The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1920-09-23
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The concrete road north of st.
lair is progressing nicely.
Mrs. Caroline Roth, of Mayville
celebrated her 93rd birthday on
Sept. 18th.
The Standard Oil Co. is put
ing in the foundation for a big
oil ana gasoline station at Capac.
Thelma Brown, aged IA years,
of st Clair, died last week of
dropsy, after being i'll a long
time.
A public library is a possibility
for st Clair. The Ladies Library
Association and the American Le-
gion are cooperating toward that
end.
d. j. Stephenson, we'll known
business man and telegraph man
ager, of Port Huron, died last
week. He had been i'll for some
time.
c.. G. Bartlett, who has been con-
nected with the Memphis Mercan-
tile Co. for over % years as man.
ager, has resigned and will take
few weeks rest.
Alton Moses, of near Minden
City, died on the farm on which
he was born sixty-six years ago.
He was the first white child to be
born in his township.
A Ford sedan, belonging to
Holdberg Bros, Sandusky, was
damaged $3.50 worth when a cigar
cite butt supposedly started the
fire There was no insurance.
Mrs. Gus Pappas, who was so
seriously burned at her home in
Memphis recently, died after
week of suffering, farther aggra-
waited by the birth of a baby.
Fire by lightning destroyed the
barn of Herman Draher, near
Minden City, together with hay
and grain with which it was filled.
Loss $4,000. Insurance, $1,70o.
Lewis Erbe, of Applegate, an en-
gineer, was severely injured when
the engine he was running was
struck by lightning and blown to
pieces. Mr. Erbe is in a critical
condition.
Several weeks ago Thos. Ander-
son, of Inlay City had his auto
stolen. 1t was found by the side of
the road near Romeo where it had
been standing several days. 1t was
not damaged
Kinde village council has de-
cided to submit to the voters the
proposition to grant to the Central
Power Company, of Bad Axe
franchise for supplying light and
power to Kinde
North Branch fair, Sept. 21-24,
1920, is its fiftieth anniversary,
and the management has arrang-
ed, at large expense, to add to the
program fireworks displays and
vaudeville acts on two evenings.
Twenty-nine pairs of shoes
were stolen from Foster Bros.
shoe store in Port huron the 9th
er evening, but the greater part
were recovered being dropped
while the thieves were getting
AWAY
Robert Darris, of Memphis,
driving a truck, collided with
local car at Marine City and mar
rowly escaped death. Darris did
not notice the interurban as he
was going over the crossing. Both
car and truck were damaged.
John Wills, carrier on Route
No. /, Capac, has been retired by
the government on pension of
about S37 per month. Mr.. Wills
ran his route for 10 years. He
is 70 years of age. He was recog-
nized as one of the best carriers
in the state.
The historic Methodist Episco-
pal church in Marysville, which,
it was decided by the Wills-Lee
interests was not to be disturb
ed, was partially destroyed by
fire last week. 1t is not known
just what plans will be made for
rebuilding.
III ltSS JIidH LWO WCChO uNC OIs
Clair people have come down with
severe cases of blood poisoning,
the germ of which seems to be un-
known to the medical fraternity.
The five cases were very serious,
but all have recovered. There
have been other lighter cases,
also.
Lee p. Stone, well-known motor
cycle dealer and rider, of Port
Huron, fell from the motorcycle
he was riding in the fair races at
Croswell last week, receiving a
fractured skull, from which he
died in short time. Store was
considered an expert racer. 1t is
thought that in so much dust it
was difficult to see and Stones
machine touched the hind wheel
of the cycle in front, and swerv-
ing, he lost his control and was
dashed through a fence.