This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 16 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1937
Page
9
The Clare Sentinel announces subscription prices to Michigan and other points, display ad rates on request, and liners 10c per line with heading 10c extra. Cards of thanks 2c per line for ten lines, probate notices requested via Judge Wylie for printing, and the paper offers general job printing services.
Sunday services at the usual hour with Sunday school at 10:00 and a special sermon at 11:00. Evening services resume next Sunday at 8:00. Midweek prayer meeting invites all. Several local residents visit, travel, or report illness. Death of Albert Fleshings noted with burial in Frost cemetery. Mother’s Day program announced for Congregational Bible School next Sunday.
A Saturday party at the Stockwell home honored Laura and Virginia Smith on their fifteenth birthdays. Thirteen guests played games and enjoyed homemade ice cream and cake. The cake featured a white layer design with the message Happy Birthday Laura and Virginia and included fifteen pink candles.
The Harrison Home Economics Extension group met at Mrs. Nettie Chase’s home on April 27. Kathleen Briggs presided and led officer elections. The lesson "The Building Food" was taught by Mrs. Chase with discussion. The group ends its year with the May 28 achievement display at Clare City Hall.
Miss O'Dale Schaaf, bride elect, was honored by a surprise kitchen shower hosted by the Haffa Bridge club at Mrs. Max Carey's home. The event featured progressive auction bridge with prizes to Mrs. Harry Merrill and Miss Katherine Briggs. O'Dale received many lovely gifts and luncheon was served.
The Hayes Unit softball team beat Frost Unit 3 to 2 at home while Frost won 21 to 20 in a second, closer game. After the games twenty girls joined by recreation leader Katherine Briggs and teacher Clarabelle Mead enjoyed a picnic at Wilson State Park.
Wyoming workers on the federal writers project list unusual state facts. Lander is cited with the lowest wind velocity in the United States, Sheridan district second. Banner post office got its name from a flag branding on Bozeman trail. The Rock Creek to Etchetah star route, 500 miles, carried mail in pockets. Susan Wissler, Dayton mayor since 1911, said to be the first woman in the nation to hold that office. Whisky sold wholesale at 15 dollars per gallon. Laramie hosts the largest natural icing plant in the U S, icing trains in about two and a half minutes per car. Teapot Dome produced the state’s biggest oil well with 28,000 barrels daily flow, later 100. The North Platte toll bridge near Fort Laramie grossed 40,000 in 1853. Wagon Box fight sites contested, two spots within a quarter mile, one in Johnson county, the other in Sheridan county.
Russell Anderson, 22, a novice reporter, covered a rare 10 day old baby transfusion at St Francis hospital. He donated his Type 4 blood to enable the operation and reported the inside story of the medical feat.
A Lancet article by Dr. W A Temperley and Professors A E Naisn and G A Clark reports a white of egg preparation controlling a hemophilic hemorrhage. Injections of gel from egg white incubated with potassium bromide at 37 C for days were not poisonous in tests on cats, and the treatment is for hemorrhage control, not a cure, requiring repeated injections.
Brewster resident John Freeman owns a deed dated July 26, 1672 showing his ancestors paid the Saquatukett Indians one cow and other considerations including a calf and an ax for thirty eight acres on Cape Cod. The exact site is unknown but believed to be in Brewster or Harwich. Governor Thomas Prince of New Plymouth acted as real estate agent.
A sausage link 51 feet 114 inches long was shown by Ollie Cline who claimed the Knox County unofficial championship for farmers who hatch their own stock.
Rural Cornwellville residents report visits and gatherings with relatives in Harrison Saginaw Clare Kalkaska and Seeley Johnsons. Several families entertain kin and friends while noting pleasant garden weather and summer travel updates among LaVoye Gordon Hartman Meyers and Defoy families.
Jud Tonkins says many people would be happier if they stopped overthinking their own happiness and focused less on measuring it against an ideal. He argues contentment comes from reducing constant comparing and embracing simpler contentment.
An opinion piece argues many children develop inferiority complexes in school or at home from hostile labels and constant comparisons. It stresses that harsh punishment harms self esteem and urges balanced punishment and reward to build confidence.
A Hygeia Health Magazine writer states each person has a definite food need based on body activity at rest and the energy used for daily routines. The article discusses how daily programs determine total dietary value.
The Clare city council met with Mayor Hampton presiding. Members present included Archambault Dunlop Feighner Hachmuth Holbrook Parish. no one absent. Minutes approved and bids read. a $10000 donation to the Clare Chamber of Commerce for county maps approved. Building permits granted. Bills referred to Finance Committee and paid. Subsequent session held with Mayor Dunlop and City Clerk McKinnon.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.