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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1923
Page
7
Farwell community reports on school absence and illnesses, local visits, and travel. Christmas programs unfold across multiple rooms with a Bethlehem pageant, a large cast, and a children's Christmas tree event at the M B church on December 24.
A mother accuses Waldo of sampling preserves as finger marks appear on his face. Waldo retorts with a challenge asking if the marks have been compared to his authenticated fingerprints.
A fragment from a Sunday school dialogue features a teacher asking why Adam and Eve left Eden and a student proposing the landlord raised the rent. The exchange includes humorous archaic spellings and playful misprints, suggesting a vintage newspaper clipping or classroom transcription.
Reports detail Shiawassee river deepening to the Flint river outlet to solve Saginaw valley drainage, with four other counties to benefit. A Detroit Toledo & Trenton railroad petition seeks a 43 mile link to Durban, Michigan. Concerns about road impact and public utilities regulation accompany notes on university fellowships, postal service retirements, health measures, and local civic honors in Michigan towns.
A reflective Christmas scene recalls the Star of Bethlehem and the birth of Christ. Angels, harps, and a heavenly glow fill Bethlehem and Chicago as Miracles unfold anew with each newborn child. The piece credits the Western Newspaper Union from 1923.
Correspondence from the community mentions Merry Christmas and Happy New Year wishes. Lorne Leitner called at Bal sley’s last Sunday. Wm. Cunningham Jr and wife dined with the Balsleys. Wm. Erhart traveled to Detroit after his sister Mrs Krause died in California and was brought back for burial. The community extends sympathy. Mr and Mrs Olds welcomed a new son born last Saturday. Wm Hobart returned from Detroit last Tuesday with Wm Krause accompanying him.
The fragment references fish, politeness among orientals, and gubernatorial apologies for unfriendly conduct. It mentions Bitsorin Koen in a Japanese setting and a governor’s response to a big fish, with provincial trade apologizing for conduct.
The clipping lists grain and livestock prices including red wheat, white wheat, rye beans, corn, oats, barley, buckwheat, dairy butter, heavy hens, broilers, hogs dressed per cwt, mutton veal hides and fowl. Prices shown as per ewt or cwt with varied figures.
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