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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1926
Page
7
A colonial era cooking column shares Chicken a la Marengo and Chicken Salad with white meat celery almonds and mayo. It also gives a Mother’s Apple Pie with a butter crust method and tips to preserve juices and flavor.
A WPA era message notes that the well being of a people rests on their diet and living conditions, stressing nutrition, housing, and public welfare as foundations of character and social health.
A historical recipe excerpt outlines pressed egg and ham fillings with chopped hard boiled eggs, onion, and mustard, plus curry egg filling and corn flake dainties. It notes adding ham layers, stock, and chilling to firm. Also mentions onion buttered bread sandwiches and nut additions.
Local notes report visits to St Johns and Niles for medical care and family events. Community members attend church, jury duties, and a Fifth annual federation meeting. J. L. Littlefield honors mothers by planting white birch trees at the M and church grounds. Community Sunday School elects officers.
M. F. Nash pastor leads Sunday services at 10:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. with Sunday School at 11:30 a.m. The mid week study Thursday at 7:30 covers Phil 2. The message centers on Christianity as the world’s greatest smile producer and the joy it brings to believers.
Church activities include Sunday School at 10 30 with Bert Chapman as superintendent and a 11 30 service on the theme The Christian's armour. A 2 00 Junior meeting led by Mrs T Smith and a 7 30 message by Harry C House follow. Various neighborhood visits, school events, and social gatherings are listed, with Mothers Day observed and the cemetery upkeep noted. Local residents and visitors from Clare Flint Mt Pleasant Saginaw and Lansing are mentioned along with minor town happenings and church activities.
Under the Woman's Christian Temperance Union auspices a school contest awarded prizes across grades. Winners include Miss Mable Summers and Miss Marion Fuller in junior senior. Elmer Schofield Jr and Mildred Stanley in freshman sophomore. Frances Bingham and Alice Rosenfield in seventh and eighth. Florence Stanley and Agnes Stanley in sixth and eighth. Layle Littlefield and Freda Parks in fourth grade. A temperance program by winners was presented at the M E church. Winners in each group advance to the state contest.
The Farwell Woman's Club held a May 4 meeting at Mrs Olive Badger's home with thirteen members present. Mrs Helen Kidd gave a book review The Lay of the Last Minstrel while Mrs Alice Henry spoke on Poets of the Soil discussing Carl ton Miller Field Riley and Whitman. Miss Helen Tanner played a piano solo before adjournment and refreshments were served.
The Clare National Farm Loan Association announces ready acceptance of good farm loans at 5 percent on mortgages that never come due. J A Reeder serves as secretary-treasurer.
A tale of a silver fruit dish and a blue sugar bowl reveal their odd existences. Both objects recount years without fruit or nuts and long periods stored away, finding purpose only in unlikely roles like holding matches envelopes or pipe cleaners. They reflect on an enduring, peculiar life.
Prof W W Shay at North Carolina State College notes milk is premier for brood sows in the two months before farrowing. He cites experiments showing fish meal or tankage can substitute with similar value, depending on cost. He warns on milk’s higher weight gain and preservation issues and calculates profitable ratios at current milk and feed prices.
A young woman shapes the Administration Building at the Sesqui-Centennial Exposition as she directs gardeners in placing small trees and shrubs. Her work enhances the front of the stucco building for the 150th anniversary celebration of the Declaration of Independence.
June Webster presents Noah Webster’s likeness to the Publicity Department to assist correct pronunciation of Sesqui Centenn ial Expo. The event opens June 1 to mark the 160th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence with a single proper pronunciation "Ses Kwah cen ten nial" emphasizing the first syllable of Sesqui and the second of centennial.
A compact quotation attributed to Michelet speaks of great heartedness and the deep glory found in “geod” within the human spirit, suggesting a philosophical note on inner virtue and resilience.
An aphoristic piece explores the paradox of catching and being caught as the early bird proverb frames a riddle about awareness and choice. It invites reflection on agency, timing, and the pull of opportunity.
Ethel visits Marie and comments on how red Marie's baby brother appears. Marie explains the infant looks red because everyone is a stranger to him and he is bashful in his cradle.
A reflective verse asks when the sun becomes generous as it tilts the clouds to gold. It evokes warmth, radiance, and the hush before twilight in nature’s quiet mood.
A University of Illinois study of 25 McLean and Woodford county farms shows 85 percent of bred sows and gilts wean litters, 6 percent barren or aborted, and 5.5 percent lose all pigs after farrowing. Early removal and feeding out nonbreeders can cut feed costs and improve profits.
The article stresses clean dry quarters for breeding hogs and notes charcoal as a key but often neglected feed lot essential. It cites South Dakota State College experiments showing lambs pick weeds and corn bits when turned into fields. It advises clover hay for pregnant sows, even manure fertilization reach, and warns against all silage for sheep.
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