Local VFW Post Reports Membership Interest Rising
At Post No 3755 Vi W W a regular meeting unanimously resolved to publicly thank Mr Friz for aiding in transporting comrade Art Morgan to the Veterans Hospital at Dearborn and to thank Tiny Bill Harger who served as nurse. Frank Keplinger received thanks for delivering the Memorial Stone for John H Sparkel Post at the State Fair Grounds memorial monument to be dedicated Veterans Day 1939. A pup tent for cooties will be organized locally.
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Clare
Detroit
The Beginnings of Early Music in Christian Rome
The article traces early Christian chant in Roman catacombs, its Greek modal roots, and the evolution to the seven‑note do re mi system. It notes the Lydian mode, lack of written music before Gregory, later notation with neumes, and Palestrina’s era shaping church music with strict, monophonic to polyphonic forms.
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Rome
Gregory
St. John
Dominus
Palestrina
Palestrina’s music linked unity with polyphony
Palestrina overcame opposition to win church approval and began composing music where most tunes share the same words. His works remained polyphonic yet intelligible, and choirs continue to enjoy singing his compositions.
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Palestrina
All-Stars avenge Harrison in 20–6 Friday win
Clare team defeated Harrison 20 runs on 18 hits with 6 errors while Harrison had 6 runs on 6 hits with 7 errors. Batteries were Clare Bauder Liechti and Harrison Bates Welsh. The All-Stars host Bertha Lake Friday evening.
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Auguar
Harrison
Clare
Clare — Bauder
Liechti
Bates
Welsh
Bertha Lake
McIntosh Schultz Families Take 2700 Mile Midwest Trip
Gordon McIntosh and John Schultz families toured seven states, crossing the Mississippi by ferry and visiting Mammoth Springs Arkansas. They saw the largest spring, grilled in Hickman Kentucky with a power outage, slept in six states, and returned to Clare after seven days.
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Mammoth Springs
Arkansas
Tennessee
Mississipii River
Hickman
Kentucky
Fulton
Indianapolis
Indiana
Clare
Ilinois
Schultz
Michigan Bell Issues Sixth Police Directory Across State
The Michigan Bell Telephone Company released the sixth edition of its Police Telephone and Teletype Directory to aid federal state county and municipal law enforcement. Copies go to authorities including W. B. Dunlop and newspapers for rapid contact with officials. The book lists police chiefs sheriffs state post commanders and various federal agencies with a Wayne County network map and 25 teletype machines.
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Michigan Bell Telephone Company
Michigan
W. B. Dunlop
T. C. Maher
Alcohol Tax Unit
Bureau of Narcotics, Customs Service
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Immigration and Naturalization Bureau
Post Office
Treasury Department
Secret Service
U. S. Marshals
Wayne County
Ultraviolet Rays Tenderize Tough Steak at Mellon Institute
Researchers at the Mellon Institute after three years of study propose a method to tenderize the toughest bottom cuts. They plan to use ultraviolet exposure combined with temperatures between 60 and 65 degrees Fahrenheit to replicate the succulence of tenderloin.
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Mellon Institute of Industrial Research
How to Pull a Room Together With Color and Murals
A design column urges tightening color schemes to unify rooms using coordinated tones across rug walls and woodwork. Examples include a Hunters living room transformed with green hues ivory woodwork and brick red accents plus decorative murals in sun rooms children rooms dining rooms living rooms and studies featuring maps toys and book illustrations from classic works.
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Hilda Hunters
Hilda
Thackeray
Consolidated Features
WNN
Cushion of Perfume Frames Gift Containers
Perfumers showcase a novel gift idea a pin cushion of perfume. The satin cushion holds hollow glass pins that contain small vials of scent, highlighting creative packaging and scented novelty gifts for the season.
Cleaning Leather Care: Using Market Cleaners
A guide on cleaning leather furniture using ready made cleaners. These products remove stains and restore moisture to leather, ensuring the material retains its oil balance and appearance.
Palace of Nestor Found On Pylos Coast In Greece
Archaeologists led by Dr. Konstantine Kourouniotis and Prof. Carl W. Blegen report a late thirteenth century B C palace ruin near Pylos on the Peloponnese coast identified as the dwelling of Nestor. The site yields fresco fragments and pottery. guards protect the ruin as researchers anticipate further Mycenaean finds related to Homeric legends.
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Athens
Greece
Peloponnese
Pylos
Bay of
Navarino
Nestor
Constantine Kourouniotis
Archeological Museum
Carl W. Blegen
University of Cincinnati
Blegen
Kourouniotis
Telemachus
Odysseus
Pherae
Kalamata
Schliemann
Agamemnon
Mycenae
Use of Artificial Action Is Urged in Drownings
Toronto researchers from the Banting Institute at the University of Toronto urge prompt artificial respiration as the core treatment for drownings and similar cases. They note that lung blowing, a 5 percent carbon dioxide and 95 percent ozone mix, and amyl nitrite at two to three whiffs show value, while standard stimulants and venous-to-arterial transfusions prove ineffective.
