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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1925
Page
4
Governor Groesbeck pushes a 20 to 21 million highway plan funded by Michigan motorists as the 1925 legislature convenes. Center stage is highway finance with riparian rights and game law amendments foreseen, plus a broaderConservation Director role and a renewed push on child labor amendment ratification.
President Coolidge approves a revised postal rate increase, after White House talks with Senators Moses and others. The plan raises revenue by about 60 million dollars, trims second class hikes to 6 million, adds a 25 cent parcel post special delivery fee, and runs Feb 15 to Feb 15 next year as a temporary measure.
City employes of municipally owned institutions acting in a proprietary capacity must pay income tax on their compensation. They face retroactive taxation back to 1918 as the Bureau of Internal Revenue orders collectors to compel returns. The ruling rests on court decisions deeming such institutions as competing with private enterprise and on equal taxation footing.
A severe storm last week caused fires and accidents across several cities. Reports say New York suffered numerous deaths and injuries with children among the dead, while Montreal Toledo Philadelphia and other locations saw additional fatalities and homelessness.
Tile Guarantee and Trust Company allocates 860,984 in profit sharing to officers and staff from 26.7 to 37.4 percent of annual salaries based on length of service. Four-fifths of net profits are advanced to the organization, with quarterly portions and the remainder held until year end.
Detroit reports a 1924 construction record of 160 064 794 dollars, up 30 845 063 from 1923. Other city items note utility rate shifts, plant upgrades, and notable local incidents across Michigan including Lansing fare changes and Grand Rapids lawsuits.
New York report cites Serbian Child Welfare Association of America led postwar health campaigns. Training schools for nurses and health workers, a hygiene textbook, home sanitation courses, and domestic science programs aided 25 000 orphans and 300 plus schools rebuilt.
Victor Helser of the Far East Rockefeller foundation cites Doctor Salke of the Japanese Institute of Nutrition as testing a fish powder that would increase stature. Helser says the method has worked in animals and now in humans and that national questions do not affect the foundation’s work in 387 countries while aiming to reduce death rates through diet and preventatives.
A Christmas greeting sent December 28 1012 to Feeding Hills near Springfield arrives for Miss Olive H Causey eleven and a half years after mailing and six years after sender George Hudson's death. Officials offer no explanation for the long postage interval.
A married couple with their baby prepare an unusual voyage northward aboard a vessel. They plan to carry a supply pail for the child and even seek a cat as part of the journey. The text reads as a fragmented account with stray phrases about a grizzly bear and a mountain goat.
Daily notices from Farwell include church services led by Nash with sermons on ideal ministry and social gospel, Sunday School and Young People meetings, and worship songs. Local residents report travel, visits, and community events. Merchants plan store closing at 6 pm starting January 13 1925 for lighter weekday hours.
The Farwell Woman's Club met December 30 at Mrs. Fiora Powell’s home with Mrs. Powell and Bertha Babcock as hostesses. A Christmas program featured "The Mansion" by Van Dyke and ten minute character sketches including "The Christ", "John", "Martha", and "Mary" with readings by members. A greeting from Mrs. Gertrude Marsh of Pasadena was read and her Christmas box opened, containing handwork for all. The lesson urged perseverance to accomplish the impossible. Refreshments were served at meeting’s close.
A brief item notes Jas Stanley deal with coal woad and baled hay. The line reads 1142 indicating a numeric detail or identifier associated with the listing.
David Smith dies Sunday after a paralytic stroke Friday in Gilmore township. Born May 12 1867 in Oxbridge Ontario he married Rosiena Weber November 19 1900. Survived by wife two daughters father seven brothers with funeral held at Farwell Methodist Church conducted by Rev M S Wymer. Interment in Surrey Cemetery.
Prof A K Chittenden of Michigan Agricultural College argues farming evergreen trees offers a solution to forest loss by replacing cut wild trees. He notes Norway spruce suits plantations, grows six to eight years to market size, and farm grown trees favor superior shape and condition over forest-cut stock.
Mrs. Monroe Osborne of Mt. Clemens Michigan states she was cured of a goitre by Sorbol Quadruple a colorless liniment. The advertisement urges readers to contact Sorbol Company Mechanicsburg Ohio for more information and notes the product is sold by all drug stores.
The quote emphasizes virtue in aiming for high goals while accepting secondary ranks as honorable steps. It frames progress as worthy even when not reaching the top, valuing steady ascent and perseverance.
Grandma Snow, a Spartan mother and nurse candidate in the Civil War era, is recalled for her bold enlistment gesture and fearless frontier charm. The narrator relays her courage and solid character through anecdotes of youth and age, ending with a witty veranda encounter.
The article notes parrots as famed talkers since antiquity with a writer describing a bird that could imitate languages. Even without chatter they drew attention for vivid plumage and were prized pets in Rome, where noblewomen housed them in tortoise shell cages and silver wire. Roman taste extended to birds as delicacies in table service.
Early societies in Arabia and the East still honor solemn agreements by sali a practice noted as an enduring custom in the region.
Farmers are notified the Farwell Shipping Association will hold its annual meeting in Farwell on Friday afternoon January 16 at 1:00 o clock. All farmers involved in shipping their stock and seeking profits through cooperative action are urged to attend and list their stock for shipping with Manager C L Brasington.
A fragmented reflection notes Latin inscriptions Hic sunt leones and Here are Mons within a sombre corner of the mind. The piece links ancient bravado to human passions prowling inside us and a dark spot in our souls.
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