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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1931
Page
4
The piece argues that Double Duty Alfalfa yields more per acre than other hay and, despite needing lime and fertilizer, costs less per ton. It claims the hay provides superior roughage for cows and lowers milk production costs versus other hay types, making alfalfa a profitable crop with extra hay per acre and cheaper milk.
A fragment from 1981 Western Newspaper Clan features quirky lines about a lightning bug and a traffic cop. The text reads like playful verse with missing context and unclear attribution.
A collection of old time recipes detailing Chicken Cooked in Milk with a rich gravy, Summer Squash en Casserole using squash tomatoes meat or nuts, Moravian Deep Apple Pie with lemon and peach marmalade, and Creamed Beef served on buttered toast.
Several correspondents send unsigned letters or without headings. This delays handling. Read letters carefully before sealing to ensure correct spelling of names and cities. Letters should reach by Monday. Consider a classified ad next week.
Sealed bids for buildings and land along US 10 from Vernon Sel y to Coleman Isabella County Michigan are due August 4 1931. Properties include a Herrick frame house Loomis Village homes and a barn with several parcels. Bidders must remove structures after notice and submit a $25 bid bond with proposals.
The Clare Shipping Association announces next shipping dates on Tuesday August 11 and August 25. Contact H. A. Dawson, Shipper, at phone 220F21 for details.
Local ad promotes selling old batteries radiators and green hides at Samborn's with contact Phone 23.
A round of violent incidents across Michigan reports several fatalities and many rescues. Ypailand and Kalamazoo saw deadly crashes, while Goodyear blimp Puritan wrecked in Traverse City and a red Beaver Creek stretch alarmed Merrill residents. Fire, drownings, and a lightning linked death appear alongside lighter notes on cast-off crimes and quirky local tales.
A young girl called Marge asks a painter to portrait her rag doll Allie Baa with its long name Alice Gustave Ariel Star Jewel Bright Cucumber-Green. The finished painting shows Marge with Allie Baa, pleasing both daughter and mother, and the doll is depicted as the child’s favorite at night.
A playful dialogue shows a teacher asking for half of the numeral eight. John replies the top half yields zero while the sideways eight half yields three, highlighting a clever visual pun in arithmetic slang.
The excerpt presents pithy maxims on self awareness and vanity. It notes that a person who reads themselves well is well read, jokes on burdens and modesty, and ends with a witty exchange about will versus won't in women.
The Buffalo Express quotes Rev Roy L Smith on work ethic and attitude. He notes that effort often aims to avoid toil and worry precedes action. He frames work as opportunity or indictment and suggests singing can lighten labor.
A humorous collection of maxims about family life and social quirks. Clever phrases warn that a man with no dust is mud and two heads may not be better than one. The verses poke fun at love, silence, and fatigue in everyday relations.
A neighbor recalls Bertie sitting on the front porch alone as Jackie stays away after a spanking. The boy sighs that he must play by himself and longs for a friend.
The note suggests testing a Glare Sentinel liner in the near future, mentioning a SHILI-try plan for the coming week. Further specifics on location, method, or participants are not provided in the fragment.
A fragment describes a girl named Phyllis visiting for tea and offering her real name to a person addressed as your grace. The exchange hints at a social moment or script involving a neighbor and a young guest.
Card expresses gratitude to neighbors and friends for timely service after a misfortune. Thanks Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs for hosting, Mr. E. B. Schofield for bravery, local townspeople, Clare and Camp Rec staff, Boy Scouts, and others for kindness, service, and flowers. Signed by Mr. and Mrs. Bert Capen, two children, Miss Pauline Lewis, Vaughn Lewis.
The text notes that slack coal cannot be used in ordinary furnaces or stoves because the draft is usually insufficient to overcome the resistance to air flow through the fire bed.
Farmers' Produce issues two shipping dates for livestock on Tuesday August 4 and August 18. Contact P F Geeck at telephone 139 for details.
Mrs Pred Timm advertises a No 1 Diabola cream separator with a five gallon cream can for sale. The brief notice lists the item and seller name.
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