Telephone crews repair and rebuild lines after April ice storm
Construction crews of the Michigan Bell Telephone Company repair and rebuild damaged lines across eastern Michigan after the April first ice storm. Teams from Flint Saginaw northern Ohio and Indiana work to restore toll lines with new copper wire and additional circuits planned from Clare to Reed City.
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Clare
Reed City
Michigan Bell Telephone Company
Michigan
Midland
Ohio
Indiana
Saginaw Valley
Flint
Saginaw
Still Paying Dividends Play Safe and Slow Down
Public safety message urged caution on travel and work, warning that carelessness leads to grave consequences. It advised sticking to safeguards, avoiding risky behavior, and recognizing that accidents can be fatal while engines have right of way. The campaign promotes safe conduct for long term dividends.
Carpenter returns to Clare for broad carpentry work
A local carpenter resumes service in Clare after years away offering all kinds of carpentry and cabinet making. Contact Ferguson at 2912 Kash to request estimates based in Clare. Thurston's displays plants and flowers nearby.
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Clare
Mt. Pleasants News Roundup with Local Notices
Mt. Pleasant area items include church and school notes, social visits, and local business ads. Mentions mother's day promotions, garden plant sales, river rail schedules, and civic updates from the Board of Education and city council.
Statewide Michigan car safety test spans 51 days
The Michigan Safety Council launches a statewide car safety campaign from May 10 to June 30. The effort inspects all vehicles for brakes lights steering and sound signals and aims to engage communities and traffic officials in edification about the high costs of careless driving and equipment failure.
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Michigan Safety Council
Michigan
Safety Council
The
Championship Race at Detroit Sets 100 Mile Showdown
The second annual AAA sanctioned championship race will unfold at the Detroit state fair track on Sunday June 9. It awards championship points toward the 1929 speedway title with a $10 000 purse. Fourteen cars start 100 miles with a 25 mile Michigan curtain raiser and entries include French and Italian drivers. Last year's event drew about 40000 spectators in Michigan.
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American Automobile Ass'n
Indianapolis
State Fair Track
Detroit
Michigan
Card of Thanks for Kindness During Illness and Death
We extend thanks to neighbors and friends for acts of kindness and sympathy shown during our husband and father's illness and death. Grateful for floral offerings and Rev. H. B. Johnson for comforting words from Mrs. Thos. Dwyer and family.
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H. B. Johnson
Thos. Dwyer
Bereavement Gratitude For Kindness And Tributes
Expressing appreciation for neighbors and friends after a recent bereavement. Thanks to Rev MacDonald for comforting words and to singers and others for floral tributes. Signed by R Bell and Son, Herbert and Florence Brown and other relatives.
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Rev. MacDonald
R. Bell
Herbert
Florence Brown
Grateful thanks from Wiggins family for support
The family of Rhoda Wiggins expresses gratitude to neighbors and friends for kindness during the illness of their husband and father. They thank those who furnished cars, provided songs, sent flowers, and Rev. MS Wymier for the comforting message.
Heights of Loving Gardening Observer
An observer reflects on the Woman's Home as a pathway from hectic life toward serene, elevated states of loving devotion and steady progression to higher levels of happiness and calm.
Missionary of Turkey speaks to large crowd in 1918
Miss Phelps, visiting Turkey, described the shift toward a constitutional government and Kemal Pasha s reforms. She noted the adoption of the new Turkish alphabet and efforts to educate and modernize while acknowledging rural and traditional practices. Her hospital work and local church donations supported Turkish education and health.
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Turkey
Kemal Pasha
Miss Phelps
Congregational Boards
Congregational Church
Kelly Co Here May 13 Series Opens In Hammond Indiana
Ray Lewis directs and stages a touring production with Ike and Mary Norman, Courtland Ferguson, Toby Nevius, Laura Nevius, and Dick and Ruby Wren. The Kelly organization promotes a real jazz orchestra and vaudeville acts with new stage equipment, waterproof tent, raised stage, and expanded seating for a modern road show.
