Clare Fire Dept Benefit at Princess Theatre Jan 8 9
Clare Fire Department to stage a benefit at Princess Theatre on January 8 and 9. The program features The Third Alarm with Emory Johnson and stars Ralph Lewis Johnnie Walker and others. Proceeds support local firefighters and pensions with adult admission 33 cents and children 10 cents.
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Clare Fire Department
Princess Theatre
John Asline
Asline
United States
Emory Johnson
Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Ralph Lewis
Johnnie Walker
Hila. Hall
Richard Morris
Beloved Clare County Teacher Clara James Dies at 47
Clara James born February 4 1876 near Wallaceburg Canada died December 21 1923 at her Vernon township home after a short illness She taught in Clare County for years married Joseph Elliott on November 29 1889 and had sons Thomas Norris and Alfred She is survived by three sisters and one brother Funeral held at home December 23 with Rev H B Johnson officiating and interment at Cherry Grove Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara James
Wallaceburg
Canada
Vernon Township
Clare
Clare County
Joseph Elliott
Vernon
Thomas A
Norris W
Alfred J
Wm. Woods
Col
Wm. Rhodes
Grant Township
Wm. Miller
Cadillac
Thomas James
Grant
Rev. H. B. Johnson
Cherry Grove
Young Sheridan Lady Married in Indiana
Mary Charlotte Presley daughter of Mr and Mrs Joel Presley of Sheridan township married Dolph Heller in Hudson Indiana on Monday December 24 The bride a Clare City Schools graduate and former Clare county teacher worked as a dry goods clerk at Wm H Bicknell Co The groom formerly of Arthur township now resides in Lansing and they will live there The Sentinel extends best wishes for a happy life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joel Presley
Sheridan Township
Mary Charlotte
Dolph Heller
Hudson
Ind
Clare City
Clare County
Wm. H. Bicknell & Co
Arthur Township
Lansing
The
Sentinel
Princess Theatre Weekly Showbill With Ray and Valentino
The Princess Theatre schedules a week of entertainment with Sunday and Monday featuring Chas Ray in comedy drama, and Redford events including Ray thrill moments. Railings for Tuesday through Friday promise Third Arm and Crossed Wires with Gladys Walton. Saturday presents Bucking the Barrier with Austin Farnum, and January 15 16 previews Blood and Sand with Rudolph Valentino.
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Chas. Ray
Ray
Third Alarm
Gladys Walton
Austin Farnum
Rudolph Valentino
Leslie Parks Dies Thursday In City Obituary
Leslie Parks long employed in the street department died Thursday morning at 2 30. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at two o'clock at the Baptist Church. An obituary will appear next week.
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Leslie Parks
the Baptist Church
Card of Thanks for kindness after loss
We express sincere thanks to friends and neighbors for acts of kindness and sympathy during the death of our husband and father. Gratitude for flowers from Post Office employees and to the minister for comforting words. Mrs Adelin Néeper and children.
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Adelin Néeper
Notice to Stockholders Farmers' Independent Produce Co meeting
Notice for stockholders to attend the annual meeting of Farmers' Independent Produce Co held at the hall on Saturday January 1 at 2 20 oclock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Independent Produce Co
Pretty wedding at Beale home unites Gladys Ruth Beale and Elwin Dale
Gladys Ruth Beale and Elwin W. Dale were married at the Beale home on December 25 with Rev. H. B. Johnson officiating. The ceremony featured a ring ceremony, a three story wedding cake, and a procession to the wedding march played by Mrs. Arthur Harold. The couple will reside in Herrick after January 10. Attendants included Bernice Eberhart and Cecil Dale. out of town guests from Pontiac and Beale families attended.
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Earnest Beale
Gladys Ruth
Elwin W.dale
Clare
Bernice Eberhart
Cecil Dale
Irene Grigg
Norman Blystone
Arthur Harold
H. B. Johnson
Congregational Church
Clare High School
Holbrook’s Bazaar
Herrick
Wm. Beale
J. C. Beale
Harold Zeplin and Son
Pontiac
Clare Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting Notice
The Clare Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual meeting on Thursday evening January 10. Officers for the ensuing year will be elected and other business transacted. Former members and livery members are urged to attend at 7:30 PM at the K of C hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Citizens State Bank Stockholders Meeting Notice
The annual meeting of Citizens State Bank stockholders will be held at the banking office in Clare on Tuesday January 8 1924 at 4 PM. The agenda includes election of directors and other business as may properly come before the meeting. James Bicknell cashier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens State Bank
Clare
Bicknell
Card of Thanks for kindness after loss
We wish to thank friends and neighbors for acts of kindness and sympathy during the illness and death of our wife and mother. Grateful for floral offerings and Rev John Son's comforting words. Joseph Hillott and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Joseph Hiliott
Electric Wiring and Repair Services Offered
Local ad for electrical wiring and repair by Wm. Holbrook featuring a complete line of wire and supplies on hand. Includes contact at phone 179w.
