Local residents visit city. community notes on moves and travel
A report from the city highlights social visits and relocations. Bernie Hampton moved into a new home purchased from Harry Campbell, Olive Hallett moved into a vacated house, and Mr and Mrs Wayne Cooper plus their baby relocated to a farm in Arthur. Walter Rhodes visited relatives in Flint, Martha Morressey planned a short trip to Grand Rapids, and Charles Roth joined his brother Dave in Bernie Hampton's repair department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bourer Campbell
Rosebud
Miles Darling
Bernie Hampton
Detroit
Chester Welch
Jack Welch
Bint
Fuller
John Quinn
Vandusen
Saginale
The
Harry Campsbell
Olive Hallett Ie
Sernis Cropton
Wayne Cooper
Vaby
Arthur
Walter Rhodes
Flint
Perente
A. B. Rhodes
Martha Morressey
Grand Rapids
William Browne
Charles Roth
A. &. Uregier
Dave
Kate Southwell
Saginaw
East Lincoln Community Notes Report Busy Week
A birthday party honoring Mr Hansen at Walter Hansen’s home drew a large crowd with music, dancing, and a late lunch. Various local items follow: a Paulding land purchase, Clare visits by Mr and Mrs Elmer Beard, travel from Saginaw due to a rail strike, teaching duties resumed by Miss Bessie Johnson, and multiple visits among residents including the Calkins, Wellman, and Bringold families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Hansen
Hansen
Paulding
Ohio
Elmer Beard
Clare
Mr. Wentworth
F. Williame
Lillian Billgren
Bessie Johnson
Lonuis
Clarence Lambert
Saginaw
Eimer Beard
A. Lamberteon
Greenwood
Alex McNeil
Windover
Rube
E. Calkins
John Henry
Lee Heintz
Sandayeat
A. Lamberston
Local Neighbors Share News Of Visits and Moves
Sunday events include visits from Doris Graver and Leota Weaver, and a quality meeting despite bad weather. Residents report sales, home moves, and health notes as families welcome Detroit and Lansing workers back home and note ongoing farm purchases and relocations in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaim Hartmss
Ame
Tony Breed
Wisconsin
Clare Hardware Co
Misa Doris Graver
Nina Freed
Weaver
Dever
Clair Oogiter
FEF
J. W. Glass
Bover
Lewla Lautzenbiser
Lansing
Eommit Robinett
Herbert Hines
Detroit
W. ¢. Alwood Oue
Riley Harger
Seginaw
J. Harger
Indiana
Charley Wallace
Arthur Lower
Frank Weaver
Leota Weaver
Clyde
Ohio
Beatrice Garver
Arthur Keever
North Arthur
Homer Satison
Order For Publication in Clare County Probate
State of Michigan Probate Court in Clare County orders hearing to determine legal heirs of Eliza J. Robinson deceased. Hearing set May 11, 1920 at 10:00 AM at Harrison Probate Office. Notice to be published in Clare Sentinel for three weeks prior.
Readings from a Ouija Board Mislead Family Abroad
The piece notes doubt about the Ouija board as a source of truth and cites a case where a man named Samuel Kimore deserted his New York family. The board reportedly led Mrs. Kimore to Grange, New Jersey, where he was found and jailed for desertion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ousign Board
Samuel Kimore
New York
Onsit Board
Kimore
Samuel
Grange N. J
Thither
Railroad Strike Spreads Across Nation Shuts Key Hubs
The Chicago driven strike by switchmen and Yardmen's Association action threatens national rail traffic from Buffalo to Gary Indiana. 6,500 workers switch allegiance to the outlaw Yardmen's, tearing up old charters as clerks threaten to join unless wage raises are granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Coldera
National Brotherhood
Buffalo
Kansas City
Toledo
Joliet
Decatur
Gary
Ind
Brotherhood
Yardmaen’s Association
Railway Clerks’ Union
Detroit Switchmen Strike Paralyzes Freight at Start of NW Line Walkout
A city wide railroad switchmen strike in Detroit began in April with a secret meeting at Oddfellows Hall to form a Detroit local of the Switchmen's Union of North America. Demands include 1 per hour for conductors and 95 cents for others with overtime and holiday rates. Embargoes shut nearly all freight in and out, threatening industry and food and fuel supplies as Detroit joins Chicago in widening labor action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Chicago
Oddfellows Hall
Hubbard Avenue
Baker Street
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Brotherhood
Railroad Administration
Wilson
Milkman Milks at Curb to Prove Purity
Waynesborough Pennsylvania milkman Sherd Cressler faced jokes about water in milk. To prove purity he brought his Jersey cow and milking gear to the curb, milking at the curb while customers watched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waynesborough
Sherd Cressler
Cressler
Explosions Wreck Downtown Akron Sewers Injure Many
