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Newspaper
Mount Pleasant Times
Location
Mount Pleasant, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1926
Page
9
A motivational piece urges readers to open the windows of the soul and step into the bright world. It emphasizes friendship faith and charity and warns against gloom and self pity. Read history's illustrious figures for inspiration and progress toward noble achievements.
West Side residents Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Jones and Mr. and Mrs Cilero Knipe spent Sunday at Half Moon Lake. Charley Sheldon and Jack Price families visited Coldwater Lake. Lester Swan and Jesse Shaner families were at Dan Cuthbert's home and Gilmore. Mrs. Sarah Stell was brought to her son Jake's home from Big Rapids.
W R Morehouse of the Public Relations Commission of the American Bankers Association urges bankers to cooperate with savers to curb fraudulent investments. He calls for bankers to interview high pressure promoters, promote thorough investigations, and guide depositors to safe, legitimate investments. He lists nine factors guiding prudent choices and advocates a unified bank-driven movement to protect depositors and redirect funds to legitimate channels.
Sunday activities and family visits fill the week end in Lansing Shepherd and surrounding areas. Mrs. Lea Strong and Mr. and Mrs. William Greene host guests while Mrs. Jack Price and Mrs. William Greene call on the ailing Mrs. James Flansburg. Ilnesses ease as Louie Duhamel and Ralph Hewitt recover and move about, and Rube Bowers buys a new house from Mr. Flansburg.
The text lists assorted curiosities and tidbits from science and history. Mentions include whale bone weight, wild birds’ singing season, banana and potato composition, Dickens blue paper writing, chalk shells, rainbow odor belief, blind periodicals, silk stockings thread length, sun surface viewing time, UK air tickets to European centers, sea water ascent, rain, Douglas fir naming, and early aviation insurance in Detroit.
The article recalls how London bankers formed a clearing system for paper exchanges. Messengers met at an ale-house to conduct early transactions, leading to the establishment of the London Clearing House in 1775, the first of its kind.
The ox cart expedition traveling from Chicago to the coast will be entertained at Fort Union on July 17. Participants include Kbaehe and Jane, with a July 15 start from Chicago and a parade in Grand Forks. The journey visits the Great Falls of the Missouri, Kootenai, Spokane, then returns via Glacier Park.
Syd Chaplin headlines the Warner Bros. comedy Oh What a Nurse at the Broadway Theatre for a three day run. The film stars Chaplin in fast furious rollicking humor written by Robert E. Sherwood and Bertram Bloch, and is described as twice as funny as expected.
A wild comic tale features Syd Chaplin as a newspaper reporter stepping in for an Advice to the Lovelorn writer. Clarence Inken Eraser author, paid by the word, prompts a brisk round of miscommunications and humorous misadventure as he navigates love money and social intrigue.
A clipped comedy item notes the usual slap stick style is present with new "Oh What a Nurse!" gags. It also hints the Prince of Wales may have quit smoking before some event or speech.
The Church of God will construct a 35 by 50 foot building with a basement kitchen and dining area at the McEwan West First streets corner. Estimated cost near $10,000, replacing an old frame store used for worship. James A. Campbell of Bay City won the M-20 paving contract.
Miss Evan Ardis will leave Clare next week to teach in Juneau Alaska next year and to handle general subjects and night school in addition to day classes. S. M. Callihhan and Joseph Bowler visited Lansing on business Monday. A large Clare turnout attended Central Normal commencement Tuesday morning.
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