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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1923
Page
5
A Farwell local column describes homecoming activities, church services at Methodist Church, and Labor Day plans. Residents attend fairs, prizes, farm produce contests, and various visits with neighbors and relatives from Clare, Traverse City, Saginaw, and Lansing, with community notices and upcoming church programs.
State notes list Holland dedication ceremonies for a new Masonic temple and reports on numerous Michigan events including golf champion Dr E R Alexander at Traverse City and fire losses near Lansing and Novi township fires.
A Mrs Rintoul seeks youth and romance in a beauty parlor, visits Dr Deering for a facial surgery, and faces a changed appearance that ends her affair with Freddy Laurie. The tale, told by a salon confidante Matty, warns against cosmetic ops and the dangers of infatuation.
The passage urges that friendship, love, and piety be kept in mysterious secrecy and spoken of only in moments of perfect confidence, to be mutually understood in silence.
A Chicago American report recounts a grim incident at a zoo area where three young boys of color encountered dangerous animals. The first boy approached a crocodile and disappeared, the second interacted with polar bears and recited prayers, and the third tried gambling with dice only to lose his money to other youths.
Mrs Adams of Adams NY writes about easing coughing spells with Foley's Honey and Tar. The ad promotes Foley's for asthma hay fever coughs and colds and lists sellers Patrick Clare and Wilbur Burston in Farwell.
A physician witnesses a dentist friend feign deafness to dismiss a panhandler near Broad Street. The dentist pretends to be hard of hearing, prompting the panhandler to depart. The physician reveals the ruse and notes the humor of their deception as a skeptical protestor walks away.
Mr and Mrs Krieble of Mt Pelier Ohio visited the Freeds last week as Ohio visitors tour the state. Edna Lower damaged her arm when Lizzie kicked the crank. various neighbors, family trips, and farm chores follow including returns from vacations and a new Detroit baby Dorothy Rowena Davis born August 22 weighing 10 pounds.
Cameron Alvin Little five months old died in Lansing on Wednesday August 15 at 5 30 p m after a 24 hour illness. Funeral at Jarvis Hates chapel led by Rev A M Frink with burial in Mt Hope Cemetery. He leaves parents Beryl and Mrs Little two brothers and two sisters. Mother formerly Delpha Alwood of Brown.
Mr and Mrs Rudy Remer traveled to Saginaw to see relatives. Mrs Remer stayed with her son. Marion visitors include Mr and Mrs Wm McNaughton Glenn McNaughton and Alma Chase attending the Orvis reunion. Several residents visit, move, or seek medical care, with Rev Bates remaining at Center and others hosting gatherings.
Mr Tryon had an appendicitis operation. Donalden stays with grandparents Mr and Mrs CG Runyan. Hugh Alien of Saginaw was a caller Sunday. Mr and Mrs Weber of West Grant visited Mr and Mrs Henry Kleiner Sunday.
Miss Kate Miller of Glare visits with Mr and Mrs Roy Cook. Clarence Barett and son of Grand Rapids spend weekend with HB Andrews family. Arthur Pitton of Highland Park in town Friday. School opens September 4 with Catherine Crawford and George Cosgrove teaching. Various local families host guests from Fife Lake Midland and Saginaw at the Bienfield cottage.
The text notes that ancient Carthage Tunis and Cyrene in North Africa supported large populations, far greater than today. It cites the Euphrates and Tigris valleys as fertile and capable of supporting great empires. Egypt is described as densely populated with intensive cultivation.
The narrator recalls a high school freshman romance that led to disobedience. Parents forbade dating, but a trip to the movies with a boyfriend resulted in them sitting directly behind her guardians, abruptly ending her boarding in town and first romance.
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