The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1920-01-15
Michigan NeDs
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of Deford, Tuscola county. has cele
brated her Tooth birday.
Kalamazoo-Four new cases OF
smallpox were reported to the city
health department.
Kalamazoo-Mrs. Celesta Burnham
Pierce, 95 years old, is dead. She was
the mother of DR.. Della Pierce.
Three Rivers-Mrs. Eliza Jane Reed
died on the forty-ninth anniversary OF
her wedding. She was "a years old.
Mt. Clemens-But $4,000 of the
$176,000 city taxes due has been col
lected, according to the city treasurer
Pontiac-Two negroes, armed with
pistols, entered a cigar store and took
s35 and a gold watch from the pro
prietor.
Bay City-The Modart Corset Co.
Of Saginaw, has opened a branch fac
tory here and will Immediately en-
ploy $50 girls.
Boyne City-Supervisors Of Charlie
voix county at a recent meeting voted
$4,000 towards the erection of a hos.
pital for the care OF tubercular pat
tents.
Hillsdale-The farm home owned
by MILFORD Osborn and occupied by
John Shearer. near Waldron. burned
to the ground with loss of approxim-
ately $4,000.
oldwater-Co-operat marketing
for farmers will be discussed at a
meeting here OF the Branch County
Farm Bureau and Cooperative Mark
citing association.
Ironwood-Plans are completed for
the erection of an Ironwood com
munity center and municipal building
as a memorial to the local service
men who died in the war.
IIarbor Springs-On New Years
day Mr.. and Mrs. Benton b. Bradley
celebrated their golden wedding and
many friends called to offer their con
gratulations to the couple.
Corunna-Mrs. Salina Teake, aged
widow. may not recover from injuries
received when horse she was driving
into Owosso baked on railroad cross
ing and was struck by tram.
Byron-Lavern Lyle, tenant on a
farm near here, was killed when sew
eral logs of a load he was driving to
Byron, rolled off and crushed him. A
widow and three children survive him.
Saginaw-The annual January SEES
sion OF the supervisors will take up a
petition with 1000 signatures, asking
that a large section Of Buena Vista
township be annexed to the city OF
Saginaw
Mt. Clemens-The case OF the Gov
eminent against William STREET., or
the Mt. Clemens Sugar Co., charging
STREET. with sugar profiteering, has
been postponed In the United States
District Court.
Lansing-The Woman's Benefit as
ISOLATION of the Maccabees has pur-
chased a business block from Young
Brothers to be turned into local head
quarters Of the association. With the
improvements the deal will cost the
organization 100000.
Laneing-Popularity of vocational
training in the public schools of Mich
igan Is indicated by the fact that
1850 children were enrolled in 1919,
to take such educational work, ac-
cording to figures from the depart
ment of public instruction.
Battle Creek-The mystery in the
death of ]. Stanley Brown, has proven
a boon to onija board sales. Battle
Creek dealers, whose supply was prac-
tically exhausted before Christmas,
have been driven nearly frantic by the
demand during the last week, with
not a mechanical medium" for sale
in the city.
Allegan-The first wedding in Ale
gan this year was that Of Ira G. Mon
tague, prosecuting attorney. and Mrs.
Mary Littlejohn. Miss Eleanor
Beach, graduate of the State Normal
College at Ypsilanti, was married to
Frank Phels. Of Detroit. a graduate
Of the M. A. c., and an engineer for
the Michigan State Telephone Co.
Big Rapids-Bank assets In Mecosta
county have increased sSSS, 900 in 1919.
They stand now at s3,38S. 900 gain of
26 per cent. The value OF farm pro-
duce OF the county for 1919 Ia placed
by County Agent Paul Smith at So
16S,535. For the first year In Its his
tory the value of butter fat took the
lead among farm products, reaching
the total of s773.000.
Alma. w. Sprague and G. p.
Best, farmers living near Alma, mar.
rowly escaped death when the auto
mobile in which they were riding was
struck by switch engine and knock
ed into Pine river after having been
carried about rs feet from the street
crossing. The men were not able to
get out OF the automobile until after
Il hit the river, and only then with
the greatest of difficulty succeeded In
reaching the bank safely.
Paw Paw-The charge against Jo-