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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1928
Page
8
Post Office bulletin urges early mailing to assure delivery before Christmas with no city or rural delivery on the holiday. The office closes at 10 a m standard time and special delivery is delivered that day. It notes January dead letters average four million and stresses adding a return address to envelopes to prevent losses and misunderstandings.
Boston Herald muses on why humans adopted clothing and then turned to tattooing, suggesting future exploration by researchers to explain these cultural choices.
A three property listing describes a twelve room rooming house with hot water heat and garage on four large corner lots, plus an eight room semi bungalow with basement, furnace, veranda and city services. A two story building with living rooms above is offered in exchange for a farm or grocery stock, as the owner is in another city.
Fragment from an old timetable lists train times and routes including Ann Arbor lines. It notes departures around 12:47 PM and 4:19 PM with additional segments toward East and West Morrison, dated Tuesday and Saturday, in a partial railroad timetable.
A busy Clare scene lists visits and moves from residents like Dorothy Rose, Basil Bring, and Basil Bring family. Church fairs at Newsom's and a Rebekah initiation plan highlight December activities. Beaverton Band, Debates at Mt Pleasant, and road contracts in progress supplement the community rundown.
Fragmentary OCR text yields no clear event or entities to summarize. The line appears garbled with repeated vowel sequences and no identifiable persons, places, organizations, dates, or outcomes to anchor a factual card.
The Good Literature Club met Monday evening December 10 at Mrs Adelnide's home for a Christmas carols program directed by Miss Gerow and Miss Slentz. Members read or sang, including Miss Hitchcock and others, and Martha Bicknell resigned. next meeting set for January 14, 1929 at Mrs Fund's home.
Ben Brownell and friends spent Friday to Sunday in Grand Rapids. Oliver and Bowry visited Vernont and Surrey Township hosts included the Purikie and Bellinger households. Maxine Hawking and Kyle absent due to a cold. The Gorrs visit Flint relatives as Mr. Gorr heals after a severe illness. Gordon McIntosh helps at Clare post office. A Oliver attended a waterless cooker demonstration in Vernon.
John A Bitler and wife traveled to Clare on Saturday. Alf Peters and Sam Wilson delivered lambs to Gladwin Saturday. Sam Wilson sold wood to A J Stevens of Gladwin. Mr and Mrs J A Bitler were hosted by Mr and Mrs A N Friz in Clare on Tuesday evening. The event honored birthdays on the 7th and 8th.
The text presents fragmented lines about a gentle gleam on a face and a Christmas dream. It hints at grace in her eyes and a lyrical mood, with references to heart and song while suggesting a sense of worldly smothering.
The description recalls a lumber camp with bunks in three tiers, a central box stove, and evenings filled with stories songs and tobacco trades. Meals were simple yeast beef camp bread potatoes beans and apple pie served in silence at long tables. Ruined buildings and a distant railroad grade hint at Hatton Clare county once busy with logs bound for mills along Saginaw bay. Visitors may reach the site by driving north of James Hill then walking west.
Emerson Hlliott, formerly of Clare, opens a new shoe store at Wealthy corner Fuller Avenue in Grand Rapids. Hlliott Yeiter Schauweker, partners, have run a successful business at 1217 Madison Ave for six years and now make community shoe history as Elliott returns with a local connection.
Tax collection announced by treasurer Chas. Heber at Citizens State Bank on December 15 and 22 and January Sth to receive taxes.
Sheridan township tax collection will be held at Clare County Savings Bank starting December 15 and every Saturday thereafter. Jas Teale will oversee the sessions.
The Fremont Chamber of Commerce leader urged cooperation over factionalism, calling for broad membership to advance city interests. He noted that disagreements among members should not hinder the organization’s aims and praised the FCC for garnering support. The session at Phelps Cafeteria featured a dinner for fifty, music by the Scotch band and a quartet, with Carl Holbrook presiding.
Mr and Mrs Floyd Craine express gratitude to friends for kindness shown during their recent sorrow in a brief card of thanks.
In our late bereavement we thank friends for comforting words and kind assistance during our time of sorrow from Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Lane and children.
An Atlanta Constitution opinion remark states there will never be a monument to an unknown politician, framing the stance as a provocative reflection on memory and public honors.
Clare plans a strong fight as Reed City hosts a season slate in the local gymnasium. The schedule lists games against Weldman Beaverton Evart Midland St Louis and others from December through March with tournaments looming.
Edward Little will hold an auction sale at his premises two miles north and west of Rosebush on December 20. The sale starts at ten o'clock and features hordes cattle ninety good Oxford sheep and various farm tools. Free lunch will be served at noon.
Prices received on livestock in Buffalo recorded for cattle hogs and lambs. Cattle ranged 4.75 to 11.65, hogs 8.50 to 9.00, roughs 7.50, lambs 8.00 to 14.50, calves 7.00 to 17.50. Next shipping dates listed for Beaverton and Gladwin in December.
Vernon taxpayers must present taxes at the Citizens State Bank every Friday and Saturday through March 1, as announced by treasurer Eli Ferris. The township collection point is Vernon township and payments are due on the specified weekly days.
Carl Bauer treasurer announces tax collection at Clare County Savings Bank starting Saturday December 15 and continuing each subsequent Saturday.
Notice lists tax reception times across local locations including Citizens State Bank Saturdays Coleman State Bank Wednesdays Loomis Mondays and residence Fridays for Wise township 83 6 Hu Church Treas Wise Two with a note that photos cannot be provided Also advertising sale at Sternaman Studio and Jack Gents market price 13 cents per pound and magazine subscriptions at Anderson's
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