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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1922
Page
4
A look at town chatter covers church closures from a snowy Sunday to community gatherings. Birthdays, hospitalities, library matters, and school debates reveal Surrey Township social life and recent events among the Stinchcombes, Finchs, Bellingers, and Brown family networks.
Adam J. Cline of Farwell, born May 10, 1856 in Jeddo, died February 5, 1922 at his Farwell home aged 65 years 8 months 5 days after a long illness. He married Adaline Kilbourn on July 4, 1882 in Vas sar and had eight children. survives include his wife five grandchildren five sons and daughters in law and several siblings. He was a longtime millman with Farwell Lumber Co and a devoted member of Masons Royal Arch Masons and the Alice L. Seeley Chapter 194 O E S. Funeral was held February 8 at the M E Church with Masons and C E S in attendance.
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver hosted the Farwell Club ladies after work on Tuesday with a Valentine Party. Decorations and hand-painted place cards set a festive mood while Margorie Grahham, Miss Bamber, and Donald Oliver provided music. Roll call featured Valentine Hines as the group read a paper on Happiness in the World.
Ceremonies in Rome celebrated the election of Cardinal Achille Ratti of Milan as pope Pius XI at the Vatican on Sunday February 22. Ratti, born October 12 1858 in Desio Italy, served as Milan archbishop and earlier as Vatican and Ambrosian library keeper.
In a Sunday morning clash at Calvary Baptist Church in New York William A Brady producer and NA P I president spoke in the pulpit to defend legitimate and film productions and players. Dr John Roach Straton opposed the stage and screen citing recent scandals during an hour long heated debate that electrified the usual calm congregation.
Detroit detectives from Trumbull Avenue raided two rooms at the Chinese Merchants' Association HQ 1347 Porter Street and seized opium and other drugs valued over 10000 dollars. Six men were arrested for violating federal drug laws: Gan Sing 40 Lee Kee 30 Ham Sing 30 Ch' Bing 35 Chin Yin 31 Wang Yick 29.
The body of Ga-Be-Nah-Gewa-Wonce, a Chippewa chieftain aged 138, was buried February 9 in Casa Lake Minnesota. He died of pneumonia and his funeral followed the white man creed with no tribal rites. All stores schools and factories closed for the ceremony as Indians from across the northwest attended.
Two thousand Erie railroad workers were laid off after maintenance work previously done in Erie shops was shifted to private contractors on Sunday. The move affects the company and its employees, highlighting labor disruption in the region.
Houghton Booth, the Keeweenaw and Houghton county supervisors endorse Keweenaw County as the site for a proposed new state prison. Local leaders cite accessibility, logistics, and regional impact as key reasons for choosing the location.
Walter Morgan’s farm collapses as crop prices plummet. With oats and corn down sharply, bank loans fail at maturity. A failed War Finance Corporation relief drives Morgan to sell animals and 8,000 bushels of corn, leaving about $6,000 from a sale that mostly covers back rents.
The banker charged off four thousand two hundred thirty seven dollars as loss on Walter Morgan. Despite hard work by Walter, his wife, and children, no money could be recovered. A 10 word telegram to his father in Missouri requested one hundred dollars to bring them home, but no prodigal son returned.
A Brooklyn Eagle brief notes that the pigmy swine of Australia are the smallest known hogs. They resemble their larger relatives in every respect except size, being no bigger than a large house rat.
Optometrist Harrison Saylor will be at Burstow Drug Store in Farwell on Tuesday February 28 to examine eyes and fit glasses. He oversees the Optical Department for Russell & Foland and is a graduate of the Northern Illinois Optical School and a registered Doctor in Michigan.
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