The Yale expositor., 1921-08-18
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Neighborhood News
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Items Taken From Newspapers of
NeighbOring Towns and
Villages
Cass City fair this week.

Cass City fair this week.
DR.. Peter Keyser, a veterinary
at Peck for five years now moves
to Blaine.
Herman Buby, a pioneer farm
er of Brown City, died last week
the age of 80 years.
The general store of Albert
Oehmke, at Germania, caught
fire from an oil stove and burned
to the ground.
The window Of P. L. Graham's
store at Croswell is decorated and
enlivened by young crocodile,
sent up from Florida.
Sixty-fve applicants for posi-
tions as teachers in st. Clair
county schools took the examina-
tions in Port Huron last week.
There is disturbed condition
of affairs in the Community
church at Port Austin. Rev. G. c.
Schumacher is the pastor.
The Croswell Canning factory
has been putting up greens" and
are now filling cans with table
beets and will soon turn to can
ming corn.
Noble Sumter. editor of the
Capac Journal, is taking two
weeks vacation from editorial du-
ties which he will spend with his
daughter in Detroit.
The Caro- Sugar factory have
built weighing station for sugar
beets at Marlette. This year the
factory has over 800 acres Q.
Jeers around Marlette.
Frank Quell, of Cass City, will
serve from three to ten years in
Jackson prison because he burned
the barn belonging to his brother
George Quell, for revenge.
A stock of jewelry, drugs, ETC.,
owned by Clarence DENLY, at AL
mont, was cleaned out by thieves
on a recent night. About $500
worth was taken with no clue left
The st. Clair river districts
civic outing and picnic at Tash-
moo on Friday last was attended
by over 1900 persons from Port
Huron, Marysville, st. Clair and
Sarnia.
Frank w. Smalldon, who has
been in the hardware business in
Peck for the past six years, has
sold out to Webster F. Fletcher
and Charles Cork, both of Speaker
township.
Charles Shook, 13-year-old De-
troit boy visiting Peck friends,
was struck by an auto driven by
Clarence Lord on Saturday eve
ming and suffered badly fractur-
ed hip and other injuries.
A. j. Mcknight, of Capac has
been taken to the hospital at Pom
tiac for treatment. He was taken
sick few months ago, and his
mental condition became so bad
that he was uncomfortable.
Rev. H. c. Gaige, of Rochester,
Ind, is the new pastor called for
the Presbyterian pulpit in Cros
we'll, and who has accepted, Rev.
Simpson, former pastor, will move
with his family to Lansing.
Joseph Hacker, 60 years old, of
Marine City, cut himself with a
rusty scythe, and he was taken to
the st. Clair hospital. He lived a
week, with condition gradually
growing worse until death came.
Horse barns, containing 16
stalls burned at the Bad Axe fair
grounds recently, by mysterious
fire. Eight race horses stabbed
there, were gotten out just in time
A new speed barn is being put up
for the fall fair.
Lee Barr, 80 years old, of De-
troit, brought up on farm near
Peck, and we'll known there. was
burned to death by an explosion
of gasoline dripping from the
truck which he and his brother
Howard were driving. The two
were making repairs and Lee held
a lantern. Howard is in Grace
ospital, expected to recover from
his injuries. Lee was buried in
the Elk cemetery.