The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1921-10-13
Neighborhood News
Items Boiled Down
Items Taken From Newspapers OF
NeighbOring Towns and
Villages

Roy Cobb was arrested at the
North Branch fair for selling
booze.
The Cass City Chronicle adver-
tised ten auction sales in its Oct.
7th issue.
Robert RuJter, OF China tyw.~
ship, was badly bruised and torn
recently by cow which attacked
him.
A d. A. r. chapter has been
organized in North Branch with
twenty ladies as charter MEM
bers.
William o. Lee. John V. French
and w. G. jerks are the three can
didates for mayor of the city of
Port Huron.
Water meters are now being in
stalled throughout Croswell and
then everyone will pay for what
water they use.
Marysville had a big night on
Oct. II, when the Chamber Of
Commerce staged a big beefsteak
dinner and get-to-gether meeting.
Yeggmen forced the store at
Pearl Beach and carried away
the post Office safe with $4,000
in checks, stamps and currency.
No definite clue has been found.
The Peninsular Mausoleum Co.,
of Saginaw, has purchased 18
acres of land near the Bad Axe
cemetery, and will probably erect
an $4,000 or 100000 mausoleum.
Chas A, Hammond Post, Port
Huron, has given the last rites
over al the bodies OF the Port HUI
ron eX-service men, who died in
France, and whose bodies were
brought back. There were 43.
While hunting recently, Hamil-
ton Smith, of Algonac, was hit in
the eye by a stray shot. He was
taken TO Harper hospital, Detroit,
and it was found he must go
through serious operation to
save his sight.
George Rands, OF st. Clair. has
an unusual horticultural display
at his home on West Vine street,
in the form of fine growth of
ripe raspberries. 1t is extremely
unusual, Mr.. Rands believes, to
have second crop Of raspberries
at this time of the year, particu-
larly after a snow fall.
Mrs. Nick Hilser, aged 50, died
at her home in Capac, on Friday,
following childbirth. Rumors.
were circulated that she had no
medical treatment, and Coroner
Hill, Of Port Huron, was sent for.
1t was found that doctor attend
ed her and as far as could be
learned after investigation, there
was no base to the rumors.
Almont, having congested
high school building has voted to
put up a building that will house
the 9th and 7th grades, and work
is well under way for that pur-
pose. There is also a separate
primary room and the Herald
says that their school buildings
will soon look like a row of tene-
ment houses in the city, if the
town continues to grow and no
new high school is erected.
Mrs. Louise Petit Smith, whose
father was one of st. Clair Co.'s
early pioneers, and who was her.
self born in Fort Gratiot town
ship and lived in the county the
whole of her 80 years, died last
week, Oct. 9Th, on the anniversary
of her wedding day. Mrs. Smith
wrote an essay on early pioneer
days in connection with the Cen
tennial celebration and received
a prize for it.
Bad Axe business men are out
with proposition for the erec-
tion of a handsome new hotel on
the site of the Morrow House. to
cost $4,000. A committee on
organization composed Of w. J..
Beach, G. d. Thompson and j. N.
Rankin has been chosen to put
the proposition under headway.
The plans under consideration
call for a four story structure of
81 rooms to be constructed of
Bedford stone and brick.