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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1929
Page
2
Wheat grade No 2 quoted at 1.80 per bushel oats and beans with prices listed for several feeds and grains reflecting daily market change at Clare Elevator Co Monday morning data shows 245 and 33 as figures for certain lots Bb
An old advertorial urges readers with bladder irritation to try Cystex. It claims burning itching backache and fatigue can improve within 48 hours and offers a money back pack if unsatisfied. The ad promises purchase at any drug store for 60 cents.
A garbled grocery advertisement lists price specials at 509 McEwan Street. Items include Malt o Meal 23¢, Post Toasties 10¢, Campbell’s Tomato Soup 23¢ for 8 cans, candy bars 38 for 10¢, Swansdown Cake Flour 29¢, Northern Light or White Lily flour 89c 24% lb, Pillsbury’s or K B Flour 99c 24% lb, Argo Starch 2 for 15¢, Hershey’s Cocoa, and Ibean coffee 89c.
Mr and Mrs Henry Walters entertained the latter s parents Mr and Mrs EB Porter of Clare Sunday Ray and Don Loyd of Pontiac spent the weekend with their parents Mr and Mrs Burt Lloyd Mr and Mrs Nelson Howard and gon Hari of Pontiac visited their daughter and sister My and Mrs Floyd Tubbs near Herrick Sunday Miss Ella Alger visited Wednesday at Mrs Alpheus Perrys of Clare Jack Emergon and Art Livya attended the bee for Dick Emergon Monday Bernard Kirkpatrick of Clare visited the Lloyd boys Sunday
Mr. and Mrs August Huskey visited A Guenther's home Sunday. Floyd Craine called on Dell Green of Hatton. Eveline Barlow was absent from school due to sickness. Chas Craine and son Alvin toured the fair and visited Cadilac Copemish Beulah then returned Sunday evening. B C Clapp of North Star spent the weekend on their farm here. Harry Brockway of Hatton seated on Floyd Craine Monday.
West Freeman residents report visits and gatherings with neighbors and relatives. Elga Hickok and family returned from Mason with his mother visiting. Cooks attended a tent show on M. 66. Marble and Braden joined the Finch family for dinner. Salter and managers vacationed at Lostlake. Fleming and family visited the oil well. Mahan and Syer called on the Finchs. Wright and Adams shared a chicken dinner and dessert. Bingham and friends dropped by the oil well.
A local crowd attended the Saginaw fair on Tuesday. A baby girl named Helen Geraldine Shafter was born September 10 to Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Shafter. Sympathy to Mrs. Frank Burwash on her husband’s death. Nearby families and residents are noted visiting relatives and sharing travel, with various weekend activities and farm work mentioned.
Lake and Farwell crossed bats on the home diamond Sunday with a 6 to 8 Lake victory Parnell credited for Lake’s runs. Charley Cook celebrated a birthday while Billie Rowley visited Crystal Lake. School opened with Mr and Mrs Howell teaching. new house being built between J Scott barn and Sam Muir’s.
The article lists grade enrollments totaling 486 with last year totaling 463 and notes increases in the lower grades. It then details student officers for the Senior, Junior, Sophomore English, and Freshman classes and mentions classroom activities across grades from kindergarten to ninth. It also includes weekend visits and local industry notes about grain threshing and oil drilling in the area.
Starr Evans, a Michigan farmer, organized volunteers and improvised fire lines to combat a forest fire near his Gratiot County home. He did not seek payment but later confirmed wages for his helpers. a state letter thanked him for his leadership. The piece also details how conservation officers confiscated thousands of pounds of fish and game for charity, and recalls fire prevention bulletins for oil field operators.
Flower guide notes lilies of the valley require no special care and thrive when planted near shrubs or in shady spots. They return each season, delivering abundant blooms and a pleasant scent.
Fragmentary lines describe a departed figure and a depicted nest world motif with an old man living among grives and a friend as a magnet to the nest world. The text presents poetic and oblique imagery without clear event details or names.
A hen near a rabbit burrow laid seven eggs and hatched a chick after observers noted heat from the animals. The incident suggests warmth triggered the eggs to develop and hatch.
An instrument using a housefly wing is used at Mount Wilson Observatory to measure heat radiation from distant stars. A tiny wing fragment forms the rotating end of a long telescope, illustrating the telescope’s innovative design and its role in studying celestial heat emissions.
The Yakima Republic argues that genuine reform begins with a first step and a thorough cleanup, acknowledging imperfect English in the press yet urging decisive action to improve standards and language usage.
The text lists early Pilgrims ages: Brewster and his wife, Garver and his wife excluded. Bradford aged 33, Winslow 25, Standish 36, Alden 21, Gilbert Winslow 21, Howland 27, Samuel Fuller 19. Averages suggest under twenty five.
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