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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1901
Page
6
A collection of quips on religion politics and life from The Clare Sentinel. Wry vignettes compare faith and politics and warn against mixing theories with action. The speaker mocks self styled thinkers and notes the poverty of those clinging to tradition.
The excerpt reflects on how a true answer to life may come from love’s passion rather than self study. It contrasts a thinking mind with superior people who speak plainly, saying truth seems to cut through obstructions and deformities in character.
A set of old maxims about charity and self interest. They warn that aiding others may invite resentment from one’s own circle, and that those who reveal their affairs rarely protect others. The lines connect debt, Easter payments, and money spent on labor.
A succinct moral reflection on debt, labor, and the primacy of responsibility. The speaker questions reformers cast out of church, and ponders whether nations have grown pagan as love and money shape life.
A four story Grand Rapids block housing Friedman Co and others collapsed after remodeling. Fire swept the district injuring a firefighter and causing extensive losses across Friedman Co 150000 building 80000 Wurzburg Blickley Blodgett blocks and sample furniture. Water damage affected additional stores with unestimated totals.
Newaygo correspondent reports extreme heat at Hess Lake where fish in the pond were boiled. A boy named Willie Geezer slipped into the pond and lost one heel and three toes, rescued and to receive medical care.
The Supreme Court affirms the lower court ruling against George H. Hammond of Detroit in a $1,123 note dispute. The Maine gambling debt defense argued the check void under Maine law while the courts ruled Hammond need not pay, as the debt arose from pool tickets.
A severe windstorm hit Marquette Saturday evening after hours of high heat. The 20 minute gale caused extensive damage to signs awnings chimneys and roofs across the city. The Froebel school suffered major destruction to its false brick roof front breaking rafters and timbers. Interior rain damage will require repairs amounting to thousands of dollars.
A major blaze at the Michigan Barrel Co plant in Grand Rapids Thursday night destroyed the factory and nearby lumber piles with stock losses estimated at a quarter of a million dollars. Fire, discovered around 9 30 p m, spread rapidly, and by midnight the largest factory of its kind in the state was a total wreck. The firm produced refriger ators, baskets and boxes.
H Clergue claims there is no basis for the tale that Helen Tronmine was jumped. He says the Clergue syndicate did not secure a good title and asserts the government granted title long ago. Six thousand cars of furniture leave Grand Rapids yearly.
A long list of Michigan items. building boom in 1888 era. land held by the U.S. government in Michigan. strikes shut salt and lumber works. Detroit Cadillac celebrations slated for July 25 27. first peaches shipped from St Joseph. salt association cuts price. drownings and accidents. plans for fish hatchery in Ludington. county building funding in Van Buren. legal cases including assault. fires at Holly and Beak Brewing plant. new foods company Battle Creek. state encampment beer rules. tax commission expenses. jail scenes and labor shortages. electric road survey from Farmington to Lansing. deaths from horse kicks. smallpox campaigns and hospital cases. various local civic and criminal incidents.
The piece surveys past strikes and current steel worker actions led by the Amalgamated Association. It notes McKeesport and Wellsville as key sites, the National Tube Works plant facing union pressure, and the potential broad impact on the United States Steel operations. It quotes J. Pierpont Morgan & Co. and JP Morgan on arbitration and settlement positions.
United States District Judge Clark, hearing the motion to dissolve a temporary injunction against Cincinnati machinists on strike, declares picketing in any form unlawful and immoral, while stating that violence is not to be remedied by federal injunction and remains under state criminal jurisdiction.
Chief Wilkie reports that bank notes printed from the State Bank of New Brunswick plates, unused for over fifty years, are in circulation from New York to San Francisco. The plates, once thought destroyed after the bank's 1908 demise, may have produced large quantities, mostly twos with some ones and fives. Estimates suggest up to seven million dollars in active notes.
Mrs Krauger wife of former President Kruger of the South African Republic died of pneumonia after an illness of three days. She was 67. Her long separation from her husband and the death of her daughter Mrs Smith had broken her spirit.
Violent racial tensions rise as Cleveland colored citizens denounce government handling of a G A R event. Ottawa police chief Powell faces probe into improper contract. A severe Missaukee county storm drenches Lake City with heavy rainfall causing flooding and property damage.
A long list of varied items mentions Horatio Sprague's Gibraltar death appointment, Vanderbilt commission, New York library gift by Carnegie, Ukraine and Asiatic events, a Georgia Alabama mill fire loss, a Minnesota public library funding, Beers and Reed industry hints, Abdul Hamid schooling decree, Isthmian canal talks, Josiah Tyson heirs, and other scattered political, legal, and social notes. The report also covers trials, rail records, murders, education cuts in Nicaragua, and local unrest commentary with names and places throughout.
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