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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1928
Page
3
A garbled list of local sale notices from Kirkpatrick's Drugstore and area merchants. Items include farm land, livestock, milking equipment, lumber, household goods, and small ads for rent and farm products across Clare Mount Pleasant and nearby towns with contact hints and prices.
For rent three modern furnished rooms with a garage at 101 Maple Street. Mrs. Fred Newsom advertises the space to be used by school girls nearby, highlighting convenient location opposite the school.
Classified items list missing complete dates. includes WANTED for fire insurance rooming and boarding high school students, day old calves, ladies for spare time work, and personal items. FOUND pocketbook. LOST suitcases and blankets. STRAYED black sow. LOST green leather handbag. Contact details given for each notice.
A county campaign message from Pt Carl Holbrook outlines his record since taking the Prosecuting Attorney post. He cites over 300 criminal cases disposed of and fines totaling more than two thousand dollars paid to the county treasury. He emphasizes experience, economy, and impartial administration.
Rosebush notes several visits and trips. Alma First travels to Lansing to visit sister Mrs. Gale Lutz for two weeks. Mr and Mrs Harry Maybee and children visit relatives in Midland last week. Roy Matteson travels to New York for a couple weeks. The First family reunion held at Mr and Mrs Emery's home with guests from Sunfield Sonia Lansing and Vassar. Dorothy Muma visits friends in Vassar and Luther Nicholson family spend time with Mrs Emery’s kin en route home from Cheboygan. Mary Matthews goes to Flint to visit a daughter. Edna Maybee spends days with Midland relatives. Maggie McGee of Flint visits sisters Mrs Coyne and Mrs Dunn. Bessie House assists at the bank during Mr Matteson’s absence.
Nearly every family in the community attended the Clare Firemen celebration last week. Local residents and visitors from Vernon Sag inaw Ewart and nearby towns were noted at events and gatherings. The piece mentions travel between Clare and Eight Point Lake and describes a newlywed couple planning to settle in Toledo.
Maple Grove residents Jake Timpe and family visited his brother J B over the weekend. Marguerite Dunkie returned home after assisting with the new baby Donna May. Ray Timpe and family from Eaton Rapids joined relatives at the Timpe parents’ home. Genevieve and Doris Schofield returned from Flint after a sister’s visit. Virginia and Eva Smedley and others spent the weekend at home. Multiple relatives from Midland Flint and Lansing gathered at parental homes. Elmer Schofield Jr visited Bertha lake. Bernard Schofield left for Hoxeyville with relatives. John and Herschel Schaar from Flint visited their father. James Schaar returned to Flint after two weeks. Arthur Finch of Flint spent Sunday at home. Andy Thom's car wreck west of John Teideman’s left him seriously injured. Teideman appears on the gik list.
In Clare County Michigan the Probate Court of Harrison sets September 14 1928 at 10 am to hear John R Goodman administrator s petition for a license to sell the estate of Jennie Fall Burdick deceased public notice to appear three consecutive weeks in The Clare Sentinel. Also the court fixes September 15 1928 for a hearing on Elizabeth M Dunwoodie petition to determine heirs of William Ryan deceased and entitled to inherit his real estate. The Glare Sentinel notice repeats with gaps likely OCR.
An advertisement states Pronto PastH The Modern First Aid replaces iodine with no stain, quick and effective. It notes price at 25 cents and urges readers to ask their druggist. Also mentions The Sterhaman Studio offering quality framing services as an advertisement.
A local notice says a school pencil is designated in honor of Anderson’s advertising effort. The item is described for classroom use and bears the sponsor’s name.
In county court on August 21, 1928 Judge Thos S. Dorsey hears the petition of Fred Smalley administrator for license to sell the estate of Harry M. Smalley deceased. The hearing requires notice to show cause why the license to sell should not be granted with publication of this order for three successive weeks. Public sale of school supplies mentioned in the same notice appears as an inserted advertisement.
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