The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1922-04-06
THUMB TALES
TERSELY TOLD
Items Taken From Newspapers of
NeighbOring Towns and
Villages


well, has secured Edgar Guest
for a lecture on Monday evening,
April 18th.
The Cleaner Elevator Co. at
Sandusly has been closed and the
stock sold out. The reason is the
lack of money.
The D. A. Fraser Clothing store
Port Huron, is in the hands of a
trustee. The store has been in
existence % years.
Mary j. Burroughs, resident
of Marine City for IA years, died
at her home there on March "a
at the age of 90 years.
Mrs. Frank Rice, a former st.
Clair woman, who recently died
at her home in st. Louis Mo-, be-
Queathed $1,000 to the st. Clair
hospital.
Mrs. Audie Benou, resident of
Macomb county for sixty years,
died last week at the age of 104.
She was one of the oldest women
in Michigan.
The Great Lakes Coal Co. ex-
pect to start a branch coal yard
in Lexington, hauling the coal by
trucks from the boats at Port HUI
ron to Lexington.
1t has been decided that An
thony Scully, who killed his faith
er and seriously injured his sister
at the home in Port Huron some
weeks ago, is insane.
Fred Christianson, known as
"Peter the Dane," living near
Sandusky, committed suicide by
shooting himself last week. He
had been acting queer lately.
The Masonic order in Romeo
has decided to remodel the OPP
era house for a Masonic Temple.
The people of Romeo will then
have no place for entertainment.
The Deckerville Oil and Gas
company has made arrangements
to install several new stations
this spring at Forester, Applegate
Richmondville and Deckerville
depot.
Paddy McGraw, proprietor of
the Park Hotel at Algonac was ar
rested last week and taken to
Port Huron, to account for the
quart of moonshine whisky found
in his place.
Mrs. Lewis Brodt, age ga years,
wife of a retired farmer and liv-
ing in Clifford, became discour-
aged over continued ill-health
and ended her life by jumping
into a cistern.
100000 whitefsh fry arrived in
Deckerville Friday from the u. S.
Fish Hatchery at Charlevoix,
Michigan, under the supervision
of Charles H. Ulm. They were
turned over to Harmon Allen, the
Forester fisherman, who planted
them in Lake Huron.
George E. English, editor of the
Huron County Tribune, is men,
toned as candidate for state
senator from this district to sue
ceed George B. Forester of Deck
erville who has already served
three terms and will not be can
didate this year.
The Independent Sugar Com
pany at Marine City has begun
the refining of Cuban sugar, sc
carloads of which are already at
hand. This is the onl factory
in the United States equipped fOi
this kind of sugar refining. There
are one hundred and fifty r1en al
work.
The Chandler farm near Al
mont, has been offered by its own
er, Miss Ruth Taylor, to th'
Board of Directors of the Men
MONTE church for use as a homt
for orphan children. 1t is an i
deal location, with fertile land
running water and plenty of pas
ture for dairying.
Prof. Nicholas Cawthorne, or
ganist of the First Congregation
! al church in Port Huron for b
: years, died at his home last week
! at the age of 78 years. Mr.. Cav
: thorne was born in England an'
received a musical and literar.
training there. Came to Canadi
! in 1862 and two years later to tn
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