. This will be somewhat
of blow to Marine City.
| Mr.. A. Basney, of st. Clair.
was 79 years old last week and his
daughter gave him birthday
party withs40 people present and
a birthday cake as big as a wash
tub. Mr.. Basney is hale and
hearty and works every day at the
Diamond Crystal Salt Block.
The ID. A. R. at st. Clair will
take care of French orphan
for another year and has also
voted to send girl to Servia. The
Chapter has secured complete
record of the service of every
st. Clair boy in the war, and it is
believed that this is the only citv
in the state to have a complete
record of its soldiers. Leather
: containers are being used to pre-
: serve these records. which in
! most cases are in Handwriting oe