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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1927
Page
3
Rates listed for various regions include 1.50 per year to points in Michigan 2.00 per year to other points in S 2.50 per year to Canada Single copies 5c per line Liners and reading notices in locals 20c per line As fillers 5c per line With heading 10c extra.
A column warns of a communist movement in the United States aimed at destroying religious belief and moral standards. It cites Detroit's industrial issues as part of broader demoralization and urges clergy to expose propagandistic papers and magazines fueling the threat.
In Lansing three bills on capital punishment have sparked debate as Governor Fred W. Green urges rapid apprehension and removal of legal delays. He calls for streamlined procedures to keep criminals in prison for full terms, arguing the state must speed justice to deter crime.
The sun appears to settle and reappear as distant objects rise above the horizon due to light bending by a dense cold shadow layer. This atmospheric refraction explains the brief lifting of hidden objects, a well known optical effect reported in early science discussions.
A historical report notes hashish as a potent narcotic obtained from Indian hemp and widely smoked by Arabs. It compares its effects to aper, warns of severe harm to mind and body, and mentions bhang as an Indian intoxicant derived from hashish.
The Michigan farmer is celebrated for solving problems with common sense during Farm Week at Michigan State College in Lansing. The piece asserts farmers share burdens quietly and make steady progress despite hardships, contrasting with broader political agitation in Washington.
An assorted column notes changing lifestyles from old fashioned households to radios delivering weather markets and scores. It laments fading manners and references colonial farmers, bootleg patrons, and drifting public interest while cheekily praising Florida golf scores and the pace of modern life.
Asa Gray led U S botany for years, built Harvard's Herbarium and Botanical Garden, and started the first summer school believing summer best suits botany study. His work shaped American botanical science and education at Harvard.
Peruvians report a newly found traffic bug far up the Amazon described as armored and combative. Investigating scientists note its red head light and green tail light shine continuously during dark hours. The Ohio State Journal references the creature amid naturalist reports.
Social calendar notes from McBain and nearby towns include visits by Mr and Mrs David Roth and Mr and Mrs William Folget to Wm Roth's home, Paul Weatherhead visiting from Detroit, and Mrs Clarence Ladd visiting Pl int relatives. Detailing births and gatherings, the column records card parties, dances, and neighborly visits along with a report on Reginald Reid taking charge of the power plant and local repairs and plans for a cafe by Mr B.
Mr Vernor visits and family gatherings fill a long list of Sunday and weekend visits among locals in Clare Pontiac Flint and West Grant. Grange meeting speakers Hazelwood Hughes draw interest and a Feb 27 lecture plus bean market tips. Pedro and party prizes mark February event nights with many Advance Grange members attending.
Born February 2 Norma Viola to Rev and Mrs Woodard. William Tanner’s horse slipped Friday and was killed after it could not rise. Mrs Blam Seymour works for Mrs Earl Fordyce due to sore hand. Jack Renner and family visited Hiam Seymour. Chas Hames’s horse sick. H L Davis family enjoy new radio bought from Roy Shear. Bertha Coloskey sick. Mr Davis cut wood for Jay Purdy last Tuesday.
Illness updates and small town notices from Hinkville and nearby. David Harper and Mrs. Glyde Butters recoveries. Orin Smith improving at St Louis sanitarium. Sadie Connor visiting Mt. Pleasant. Purdy sells three cows to Mr Pedgrift. Ross Croyle's obituary. bean picker work by Charles Fitzpatrick and Floyd Allen. local art by R V Rule. church Sunday School at 10 30. many neighbors helping, classes and shopping updates.
Northwest Greenwood reports Robert Van Buskirk and family visiting Abe Van Buskirk in Dallas. Arnold Cook fights pneumonia. P P Chaffee hosts Wm Davis family and son John. Neighborhood sick list grows. Mrs N Kress hosts O E S ladies from Harrison. Herbert Shimmel hosts sixteen neighbors for card games music ice cream.
A fragmentary Dover News column notes cautious reflections on local life the lack of Dover coverage in the Sentinel mentions ice conditions and travel by horse or car with light travel concerns. It also recalls A G D Rule visiting from Grand Rapids and Courtney transporting school pupils to the Marines.
Thomas Nichols eyed business at Lake George Resort last Wednesday, two cars traveled to Greenwood party, residents report a good time. Silover and Spence haul logs to the mill, Ayers from Mt. Pleasant visits to warm cottages, Greet family traveled Sunday. Mrs. Palmer began teaching Monday but fell ill, Myra Palmer suffers a nervous breakdown after Xmas exercises, Harry Davis pursues a Master with strict study.
Mr and Mrs Rimer Schottard with two little ones visited his father last Friday. Genevieve Schotield spent Saturday with relatives near Maple Grove.
The note lists local residents visiting and socializing over the weekend including Mrs Eilen Graham in Farwell Ray Alley and wife and four daughters dining with Mrs J Tiedeman Himer Schofield returning from a two week absence Beatrice Finch from Marion staying at home Dr Lamb and wife visiting Smedleys J Tiedeman and wife with son Denzil and Mrs Arvilla Martin attending the Pontiac Baptist sermon via Milton Davison's radio Kirkpatrick's Drug Store promotes the King radio channel.
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