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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1939
Page
3
Clare defeats Harrison 11 runs 8 hits 3 errors to 2 runs 1 hit 3 errors in a five inning contest. Bonnie Bauder and Laverne Bates pitched. Bauder 2 for 3 led Clare with Helen Cappaert. Harrison's L Peck had the lone hit.
Clare baseball club defeated Mt. Pleasant Green Spot 6-1 last Sunday behind pitcher Joe Miller who allowed four hits and struck out ten while adding six assists. Clare took a 1-0 lead in the fourth, then added two in the fifth one in the seventh and one in the eighth as Green Spot was held to four hits and two errors. Next Sunday Clare travels to Mt. Pleasant to face second place K of C and seek another win.
Ovid hosts a free three day Home-Coming Jubilee September 1 2 3 featuring street stunts balloons planes vaudeville music by Industrial School and F F A bands and midway rides. The town marks silver Gladiolus festival with 145 acres in bloom linking breeding farms of 25 years.
Iceland holds about 107 known volcanoes and countless lava flows. Since the glacial epoch lava streams have covered roughly 4 650 square miles, shaping the island’s rugged terrain.
The article recounts Wagner’s shift from traditional Italian opera to music drama. It notes his methods of integrating action with lyrics, fusing orchestra and voice, and creating the four part cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen. It mentions Bayreuth and the ambitious plan requiring years and a dedicated theater.
Secretary Ickes announced the 1939 duck hunting season for the northern United States zone. Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota Maine Vermont New Hampshire and North Dakota will open October 1 and run through November 14.
The State Highway Department finished its 1939 summer spraying, protecting apple elm cherry walnut oak and hickory trees along Michigan roadsides. Four units with two crews each applied nearly 700000 gallons of arsenate of lead solution from April through June, preventing leaf eating insects and canker worm damage. Commissioner Murray D. Van Wagoner touts thousands of trees saved and the value to tourism and driver enjoyment.
Regulations approved by President Roosevelt reduce the daily goose bag limit from five to four. The change follows the federal migratory bird treaty with Canada and Mexico. Migatory bird stamps are sold at the local post office, and buyers are urged to obtain them before the season starts due to limited quantities.
Linwood W. Snow announces the 1939 Michigan State Fair to run September 1–10 in Detroit. The 90th anniversary fair features expanded agricultural livestock sections, seven days of harness racing, a star-studded show titled The Show of the Century, free circus on the Mall, and prizes totaling 67000 across twelve departments. Special contests include amateur stage talent with trips to New York World's Fair, plus a Michigan Homecoming celebration September 5–7.
General Manager Snow forecasts more than 500000 people will attend the ten day fair. Adults pay 25 cents and children 10 cents for general admission during the event.
Temple residents record visits from Lansing Owosso Midland Marion and Matherton guests. The Senior Greenwood Home Economics Group reports a successful party with two quilts made sold and funds raised totaling about 7.75 after material costs.
County Agent Paul Gibson and AAA Chairman Robert Kleiner prep for the Clare County Fair. Farm readers rush to ready livestock and exhibits for opening day Wednesday. Officials remind exhibitors to follow state livestock exhibition laws to prevent disease spread.
Herb Wright and Duane Pruden returned from a weeklong trip on the Muskegon River. They launched from Houghton Lake, traveled to Temple, and slept under the stars with their boat cats and blankets. They report a grand trip and wish to repeat it.
The first annual appropriation exceeding one billion dollars was allocated for the fiscal year 1909. It marks a historic scale in government spending with the entire budget aimed at sustaining federal operations and programs.
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