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Toronto
Banting Institute University of Toronto
Fire Departments
Five Children Publish Newspaper in Missouri
In Maryville Missouri five youngsters publish the weekly Notes by late hours with Editor Orion Mehus eleven as editor and brothers Tebow nine and ten as business manager and reporter. The single page two column paper carries local news birthdays weather poems and a recurring Bible verse.
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Maryville
Orion Mehus
Bob Tebow
Ronnie Wayne Tebow
Clare and Farwell Teachers Win Degrees at Central State
Francis Thomas of Farwell and Morrel Clare of Clare received bachelor of science degrees from Central State Teachers College Mt Pleasant on August 3. Thomas returns as agriculture instructor and athletics coach at Farwell High School while Clute from Harrison becomes seventh grade teacher at Clare Junior High and also coaches.
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Harrison
Francis Thomas
Farwell
Morrel Clare
Clare
Central State Teachers College of
Mt. Pleasant
Thomas
Farwell High School
Agriculture
Clute
Harrison High School
Obituary Notice of Mrs Caroline Bechtel of Clare
Mrs Caroline Bechtel born Ottoville Ohio December 28 1864 died August 1 1939. Survived by husband Leo Bechtel four sons Gus Urbin George Albert two daughters Laurence Stangile Cornelia nine grandchildren two great grandchildren sister and brother Ottoville and sister Shepherd. Funeral held Sacred Heart Church solemn Requiem High Mass officiated by Rev Tomaszewski. Out of town attendees listed from Celina Vinccennes and White Cloud among others.
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Caroline Bechtel
Clare
Ottoville
Ohio
Altar Society of
Mt. Pleasant
Sacred Heart Church
Father Tomaszewski
Celbrant
Leo Farquhason
Farrell
Charles
Urban
Homer Hinders
John Wenning
Celina
Rose Kettler
Ben Kistler
Joe Benning
Otteville
Anna Geisken
Shepherd
Lambert Kinser
Louis
Marie
White Cloud
Michigan
Card of Thanks from Waite Family
Card thanks friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy after bereavement of wife and mother. Special thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Whitlock Rev Henderick Doris Empey for singing and to those who sent flowers. Bert Waite and family.
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Charles Whitlock
Henderick
Doris Empey
Bert Waite
In Memoriam Barbara Koska Remembered by Family
In loving memory of Barbara Koska who was called to her reward three years ago August 12. Conrad Koska, Mr and Mrs Alex Smith and family honor her memory with affection.
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Barbara Koska
Conrad Koska
Alex Smith
Card of Thanks for Bechtel Family
We thank neighbors and friends for kindness during the illness and death of our beloved wife and mother Leo Bechtel and family.
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Leo Bechtel
Sharon Reed wins Miss Shirley Temple title in baby beauty contest
Sharon Nadine Reed of Lansing, daughter of Raymond Reed and Mrs. and Mrs.. Lan sing, captured the Miss Shirley Temple crown at a baby contest on August 2 sponsored by the Womens Benefit Association. She stood out among more than 150 entrants and was praised as 100 percent by judges.
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Geo. Struble
Mt. Pleasant
Nila Struble
Roy Comer
Miami
Oklahoma
Roland
Sharon Nadine Reed
Raymond Reed
Lansing
Shirley Temple
Womens Benefit Associaton
Photographer and Gunner Clash Over Photographs
A Gunner complains that his photographs do not do him justice and seeks to return them. The photographer retorts that justice is not the point and suggests mercy instead.
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Gunner
Community Meeting Schedule and Local Club Dates
Upcoming gatherings include I C O F Ledge every Monday, Hatton Townsend club on the first and third Fridays, Elim Grove Townsend on the second and fourth Fridays, Clare Common Council on the first and third Mondays, American Legion on the fourth Monday, J B E Sparkel Post on the first and third Mondays, Farmers Union Grant Township No 143 on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays, American Legion Auxiliary on the first and third Mondays, Story hour at City Library with Mavis Kennedy Thursdays 4 to 5, Clare Townsend Club every other Thursday starting July 6 at Nazarene Church, and a Farmers Picnic August 26 at Stevenson Lake with speakers and entertainment. All farmers and families invited.
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City Library
Mavis Kennedy
Clare Townsend Club
The
Nazarene Church
South McEwan Street
Norman Family Reunion at Frost town hall
The Norman family plans their second annual reunion at the Frost town hall on Sunday August 18. A picnic dinner is scheduled with Mrs Henry Norman serving as secretary.
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Norman
Frost¢ Town Hall
Aluminum Use Share Reported by Industry
The transportation industry uses one third of the virgin aluminum produced in America, according to Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering.
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America
Chemical &Metaurgical Engineering
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V.F. W. Post
Mammoth
State Fair Grounds
Gordon McIntosh
John Schultz
Mich
Bell Telephone Company
Hild
Zinnias
Nestor Palace
Missouri
Ahsura
Citizens State Bank
Clare, Michigan
Federal Reserve System and
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Clare and Farwell
Central State
Memoriam
I. C. O. F. Ledge
Hatton Townsend Club
Elim Grove Townsend Club
Clare Common Council
American Legion
J. BE. Sparkel
Grant Township Local No. 143
Farmers Union
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Rooms
Stevenson Lake
South Side
Henry Norman
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