A series of sewer explosions in downtown Akron Ohio injured around twenty people, shattered hundreds of plate glass windows in stores and offices, and set a fire at the Buckeye hotel. Fire crews ambulances and police struggled to reach shock victims as reports of danger spread through the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Ohio
Buckeye
Ginke
Railroad Strike Form New Union After Break With North American Brotherhood
The switchmen and railway workers renounce the Switchmen's union of North America and form a new organization. A committee from affected railroads presented demands including an eight hour day and hourly wages up to one dollar for switch men. The Detroit strike follows a Chicago walkout begun April 1, and is led by brotherhood chiefs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Detroit
Chicago
New York
Wiliam A. Afaher
Marine Workers
Detroit Faces Open City Risk for Building Trades
Detroit officials warn the building and construction trades may be declared an open city as unions seek higher wages amid a tight market. Employers accuse masons of breaking contracts by demanding up to 1.25 dollars an hour, while plumbers, heating and painters have already declared Detroit open for business in two recent months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Nnions
Masons
General Builders
General Builders’ Association
the Plumbing, Heating and Painters Employers’ Associationge
Allies resent French action deepening European tension
Paris newspapers call Britain’s protest over French troop advances a bitter pill. Belgium backs France with a troop offer as friendship. France sent troops into the Ruhr after German detachments suppressed bolshevik uprisings in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Britain
France
Rhine
Belgium
Ruhr
There Is No Strike Says Samuel Gompers
Samuel Gompers, AFL president, said there is no railroad strike while waiting for a delayed train in Philadelphia. He noted Congress banned railway strikes, but individuals may quit if they choose, as he boarded a westbound through train from Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
New York
West Philadelphia
Washington
Congress
State Sells Hospital Farm Richmond Pontiac Land Deal
A 72 acre tract used as pasture at the Pontiac state hospital farm sold for 202 560 to Edward Frensdorf Hudson John Miner Jackson and Herbert R Earle for Welch Realty Co Pontiac They plan to plat the land immediately The sale followed a legislative authorization setting a 100 000 minimum after preliminary negotiations by Pontiac men to swap other farm land
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontiac, Mich
Pontiac State Hospital
Edward Frensdorf
Hudson
John Miner
Jackson
Herbert R. Earle
Welch Realty Company
Pontiac
Police to Open Detroit Driver Education School
Police to run an automobile drivers school in Detroit to reduce accidents. The program, part of a public safety campaign, cites over 700 street deaths in five years and only three manslaughter convictions, with 196 injuries last year, per George Walters, director of public safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bdetroit
Police Department
Public Safety Committes
Detroit
George Walters
Director of Public Safety
Court Upholds D U R Fare Increase Decision
The Michigan Supreme Court sustains the D U R fare increase to 2 cents per mile in the Groesbeck case. A separate item notes the sale of a thoroughbred Foland China hog bought fifteen months ago for 265 dollars, later sold for 40000 to W H Elleworth of Goldfield Iowa as the highest price for a hog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D.U. R
Detroit United Railroad
Michigan Supreme Court
Alex J. Groesbeck
Villisca
Ilowa
William Brothers
W. H. Elleworth
Goldfiefild
Iowa
London Uses World Wide Wire to Hear Mars Signals
London reports that Guglielmo Marconi issues instructions for all stations of his wireless company to listen for signals from Mars on April 21 when the planet is closest to Earth. The aim is to detect any signals Mars may transmit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Guylelmo Marconi
Mars
Earth
Milwaukee re-elects Socialist Mayor Hoan by 3373 vote
Complete returns show Daniel W. Hoan re-elected as mayor of Milwaukee over Clifton Williams on a non partisan ticket by a 3373 vote majority under a new four year term. In Cambrai France two explosions killed 12 and injured two in Villers Guislain district when tractors contacted unexploded shells in fields being plowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Daniel W. Hoan
Clifton Williama
Hoan
Cambrai
France
Villera Guislain
Rail Leases Near Blibicon Washington Fund Request
