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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1924
Page
10
A notice touts coffee quality claiming cheap blends yield few cups per pound while premium brews deliver many cups and better taste. It promotes Good Coffees as satisfying and healthy and invites customers to choose carefully selected blends from a careful supplier.
The London pact named the pact of London sets a Ruhr evacuation within one year and begins reparations payments after ratification. Germany commits to yearly sums from 1,000,000,000 gold marks rising through 2,500,000,000 as the plan shifts to private rail ownership and new funding. Belgium France and Germany coordinate troop withdrawal and a long term prosperity index to guide further payments. None of the American delegates signed the document.
Detroit tops 38 customs districts for clearances in the last fiscal year with 10 372 vessels through its port Detroit remains the largest port compared with New York which reports 7 578. The 88th district shows total imports and exports of 305 950 911 for 1928 up from the prior year by 4 478 509.
President Coolidge plans a world disarmament conference to be invited in October with the meeting likely in Washington around January 1. Arrangements proceed, and only a major change in Europe could alter plans.
A plane at 4000 feet above Central Park broadcast a new five watt signal corps transmitter. Lieut Connell piloted the craft and a 20 foot trailing antenna was used. On the ground in the park Bat received the signal with a portable amplifier and tied into Station WIZ. Ground gear included a microphone.
The note lists visitors and residents from Detroit to Gibson City and Cadillac including John Masah Basil Baker Dee Waters and Paul Carson. A Freeman township school meeting is set for Friday night August 29 at the district No. 2 hall. A Windover Lake bass stocking report and social visits to the club house wrap the local recap.
A letter from Maltby Mailea in Colorado notes small mishaps but general well being, while Mrs Maltby feels homesick. Neighbor updates mention Brighthills buying 15 acres near section 33 and planning to move, Harriet Allen hosting Grace and husband at her cottage, and improvements at the McLachlan cottage by Bigelow and Vance. Other local visits and dinners are described among residents and families around Clark's grove and Sand Beach.
A stream of local visits and events captures patterns of daily life. Families from Rosebush to Lakewood Ohio gather for reunions and dinners while friends travel to Caro, Saginaw, Mt. Pleasant, and Ionia for fairs and visits. The piece notes a church dedication on August 31 1924 with speakers from Central Michigan Normal Albion College and local clergy.
Local residents and visitors are seen in Clare and nearby towns as families and friends travel, visit relatives, attend funerals, and attend events. Notable movements include Miss Mildren Cleveland's funeral in Saginaw and multiple family visits from Detroit, Flint, Windsor, and Mt. Pleasant.
Default on a 1914 mortgage by Henry A. Wellman to The Clare County Savings Bank leads to a public sale. The auction, at the Court House Front Door in Harrison, will offer the West Half of the North Half and related quarters of Section 6, Township 18 North, Range 5 West, for payment of owed principal, interest, taxes, costs, and attorney’s fees.
Mrs. Fred Gleason was taken to the Saginaw hospital Monday morning for treatment. Arthur Long, who has been in the city for some time, returned to Detroit Monday.
Several real estate deeds are recorded with multiple grants. J Rowland and wife convey south half of section 12 Grant to Farmers Savings Bank. Hugh A McLachland and wife transfer part of Garfield lot 2 to Emerson H Vance et al. Estella Clark conveys Garfield Farwell parcels to Maud Raymona. Amelia Krahn and Ira Richmann et al transfer lot 5 and adjacent areas in Clare block 38. Alwilda Cary and Cary to Alfred Upthe grove and wife in Peighners Add. Clare J Lea Woodbury and wife transfer lot 4 Farwell block S. James W MecCay and wife convey Jets 23 to 91 and Windover Ranch Sub 1-2 of seg 11 Lincoln.
Bryan F. Fanning of Harrison and Marguerite B. McIlhargie of Harbor Beach received marriage licenses. The record notes the two individuals as the applicants seeking a union.
In Clare County Michigan the Probate Court hears Ellen Lockwood's petition to admit a will and grant administration to Clark H. Sutherland or another suitable person. The hearing is set for September 8, 1924, at 10 a.m. and public notice will run three weeks in the Clare Sentinel.
In Harrison Michigan August 20 1924 Judge Thos S Dorsey orders hearing for William Erhart to determine legal heirs entitled to real estate of Charles H Gailey. Hearing set September 12 1924 at 10 am at the Probate Office with notice by three week publication in Clare Sentinel.
A quirky note describes actresses believing a smear of carmine grease paint on the teeth during makeup is a lucky omen. The performer carefully wipes the smear away with care, treating the moment as a cherished superstition.
Noted philosopher George Santayana argues that ordinary common sense, though rough, is technically sounder than isolated schools of philosophy. He contends these schools overlook half the facts while seeking a single key to all problems.
Sir Hubert Barker, a renowned London surgeon, asserts that 99 of 100 women present deformed feet due to high-heeled shoes. He claims to have treated more women's feet than any other expert in his field.
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