War fraud suits net U S twenty million dollars
From the Times Tribune Washington Bureau March 25 governments effort to recover war profiteering funds nears completion with a federal treasury gain of about 19.12 million after costs. Justice and Finance agencies led the recoveries totaling 19.12 million with Woodruff highlighting prosecutions and past administration shortcomings.
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Times Tribune
Washington Bureau
Washington, D. C
Roy O. Woodruff
Michigan
Department of Justice
Finance
War Department
General Accounting Office
Air Service
Memorial and Decoration Days and the Civil War
A 1926 column recalls the origins of Memorial and Decoration Days from Civil War acts by women placing flowers on graves. It notes May 30 as Decoration Day, later moved to May 31 when Sunday, and criticizes Memorial Day being subsumed. The author denounces commercialization and praises government agents for honesty and flaws in competence.
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Department of Justice
Jerome Michael
Nouse
Michael
North
Southland
South
John A. Logan
Senate
Congress
U.S
Church of God
Clare Delphian Society Elects Officers At May Meeting
The Clare Delphian Society held its annual meeting on May 24 at Mrs. Lettie Graves’s home. Officers re elected included President Anna Duncan and Vice President Laila Wilson with Lillian Sanford as Secretary Treasurer and an advisory board of Wilma Achard Mildred Fitzpatrick and Edith Brewer.
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Clare Delphian Society
Lettie Graves
Anna Duncan
Laila Wilson
Lillian Sanford
Wilma Achard
Mildred Fitzpatrick
Edith Brewer
America
L. B.S
Gasoline Tax Receipts Jump in March 1926
Secretary of State Chas J DeLand reports March net receipts from the 2 cent gasoline tax at 611716, after exemptions for non vehicular use. The figure exceeds March 1925 by 141286 and supports forecasts that 1926 gasoline tax revenue will rise sharply and boost the road construction fund beyond prior estimates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. J. DeLand
Local neighbors share kindness after misfortune
Mr. and Mrs. Jas Grigg and family thank neighbors and friends for acts of kindness during their hardship. Memory books for graduation at Kirkpatrick's drug store, ady.
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Kirkpatrick's
Fy r fyter fire extinguisher ad from Clare Michigan
An advertisement urges purchase of Fyr-Fyter extinguishers noting 15000 fires and 550 million dollars in losses in 1925. It claims city departments extinguish 85 percent of fires with chemicals and promotes Fyr-Fyter as the best and cheapest protection for business, auto, home, or farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Resolutions for Carl Haring Mourned by Advance Grange
The Advance Grange No 1014 mourns member Carl Haring a faithful and helpful figure for many years. Charter to be draped thirty days and resolution published in The Clare Sentinel with a copy to the bereaved family. Mrs H Bradley and Mrs Joan Butters, committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Haring
Clare Sentinel
H. Bradley
Joan Butters
Clare City Mills to Close May 31 for Decoration Day
Clare City Mills will close all day May 31 in observance of Decoration Day. Co. M. Jones notes the factory will halt operations for the holiday.
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Clare City Mills
Sheet Metal Worker Dies After Drinking Lye
James Ferguson a 638 year old sheet metal worker died at Butterworth hospital from internal burns after drinking a cup of lye at his home in Grand Rapids. He had been in ill health and had not worked. Relatives said he mistakenly drank lye used for cleaning after waiting for pills dissolved in water. Dr H C Wolfe coroner said no inquest. Survived by wife Lillian, brother Fred of Grand Rapids, and a sister in Saginaw. Funeral in Alma with interment there.
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James Ferguson
Butterworth Hospital
Bugsworth Ave
Grand Rapids
Ferguson
H. C. Wolfe
Lillian Ferguson
Fred
Saginaw
Alma
Mud Lake
Clare Study Club Picnic Near Mrs Pierson Home
The Clare Study Club will hold a special meeting next Tuesday at Mrs. Piersons home. President Mrs A E B Mulder will lead the session which includes a pot luck dinner, Grayling report, bill presentations, member reception, and next years program plan.
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Clare Study Club
The Little Newsy Paper From the Old Home Town
A nostalgic verse celebrating a hometown paper. The speaker recalls waiting for the postman to bring the issue and reading births deaths land deals and weddings of familiar people. The poem contrasts it with big dailies and prize fights and movie stars, praising simple local news.
Betty Lou Schroeder Buried in Clare After Illness
The infant Betty Lou Schroeder, nearly one year old, was laid to rest in Clare last Saturday afternoon. Accompanied by her father Herbert Schroeder and Mr. Nourse of Lansing, she would have turned one year old on June 4, 1926. Death followed whooping cough and measles. the mother Anna Morrison could not attend due to illness in the family.
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Betty Lu Schroeder
Clare
Herbert Schroeder
Mr. Nourse
Lansing
Betty Lou
Anna Morrison
Princess Theatre May Schedule At A Glance
May 29 to June 4 features Gold and the Girl Buck Jones Western, Fourty Winks Tales with Ray mond Griffith, Harold Lloyd in For Heavens Sake, One Year to Live matinee, and June previews including American Venus Dead Wood and Dancing Mothers with Tom Mix Miss Brewster's Millions among others.
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Buck Jones
Sun-Man
Theodore Roberts
Viola Dana
Raymond Griffith
Harold Lloyd
Venus
Dead ‘Wood
Tom Mix
Miss Brewster’s
Graystock
Irene
Card of Thanks for Mrs. M. A. Stone and family
We express sincere thanks to friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during the illness and death of our mother Mrs. M. A. Stone and to Mr. and Mrs. John Freer Mrs. A. D. Taylor and son Mr. and Mrs. Ray Geiber and Mrs. George Simpson.
