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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1923
Page
8
The Epworth League holds its annual business meeting in the MHB Church parlors tonight. Officers for the coming year will be elected. Committees on refreshments and games were appointed last Sunday. The event invites city youths to participate and help in good work.
Patrons are invited to try new sandwiches, doughnuts, and coffee at Derby's Kandy Kitchen. The shop highlights a mix of classic sweets and hearty lunch options in a casual neighborhood setting.
An August 3 local item misidentified a suspect. Sheriff Crigier of Harrison and Undersheriff Malona of Adrain reported Otto Wilt’s arrest south and east of Clare on a serious charge by a girl at Adrain, then returned to that city. The correction notes the young man was not the one involved.
A quoted Forbes Magazine reflection notes that people live a form of daily sermon even without filling pulpits, emphasizing everyday conduct as a personal sermon.
The writer recalls a road trip lasting 643 miles with 1400 machines counted at Mt. Morris, crossing to Detroit and back via Jefferson and Woodward Avenues. They paid $5.78 for gas and oil, had no punctures, experienced no delays at customs, and returned home tired yet satisfied with the peaceful journey. A wedding party arrives that afternoon as Leo Callaghan of Detroit visits with his bride.
The sun underwent a fifty percent eclipse last Monday afternoon, the first since 1906 and not to occur again for eighteen years. Visible areas recorded up to three minutes thirty six seconds of darkness as birds roosted and stars appeared in the daytime sky.
Local notes from Clare Michigan detail train schedules for nearby lines, daily services, and counts of stations. Residents Wm McKay and Harold Lampman travel to Saginaw and Albion for fairs and college, with many visits to relatives in Clare and neighboring towns.
A church notices column lists devotional and preaching times for Catholic, Congregational, Eagle, Free Methodist, Baptist and Seventh Day churches in COLONVILLE. It includes Sunday School times, pastors names, German and Boglieh language services, confirmations, and children's gatherings with invitations for visitors.
The Red Cross secretary will be at the Harrison county fair next week to aid 8e6 ex service men and will remain two weeks starting Monday. Mr. Tibbila will handle Clare men claims correspondence. Calkins caught a rare silver pike in Pickerel lake Lincoln township noting its spots are missing unlike other pike. Ganfield, a typographer for the Saginaw News Courier, visited Clare friends then left for Chicago with Frank Holbrook to attend school.
Sealed bids to build one mile of Class B road in Freeman and Lincoln townships Clare County Michigan are due September 19 1923 at 1 30 p m at the county clerk office Harrison. bids require a 50 certified check and plans may be examined at the office. The Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. By Seymour Andrus Co Clerk dated September 1 1923.
A Boston Transcript note recalls a five year old boy named Billy teasing his mother about dinner. He then declares he believes she is only his stepmother, reflecting a moment of family tension within a household.
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