Community notices from Clare and surrounding towns
Local column lists Thanksgiving visits and weekend trips of residents of Clare Alma Battle Creek Hastings and nearby areas. People travel for hunting family gatherings and religious events with scattered mentions of church groups, school staff at East Lansing and Lakeview, and changes of residence. Several brief notes report deer hunting trips, furloughs and visits to relatives through the Thanksgiving period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Crossen
Alma
August Ulrich
F. G. Allen
Inet
Irwin. Schlegel
Clifford Haddox
Baby
Hastings
Clara Krienke
Albert Dawe
Harry
Battle Creek
Mary Jean Bailey
Chicago
James Gillespie
Walter Ott
Roseville
Henry Ott
Irene
Laura Gordon
Fort Lauderdale
Straits
Fred Gay
Norma
Helen
Ithaca
Dwight Gay
Omer
Milo Myers
Gladwin
Loris Roberts
J. W. Siel
Raymond Goss
Toledo
Sentinel
Clare
Theo
Wallington
Lake City
Othel Denslow
Weldman
Joseph Depung
Earl Tupper
Harrison Tupper
Blanchard
Lakeview
Ladies Guild
Carl Dust
Saginaw
Mary Bower
M.8.c
H.l Russell
Harold Louch
Joyce Jean
Donna
Lansing
H. ©. Paul and Sons
Harold
Jack
Pigeon
John Paul
Percy Stough
Jonesville
Howard Waite
Bellevue
W. B. Maxwell
William Maxwell
Mt. Pleasant
Mary Lytle
Gertrude
Roy Harter
Dare
Ed. Gladstone
B. UL. Fishel
Pontiac
B. M. Sowle
Fishel
Jimmy Leposkey
Ray Archbold
A. J. Archbold
Vernon
Harold Brooks
FLA
F.F.A
Kansas City
Missouri
Kreider
Arrand
Maple Street
William Arnold
Gertrude Joseph
Paul Lowrey
Patsy
Elsie
Barbara Leavitt
George Lowrey
Elder Williams
Vane Mickle
Verne Mickle
Dover
U. S. Navy
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Honolulu
Glen Baker
Grand Rapids
Christine Schutt
Ww. Y. Andrews
Albion
Stanley. Mullett
Harold Jones
Familly
Hille Denene
Peoria
Winds
Clyde Lamberson
Petosky
Myr
Frank Nash
Theodore Bowler
Louisa Jean
L. L. Rogers
Mildred Stirling
Ann Arbor
Charles Stirling
Lowell Schaeffer
Gaylord
Schaeffer
Fred Steele
Cass City
Gordon Mowbray
Ellis Bowler
Tommy
Jane
Durand
William Bowiler
Clarel Isabella District Association of
Rebekahs
War Prisoner Loses 66 Pounds in Three Months
Louis Wehrle of Fort Wayne Indiana and Murray Shipley of Cincinnati, captured in northern France in mid May, arrived at Vichy after three months in a German prison camp at Hoyerswerda. Wehrle, among 6 000 French officers and 20 000 other prisoners, said the meager diet caused a 66 pound loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vichy
France
Louis Wehrle
Fort Wayne
Ind
Murray Shipley
Cincinnati
Hoyerswerda
Dresden
Alfred Raymond
Chicago
Marcus Clark
Hollywood
Wehrle
Germany
Bluebeard Castle Hotel Offered for Three Year Lease
The interior department announced a three year lease starting December 1 for the Bluebeard Castle Hotel at Charlotte Amalie in the Virgin Islands. The hotel features Caribbean views palm terraces copper screens and parquet floors with hot and cold running water. It paid $1 625 in taxes on a $130 000 valuation last year and the prospective lessee must post a $5 000 bond plus further obligations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
Bluebeard
Department of the Interior
Ickes
Charlotte Amalie
Virgin Islands
Caribbean
2,264,000 Miles Covered By a Railway Mail Clerk
Cheyenne Wyoming notes John McGill a 62 year old resident who after 40 years aboard Union Pacific No 5 passenger train retired as chief mail clerk. He estimates he traveled 2,264,000 miles between Cheyenne and Ogden Utah during his career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Wyo
John McGill
Union Pacific
Ogden
Utah
Woman Can Collect If She Whispers Only for 90 Years
Mrs. Ruth Norsiki was awarded estimated compensation of 9535 after Judge Lawrence Welch of the compensation court ruled she is permanently disabled from hysterical aphonia. The decision notes she must speak only in a whisper to collect the sum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Ruth Norsikian
Lawrence Welch
Greatest Plagues in History Named as Black Death and Influenza
The two greatest plagues ever to afflict man are the Black Death of the Fourteenth century and the 1918 influenza pandemic. The Black Death is linked to about 25 million deaths, while the influenza outbreak of 1918 caused around 10 million fatalities.