Congress is asked to appropriate 420 727 341 dollars to wind up the administration affairs. Walker D. Hines railroad administrator cites government loss under federal control at 900 478 756 dollars and requests funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. & Rail
Blibicon
Washington
Congress
Walker D. Hines
Cyclops Declared Lost Officially by U S Navy
The navy has stricken the missing giant collier Cyclops from its registry. With 293 aboard, the March 1918 loss remains one of America’s maritime mysteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyclops
Washington
United States Navy
Finis
Annals of the Maritime Forces of America
Notice Of Hearing In Re Estate Of Benjamin Budacn
The Probate Court for Glare County issues a notice for creditors of Benjamin Budacn deceased. Creditors have four months from April 1 to present claims to the probate office in Harrison. Claims judged on August 17 at ten o clock in the forenoon. Dated April 9 1930. Thos P Dorsey Judge of Probate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sime
Michigan
Probste
Glare
Benjamin Budacn
Motice
Harrison
Thos
Dorsey
Notice of Hearing Claims in Clare County Probate Court
State of Michigan Probate Court for Clare County gives Hazel Budson deceased claims notice. Creditors must file by June 8, 1919. hearings set for August 11, 1980 at ten o’clock in the forenoon in Harrison. Dated April 1990. AEsee Epos Dorsry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF
Michigan
Clare
Hazel Budson
Harrison
Aesee Epos
Dorsry
Probate Court Grants Will Probate for Daniel Sunday Deceased
The Clare County Probate Court on March 2 1920 in Harrison ruled to admit a purported last will of Daniel Sunday Deceased to probate. EK Comer seeks administration of the estate with possible appointment of Comer or another suitable person. A hearing is set for April 12 1920 at ten o'clock in the forenoon with notice by publication for three weeks in Clare County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EK. A. Comer
E.a. Comer
Saliday
Clare Sentinel
Tragic Kerney Ends Life With Dynamite
In Christiesville Virginia Grover C Kerney orchard manager grieving for his wife used dynamite to kill himself after sending his eight children away. He then ignited the fuse and perished as neighbors observed the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christiesville
Grover C. Kerney
First Warrant for Reckless Flying Issued in City
Omar Locklear, former army aviator, faces what may be the nation’s first warrant charging reckless driving. The Aero Club of Southern California acts as complainant. The warrant accuses him of disturbing the peace by looping the loop a few feet above trees in a downtown public square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Omar Locklear
The
Aero Club of
Southern California
Locklear
Rockefeller Jr Opens Interchurch Drive For 336 Million
John D. Rockefeller Jr and party launched the Interchurch World Movement campaign in Cleveland to raise 336 million for church work in the United States and abroad. He urged business leaders to apply the golden rule in commerce and emphasized churches must lead the effort, noting small congregations alone cannot meet the task.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden Ruie
Cleveland
Interchurch World Movement
America
John B. Rockefeller, Jr
Rockefeller
Probate hearing set on estate of A Bots Thuston
In Harrison Michigan on April 5 1920 Judge Thos S Dorsey presided over the probate matter of A Bots Thuston deceased Nancy E Lower petitioned to determine legal heirs and heirs to inherit real property Hearing date set for May 4 1940 at ten in the forenoon to be announced publicly via Clare Sentinel for three consecutive weeks The notice includes local market listings and commodity prices from Clare Elevator Co Farmers Industrial Produce Co and Clare Wholesale Market
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Michigan
Clare
Harrison
Said
Thos
Dorsey
Eliza J. Robinson
Charles I. Maurer
Beard
Clare Sentinel
A- Bots Thuston
Nancy E. Lower
Sadij
Seid
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Lincoln
Kansas
Fac
J. F. Tatman & Son
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State Sells Hospital Farm
Poland
China
Tampa
Fla
Court House Square
Daniel Sunday
House
Magee
Republican
Thomas
Clare Wholesale Market
Clare Elevator Co
Farmera Ind
Seneuses
L. W. & F. Jackson Hoge
Teraeed Besiae
Opescoms
WOR
E. A. Strout Farm Agency
Kanpp
Belsons
Michicena
Clare Atascsalon
Hom Thos
Dorey
Erabate
Batate
Dorzey
J. W. Dunlop
Clare, Mich
Clare An Farwell
J. A. Allen
the Quality Store
A. Thurston & Son
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