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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1925
Page
2
Local items report visits from Detroit and Lansing, club meetings, illness moves, weddings and farewells. Traveling notices mention Harrison and Lansing business, school memorial plans, library gains, and Maple log hauling. Community notices include rummage sale details and church class activities.
Catholic church notice announces Rev. George Flanagan as pastor with services at 8:00 p m. in Masa.
Eighty acres of clay loam farm land with 50 acres improved includes a new eight room house, hip roof barn 32 by 50, granary, garage, corn crib, hog house and hen house. Priced at 4800 dollars. A very good buy.
Community grief notes express thanks for liberal offerings and comforting words after deaths. Families name Mrs Lulu Jacobs and many relatives, praise Rev Milberry, thank Advance Grange members for hall use and a dance with $18.58 net, and acknowledge flowers from friends and Bay City teachers.
Friends and family extend thanks to those who sent cards during her illness. Marie Tatman is remembered by Mr. and Mrs. R. H. MacDonald, Roy A. Tatman, and Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Comer and family.
Sealed bids by Garfield township Clerk at Lake Michigan are invited until January 30 1925 at 1 00 p m for hauling 700 yards of gravel by the yard per specifications on file in the clerk office. Bids must include a $60.00 certified check payable to Garfield township. The right to reject any or all bids is reserved. Deputy Clerk J L Cook signs.
Collage of ads and notices listing items for sale including pelts and a cow. Missing owners lost oil barrel near Di Doherty farm and Walton, with contact requests and a reward. Employment ad seeks a salesman to establish a business in Cleveland Ohio.
Reverend James Hanes leads Sunday worship at 10:00 a m with Sunday school at 11 00 a m Prayer meeting Thursday evening at 7 30 and evening services at 7 00. The locations noted as 47 00 reflect schedule details for the week.
Rev. H. B. Johnson leads morning worship at 10 15. Sunday includes worship and sermon at 11 30 and Sunday School with Mrs. Alex McKinnon as Superintendent. Christian Endeavor at 6 30 p m and Evening service at 7 30 p m with good music and sermon by the pastor.
List of pastoral contacts and service times for Leonard C. Bernthal Primley and Rev C B Milberry. Includes confirmation classes January February, English and German services, Sunday school hours, baptisms, prayer meetings and revival notes. Sewing circle at Mrs Wm Fiegel and Wilson School House meetings noted.
S. E. Sheridan services Tuesday evenings at Levi Priests’ home. Methodist Church at 107 East 7th Street Clare. Pastor B. H. T. Smith. Glass meeting 9:30 a.m. Preaching 10:00 a.m. Sermon Forsaking Christ. Sunday School 11:15 a.m. Haworth League 6:00 p.m. Preaching 7:00 p.m. Sermon The Foolish Man. Prayer meeting Thursday 7:30 p.m. Herrick Sunday School 1:30 p.m. Evangelistic service 2:30 p.m. Sun time. Community urged to attend nightly with invitees.
The letter lists various community activities including guild meetings at Mrs. D. W. Osborne and Mrs. Northon’s Saginaw trip. It notes rummage sales at Hotel Doherty, real estate firm Brown and Seeley compiling listings, and church groups hosting banquets and meetings. Miss Florence Hendrie highlighted in Michigan Bell photos.
An advertisement touts Doan's Pills as a tonic for backache rheumatic pains headaches dizziness and urinary disorders. It quotes Robert Border of Vernon City Clare who credits the product with restoring health after a back injury and kidney issues, noting past use and a 1924 update. The pitch cites a 60 cent price at dealers such as Upbeat Co. and Buffalo NY.
A quip notes that often only one half of a man’s brain works at a time and refers to this as his better half. The line wittily contrasts brain activity with personality and social perception.
Mrs. L. M. Chik offers reflections on virtue and charity with emphasis on uplifting others and the moral benefits of benevolence. The brief piece expresses gratitude for kind acts and the value of communal harmony.
Thursday market notes list beans oats barley and corn prices per hundredweight with a mix of names and figures. The fragmented copy cites Gea BYeéddentngh and Dairy Buster Oraain among quoted sources with varying price figures and units.
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