Not Apt Description of Birds Appetite
A remark on how the expression bird's appetite misleads, noting many birds eat several times their own weight daily, illustrating the inaccuracy of the phrase.
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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1926
Page
5
A remark on how the expression bird's appetite misleads, noting many birds eat several times their own weight daily, illustrating the inaccuracy of the phrase.
The text explains persistence time as one-sixteenth of a second in cinema. It notes that presenting pictures at sixteen frames per second creates a continuous motion effect.
Correspondence lists visits and events around Frand Woods with mentions of Mr and Mrs Fred Haines driving a Whippet. Several families visited Frand Woods and Frand Woods residents hosted gatherings. The Woman's Missionary society schedules a meeting for September 8 at B L Walters.
Northwest Greenwood Cecil and Howard Mead travel to Owosso for a week vacation and to visit their mother Mrs. A Monroe and attend the Shiawassee county fair. Mrs. Gilland of Detroit visits daughter Mrs. Herbert Shimmel. Russell Chaffee drives a Ford farm tractor with grandparents. Ira Shimmel returns to Detroit after visiting his parents. Matt Webber and wife host Ohio visitors. Mrs. Webber's brother Jake Myers plans a sale and move to Ohio. H Shimmel Abe VanBuskirk and Matt Webber return from Messick berry picking trip. Alvah Davis to Flint Sunday. Mrs. Gilland visits Clara DeBarr.
Community notices from Elm Grove report visits by the Koch and Gardner families, attendance at church and Sunday School, and well wishes to Rev. Bacon who preached a farewell at Dover. Local illnesses include George Langworthy and Mrs Pendell, plus social visits at Badgley Williams Cochran Slater and Penrose households.
Fred Welch and family hosted a weekend gathering with guests from St. Louis and Saginak including Elizabeth Comstock Ira Comstock Frank Comstock and Ick Johnson. Milford Campbell visited. Detroit travelers Mr and Mrs Timbinger returned home. Marie Kleiner returned from Detroit. Sunday School invites attendance at 10 30 each Sunday with a lighthearted call for travel by foot. Tony Haynak is ill.
Mrs John Shearer spent days visiting with Mr and Mrs L A Kiggens and called on the Myers brothers and their wives. Hart and Ralph Funke helped FF Myers and L A Kiggens thrash. W H Kennedy wife and children of Lansing visited Mrs K's parents. Kennedy left for bath Sunday and the family stayed for a week.
Mrs Wee Myerg visited Tuesday with her son Ralph and wife M Winters of Detroit spent a few days with his wife at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Chas Ger Der Marion Blink Bertha McMillen and Marguerete Hutchins of Lansing and Mr and Mrs A Hutchinson and children spent Sunday at F M Myers Mr and Mrs Paul Moore and two children also Mr Moore s mother and father spent Sunday afternoon and evening with A Kiggens and wife. Mr and Mrs Frank Shearer and children ate supper Saturday with Mr and Mrs L A Kiggens. Sister Dysinger spent a few days with Beatrice Myers then returned home Thursday. Mr and Mrs John Myers of Mt Pleasant visited Thursday to Saturday with Mrs F M Myers and family. Herbert and Chester Myers left Sunday for Ohio to visit relatives and attend the Myers reunion at North Fairfield.
The column reports social visits and events around Quarterline including couples and families visiting relatives near Farwell Sears and Shepherd. A Sunshine Club gathering at the Hunt home drew about forty two, with a postponement rescheduled for August 19 as company delayed. A neighborhood picnic is planned for September 2 at Ray Clark’s Sand Beach grove on Hight Point Lake.
Last week Mrs. C Durfee consulted a Mt Rose specialist while Austin Perverse and his mother dined with her Sunday. Several neighbors and visitors stopped by the Golden Glow and Clare, with talk of crops and road improvements. A county seat trip, a fine team purchase, and plans to pave roads dominate the community chatter as farmers seek better travel routes.
The Saxon name for March was lewet monath meaning lengthening month as days grow longer. The term reflects an ancient focus on the creeping light and seasonal change of early spring.
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