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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1923
Page
4
Farwell Connecticut area dispatch recounts school notices and community happenings. Local travelers, visits, and illness updates accompany reports of church services and civic group meetings. A marriage, lyceum plans, and a winter picnic mark social life alongside student program notes and a rhetorical showcase at the high school.
Mrs Ellsworth Howell Carrie Bell Hughes born November 16, 1873 at Allegan died January 27, 1923 in Battle Creek while visiting her daughter Mrs L H Decker. Survived by daughter Mrs Decker and two sons Irving Howell and Forest Howell, plus sister and brothers. Funeral held in Battle Creek with burial in Allegan.
Mrs Bert Wickwire died after a short illness at her Flint home January 30 1923 aged 29 She was born near Farwell in 1894 to Mr and Mrs John Laverty Sr She married Bert Wickwire October 27 1920 in Flint and was member of Ada Rebecca Lodge She leaves husband parents three sisters and one brother Interment occurred in Flint.
Lydia A Greénard Kilbourn born Blepham Ontario March 27 1851 died January 22 19 28 at age 76 funeral in Farwell Surrey Cemetery with burial at the grave side service led by Rev LeRoy Whitney survivors include six children four in Flint two step children seventeen grandchildren and seven great grandchildren who praised her Christian life and motherly devotion.
The message extends sincere thanks to Farwell friends for kindness and sympathy. It thanks the Woman's Club for flowers and the business men for their expression of sympathy with flowers. Howell and son Forest. Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Decker. Mr. and Mrs. Irving Howell are mentioned.
Mrs J A Newman visited daughter Mrs Vestd Lelmar near Beaverton in the latter part of the week. Gracie Schieber ill with tenagilitis and bronchitis. Mr Kuster traveled to Lansing last week. Mildred Langworthy has scarlet fever, and the school is closed for a few days because of the illness. Dee Robinette and family visited Glen Hale last Thursday.
We extend sincere appreciation to neighbors and friends for acts of kindness during our wife and mother’s illness and death. Thanks for floral offerings, the singer, visitors, flowers, carings, and the minister’s words of comfort.
Pere Marquette Railway President Frank H. Alfred warns that Senate Bill 62 or the full crew law would raise costs and reduce service by adding a flagman requirement and risking halted freight during strikes. He also objects to Senate Bill 72 mandating automatic locomotive fire doors as potentially wasteful. Alfred urges Michigan residents to oppose the measures with letters to lawmakers.
A North Arthur column reports many scholars ill with colds resulting in low attendance. It notes visits by Mr and Mrs Chae Ott and son to Mr Barnley’s, a piano enjoy at Mrs Wade Credit’s, and Ladies Aid events at Dover and Mrs Ghas Fitzpatrick's. The piece also mentions Osrl Myers’s death from pneumonia and community condolences.
A cryptic fragment shows a fan praising the army and navy with skewed wording about Greece and veins, suggesting a misread or garbled OCR from a sports or civic page. No clear event or names are readable.
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