Charlevoix county herald., 1921-08-26
Michigan NeDs
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Ann Arbor-Dental hygiene will be
added to the course at the University
Of Michigan this Fall.
Ann Arbor-The "Old Washtenaw"
hotel, built in 1882 and used for many
years as a tavern, has been condemn
ed by City Engineer Sandenburgh as
unsafe and unsanitary.
Escanaba-Two children met VOL
ent deaths in the Herman Bramer
home at Nahma in a week. Calvin, g
years old, was drowned while playing
on logs, and his two-year-old sister
was poisoned by taking pills which
she found in the house.
Bay City-Jitney fares in Bay City
have been reduced to cents cash or
six tickets for quarter. The reduc-
ton is the result of increased business
since street car service was discon-
tinued when the Bay City-Saginaw
Railway Co. went into receivership.
Battle Creek-Frank Holt, well
known Climax farmer, struck and
fatally injured near his home died in
q local hospital without regaining
consciousness. Mr.. Hollis automobile
stalled on a Grand Trunk crossing
and was struck by an engine. The
automobile was thrown nearly so feet.
Nashville-Three persons were
killed and three injured, one quite
seriously, at crossing near here
when a Michigan Central passenger
train struck and demolished an auto
mobile which had been stalled on
the track. The dead are: Mrs. Otis
Farr, Mrs. Eli Chatfield and three
months-old baby of Vermontville.
Saginaw-Alvin E. Best, a member
of the board of county auditors, has
been removed by Circuit Judge E. E.
Snow when an order of custer was is
sued on quo warranto proceedings in
stituted by Riley e. Crane, prosecut-
Ing attorney. Best is not citizen of
the United States, and on these
grounds the prosecutor proceeded to
remove him.
KalamaZoo-With an enrolment of
1928 students, the Western State
Normal here has broken all previous
summer school attendance records
this year. OF the students, 1872 are
from Michigan, while Alabama. Cali
fornia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louis
lana, Minnesota, Ohio, Oklahoma
West Virginia and Wisconsin also are
represented.
Pontiac-Leroy Aitken, 16, saved
the life of his two-year-old niece from
drowning when the girl fell into
cistern. The boy had been drawing
water from the cistern through hole
IN the floor and had left the room for
moment. He plunged in after the
child and pulled her out. The fire
department sent a pulmotor, which
revived the child.
Battle Creek-Joseph Mellinger, is
dead from the result of a gunshot
wound received while playing with
Cecil Ronk and Willie McCutcheon.
1t is said that the McCutcheon boy
put an old shell in an empty revolver
and asked the Ronk lad to try it. He
did, pointing 1t at the bed on which
Mellinger was sitting. The bullet en-
tered the brain, making it impossible
to operate.
Lansing-Curiosity that led Fred
Williams, Is, to climb city electric
light pole at the grounds of a carni-
val resulted in his death. Witnesses
na,
tracted by flashes from the chain by
which the electric light is raised and
lowered. Hardly had he reached his
perch and reached out for the chain
when he gave a sharp cry and his
body hung limp.
Ann Arbor-Plans for mems DORM
itory to house $50 students at the
University of Michigan have been an
nounced here by the Rev. Michael
Bourke, Catholic chaplain. The struc-
ture will be four stories high, having
an assembly, reading rooms and in
dividual rooms for each student, and
will cost about $25O,OOO. 1t will be
ready for occupancy in the fall of
1922 Work on the building will begin
In the spring.
Lansing-All important crops, ex-
cept corn, are below the 10-year aver
age in Michigan, according to a
monthly report compiled by Verne H.
Church, of the Federal Bureau of
Crop Statistics. Heat and drought
are blamed by the report for this un-
precedented condition. The only
consolation offered by the report is
the fact that comparison shows that
Michigan has not suffered more sew
ersly than other states.
Pontiac-Forty-four years in the
continuous service of the Pontiac po-
lice force is the record of Capt John
Fitzgerald, the city's veteran officer.
1t was in 1877 that Capt. Fitzgerald
first accepted a position as Pontiac's
police force. He was literally the
whole force, because Pontiac was lit
tie more than village and the town
marshal looked after the city in the
day time, while Capt. Fitzgerald pa
troled the streets at night.