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AAin f. Norr $, car3An..r VI ,
was employed by the Elmdale Eleva-
tor Co., was awarded damages
against the company to the sum of
$4,000 because of injuries which he
received while at work making re-
pairs in the elevator building. The
suit came off at Ionia about two
months ago and the elevator COM
pany's attorney was galavanting
around down at Washington ID. c.
instead of. Ionia, attending to bust
ness. When the jury heard Norris
story it said the company owed him
$500 by heck! The verdict failed
to satisfy the elevator company and
they captured their attorney and
had the case retired. The second
jury said the first jury didn't know
their business and increased the
amount which the company will have
to pay Norris from $4,000 to $4,000
just an even $4,000 for not being
satisfied.
Don't forget your handkerchief
when you go to Detroit and don't
forget to use it when you get there.
Detroit has an ordinance that makes
it misdemeanor punishable by
fine Of 500 for any person to sneeze
in any theatre or other public place
with out muffling the out break in
handkerchief. Use your handker-
chief in Grand Ledge. or wherever
you are. The unmuffled sneezer is
now considered a pest and physicians
think him a semi-criminal who
spreads disease germs among inno-
cent people who have no means of
protecting themselves. OF course
when something tickles your nos
trils you may have to sneeze, but
when that spray comes like a China
man sprinkling a shirt, limit the
spraying to your handkerchief and
thus check the roar and protect the
people that the within ten or twelve
feet of you.-Grand Ledge Times.
They spilled the beans.-Yes, $500
bushels of them, over at Ithaca, Fri
day when the tie rods in the eleva
tor broke and let the north side of
the building go out, spilling the $500
bushels all over the side walk and
railroad track. A man who was
passing by and who came very near
ly being buried by the avalanche of
beans said he had been looking for
food to come down but that he had
not expected it so suddenly.
Richard Watkins, we'll known
Wheeler man drove over to Brecken-
ridge the other day, sat around the
stove in the grocery store, snapped
yarns and discussed the league of
Nations with the rest of the old
timers gathered in council, purchas-
ed couple of cigars and smoked
them and finally called for an ounce
bottle of carbolic ecid, which he
placed to his lips and poured the
fiery liquid down his throat. He
died before a doctor could be called
He was married, had fine wife and
two splendid children, was on the
best of terms with them and with his
neighbors, took his usual interest in
the talk in the store and no reason
can be ascribed to the rash act which
he committed when he suicided.
for them to dispose of huge stocks
of canned goods which they are
holding over from last year, the
Lakeview have announced that in all
probability they will not operate the
plant at all during the coming year.
At Greenville they are planning on
opening up a big plant this year, be-
cause of the demand for canned
goods. Seems queer, doesn't it?
Up at Coral, the superintendent Of
schools arranged for a bio danca af
ter the school show Friday night.
The young man. forgot that Fred
O'Brien editor Of the home town pa
per is "agin dancin' as well as strong
drink and that lot Of Coral people
are Of the same opinion as the edi-
tor, and they riz right up in their
ruffled dignity and hoped something
awful would happen to the young
man and his dancing ideas before
Friday night. The prospects are
that the young man will not be ask
ed to superintend the Coral schools
for the second year, his chances for
being chosen again being about as
good as a SNOWFALL in--Texas and
the likelihood Of the staid people of
Coral lingering long and fondly in
his memory after he leaves there
are about on par with the SNOWFALL.
Up at Howard City the most not
able event in many moons happened
last week when ex-senator Bradley,
a resident of that town went out Of
the tobacco chewing business after
he had been q sort of q slave to old
King Nicotine for the past IS years.