The Yale expositor., 1920-05-06
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ganized in Memphis.
The gang of laborers have re-
sumed work on the railroad near
Melvin.
. Georgia Munroe, Gagetown's
first news girl. is distributing the
Detroit News.
Rev. S. A. Salyer, the new Bap-
tist pastor at Brown City, has
entered upon his duties.
The milk condensary at Bad
Axe may be forced to close down
on account Of coal shortage.
The demand for Lexington fish
is larger than the supply, very
few fish being taken just now.
Good roads work mas been start
ed in Cottrellville and the Shea
turnpike is closed for the time
being.
Capac high school was obliged
to have a load of coal trucked over
from Inlay City, in order to keep
the school going.
A gasoline tank being mended
by Albert Greguer in a Cass City
garage, exploded and he was bad
ly cut and injured.
j. H. Turnbull, of Capac, has
the spinning wheel that his moth
er used fifty years ago. 1t is in
the pink Of condition.
Brown City Juniors played
Safety First" to a crowded house
last week, clearing a nice sum of
money for their efforts.
The First Church OF Christ,
Scientists, is erecting a new edi-
fee in Port Huron, on the corner
of Sixth and Union SITS. It will be
built of white rock bond stucco.
A. II. Patterson. a former edi-
tor of the Almont Herald. a man
well up in years, as he was setting
type in that Office in 1876, is help
ing out at the same old stand in
1920.
A Novesta lady dropped and
lost her false teeth while attend
ing the Cass City fair last fall. A
liner in the Chronicle brought the
teeth back to her. She couldn't
have been carrying them in her
mouth.
Over 200 members OF the car
penters' union in Port Huron
walked out last Saturday whep
their demand for S1.25 per houl
was not met by the contractors.
Building operations were at a
standstill.
The Downing Cemetery Asso-
citation, which took over the ola
Downington and Deckerville GEM
etery recently, has placed force
of men at work on the grounds
who are making place of beauty
out of this city of the dead.
Mrs. Gottlieb Knoll, of Peck.
was thrown from her buggy by the
horse she was driving becoming
frightened by a manure spreader
on the road. No bones were brok-
en-. but she seemed to be serious
ly injured.
Elk township people voted to
donate $3.50 to Frank Lung, who
has been laid up with sickness for
several months. but it was found
that such an act as this was IL
legal and if placed on the roll
would invalidate the entire tax
assessment.
G. d. Golden, a prominent Cros-
we'll business man, was badly in
jured when driving a tractor on
his farm. 1t tipped backwards,
pinning him under the machine.
Several ribs were broken. a splin-
tered bone in his leg and other
hurts were his portion.
A man by the name of Nelson.
bought the VIM. Giebel place in
Capac few weeks ago. In Detroit
he ran a meat market. Formerly
he paid $25 per month rent for his
shop and $40 per month for his
, flat. But when his rents for both
places went to about $3.50 per
month he felt that he was driven
out of the city.
| At Minden City, Sanilac coun-
ty there is vacancy for postmas-
ter which pays a salary of over
$1,000 year. No person can be
found to accept the place in view
of the fact that the government
t demands that the appointee must
k spend eight hours per day in the
Office. A second examination tC
t establish a list of eligibles ha,
lbeen called.