This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 24 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1925
Page
4
Rural and church reports, personal visits, and community notes from Farwell and surrounding areas. Local churches list services and events, residents’ travels, library donations, and social updates. Community teams, road work, and figures for Labor Day contests are noted along with upcoming meetings and attention to local businesses.
The Irwin reunion gathered August 9 at Aaron Irwin’s home with 48 attendees. Guests from Flint Clare Saginaw Mt. Pleasant Lake Stevenson Lake and families enjoyed visiting a fine dinner ice cream and cake. The group planned the next reunion for the second Sunday in August 1926 at Andrew Irwin’s Stevenson Lake home.
Correspondence notes Mr and Mrs Albert Reed and family motored to Morrice Friday returning Sunday Ed ward Reed is progressing well Frank Leosh of Detroit visits home for a few days W Leosh Jr and family and R Leosh family with daughter return from Detroit last Tuesday Farmers begin threshing grain Recent rainfall noted Some locals went blackberrying Sunday
Community notes from Dover mention Ed Saul buying a new tractor and a Ford touring car, health concerns for Mr. McMaster, and trips by Gordon, Floyd, Elnora Weaver, Ruth McGoogan and Ross Dysinger. Local letters solicit news, a church sale fundraiser in Clare, and reports on visits to St Helens and Brown Church.
Allen Henderson and Gordon Weaver of Detroit spent last week with their parents Mr and Mrs Fi Weaver. The brief note highlights a family visit and local ties.
John Sears and others traveled between Windover Clare Harrison and North Star last week. Local residents hosted visitors from Mason Bannister Louisanna Grand Lodge Lansing and St Johns. Bakers rented to a new teacher C Nash and many families gathered for the Marion celebration amid a rainy spell.
A Belgian government delegation led by former Premier Theuuls arrives in New York aboard the Olympic to discuss war debt settlement with the World War Foreign Debt Commission. The group includes Baron de Cartier Emile Francqui and Felicien Cartier with four financial experts and a secretary general. The commission proceeds to Washington with William Phillips and Garrard Winston accompanying them.
State wide items report Helen Parthia’s rescue after ingesting gasoline. Grand Rapids notes health and municipal issues from sewerage delays to speed-enforcement orders. Cadillac forms a rural carriers auxiliary led by Fannie Coons. Hubbell faces acute water shortage as wells near dry. Kalamazoo cites a long-delayed Post Office delivery to William Tisdale. Jackson dates mark teachers exams elimination for a year of training. Port Huron audits show city deficit risk without unpaid bills. Grand Rapids reports 21 crashes in one day and 18 auto fatalities this year, prompting speed-limit enforcement. Jackson police arrest 18 boys for vandalism and train interference. Hemphill crash near Jackson injures family. driver unhurt. Grand Rapids DOJ investigations shift to Chicago. local bureau to close. Jackson county expands lake-park sites totaling over 31 acres and 2,000 feet of shore. Detroit confirms Ford buys Stout Metal Plane Co in a deal around $1,000,000.
Martin Eberhart and family progress on a one story stone bungalow in Southwest Sheridan. Also notes a Clare area dinner gathering with Severson Presley Abbott Bailey, and the birth of Maxine Bernice to Mr. and Mrs George Bailey, both mother and baby thriving.
Randall Frank Baker and Miss Moulton of Winn visited relatives including Mr and Mrs Bassle in Mt Pleasant area. Detroit’s Pete Micheal vacationing with cousins Jim and John Grover. William Beale of Pontiac visited Levi Baker. Frees family hosted visitors from Ohio. Pease sisters from Mt Pleasant returned home after a week with Frees. Stan Shinabargur and Alois Gibis family visitors. Nass threshing oats. Shinabargur works with Nass on threshing.
The Clive Public Schools will open Monday, August, signaling the start of the new academic term.
Hundreds of Japanese and American friends view the late Ambassador Edgar A. Bancroft as his body lies in state at the Tokyo procathedral after arrival by special train from Karuizawa, where he died on July 28. The body will sail for the United States on the Japanese cruiser Tama with Lt. Commander H. R. Hein, naval attache, aboard.
A joint board of interstate highways selected fifty thousand miles of roads to form United States highways with uniform markers. The full committee abandoned the main arterial grouping, assigning it to a subcommittee to make tentative designations and seek state approvals.
Mrs. Frank A. Sayles of Pawtucket announced that her daughter Miss Nancy Sayles, Rhode Island's richest girl, will postpone her wedding to Lieut. Ernesto Ladinelli Becci of Rome, Italy's assistant secretary of the interior, indefinitely.
Madison Wis University of Wisconsin regents voted nine to six against accepting future gifts or endowments from Rockefeller or Carnegie foundations or similar groups while noting that current funds from those sources will be utilized.
James A. Drain national commander issued the official call for the seventh annual national convention of the American Legion in Omaha Nebraska from October 5 to 9. The notice outlines dates and venue for the national gathering.
The New York World reports Bethlehem Steel announces resignations of three top officials to avoid wage reductions for about 10,000 workers, aiming to avert labor cost cuts and unrest.
Formal ratification of two nine power treaties affecting China exchanged at the Washington arms conference and the treaties immediately became effective.
It was announced at the Treasury on Wednesday that Major W. G. Murdoch, currently prohibition director of Pennsylvania, will not be retained as one of the twenty two zone administrators.
James A Flaherty of Philadelphia was reelected as supreme knight during the forty third annual convocation in Duluth Minnesota on Wednesday. The ceremony crowned Flaherty for another term leading the Knights of Columbus.
Clemson College expert urges hand raising calves in clean airy pens with ample light and good drainage. Proposes a long six to seven foot wide pen divided by gates with overhead pulley gates for easy access and cleaning to prevent ear and udder sucking behaviors and ensure efficient feeding.
The United States Department of Agriculture released a 20 by 28 inch red and black map poster detailing the spread of bovine tuberculosis across the nation. The display highlights six infection intensities and marks modified accredited areas with white spots, aiming to guide veterinarians, officials, and livestock owners in disease eradication and stock purchases.
The article notes moldy silage harms dairy cows and can affect horses. It highlights three core practices for profitability: breeding, feeding, and herd management. It discusses breed variation in milk output and quality and the importance of selecting cows by distinct dairy breed and personal preference. A farmer who weighed milk per cow found a seemingly poor cow yielded high output despite expectations.
Default in a 1909 mortgage by Archie M Malone and wife Sarah M Malone to Clare County Savings Bank leads to foreclosure. Sale at public auction November 10, 1925 at 10 am at the Harrison court house front door, to cover principal, interest of 1109.66 plus 35 attorney fee and costs on real estate in Arthur and Hamilton townships in Clare County Michigan.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.