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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1929
Page
7
Mr and Mrs Sherman Sparks of Flint spent holidays with sister Mrs Albert Garchow. Fred Eschenwick also visited in Flint with his parents. Neighbors gathered at the Garchows last Thursday with filled baskets to surprise Mrs Sparks. Lena Frees brought a cake. Lunch at five thirty, then departures.
HINKLEVILLE The Sentinel notes New Year greetings to 11 readers. Social visits include Mrs. Sadie Connors with Mrs. Philo Smith of Clare and Mrs. Roy Feighner with her sister Mrs. A Oliver. Visitors from Mt. Pleasant Glendale and East Lansing called at the Hinkle home. several local residents are listed as ill.
A Colton aphorism states that the purest ore comes from the hottest furnace and the brightest thunderbolt from the darkest storm, reflecting a paradoxical view of transformation through adversity.
Holiday bargains feature a 35 acre farm with two barns, outbuildings, well water, near a school, plus a 6 room city house with new roof. Also offered is a 240 acre Clare area property seven miles from town with 30 acres improved, pasture, timber, a 6 room house, multiple farm buildings, and a 50 acre lake. Owner seeks exchange or purchase.
Rail schedules reference and local social notices recount visits, family travel and holiday gatherings across Clare, Saginaw, Detroit, Flint, and neighboring towns. Families welcomed a new eight and a half pound boy James Walter Pettit and other birth announcements. Meetings include the Clare Study Club January 8 and Rebekah installation January 8.
County Agent P. D. Gibson announces the farm accounting project will continue in Clare County. Farmers may enroll to receive an affordable accounting book, attend two one day schools, and collaborate with State College specialists to inventory and close books at year end.
The notice lists Saturday religious services with times, noting an 1 30 afternoon session and a regular 11 o clock meeting, indicating weekly worship at the Seventh Day Adventist church.
Pastor W. Westendorf leads morning worship at 9 45 with Germain services and 10 48 English services listed for the congregation.
Pastor Reverend H B Johnson conducts a worship service with sermon at 10 15 a m and Sunday School at 9 15 a m in the same session
Regular services are listed for Methodist Episcopal Church and Herrick Church. Epworth League hosts a fiction contest on Young America at night and Laura M. McCrea leads at Herrick Church with daytime and evening meetings and midweek prayer events.
Maytag Company launches large independent radio schedule using So A Tonic process controlled by National Radio Advertising Inc. Talent assembled in major cities is transcribed for broadcast on fifty leading stations in the US and Canada. Initial programs dramatize The Yellow Streak by Courtney Ryley Cooper and The Kiss with Pat Barnes directing and starring.
Rev. and P. MacDonald, pastor, leads services at ten o'clock on Sunday. Sunday School at 11:15 led by Miss Laura Thompson. The annual meeting is Wednesday evening with officers reelected for the ensuing year. Sunday evening services at 7:00.
Christmas dinner guests at Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Shumway’s home included Mr. and Mrs. Archie McLeod and their daughter Melissa of Marion, Mrs. Jessie Myers of Battle Creek, Roy La Forge of Lansing, BH. Storken of Battle Creek, and Mrs. Shumway and Mr. McLeod.
Chevrolet reports record sales and production as its new 1929 line, including a Six model, nears full capacity. The national debut is set for January with 10 000 dealers supplied and a large public showing at Zemmer Motor Sales attracting hundreds in Clare and vicinity.
The notice states that during Farmers Week any Michigan farmer can exhibit. Exhibits must be grown in Michigan during 1928 and shown by the exhibitor on his own farm or a farm where he is employed. Exhibits may also be delivered in person.
A claim asserts some fish never sleep including salmon pike and goldfish. It notes these species remain active and responsive while others exhibit rest patterns.
The chief town of the Incas preserves Cuzco as a symbol of heritage. Descendants of the Inca continue to form a significant portion of Peru’s population, reflecting deep cultural continuity across generations.
The Sovereign of the Seas achieved the fastest day on any sea by covering 437 miles while sailing from New York to San Francisco.
Michigan grain and potato producers will compete for nearly 1000 dollars in prizes at the annual Michigan Crop Improvement Association show during Farmers Week February 4 to 8 at Michigan State College. Grain alfalfa and corn exhibits plus a Spartan barley display will be featured with educational exhibits. Entries must reach the college by the morning of February 4.
An excerpt from a Los Angeles Times piece references a roughing experience in a mountain shack with imperfect plumbing and a sense of sin. It mentions a blade and a reward notice for Mrs. Lilian Dawe of Gladwin with unclear dates and details.
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