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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1936
Page
8
Community members and families from Detroit Flint Bay City Lansing and Muskegon visit attend weddings travel and board at homes across the area. Names include McIntosh Mussel Cudney Morrison and Osborn with events ranging from a Bay City wedding to a Toledo trip and a 91st birthday observance. Minor car incident noted near Cadillac.
The article recounts early American China trade sparked by the Empress of China voyage from New York to Canton in 1784, detailing cargo like tea and ginseng, the voyage’s salute on departure, and the growth of US merchant marine. It then surveys Macao and Canton today, noting Portuguese influence, redevelopment, and ongoing Pearl River boat life with markets and temples.
Eastern Standard Time arrival in Clare at 11 40 a m from the south and return trip at 4 15 p m to Mt Pieasant Alma St Johns Lansing. Buses connect with Great Lakes services at Clare.
Great Lakes Motor Bus schedules show routes from Clare to Saginaw via Mt. Pleasant with connections to Lansing and northbound links. The column also notes visits: Edward Mussell family with George Bryant, John Davy and David Brett vacationing on Drummond Island, T. K. Buzzard family at Canadian Spa, and the Howletts after a family death in Mason. Floyd Merica and family guests at Lake George cottage. Wm. Streit visits Mt. Clemens and A. J. Kane's household. Virginia Streit joins for the visit.
Michigan State College researcher Ray Hutson notes fall sown wheat should be planted within specific fly free dates to avoid Hessian fly eggs. In Clare county, safe dates are September 8-18 at 1200 feet altitude and September 12-22 at 800 feet. The Hessian fly damages yields. planting timing plus natural parasites help control it.
Report by Sanitary Inspector Webb details July health work in Clare County. Milk establishments inspections numbered four. water supplies inspections twenty one. excreta disposal twenty six. County nurse home visits include tuberculosis prenatal postnatal infant preschool and school health, totaling multiple visits with mileage at one hundred eight. Catherine M. McDermott identified as Clare County Nurse.
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