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M. A. Stone
John Freer
A. D. Taylor
Ray Geiber
George Simpson
Water Rents Delinquents To Be Disconnected After June 1 1926
Notice to water patrons stating all persons delinquent on water rent after June 1 1926 will be turned off in 10 days after receiving notice if not paid by order of The City Council.
Post Office Hours for Clare on May 31
Clare post office will open until ten o clock on Monday May 31 for mail pickup. No city or rural deliveries will be made that day.
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Clare
Local Bank Purchases City Bonds of 27500
The Citizens State Bank announces it has been awarded the purchase of both the Paving and Refund bonds totaling 27500 after submitting the best bid. Competing banks showed interest, and the purchase signals confidence in the city’s progress and permanent improvements.
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Citizens State Bank
Clare School Notes Highlight Bets and Banquets
Betty Groves won first in Latin X at Mt. Pleasant Academic contest amid scheduling issues. A world-class typist will demonstrate speech writing June 2 in the high school auditorium. The athletic banquet drew about 125, with Wallace Johnson as toastmaster and honors to several players and letter recipients across boys and girls sports.
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Betty Groves
Mt. Pleasant
Clare High
Wallace Johnson
Frank Petechnik
Vera Mae Kratz
Clyde Woolston
James Johnson
Rolland Thayer
Ed, White
Frank Petchnik
Devere’ Schoonover
Frank Allen
Allen Kidder
Albert Leis
Alfred Lawson
Ranald McNerney
Elwin Cluley
Kenneth Comer
Clifford Parker
Donald Holbrook
Clyde Brown
William Seiter
John Davy
Neil Vandewarker
H. B. Johnson
Reva Derby
Dolores Rassat
Marjorie Ward
MaBeele Ward
Mayme Stevens
Lucille Glass
Mary Doherty
Grace
Ethel
Hachmuth
Perfest
Better Homes Show Brings Big Results in Clare
The Clare Study Club organized a May Better Homes show in Duncan’s Auditorium on Main Street with assistance from local merchants. The program included speeches on home construction and labor saving appliances, musical solos, and readings, highlighting the Better Homes movement started in 1922 and its national reach. The event drew club members and invited guests, with subsequent public viewing planned for May 19 after prior newspaper notices.
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Clare Study Club
Clare
Merchants of Clare
Duncan’s
Main Street
Wm. Brown Meloney
Delineator Magazine
Harding
Herbert Hoover
Secretary of Commerce
Washington, D. C
Federated Woman's Clubs
Los Angeles
Women’s Federation of Womens Clubs
Mary Sherman
Nelson
Theo Merrihew
Dawn
Laila Wilson
J. H. Wilson
B. N. Mercer
Mercer
Margaret McKnight
Norris Hiden
Carl Reading
Riggs
Ann Arbor
Better Homes Show
Clare Sentinel
Johnson
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Woodruff
Harry Daugherty
House
Goffs
Myers
Lenishans
Department
Thomas W. Miller
Mr. Daugherty
W. N. Younglove
Mia
Jas. Grigg
Clare High School
Co. M. Jones
Effie Crawford
Betty Lou Schroeder
Princess Theatre
City Park
Cherry Grove Cemetery
Government Indian Band
Larman Post of
American Legion
D. E. Alward
Clare School
Kindergarden
John Dunlop
Thomas Dwyer
Eawin Foss
Eva Walter
Jenetta Wasson
Eugene Wahl
Maria Sutton
James Wilson
Jo Bruckart
Betty Callihan
Virginia Collins
Raymond Dwyer
Carlton Fall
Marjorie Fisher
Thelma Koch
Mae Naftzer
Stanley Parish
Franklin Walters
Elizabeth Bruckart
Russell Capen
Hsther Chaffee
Eleanor Comer
Marjorie Dwyer
Lucy Bell Ford
Elizabeth Jane Gordamer
Dick Groves
Vera Hendrie
Philip Hochstetler
Lucy Loudis
Roy McAllister
Louis Naftzgar
John White
Bernard Ackerman
Verona Bauer
Elizabeth Feighner
Donald Gillis
Dale Groves
Arlene Martin
Jack McAllister
Margaret Morgan
Stanley Sutton
Wellington Airey
Lawrence Davis
Neal Hiden
Wayne Geeck
Francis Goodenough
Russell Glass
Erma Grosvenor
Kay Hendrie
Arthur Lamb
Lyla Sutherland
Floyd Thompson
Hollis Walton
Harold Williams
Doris Irwin
Waldo Fisher
Jean Anderson
Marie Bruckart
Wisworth Chaffee
Bernice Cobleigh
Mildred Derby
Noma Des Ormeau
Anna Leis
Dorsey Mussell
Anna May Smalley
Louise Topps
Bertha Wilson
Irving Brown
Florence Calkins
Tone ‘Casner
Roland Comer
Ethel Gleason
Dorothy Green
Vernon Grewe
Annabelle Horton
Mary McKeever
Donald McKinnon
Arthur Richard
Mildred Stirling
Ruth Schaaf
Florente McKnight
Gracie Belva
Burke Collins
Lindilie Des Ormeau
Byron Gallagher
Thomas Horton
Wilma Hoechstetler
Kenneth Hendrie
Glenwood Holmes
Homer Irwin
Virginia Koch
Pauline Lewis
Parcy Louch
Victoria Mercer
Francis Palmer
Dorothy Richmond
Clifford Rodabaugh
Myrtle Rodab ‘Baugh
Hime Shoup
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