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Page One
Hammond
Ind
Ray Lewis
Ike
Mary Norman
Sunny
South
Courtland Ferguson
Toby” Nevius
Laura Nevius
Kelly Organization
Ruby Wren
Mr. Kelly
Sale Of Christmas Seals Increases In Clare County
Clare county is one of 28 Michigan counties showing higher Christmas seal proceeds in 1928, with $280.23 raised, up $86.24 from 1927. The statewide total is $241,865.14 from the State Association and 27 county societies, funding the April Early Diagnosis campaign and a summer series of chest clinics.
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Clare County
Michigan
Michigan Tuberculosis Association
State Association
The
Mobility Offer for Furniture Pickup at Half Price
Notice to the public from Chris Laftler offering furniture or other items transport from Detroit and nearby cities to Claré or vicinity at one half price. Reads in a distressed ad style with locations including Pontiac Flint Bay City Cleveland Toledo Jackson Lansing and Ann Arbor. Contact by postal drop or see him in Farwell, Michigan or J Bates.
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Detroit
Pontiac
Flint
Bay City
Cleveland
Toledo
Jackson
Lansing
Arbor
Claré
Chris Laftler
Farwell
Mich
J Bates
Birthday Party for Mathew Keebler in Saginaw
Mathew Keebler turned eight with a birthday gathering at Mr. and Mrs. Howard Blower home in Saginaw. Thirty-six relatives and friends attended, sharing a noon dinner and an afternoon of visiting and games before departing with well-wishes. Guests included families from Detroit Pontiac Lansing Saginaw Flint Clare and more. Thurston's sells plants and flowers at 2913.
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White
Br Wit & Floral Farm
John Wager
Remus
Clayton M. Jones
White's Fruit and Floral Farm
Derby’s
O. B
Ladies
C. C. Ogle
Thompson-Wilkinson Agency
W. B. Maxwell
Mt Pleasant
J. H. Seeley
Geo. White
Dale Glen
Wm. Streit
Wm. Jr
Mt. Clemens
Floyd Kane
Detroit
J. Kane
Nannie Hileman
Delia Hart
Martha
Tillie Schultz
John Schults
Ty. Saginaw
Freda Giebel
Carl Dust
Board of Education
O. A. Garrell
Flint
T.m B. Johnson
Mathew Keebler
Howard Blower
Saginaw
Nooon
Ray Balsley
Walter Ott
Phil. Teachout
Pontiac
Ward Foster
Lansing
Ray Hardy
Edward Keebler
Louise Keebler
George Manns
Henry Ott
Wm. Erhalt
Clare
Grinding Horse Clipper Blades and Mowing Equipment
Fragmentary listing notes a horse clipper, blades, sheep equipment, cones and blades, mowing machine bars, and the name Geo. Wilcox appearing in a trade item or ad. The readable text suggests a local catalog or classifieds entry for farm tools and hardware.
Well Drilling Services Offered in Clare
I am prepared to do all kinds of well drilling and repairing. Prices always reasonable. 2813 C. W. Sprague, Clare.
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C. W. Sprague
Clare R
Dogs to be shot if found running woods without owners
Conservation Inspector Edward Pettit reports many dogs running at large in Clare county woods tormenting wild game. He states that henceforth all dogs found in woods unaccompanied by owners will be shot on sight.
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Edward ‘Pettit
Clare County
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Clare County Savings Bank
Gloze, Michigan
Kash
Ferguson
Thurston’s
Harrison
Real Estate and
Bigdtness ‘Chance Broker Office
Doherty Building
Ann Arbor
M. North
Pere Marquette
Dorothy Lange
Owosso
Wm. Lange
Mother Carey
George Phelps
Edna Fowler
Greenville
Theca Phelps
H. C. Cudney
Isabella County
State College
Mt. Pleasant
Fifth
McEwan
Fourth
McEwan Streets
Wm. Preimsburg
Sentinel
Linotype
George Washington
Kirkpatrick
Anspaugh
Coleman, Mich
D. “W. Osborn
Pearl Comer
Frieda A.* Gilmore
Hast Lansing
Mary
Jay Wyman
Thurston
Toy
State Bank
Bank
Clare, Michigan
Thurston's
Geo. Wilcox
Anderson's
Chere, Me
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