Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-05-27
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originated in the boiler room. The
plant will be rebuilt.
Saginaw-Harry Ryan, charged by
Detective Will Ryan with stealing
three bottles of milk from M. ]. Ryan,
was sentenced to serve 80 days in Jail.
They are not related.
Standish-The local lumber COM
pany, with plant here and yards at
Pinconning and Linwood, has been
sold to the r. & A. Lumber Co. of AL
pena, controlling IL plants.
Kalamazoo Colonel Joseph B.
Westnedge, post No. SO, American Le-
gion, has petitioned the city commits
sion to set aside a plot in Riverside
cemetery as a burial place for deceas-
ed soldiers of the World war.
Lansing-Fred Perry. secretary Of
the state administrative board, an
nounces hospitals and druggists can
not procure liquor held by the state.
Action of the Legislature, he says, Off
ering to sell the states private stock,
is illegal.
Grand Rapids-Amos B. Jones, 80,
colored barber, who served President
Lincoln during Civil war times, is
dead. Jones lived in obscurity and
not until short time previous to his
death did he reveal that he was
former employee of Lincoln.
Standish-One thousand regular SOL
diers from the Thirty-seyenth regi-
ment, infantry division, will go into
camp at Grayling June Is and train
there until August q. The regiment
comes from Forts Brady and Wayne.
The regulars will assist in instructing
the National Guard.
Holland-One of the big Berthas"
captured by the American forces from
the Germans in the World War will
be presented to the city of Holland, if
bill introduced in the house by Con-
gresham Mapes carries. Holland is
anxious to procure one of these guns
to place in its park.
Bay City-The city commission has
appointed Col. H. w. Sickle, of Avo-
Ion, Pa, as city manager. Col. Sickle
served in the construction work on
water works and electric light plants
on the Panama Canal and later saw
service in the World War in France.
He is now on the retired list.
White Cloud-Rollo Hoover, 80,
Newaygo county farm hand is on bail
as a result of shooting his employer,
Theodore Heiss, while sleep-walking.
he claims. Heiss, shot through the
side and arm, will recover. Hoover
drove to the county Jail, surrendered
to the officers and told his story.
Ludington-The body of Lloyd Laid
law has been recovered from Pere
Marquette lake. Laidlaw, with Emery
and Harry Christensen, was drowned
when the canoe in which the three
were riding capsized in storm last
November. The bodies of the Chris
Jensen brothers were found this
Spring.
Kalamazoo-Mrs. Harper Smith, Of
this city, and her four-year-old son
were taken to a hospital suffering
from severe burns received when a
gasoline stove Mrs. Smith was light
ing exploded The house was de-
stroyed and Mr.. Smith was slightly
burned in attempting to save his wife
and son.
Dearborn-Mrs. Sarah Ayers, "A
fire that destroyed the home of her
son, Charles Ayers, with whom she
had been living. Her badly charred
body was found in the basement of
the house by firemen. The fire is be-
lieved to have been caused by an ex-
plosion of an oil heater.
Bangor-Charles Long, prominent
fruit grower, is suffering from blood
poison, and physicians fear 1t may be
necessary to amputate his infected
arm. He was trimming berry bushes
when he slightly scratched his hand
on raspberry thorn. The wound was
forgotten for a day or two until the
hand and arm began swelling.
Lansing-GovernCr Alex j. Groes-
beck has announced that the special
primary and election to fill the vacan-
cy in the Third congressional district
caused by the death of Congressman
w. II. Frankhauser, of Hillsdale, would
be held June and %, respectively.
Under the Byrum law, 20 days at least
must intervene between the primary
and the election.
Bad Axe-Peter Clark was arrested
by Sheriff McCauley on the authority
of the United States marshal of Bay
City in connection with blackhand
letter said to have been written by
him to Hugh Graham highway commits
sioner of Verona township, warning
him to withdraw from the ticket last
spring. Unburned matches were said
to have been enclosed in the letter.
Clark will be examined by the United
States commissioner in Bay City.
Grand Rapids-The Fox Typewriter
company has been forced into the
hands of a receiver on petition of the
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