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HOLIDAY
EDITION.
The Clare Sentinel
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TWENTY-FOURTH
YEAH.
Established 1878.
CLARE, MICHIGAN,' WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 12, 1901.
New Series: Vol. 10, No. &;
A CHRISTMAS GREETING.
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To Our 5000 Readers The Sentinel Extends One.
For twenty-fpur years this paper,
under tbe various managements, has
extended from year to year greetings
at this time of die year, and that this
custom may continue, we wish this
year to one and all of our readers a
merry Christmas. This may be a
little early, but to follow another
custom of this paper,0 the Sentinel's
ambition is to be first. We are first
to give the news, first to reach the
homes of the remotest parts of the
county, and the first to warn you of
fraudulent schemers ever at work and
living on the credulity of the people.
We are first to inform you of the great
bargains through our advertising
columns offered you by our merchants,
.who are really the back bone of the
community, the good of the community always lying nearest their hearts.
When the community is prosperous
the merchants and business men share
this prosperity. Our endeavor is to
be first In all things that lead to your
peace, prosperity and happiness.
Though this is the Sentinel's ambition we know full well we do not attain to it, but in order to succeed at
any vocation it is necessary to have
ideals,' and the nearer these ideals are
attained the more successful your are.
To our correspondence who have
helped make the Sentinel the leading paper in the county, we extend
our warmest thanks. You deserve far
more than we can give. The paid-in-
advance subscribers have been a financial boon and the way-hack subscribers are coming in rapidly. The Sentinel never had so many subscribers
who pay for their paper promotly.
To those who in any way have contributed to its steady growth in patronage, prestige, subscriptions and influence, the Sentinel again extends
a most cordial holiday greeting.
Dr. H. W. Wright.
Eye Spicialist, Ophthalmoscopic
Optician will be at Hote[ Calkins
Wednesday and Thursday, December
18th and 19th, prepared to diagnose all
eye troubles. I <make a specialty 'of
correcting errors of refraction with
glasses. If you have beeD uDable to
get those that gave relief don't fail to
consult me. I have corrected hundreds of cases who never before had
lenses that were satisfactory and have
given relief in every "case. Things to
remember are that although your
vision may be good you may have a
very serious defect and that more
headache is caused from eye strains
than other causes combined. Any
amount of cases of extreme nerveous-
ness and stomach trouble.haye yielded
in my hands by the correction of the
Ocular inbalance. Nq charge for examination.
Alderman Harry Hubel's little
son died last week of membraneous
croup and was at cube burled without
funeral services, to prevent the spread
of this dangerous malady. The family are in quarantine,
Dunk Wilkie, bartender in a Broadway saloon, had a breaking out Tuesday that caused suspicion. The health
officer was called and he told Dunk he
had the small pox and that he better
get to his home and go Into quarantine. He got," The saloon was closed
and in it about two dozen men were
made captive, These were let out on
promise that they would proceed to
their homes at once and getyaccinated
Or quarantine themselves. Then the
saloon was fumigated and is now do*
ing business at the old ptand.-^Mt.
Pleasant Tribune,    " :
I SGftOQL DEPARTMENT \
THEO DORSET,  EDITOR.     '      .
Chistmas decorations are again beginning to appear iu some of the
rooms.
Janette Tlbblts, formally of Saginaw, recently entered the third grade.
Professor Keeler of the Mt. Pleasant
Normal called upon the seventh and
eighth grades Friday.
The kindergarten will give a short
program the Friday before Christmas.
Flossie Pearl has re-entered the
fifth grade.
The pupils of the fourth grade are
enjoying very much their language
lessons on Christinas in foreign lands.
General discipline as to movements
of pupils in halls and up and down
stairs was never better than now, but
there are just a few pupib who think
it too mean for iinythiog that there
is no place in the school to stand
around and do as they please.
From the fifth grade up teachers
are asked to hand in to the superintendent samples of formal composition
work done by the average pupil weekly.
All teachers on tbe upper floor claim
to have all the work they can stand.
There seems to be some reason in this
as there are forty more pupils in the
upper six grades than there were three
years ago.
The sixth grade are working in denominate numbers.
Miss Robinson has charge of a section of the first grade in reading.
It is somewhat amusing how gradually some pupils find themselves promoted to a front seat, no matter who
the teacher is.
Last Friday there were two cases
of pupils being permitted by the parent to stay out of school to go skating,
and these two took along with them
two other boys who had to pay a
penalty for truancy.
Absences show the preyalence of
sickness.
The superintendent speaks hopefully of the interest shown by many
parents in consulting teachers and
and planning with them as to the
welfare of their children especially as
to the street-corner associations.
Life of the great American patrioc,
U. S..Grant, forms an interesting part
in the sixth grade opening exercises.
The pupilsof the fifth grade are indebted to Don Ganfleld for the use of
views showing the lumber regions of
Washington.
Miss Knowles' section of the fifth
grade in the study of Michigan mines
is greatly interested in the many specimens of minerals presented to the
class by the teachers.
