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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1923
Page
8
Perry A EMU offers practical notes on honey production including nectar sources bee behavior and the process from sealed extracting honey combs to centrifuge extraction and settling. He emphasizes queen excluder use clean cells and avoiding brood in honey for better taste and color.
Local notices report guests visiting Clare and Detroit residents, church and club gatherings, funerals, school open house, birthday celebrations, hunting incidents, and upcoming fairs and meetings. Members attend guilds, ladies aid, and Rebekah lodge events as communities prepare for Thanksgiving and winter programs.
Classroom notes report grades study of the Pilgrims and the first Thanksgiving and encourage gratitude to God. Second grade welcomes Vorona Bower. sixth grade covers the American Revolution. Glenn returns after illness.
The Clare National Farm Loan Association hosts a Thanksgiving banquet in the high school gym Friday evening November 20. All members and wives are invited. Pot luck menu features chicken. Toasts will be given by several speakers including BH J VanLeuven of Mt Pleasant, a leading director of the Federal Land Bank.
Catholic, Free Methodist, Eagle, Colville, Baptist, Congregational, Church of God and other congregations list pastors and times for morning worship, Sunday School, Bible study, evening services, and midweek prayer meetings. Special events include Thanksgiving services and Christmas program rehearsals at the McEwan street chapel.
At 9 30 a m a class meeting led by H W ourd follows with 10 a m public worship and an 11 30 a m Sunday school taught by Mro Clara Sternaman. Epworth League meets at 6 p m with Misa Olga Dixon presiding. gospel preaching at 7 p m. Thursday 7 30 p m prayer and Bible study. Sunday school Lula Badgley at 2 p m followed by preaching. All are welcome.
The article outlines the boys and girls basketball season start on Friday nights with a revised foul rule. It lists a detailed schedule of games by date and opponent, noting locations for specific matchups and emphasizing Wednesday or Friday play.
In 1725 an attempt to introduce potatoes in Scotland was denounced from the pulpit. Critics argued they were not biblical and likened them to the forbidden fruit, claiming they caused leprosy and fever. English cultivation, backed by the Royal Society, drew suspicion as a capitalist tactic to oppress workers.
The article notes a coconut plantation owner using a trained monkey to harvest nuts, comparing this to ancient Chinese methods of pulling rhubarb and gathering lee. It also mentions Abyssinia torch-bearers, and a Cape Colony station taster at Ukenhage training and trading in local duties.
Open competitive examination for Post Office Clerk positions announced by the U S Civil Service Commission to be held at Olave Michigan starting December 8 1923 at 9 o clock A M Applications must be filed on the prescribed form obtainable from the Commission s local representative at Clare Post Office or from the undersigned Applicants should secure blanks and file their applications promptly to allow time for processing
Vacancy notice from the Civil Service Board announces an examination to fill the position of village delivery carrier in the Federal building Chicago with pay of 1000 dollars annually. The ad names SW Swanson as secretary and notes vacancies arising from the exam. The rest of the text contains unrelated editorials and derisive phrases about profane behavior.
A garbled OCR fragment references a phonograph topic and timing issues. It mentions delay or lateness and a plan or device, but the readable pieces are too incomplete to identify people, places, or events.
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