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Holbrook
Dance Postponed Indefinitely at Mit. Vertion Grange
Notice states the Friday January 14 dance at the Mit. Version Grange is postponed indefinitely due to illness. The ad also lists a for sale item and contact details for W F Braierick, 1008 Hickory St, Lansing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mit
Grange
Gas Pine Sirest
W. F Braierick
Hickory St
Lansing
Farm Short Courses to Open in January
Michigan Agricultural College will open six to seven winter short courses on January 7 covering general agriculture dairy production dairy manufactures horticulture poultry and farm engineering with a fourth week truck and tractor course starting December 31. Open to any state resident over sixteen with no formal education requirements though a grade school education helps. For details write A B Berridge director winter courses M A C East Lansing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan Agricultural College
A. B. Berridge
Hast Lansoing
Grigware Named Superintendent of Pere Marquette Division
Joseph Grigware of Clare has been appointed Superintendent of the Port Huron and Grand Rapids division of the Pere Marquette Railroad. He will base at Saginaw and assumed duties January 1. Grigware’s career spans Clare ticket agent, Night Chief Dispatcher, Train Master Ludington division, Chief Dispatcher Saginaw, and Assistant Superintendent Ludington and Toledo, before his Detroit assignment and current post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Grigware
Clare
Port Huron
Grand Rapids
Pere Marquette Railroad
Saginaw
Mr. Grigware
Ludington
Toledo
D. J. Swope
Detroit
Carearn
The
Sentinel
No Home Games In Basketball Clash This Week
Clare girls travel to Alma for a season defining clash as Alma schools its state hopes. Mt Pleasant boys meet the Huskies in Normal city with a renewed test of handling the leather ball. Home tilt vs Hersey boys scheduled January 11 marks the next local matchup.
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Clare
Alma
MT. Pleasant
Norma
Clare County Ministerial Association Meeting Notice
The Clare County Ministerial Association will meet at the Clare M. J. Church on January 7 1924 at 10:00 with a program and a pot luck lunch at noon. All county ministers and interested parties are invited to attend. Secretary Leroy M Whitney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claré M. J
AU County
Leroy M. Whitney
Hatton Township Tax Payers Notice to Collect Tax
Notice to taxpayers of Hatton Township announces weekly collections at The Citizens State Bank every Saturday starting January 10 for the purpose of collecting taxes. Dra. McNeill, Treasurer.
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Hatton Township
Citizens State Bank
Farmers urged to obtain Sodatol explosive car for winter use
A. E. Achard announces an effort to obtain for local farmers a second car of Sodatol wartime explosive. Reports say Sodatol is more powerful than forty percent dynamite and easy to handle, costing about one third the dynamite price and saving farmers over 3000 dollars. Orders to Achard or Citizens State Bank by January 1. Limited supply remains.
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A. E. Achard
Clare County
Northeastern
Michigan
Achard
Citizens State Bank
Earth Shift After Japan Quake Sparks Uncertain Claims
A geologist on radio argued that the Japan earthquake shifted Earth’s axis causing the north temperate zone to lie about 250 miles further south, allegedly matching former northern Indiana latitudes. Skeptics, mostly Missourians, await verification as report cites U S destroyers running aground off California with supposed longitude shifts.
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Japan
Indiana
Missouri
U. S
California
Michigan Bell Name Adopted for Michigan State Telephone
Michigan State Telephone changes its name to Michigan Bell Telephone Company effective January 1 to reflect Bell System affiliation and universal service across the state. The consolidation of Citizens properties with Bell is advancing in about 63 towns, with work nearly complete in Grand Rapids Lansing and Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan State Telephone Company
Michigan Bell Telephone Company
Bell System
Michigan
Grand Rapids
Lansing
Jackson
Clare Pioneer Ackley Dies After Illness at 76
George William Ackley died at 3:30 a m Tuesday at his home in Clare after several weeks of illness. Born in New York in 1847 he moved to Michigan in 1873 lived on a Sheridan township farm before moving to Clare in 1895 with a five year spell in Coloma. He was 76 years old and survived by son Cecil and four daughters Mrs Rose Bowen Mrs Flora Smith Mrs Linnie Silverthorn and Ella Haines. Funeral services were held at Chas Thurston's undertaking rooms with Rev C B Milberry officiating and burial in Cherry Grove cemetery.
