The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1920-02-12
NEWS ITEMS FROM
NEARBY CITIES:
Thumb Tales Tersely Told
Interesting Items Cleaned
From Our Exchanges

MarleJte mas JACK Jne WINDOW
peeper.
DR.. Lewis Grice, of Union City,
has located in Lexington.
According to the recent census,
Sandusky has a population of 1898
Marine City citizens are debat-
ing the organization ol a Chamber
lof Commerce.
| A toboggan slide has been built
on the Capac school grounds and
the sport is delightful.
Mrs. Belinda Middleditch, Brown
City's oldest resident, died there
last week, at the age of "a.
Charles A. Carter, a prominent
business man Of Snover, died of
pneumonia after one weeks i'll
ness.
Armada's population is 697 Ten
years ago the census read 748.
Looks like Armada is losing out
somewhere.
The Diamond Crystal Salt Com
pany has authorized an increase of
100000 in stock which will be Of
fered for sale.
The editor of the Deckerville
Recorder, Joseph Dave, is in the
hospital at Bay City for an opera
tion for appendicitis.
The Congregational church at
Romeo, receives $4,000 from the
Clarinda Stephens estate to be ad-
ded to the endowment fund.
The Detroit-Edison Company is
Iplacing a 500-kilowatt turbine in
its plant at Port Huron, which
Twill develop about 700 horsepower
William Rhadigan, of Marys-
ville, locked his store one noon to
go to dinner, and when he came
back his till was $25 short of cash.
The names of 800 service men
will be placed on the monument
soon to be erected at Sandusky in
honor of Sanilac county's soldier
lboys.
The contract has been let for
dredging the harbor at Harbor
Beach. Congress has appropriate
ed approximately $150,000 for the
work.
Business men of Evart are offer
ing 5000 shares Of stock at $40
each in cooperative plan to
Ierect combined store and theatre
building.
| Cass City expects to be served
in the spring by two gasoline sta
tions. The Standard Oil Co., will
put in one and j. C.. Farrell will
father another.
The Caro- city council has iust
purchased new motor fire truck
to cost $4,000. 1t is said to be one
of the greatest fire fighting mach
ines built today.
| VIM. S. Leach, who purchased
the Cadillac hotel at st. Clair
about six months ago, has sold the
property to Delbert Rogers, of
Birmingham, Mich.
Mrs. Duff, one of Marlette's pio-
neer women, threw cup of kero-
sene oil on the fire, which occas-
ioned an explosion and she receiv-
ed such serious burns as to cause
her death next day.
The Marine City Sugar Plant
has installed the changes neces-
sary for the refining of Cuban
raw sugar, and will operate all
next summer. The sugar comes
from Cuba and will be turned into
granulated through the refining
process. This plant is the only one
in the state which is fitted for this
process.
While Croswell is an up-and-
coming little city in most respects
she still earns the contempt of her
women folk by allowing dust be-
! grimed streets. The ladies want
, the streets oiled and they should
: certainly have their way. Of
, course they will quickly become
: accustomed to the begrimed spots
J on their rugs and floors, but that
is only temporary nuisance.
Kingston people are dissatis-
fed with their phone service.
They get service over only one
toll line, which they claim is in
: adequate. They have appealed to
Cass City, to induce the local
: company to extend its lines into
Kingston, but Cass Citv has all it
T. wants to care for and now applica-
tion has been made to the Michi-
gan Public Utilities Commission.
Sanilac county teachers held a
5 meeting at Sandusky last week ask
!. ing for an increase in salaries. Ten
!. and twenty years ago the salaries
}, paid teachers in Sanilac county
!, were $35 and $40 per month and
f there were more teachers than
:. schools. w. j. Musselman, SAM
e lac's county school commissioner
r taught his first school at $40 pei
month, boarded at home and saved
: money. Small town teachers are