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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1925
Page
2
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A Victorian superstition says a nurse must carry a small bag of biscuits to a christening and offer them to the first person met. If refused, the child is unlucky. if accepted, the child will have good fortune.
Berlin reports field marshal Paul von Hindenburg sworn in as president amid quiet ceremonies and a brief Communist protest. Reichstag President Paul Doebs administered the oath, followed by Hindenburg declaring to devote energies to welfare, prosperity, constitutional protection, and just conduct, with the added religious affirmation So Help Me God.
At Blue Point Illinois the Penna passenger No 6 derailed killing two engineers and a fireman and injuring five other crew members including three mail clerks an express messenger and a second fireman. No passengers were reported hurt. Two locomotives and three cars left the rails and rolled over. Official cause of the derailment not yet determined.
Detroit Henry Ford plans to acquire over 400 steel ships from the United Shipping Board. The boats have rusted at docks since World War I and Ford says the government will get a fair price. The move follows a Dearborn visit by T. W. O Conn or, shipping board chairman, who urged Ford to buy part of the idle fleet.
Tokyo negotiates a liquor treaty similar to England and others to permit Japanese ships to carry liquor within U S territorial waters under defined regulations.
The French Cabinet authorized Finance Minister Joseph Caillaux and Foreign Minister Aristide Briand to study the Inter Allied debt issue. The decision followed a lengthy discussion and their expert opinions on possible actions.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and Kermit Roosevelt head a Field Museum of Chicago expedition into central Asia. Sir John Barry Wood, British resident of Kashmir, announced the party will receive Kashmiri hospitality in Karachi, India.
On May 18 residents of James Town Island Virginia honored the 319th anniversary of the founding of James Town the first permanent English settlement in America. Descendants of English Portuguese and Spanish colonists recalled rivalries long past while marking a modern unity in the new world.
Al den L. Putnam of Detroit, assigned to Detroit Pressed Steel, received the first balloon tire patent. He filed the application on August 18, 1920, according to Commissioner Robertson in a report to Secretary Hoover.
Mrs. Martha Wise known as the poison widow of Hard Scrabble received a life sentence from Common Pleas Judge N H McClure at Maysville reformatory after a jury found her guilty of first degree murder. The verdict cited her poisoning of her mother aunt and uncle and the panel recommended mercy.
H. M. Jones of the 50-60 Jones oil interests and Jones Oil company in the Hiderado fields received one year and one day in federal prison.
Rosebush visitor Car Brown joins a stream of guests from Detroit Clare Alma Midland and Mt. Pleasant as townsfolk host relatives and friends. The piece notes dances church events and motor trips plus a postponed Ladies Auxiliary meeting and multiple weekend visits.
Dee Waters of St Johns visited Pal O Mine cottage last Wednesday and returned on Thursday. The community records a series of visits, school teaching plans, health updates, car service from Clare, a runaway incident injuring Mrs Harris, and a Grange gathering with a forthcoming social at Pine street May 28.
The advertisement touts Kemp's Balsam as a quick fix for a harsh coughing fit and throat irritation. It claims the medicine reduces phlegm and soothes inflamed membranes, costing 30 cents at all stores.
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