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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1940
Page
2
Michigan Bell Telephone Company filed a petition with the Public Service Commission to authorize a new five year plan for rural telephone construction. Officials announced that rural subscribers could pay construction costs on an installment basis if approved.
Farwell notes a lengthy list of visitors and residents sharing Labor Day weekends. Guests include families from Detroit Kalamazoo Grand Rapids Clio and Mason among others. Local residents hosting include Mr. and Mrs. J. Stinchcombe Mrs. Carl Updegroff and Mr. and Mrs. John Henry.
The citadel above Quebec city with a stone wall guards the St Lawrence River. Built by the French then rebuilt by the British it has for a century housed a French Canadian garrison. The force mainly speaks French except for commands when they switch to English. Their uniforms are British and they serve as a regular part of the Canadian army.
Smithsonian curator Frank M. Setzler argues the Hopewell civilization in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys formed a dense, ritual society with skilled artisans and extensive trade. He cites mound construction, craft specialization, and a northern expansion meeting a vigorous native population, dating their decline to between the start of the Christian era and Columbus.
A quirky column recounts Stevenson’s Lights of Ne w with sketches of cardinals in a yard turned sanctuary. It weaves in Times Square chatter, Frank Singiser, Al Mack, Lyle Talbot, and a misconnected Frank Masters tale, ending with Philip Willkie’s Polish wedding parody.
Mrs. Floyd Foster awoke to a violent storm and a large plaster chunk fell from the ceiling striking her in the face. She received facial cuts and required medical treatment while her baby in a nearby crib remained unharmed.
Las Vegas Nevada supporters of the Las Vegas Junior Chamber of Commerce pass a resolution urging the federal weather bureau to install official sunshine recording instruments in the city to prove it has the greatest amount of sunshine in the nation.
In Cambridge Ohio a horse, grounded by technological unemployment among his species, ate much of the fabric from an airplane left in a pasture. The animal may have been drawn to the banana oil used to dope the fabric.
Council Bluffs Iowa reports Bil O'Neill a tavern owner builds an 8 by 10 foot dog house for his dog Axel. The brick walled concrete floored structure features an asbestos shingled roof and good insulation.
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