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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1925
Page
3
Local store unveils heavy sale as stockpiles shrink. Items include 8 bars soap for 25 cents, red can rubbers at 4 for 25 cents, 1 quart cocoa at 25 cents, mince meat and gelatin products at 8 to 25 cents, and potted meat at 8 cents.
The Red Front Store advertises quality service and price 25c to 29c per item. It promotes rolled oats big catsup dark and light Karo syrups pink and Imperial salmon cans cocoa 3 lbs and ready made fried cakes with Kept Fresh Coffee Service for breakfast.
A crowded roundup of visits and travels from Mrs Henry to Ms Meir lists many Manor, Detroit, Lansing and Clare residents making trips to Mt Pleasant, Petoskey, Saginaw and Farwell. Families gather at homes in Greenwood, Hartcourt and Lilly Lake while sisters and cousins swap visits and cousins return to Toledo and Windsor. A lightning strike damaged Carrie Bailey home and local phones and lights.
Mr and Mrs W Leash and family and Mr and Mrs A Leash and Mabel motored to Detroit Friday morning. Mrs A Reed learned on Friday her son Edward is in Owosso hospital with a broken leg and back injuries. Mrs Leo Nixon and Mrs Clyde Allen went to Mt Pleasant on business. A few Mexicans have left for Detroit and Saginaw seeking work until October.
Drake and wife from Detroit visit sister Mrs. Sowle and family along with John Bell and relatives. J H Livingston from Jackson and Mrs Jimmie Barkley from Marshall join Mrs. Homer Loomis family and Miss Florence Loomis from Flint at the John Livingston home. Ray Parish family and Lavern Barber spend Sunday at M P Sowle’s. Mrs. Lucy Smythe returns home from Saginaw hospital and is improving. Gerald Macklem now rides a Dodge, replacing a buggy. Mrs. Coe and Ross spend a day in Clare with Mrs. Sowle and family.
Local residents report grain harvest and berry picking as the main activity. A recent Friday rain was welcomed, and several small social visits are noted including Nettie Barber staying with J M Roller and others visiting in and near Arthur Center.
In Flint a man and his uncle and aunt visited for several weeks and stayed home Saturday. Miss Elsie Shull visits her brother Robert at the Brown residence for a few days during his wife’s absence. Clarence Fall and family from Clare were seen on the street Sunday.
A sequence of local notes lists residents and visitors including Wm. Thompson driving a new Overland, and families such as Mr. and Mrs. Allen McShea welcoming a ten pound girl named Maxine Edith. Mentions travel to Alma Sault St Marie Lake George and Beaver Town events with many visits between Alma, Mt. Pleasant, Cadillac, and Detroit.
An advertisement touts Adlerika as an intestinal evacuant that relieves gas causing restless sleep and nervous tension. It promises rapid action within ten minutes and a surprisingly large elimination, asserting superiority over pills for constipation and stomach trouble. The copy credits Poyd Kirkpatrick druggist of Clare and Wi Burston of Tarwell for promotion.
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