• A. Pohoral has opened a collection agency and insurance office in room 10 over the Hamilton Clothing Co. Mr. Pohoral will make all kinds of collections and plans to continue selling health and accident insurance. He is an experienced and efficient collector and will undoubtedly make good with his agency.
• Robert LeVall died in the sanitarium Monday from a surgical shock. The man had his leg broken and was taken to the institution early in May. Tuberculosis set in and the leg was amputated yesterday. The deceased was 45 years old and a resident of Grant township. He is mourned by a daughter, six sisters and a brother
• W. D. C. Germaine has purchased practically the last large available tract of timber in the region, having acquired the timber rights on Beaver Island. The tract consists of maple, beech, birch, hemlock, pine, cedar, oak and elm. Mr. Germaine has not decided whether he will operate on the island or will raft the logs here and have them manufactured in Traverse City.
• In the place where he had spent many hours over his pipe and newspaper during the warm summer days, James Kass, who lives with his son-in-law, John Rokos, took his own life Thursday evening by shooting himself through the right temple. Mr. Kass had been a sufferer with severe headaches for several years, but of late they had become much worse, probably affecting his mind.
• John F. Ott left Saturday on an extended trip west. Before returning, he will visit Spokane, British Columbia, Portland and other coast points. Mr. Ott is taking the trip partly for pleasure but is also looking up extensive lumber claims.
• Several Mt. Pleasant people, most of them teachers in the Central Michigan State Normal, are having a house party in Prof. C. T. Grawn's cottage at Leland. Miss Wold, head of the biology department and Miss Wakel of Maplewood, N. J., joined the party today. Prof. E. C. Rowe and wife are already there and others will join later.
• The second-hand store of Millar & Morse on East Front Street was burglarized Sunday night, the thieves getting away with several dollars worth of hardware and the fact not being discovered until this morning. Entry was effected by a rear window which opens directly into the office of the establishment.
• J. N. Martinek has just received a new chronometer which he has displayed in his window. The time piece is one of exceptionally fine value and accurate adjustment. It cost $200 and is guaranteed not to vary more than two and a half minutes during a year.
• A bill for divorce of Henry Breithaup of East Bay vs Tillie Breithaup was filed by L. H. Gage Monday. It is claimed that the wife deserted her husband in 1894, after living with him twelve years.
• Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Blakeslee arrived home Sunday from a six weeks automobile tour. They went through many of the southern Michigan towns, including Battle Creek, Lansing and Detroit. The car worked fine, giving Mr. Blakeslee scarcely any trouble.
• A few months ago Miss Kate Kohler of Tenth Street ran a blackberry briar into her finger, blood poisoning set in and Sunday the finger was amputated. The wound had caused Miss Kohler considerable trouble and kept getting worse and worse until at last, the attending physician decided that the amputation was necessary.
• Advice on deportment. When using a fan in public, do not rustle it so that it can be heard in other parts of the room. Fanning is very obnoxious to a delicate person who cannot endure draughts.
• Medical advice of a century ago. Children's teeth, eyes and throat should be examined at intervals and many defects corrected.
• Best buy of the week. Ladies' Work Petticoats, Good Quality Gingham, 35 cents at The Globe Dept. Store.