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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1939
Page
4
Vernon Hill and Albert Denham families along with Elmer Thompson of Pontiac visited Clare residents over the weekend. Many neighbors were seen at the Stevens and Allen homes with illnesses and care noted.
The 39th Legislature enacts changes to game laws, extending upland bird seasons, adjusting fox and gray squirrel hunts, and adding protections for eagles. It sets bag limits, migratory bird limits to align with federal rules, and requires parent signatures for minors’ hunting licenses. Provisions also allow pistols in dog training and field trials, with court discretion on license revocation. Local notes report farm work and illnesses in the community.
Mr and Mrs Nelson Tiedeman and son Gerald visited Jackson on Monday. Ira Eichhorn traveled to Stevenson Lake Sunday forenoon. O J Alger patient at Mt Pleasant McArthur Strange Hospital. brother Clayton Alger of Jackson visited Saturday night and Sunday. Mrs Battles family and guests visited. Mrs Jeff Willey and Mrs Seeley Johnson called on Mrs Tiedeman. John Hickhorr went to Indiana to work on his aunt’s farm. Mr and Mrs Ben Agle and two daughters drove to Houghton Heights Sunday. Mrs Chris Weber and Mrs Richard Gebhardt visited Mrs Tiedeman last week. Mrs Bowman of Indiana visited Ira Hichhorn’s family early last week. Mrs Willey, West Grant teacher, will hold a box social at the school house Friday night September 29. Mr and Mrs Walter Jerred and children of Weidman visited Seeley Johnson Sunday evening.
A heavy frost Sunday night marks the first of the season with no reported damage in the area. Local activity includes Glen Gordon at Lake George and Ronald Blystone at a Clare gas station run by his brother Norris. Social visits span Clare, Coleman, Saginaw, Hatton, and St. Louis connections, with multiple families hosting and traveling.
New Jersey hospital spent about 25000 on lie detector apparatus and training to test ins tate patients claiming sanity. Criminologist Jacques Bril says the device detects lies by skin conductivity changes tied to the sympathetic system and claims 100 percent accuracy in skilled hands.
Louise Knightly runs a house to house milk delivery for over 200 families in Methuen Lawrence and North Andover. She began part time as a high school student and became regular after 1935 graduation. Her brother owns Elmsdale farm and buys milk from local farmers. He and a helper assist on her first morning trip starting about 2 a.m.
Mrs Lula Campions of Fond du Lac Wisconsin reports relief from stomach distress due to acidity and gas after using Williams Formula a 9 percent herbal tonic. She says it acts quickly improving digestion stimulating intestinal motion and easing headaches and dizziness while also serving as a mild diuretic and iron builder. She urges readers to obtain a bottle at Andersons Drug Store for 150 per bottle yielding a full gallon when mixed with water.
The report describes Miss Knightly starting out alone at 3:50 and returning home for a 7:30 breakfast after a longer, scattered route. She sleeps in two shifts, one in the day and another in early evening, and besides delivering milk she keeps house for her father and brothers.
McAlester Oklahoma. State penitentiary inmates who complete University of Oklahoma correspondence courses outperform peers in other prisons. Seventy percent of started courses are completed, 69 percent of papers returned with an A grade, and only 4 percent F. Average completion in similar institutions is 48 percent. Classes meet five nights weekly for two hours. About 600 prisoners are enrolled, out of a 3200 inmate population.
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