Local Clare notes bustle with trains sales and visits
Clare column reports train times to Harrison and Maryville routes, local bake sale at Friz store, and social visits across Saginaw Bay City Detroit and Traverse City. It covers church events, library meeting, funerals, a fashion card, and civil notices like a bass fishing limit and a grand bake sale reminder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Comer
Saginaw
Bay City
Colonville
Friz
Adv
Egyptians First Surveyors
The article notes land surveying arose from the Nile annually flooding land, preventing permanent monuments and requiring methods to reidentify parcel boundaries. It credits ancient Egyptians with developing tools to reestablish land divisions after floods.
The Dumb One and the Jazz Band
A husband calls to say he cannot return home for dinner because he must finish his work. His wife responds with irony noting the jazz band playing in his office, leaving the reader amused by the domestic scene.
Insightful Pun on Words from Lynn Exams
A quirky note from Capper's Week highlights a pun about a blizzard being the inside of a hen and the feminine of swain being swine. The remark ties to school exam papers at Lynn Massachusetts and a jibe at fear of Boston, ending with teachers dying young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Gleason
Mary Helen Doherty
Nettie Gleason
Lansing
Kalamazoo
Lynn
Mass
Boston
Capper
Early Photography Pioneers Create Permanent Images
A century ago Nicéphore Niepce, a Frenchman, produced the first permanent photographs while Englishman Thomas Wedgwood had earlier made images that faded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niepce
Thomas Wedgewood
Foal in His Fall and the Fool’s Price of Wisdom
A compact aphorism notes a fool willing to pay for anything but wisdom. It argues no man buys what he believes he already possesses. The saying reflects on self-assurance and the value of true understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simma
Buffalo market prices and next shipping dates for farmers
Prices for cattle and hogs at the Buffalo market on Monday April 6 1926 show cows at 6.50, springers around 62.50, hogs around 14 765. Our next shipping dates from Beaverton are Friday April 16 and Gladwin Saturday April 17.
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Buffalo Market
Beaverton
Michigan Farmers Urged to Grow in Demand for 1926
Professor J F Cox head of Michigan State College farm crops division advises selecting cash crops by market demand. Alfalfa heads the list as most dependable with little surplus anticipated for a decade. Sweet clover and red clover seed also shown as strong bets. Sugar beets remain sure with contracts and seven dollars per ton minimum. Red kidney beans fetch about twice white peas, but avoid overplanting. Ensure seed is free of the sport that spoils canner quality.
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M.S. C
Michigan
J. F. Cox
Cox
Guild Roast Beef Supper At Thair Church
The Guild will hold a roast beef supper at their church parish on Monday evening. Price per plate 88 cents.
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Thair
Pirlord
Wild Mongolian Dromedaries Race Across Plains
Report notes that wild asses in Mongolia can reach speeds up to 40 miles per hour on open country. It questions whether they slow at grade crossings and reflects a Toledo Blade commentary on animal speed and railway safety.
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Mongolia
Toledo Blade
Mean Hair on Coat Sparks Domestic Row
A lighthearted domestic anecdote describes a wife discovering a stray hair on her husband’s coat triggering a playful quarrel over appearances and truthfulness in a household routine.
Wanted and For Sale Notices in Small Town Ad
A brief word list shows a Baptist supper invitation for next Tuesday night, a sale listing for a No. 1 good cow with calf by its side, and John H. J. Martin returning home ready to do paper hanging and various repair tasks including alado trucking hauling and moving. Contact A Schoonover or 2513.
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A. Schoonover
John H. 1
Martin
Alado
Lime improves soils for alfalfa and clover in Michigan
The article explains that clover failures stem from soil sourness and loss of organic matter, and argues lime is essential. It outlines lime sources marl ground limestone and hydrated lime, with application rates 2 to 5 tons per acre, and notes lime boosts organic matter decay, soil alkalinity, and nitrogen bacteria activity.
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Michigan
Clare School Notes Grade Operetta and schedules
The Clare school column covers the Grade Operetta The Smugglerman on April 16 at 8 p m CST and notes strong baseball and track teams under Coach Finch. It lists baseball and track schedules, junior and eighth grade updates, chapel program, and class activities across grades three to five with returns and new pupils.
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Finch
Harrison
Ewart
Heart
Tri-County
Gladwin
Beaverton
Clare
Mount Pleasant
Mt. Pleasant
Lansing
Study Notes on Suga and Geography Project
Students discuss the topic Suga in geography this week. They express modest pride and note slow progress completing health chores tied to the project.
Diamond Cutting Old Art Unearthed in Ancient Claims
The passage notes Chinese claims as the first to discover diamond cutting while some scholars credit Indian origins. It cites Pliny recording Romans polishing diamonds with emery, illustrating ancient expertise across civilizations.
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Pliny
First Fort Biloxi Erected by Iberville in 1699
Fort Biloxi, the first post on the Mississippi, was built by French naval commander Iberville at Biloxi Bay in 1699 during his mission to establish direct intercourse between France and the Mississippi.
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Iberville
Mississippi
Biloxi
Biloxi Bay
France
Imagination and thanks in a Washington Star quote
A Washington Star excerpt quotes Uncle Eben praising imagination as a drive to value even a small effort. It playfully credits ingenuity with recognizing merit in a modest achievement, framing creativity as essential to appreciating effort.
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Eben
Washington Star
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