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Jane Arrand
George William Ackley
Mr.Ackley
New York State
Michigan
Sheridan Township
Clare
Coloma
Cecil Ackley
Detroit
Rose Bowen
Flora Smith
Flint
Lennie Silverthorn
Saginaw
Ella Haines
Battle Creek
Chas Thurston
C.B. Milberry
Cherry Grove Cemetery
Prof Henderson to Speak Here on Educational Dollars
Prof W D Henderson of the University of Michigan will lecture titled Dollars and Sense in Education next Wednesday at 8 00 p m in Clare High School auditorium under Clare High School and Clare Study Club auspices The speaker is director of the University Extension in Ann Arbor and is a retired physics professor with several texts in physics and chemistry Music will be provided and admission is free The lecture aims to report on state funded extension lectures and educational costs for both students and adults in Clare
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W. D. Henderson
University of Michigan
Henderson
Clare High School
Clare Study Club
Ann Arbor
Clare
Gumser
Poem Touts Secret Of Retail Success In Exchange
A clipped verse describes a wheeler dealer who built a store via bold ads and persistent promotion. It portrays a frugal start with stock and ad spend, expanding with window displays and a corner location, then rising to local prominence as the “Merchant Prince” through aggressive advertising in tough times.
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Merchant Prince
Unclear Names In a Dated Notice
Fragmentary OCR reads a notice mentioning Donald Floward with a date of December 28, 2038 and scattered names including Ry Mea Blower Qase Owoite and Gore. The text is garbled and lacks clear event context or location.
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Blower Qase
Owoite
Donald Floward
Polit
Af Gore
Funeral procession law requires purple insignia cards
Michigan county towns pass a 3 way funeral procession rule giving right of way to motor hearses while ensuring every vehicle displays a purple cross card on the windshield. Undertakers must provide the white cards, issued by Powery & Walker Casket Co, at no cost, to identify processions and curb motorist violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woedertaker
Powery & Walker Casket Co
Michigan
Miss Jane Cornwell Betrothed to Clare Young Wan
The engagement of Miss Jane Cornwell and Nathan Bicknell was announced at a dinner party at the Saginaw club before the Charity Ball. The wedding is planned for next June and the guest list includes family and friends from Clare and neighboring cities.
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Jane Cornwell
Clare Young
William C. Cornwell
Nathan Bicknell
James S. Bicknell
Clare
Saginaw Club
Charles A. Coryell, Sr
Bay City
and Mire
Morris Henderson
Flint
Lucile Webber
Henton Harbor
Josephine Bicknell
Donald Bicknell
Glenn Hall
Dorothy Schupp
Janet Morley
Mary Louise Garey
Julia Morley
Anne Robertson
Irene McClinton
Ernest 5. Cornwell
Elmer J. Cornwell, Jr
Robert Brand
Herbert Kileéskamp
James Spence
Annual Meeting Notice for Clare County Savings Bank Directors
The annual meeting of stockholders of The Clare County Savings Bank will be held at the bank offices in Clare Michigan on Tuesday January 8 1924 at ten oclock in the morning. Directors will be elected and other proper business transacted. OG B Sutherland Casinér
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Clare County Saving Bank
Clare
Michigan
Appreciation for Christmas basket effort by Mrs L H Thompson
A note of thanks expresses appreciation for the Christmas basket drive aiding the sick and those unable to dine. The gesture was made possible by others who contributed.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Clare and Vicinity
Dan McDowell
Infine
Dan
Johnnie
McDowell
Bullet
June
Mis
Sheridan
Mary Charlotte Presley
Dolph W. Heller
Miss Gladys
Ruth Beale
Elwin W. Dale
Annual Meeting
K.of C. Hall
Stockholders’ Meeting
Grigware
P.M. Railroad Co
Clare County Ministerial Association
Dra. McNeill
Treas
Earth
Bell Company
Michigan Utility
Michigan Bell Telephone Co
Lone
Geo. W. Ackley
Prof. Henderson
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