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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1894
Page
8
A barber recalls counting razor strokes during a shave, noting 732 strokes in one session and a typical count often exceeding 500. He estimates a first class shave involves at least 500 strokes, sharing the method as a mental exercise for customers.
George Turbush and Clara A Loomis joined in marriage at the M E parsonage Mt Pleasant on December 19 Rev Buell officiating in the presence of close relatives. Turbush of Clute Turbush Russell firm described as bright and reputable. Loomis daughter of H N Loomis praised for charm and wide circle of friends.
All correspondence must reach the office by Wednesday, with Thursday allowed for extraordinary news. Spell out all names carefully, using first names or initials to ensure recognition while avoiding offensive remarks.
Miss Nettie Loomis returns from Lake George while John Toman visits his grandfather in Harrison. Joe Northon of Alma is here for his wife’s illness and death. Mr Walker of District 3 loses his barn and contents by fire. Districts 1 and 2 boast algebra classes and District 2 plans a Christmas tree Friday afternoon.
Cold spell returns to West Grant as Loury brothers move to new camps and begin cutting logs for snow. Mr Purdy receives a birthday surprise Monday night. Copper works for Joe Loury. No school Monday and Tuesday due to illness of Miss DeCoo the schoolteacher.
A fire was visible from a burning barn in South Vernon Sunday evening. Local residents attend the funeral of Mrs. Nort on at Clare. A Lansingville singing convention hosted by Mr Squires’ pupils is planned for the first Thursday in January. A YPS SW chapter notes progress and hints at a forthcoming event.
Advertises a livestock feed deal stating a price of 1.10 dollars per hundredweight to attract buyers. Likely a brief market note or classified promotion within a periodical.
John Coy of Chicago and Sarah Kelly of Mt. Pleasant were married Tuesday afternoon at W. J. Kelly’s Mt. Pleasant home by Rev. Westover. The couple left for Chicago to start their life together. Mrs. Coy had formed many ties in Clare during her visit with her brother prior to moving. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Decker attended the nuptials.
Charles VU Clemmons and Miss Alice M Runyan wed Sunday afternoon at the bride’s parents home in Sheridan. Elder E Tatman officiated as the couple, both described as promising and esteemed members of the community, begin married life. The Sentinel offers best wishes to the newlyweds.
In Dover at the home of Mr and Mrs Joseph Hudson a noon ceremony united Mary Hudson and James L McKay of Vernon township. Rev S A Long officiated before about fifty guests then the couple left by train for Saginaw and Detroit to begin life at Lake Station where McKay runs lumbering operations.
Miss Loomis was absent Wednesday to attend her sister's wedding. Clark Giberson served as school master for a few hours. R. H. Jenney Miss Angie Wood of Atwood and May O'Donald of Howard City visited. Otho Sutherland returned home from college after Olivet Examinations this week.
Post office notices indicate unclaimed letters for week ending December 1594. Advertised items include Andrew Grim and Rosa Moore, with T. H. Maynard as postmaster.
A brief market listing invites customers to purchase staple groceries, various meats, and fresh fruits and vegetables. The notice emphasizes wide selection and daily availability for shoppers seeking essential food items.
Buy your fowls meat celery cran berries fruit etc for Christmas and New Years dinner at Welch's Railroad Market. I have a choice lot of candies and nuts.
Ravelli objected to a staged on stage death in Il Rinnegato insisting on being carried off by six attendants and a soprano lamenting over his body. On opening night the plan failed and he lay still on stage as the curtain fell. The incident supposedly tempered his rage.
Description of Herr Bolle's dairy processes in Berlin. Milk strained through cloth and gravel, gravel baked to destroy germs, gravel reused for filtration. Butter uses both sweet and sour cream, sweet cream priced higher. Milk compartments secured. milkman accesses supply via wagon faucets.
A study notes memory preservation after right hemisphere damage. Lt Brady, wounded in Assam, loses familiarity with Black colleagues while retaining otherwise intact recall of white associates, suggesting the right brain houses certain memory faculties.
The Spiketown Blizzard editor declares a sudden inspiration in his sanctum, citing the death of 1,227 flies on last Tuesday between 7 a m and 3 p m, causing a glue’em over the community. The following day thirteen leading citizens demanded their papers be stopped.
The unnamed bogie man fright caused two year old Emelie Espye daughter of Fred Espye a Homestead butcher to convulse in fear after a warning. She died from the terror in a darkened room leaving the town to question superstition and danger from fear.
A Georgia man known for negative courage faced mockery over his father and the white feather incident. The son, bold and defiant, warned the taunters that they would have trouble if they challenged his mother, underscoring a tense family dynamic and public insult.
A Brighton mother reports her fifteen year old daughter Blanche recovered from nervous paralysis and St Vitus dance after three bottles of Dr Miles Nervine. She gained 32 pounds, regained use of her right arm, and now attends school with a strong appetite.
Advertisement notes Dr Miles Nervine cures and benefits promised with a positive guarantee. Drugists sell it for a dollar per bottle or six for five dollars, or sent prepaid from Dr Miles Medical Co. Elkhart Indiana.
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