Farm Tories Farm Tories
Dr W C Thompson of the New Tees Agricultural Experiment Station advises poultrymen to use more proved sires for breeding profits. He outlines three tests for a proven sire and urges retaining promising males beyond the spring to maximize daughter production and long term egg yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Thompson
New Tees Agricultural Experiment Station
Stgers University
Six Million Farmers in AAA Plan as Participation Peaks
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration reports over 6,000,000 farmers participate in the AAA program in 1940, covering 82 percent of U S cropland. Estimated regional counts show Southern region with 2,590,000 farmers and 92 percent cropland, east central 1,019,000 and 83 percent, western 617,000 and 81 percent, north central 1,568,000 and 78 percent, and northeast 226,000 and 63 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
AAA
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Southern
East Central Region
Western Region
North Central Region
Rural Briefs on Food Supplies and By-Products
The briefing notes that the average American uses 17.5 pounds of butter yearly and 32 gallons of maple sap yield 7 percent sugar. It compares edible meat shares in poultry, 1939–1940 fruit supplies, and explains uses for skimmilk and cull potatoes in wafer and crouton production. Grass silage can be stored safely in permanent silos with minimal spoilage. Pork feed costs have fallen about 25 percent over the last 20 to 30 years.
Christmas Gift Books Arrive At Local Shop
Gift & Flower Shop stocks Bible editions dictionaries fiction and boys and girls books for holiday gifting with selections highlighted in store ads.
British Flyer Downs Nazi Without Firing a Shot
A British Hurricane pilot recounts downing a German Messerschmitt 109 without firing. After shooting down two more planes over Kent, he pressed a third, forced a near-ground intercept, then watched the German land at high speed and surrender, even offering cigarettes before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Kent
Home Guard
Night Baseball Opens New Field of Science
Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences uses major league night games to collect insects. After a Phillies Bees game, collectors Cadbury and Rehn climbed to the lights above the press box and captured insects attracted to the intense illumination. They propose lamps could aid nocturnal insect studies in other cities where night baseball is played.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences
Phillies
Boston Bees
John W. Cadbury Tji
John W. H. Rehn
Night Heat Yet Worker Feels Freezing Peath
Gene Langdon a 22 year old creamery employee in Iola Kansas nearly froze to death during a heat wave when a refrigerator door locked behind him trapping him inside with the temperature at 10 degrees below zero. Elmer Williams a street cleaner found Langdon and pulled him from the cold after about an hour of exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iola
Kan
Gene Langdon
Elmer Williams
Langdon
Please return our electric wax polisher.
Harria and Hirt advertise the return of an electric wax polisher as a lost item, asking the owner to contact them. The notice reads like a brief household ad seeking recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harria & Hirt
Christ Card Printing Order Urged by Clare Sentinel
The Clare Sentinel urges early ordering for Christ card printing. Readers are advised to place orders soon to ensure timely completion and delivery of printed cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
The
Clare Sentinel
Hen Breeding Counsel Sparks Duck Worry
Mrs Jones seeks advice from neighbor Mrs Smith on rearing chickens and ducks. The tip says a hen sits three weeks for chicks and four for ducks. After two weeks away she fears the sitting hen may be delaying and instructs the maid to remove the hen if she sits longer than a week, fearing ducks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Jones
Mrs. Smith
Maid Waxes Floor Ignoring Odor In Kitchen
A housewife notices a pleasant aromatic odor filling her home and learns the kitchen floor was waxed by a maid. The maid quips that she likes waxing the floor because it hides spots and smells sanitary.
Goings and Comings In-Law Negotiations Over Henry
A young woman advocates for her partner Henry, while her father resists. He repeats a blunt refusal, stressing his displeasure not with Henry’s faults but with his prolonged stayings. The dialogue centers on familial friction and compromise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Credit Dispute Sparks Tense Exchange At Butcher Shop
A customer insists the bill is too high and demands correction. The butcher apologizes and refuses further credit, while the customer remains firm and offers to pay if the charge is adjusted.
George's Market Open Evenings and Sundays
Clare high street retailer offers quality meats and groceries at 118 East 4th Street with evening and Sunday hours. Phone service listed as 299.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George’s Market
East 4Th Street
Clare
Boy Bootleg Band Broken Up in Pietersburg
A youth bicycle bootleg band has been dismantled in Pietersburg South Africa. Local authorities reported the operation disrupted a small unauthorized transportation ring and seized suspected illicit goods. No injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pietersburg
South Africa
Livestock and Egg Prices at Clare Market and Rosebush Station
The November 18 1940 report lists prices for meats and livestock including best steers and heifers cows bulls veal lamb and hogs with ranges from 4.65 to 7.60 per hundredweight. It also shows Rosebush Egg Grading Station prices for white and brown eggs with rates for extras standards pullets and trades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. Jackson
Cnt
Clare Livestock Auction Yards
Rosebush
Eemnee
Sacberstre Ries
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Redchoss
Chalmer Brown
Arthur Hauffe
Irwin Hauffe
Sternaman Studio
Ravelers
ART Damoth Agy
Clare Insurance Agy
Clare Realty CO
Clare, Michigan
Hartford
Bayes’ Bakery
Bluebeard Castle
Houghton’s Drug Store
Clare Drug Company
Walgreen
STEN
U.S. P
HINDS
Noel Eersont Sie “Cus cAndlo
Molle Feean
Probak Aiases
Ainse
Rey
Oves
Baume Bengue
TYSON
Uren
Ady
L. C. McCready
Clare Markets
Grain and Feed
ETG
Samborn
North Star
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