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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1926
Page
10
Rhodesland Red chicks available postpaid at ten dollars per hundred. The seller, T. Nichols & Sons of Michigan, guarantees live delivery and will cover postage.
Nine room brick modern home in Clare with steam heat electric lights gas water bath and lavatory on second floor near school and church. Paved street close to church and school. well priced for quick sale. Real Estate men urged to act and commission to be split fifty fifty.
A vintage advertisement explains Certo as a modern jellying agent that lets any fruit set with a brief boil. It claims more jam or jelly from every batch, better taste and appearance, and a trial offer from Douglas-Pectin Corporation with a 10 cent postage request.
Reports show Detroit-Michigan remains among 25 U S bicycle manufacturers. Lansing prepares a utility rate order. Saginaw eyes oil prospects as drilling units plan plants. Grand Rapids and Muskegon report labor shifts and a safety fall. Flint sells its plant to General Motors for 4 million while Kelevator expansions loom. Detroit engineers plan winter meet.
Sunday community boot at 10300 o clock standard with preaching at 413.00. Thomas Fair of Farwell will preach here again next Sunday. Visitors include Mr and Mrs M Campbell and family of Midland. Local residents Mr and Mrs Bob Carson and son visited Jim Gordon and Fred Welch over Sunday.
Mr and Mrs Lee Reynolds of Flint visited Sunday at her parental home L A Kiggins and wife were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Ralph Shull Jas S Bicknell and wife of Clare called on Geo Bates Mrs Nettie Barber of West Grant and Mrs S J Hood and three children of Mt Morris were visiting in our neighborhood and at Brush College last week We are sorry to hear of Mr Langworthy illness and wish for improvement Mrs Ora Hale canvassed for Lima Tea Company last week Billy and Ira Taylor of Pent and Milton Leitner of Clare passed through Sunday Mr and Mrs EH Orvis entertained his sister Sunday Bob Whitlock was hanging paper for Mrs EH Wood the first of the week Arrangements have been changed regarding baptismal services There will be no Sunday School or services at the hall in the forenoon and the river services will be at one o clock sun time
Mt Verio Grange held a lively Monday night meeting with enthusiastic discussion and practical suggestions to be acted on later. After business a social ice cream hour followed. Members discussed a Grange picnic in August and nomination of state Grange officers.
Attendance was good at Sunday School though some faces were absent. Rev. Frank Bates gave an inspiring sermon uplifting listeners. Langworthy’s hospital prognosis remains cautious with hopes for improvement. Claude Hartman and family from Houghton arrived for a visit with relatives. Detroit visitors Jimmie Youngs and Ernie Kleinhardt spent ten days at the Kleinhardt summer home. Mrs. Wade and Ahah Coulter welcomed the excursion to Detroit. Mrs. Russell Atwood is listed on the on the stax list and hoped for speedy recovery.
Mrs Stan Vandenberg and family attended Sunday gatherings and dined together. Jack Jerred and Mrs George Langworthy with child visited Mrs Robert Still who went to Ann Arbor hospital. Ernest Wallace and family called on Chas Klein Pardts. They returned from Clare where they met daughter Ruth of Detroit for a two week visit.
Local notices list numerous weekend visits and day trips. Families from Flint Saginaw Clare Evart and Marysville visiters include the Adairs Somervilles Omen Brooks Mahan Ramsdell Tryon Scott and others.
The Clare Common Council met June 21 with Mayor Thompson presiding. Roll call showed Aldermen Chaffee Holmes Mason Walker present. Brown Jennings absent. Minutes from June 7 and 10 approved. Storm sewer extension petition for Fifth and Beech read. referred to street committee. Special assessment hearing for E 4th and 6th Streets set for July 6 at 7:00 p.m. City Clerk authorized to publish notice in Clare Sentinel for two weeks. Bills submitted for storm sewer and related work referred to claims committee. amounts listed for W Parks, Forbes, Jennings, Walker, Wahl, Smith, and Bowen.
The council approved several finance items including labor payments and a water rebate, then adjourned. A special meeting considered firemen’s concession rights on Main Street from Third to Fifth, provided no traffic conflicts. Mayors Leo Thompson and Alex McKinnon presided, with several aldermen present or absent as noted.
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