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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1927
Page
3
A storefront notice from Red Front at 509 McEwan Street appeals to Mrs Housewife. It promises customer focus over simple sales and lists low priced staples such as tomatoes 10c per can peas 10c corn two for 25c salmon 25c Crisco 20c Chinaware Oats 30c and P G soap 35c for ten bars none. Open evenings until 8 o clock.
Correspondence notes Mo. and Mrs. W. GC. Conyell and daughter Rosemary of Saginaw visited their farm. Gordon and Henry Bruner drove to Saginaw with a potato load. Albert Bronson and Harry Crigo of Whittemore and Ted Burgess of Gladwin visited Dewey Bruner. Thas Nash and family hosted Gladwin visitors. Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Bicknell spent weekend at their cabin. Russell Williams of Flint visited his parents.
Local residents visit relatives in Arthur Manton and Pontiac. A wood bee for Mrs Geo Langworthy drew attendees. Norman Allen moved to Pontiac for work. School closed due to influenza. Public reaction to a Sentinel letter on parole systems. Mrs Chris Webber visits kin. Mrs Edd Runyan improves. Jd A Allen injures ribs after falls.
Robert Shull drives to Ohio with his parents for a short visit to Grandma Shull and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Funke travel to Detroit to be with her ailing mother. Ralph Shull stays with relatives over the weekend. The Ladies Union met with Mrs. L. A. Kiggens and quilt blocks were made. A supper is planned for March 18 at Arthur town hall. The next meeting is March 4 at Mrs. KE Wood’s home. Miss Elsie Shull visits home. Frank Bates family and Alois Gibis visit Geo Bates. J M Roller and KE Orvis go to Gladwin. Alta Orvis visits Mrs. Roller. Joe Spicer is seriously ill, with his brother Mr. Spicer accompanying.
Local notices report F A Luce visiting Detroit to see son Jim a Biplex Bumper salesman Frank Manning traveling to Clare on business Cyrene Winchell also on business Austins new store begun and nearing completion Wm Arnold ill with a cold Mrs Lockwood back teaching Mrs BE R Austin traveling to Rosebush for treatment Crow migration signaling spring Shaker crowd at R R agent Sawyer praised Wabash depot interior painted Boys go to Temple for a dance Dana Kress recovering after operation Marie Wellman visits Mud Lake parents Mt Rose treatment gains Gains Shillingers candy making party Harry Davis builds buzz pile and Charles works on a log cabin on his homestead.
Mrs Clavinda Seymour plans Sunday visit to the Seymour home to help celebrate Donald’s fourth birthday. Chas Hames reports full recovery from a cough. Glen Jarman and family visited, Wm Tanner lost a calf last week, and Chas Squires shows improvement. Ray Jarman and family visited, Bernice Cook ill in bed, Jesse Burgess butchered four hogs Monday.
Windover Lake notes Curtis Presley has improved after two weeks of serious illness under Dr. Lamb care in Farwell. Local brief mentions include visitors Oscar Presley and the Burns family, two scarlet fever cases at the Sells home, a caucus at Freeman town hall on March 8, and a puncture injury sidelining Frank Brecht from school.
Edith and Jay Myers spent Sunday at home with parents Mr and Mrs J P Myers. Gerald Myers visited Farwell for a weekend birthday party with Mrs Davis. Ladies Union met with Mrs L A Kiggens and enjoyed pie and pie ala mode after quilting. Next meeting with Mrs I Woods. Dinner served. L A Riggens spent Sunday with FF M Myers. Norman Myers visited Lansing for a week. Young folks gathered at W E Myers to remind Gerald of his birthday. Mrs Boyle of Charlotte visited sister Mrs W H Hilborn. F M Myers and wife visited Clare with daughter Mrs A Hutchinson. Clyde Raynols spent Sunday at Chas Otts. Sympathy sent to Mrs Berdie Smith and Mrs Grace Mull.
Eugene Hudson sought medical care in Lansing while Dorothy Muma visited her parents in Vassar. The North school held a box social netting 24 dollars. A shower at Percy Graham’s honored Mr and Mrs Christy Taspey. Several residents traveled for family or health reasons as they welcomed a baby boy and mourned Ina Petters.
Crows are here sounds like a trip Mr and Mrs Frank Mitchell and family of St Louis visited last Sunday with his mother Mrs G Rivenburg Mr Shuts celebrated his birthday Monday A birthday cake was served to the guests Mrs Gerome Frees attended the funeral of Mrs William Becker We extend sympathy to William Becker and family Paul Nass Jr was called home last week due to his mother illness She is some better at this writing
Raymond Scott and family visit Clare from Lake while D I Scott and Mrs. Forest Howell spend the night with relatives in Marion D C. Lucille Brooks returns home for the weekend with a party hosted by Mrs T H Brooks. A Valentine social at Gleaner hall draws big crowds as local women support the school and community.
Mrs. Frank Walters and Mrs. Chas Bodkins visited Edd Richardson's family at Pratt's Corner. Jay Clute and family spent time with Elmer Clute in Harrison. Carl Kistler of Pontiac visits relatives here. Walter Heirholzer from Pontiac stayed over. Mrs. Dale Davis of Flint visited her parents the Empeys. Ginn family of Dover spent Sunday with the Bonhans. Ulrich returns home from her son August's near Clare. Empey reports slight improvement. Sunday School attendance down. Agnes Hampton listed sick. Ladies Aid at Bodkins home well attended. a quilt was made and church wood prepared. Mrs. Jay Clute visited her mother Mrs. James Thompson at the Hagle.
The Dover column notes mild pleasant days and ongoing Sunday School pupil recruitment led by Loren Birdsall and Miss Mildred Montney. Highlights include the 59th anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Van Conant, 180 chickens hauled by Mr. and Mrs. Henderson, and family visits and travels among local residents.
A compact, thoughtful line from the Boston Transcript urging steadiness and honesty in daily conduct. It contrasts ease with virtue and encourages practical, principled living.
In medieval and early times ice or snow for cooling drinks faced moral censure. The notion labeled such practice a capital sin against duty and social norms.
The notice marks Monday as the final day of Rexall Birth Day events with limited pale advertising activity.
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