Last Friday morning Miss Dusfien
spoke before the high school on the
Trans-Siberian railway and MissEbef-
hart on the Boers»in Bermudasv
The Guild will meet next Wednesday with Mrs. Frank Mooaey,
An entertainment will be given at
the Baptist church Wednesday evening, December 18, Refreshments will
be seryed at the clpse. Everybody invited.    .
Capt. and Mrs, John Gardner have
decided to take up their residence in
Evart and leave this week for that
place. This venerable old couple will
be greatly missed from Clare, but we
are assured by Mr. Gardner that
they will often visit here, their daughter, Mrs. Wm. Crawford, and family
residing here. Our people will be
sorry to learn of their change ot abode.
The Other. Aid society, meet next
Wednesday at the home of Mrs^ Ed.
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EXTRACTS.
Taken  From   The   Clare   Press
Dated January 2d,  1880.
In looking over our files we came
across several items that will be of
interest to our present readers, these
items occuring in The Press under the
management of Alvaro F. Goode-
nough, the first editor of the first paper in Clare.
COUNTY OFFICERS. ,
Sheriff, Andrew E. Mack Olare.
Judye  of Probate,  G.   W.   Jefferies
Clare.
Treasurer, J. 0. Rockafellow Olare.
Clerk and Register, 0. H. Sutherland,
Farwell.
[Prosecuting Attorney, 0. 0. Oasterlln,
Farwell.
Circuit Court Com., G. J, Cummings,
Farwell.
Surveyor, J. L. Littlefleld,.* .Farwell.
Corners, A. A. Shaver Olare.
Snow six inches deep and lumbermen happy.
The first donation party, of 1880,
given for a Clare county minister shall
have its printing done free.
Another gambling machine has
been let loose upon Olare. Make it
hot for the gamblers, thieves and
roughs.
Why in Sam Patch are not the
chimneys built on the new town hall?
Has the town board gone to sleep?
Wake up, gentlemen, and do your
duty.
Let any one of average morals live
next door to a saloon for a few months
and he will become a rank prohibitionist, of the mo3t pronounced type.
Every Clare merchant expresses satisfaction with the holiday trade,
which was the largest ever witnessed
here, Prices were much less than in
former years, and trade, is being attracted to this point.
Mr. Nathan BicKnell is confined to
his bed with a severe cold.
Mr. J. W. Calkins has gone to the
Saginaws to draw his annual dividends
and to purchase the biggest stock of
hardware ever seen in Clare county.
Literary md Musicale.
'A literary aud musical entertainment will be given at the Congregational church Monday evening, December 16bh, under the auspices of the
Guild, the entertainment being giving
by Mr. Francis E. Russell impersonator, and Miss Myra Russell, pianist.
These people are sent out by the Star
Lecture Bureau, and being young people of rare ability promise an entertainment well worthy of the patronage
of the public.
|    OBITUARIES    i
FRANCIS E. RUSSELL.
In that Clare has no lecture course
this season those who desire attending
high class entertainments will -take
advantage of this opportunity. The
admission has been placed at fifteen
find twenty.five cents.
Another One Called Home.
The funeral of Mrs. Clarissa A.
Allen, last Sunday was under the
charges of Rev. Mr, Frost of Farwell,
at the home and conducted by Rev.
Mr. Woodlock of Detroit at the Congregational church.
The deceased with her husband
came to Olare many years ago. She
endured the trials and hardships of
pioneer life and her last six years of
sickness with fortitude and patier.ce.
She was a warm friend and a loving
mother and her children and acquait-
ances are saddened with the thought
of never seeing her again in this life.
It is a matter of regret on the part of
Mrs. Kramer that those in Olare who
knew the deceased had not an opportunity of seeing her, but owing to the
delay at the house, caused by a funeral in the forenoon, it seemed not
'best to  remain longer   at   the
church.
Following are the sons and daugb
ters of the deceased, who morn the
departure of a loving mother:
Mrs. J. D. Ames, Constantinople.
Europe; Mrs, Sarah Kramer, Clare;
Mrs. Gaorge C. Presley, Lansing; H.
B. Allen, Saginaw county; J. D. Allen,
Alba; Herbert Allen, Clare; Charles
Allen, Spokane, Washington; Myron
Allen, San Antohia, California.     X
Card of Thanks. *
We wish to extend our sincere
thanks for the beautiful floral tributes
from the Eastern Star, Rathbone
Sisters and Rebakah lodges, and for
the assistance from kind friends and
neighbors in this our bereavement.
We also appreciate the spirit in
which the selected hymns were sung
at the home and church.
Mrs. S. L. Kramer,
H, B. Allen,
Herbert Allen,
Mrs. Geo. 0. Presley,
J. D. Allen.
Fred Ferguson.
[By neglect, not on our part, this
notice did not appear in last weeks'
Sentinel]—Ed.
Fred Ferguson was born in Genesee
Go. N. Y., Aprilll, 1855, andat seven
years of age went with his parents to
Warsaw where they liyed until he was
24 years old then-he moved to Isabella
Co., where he.was married and for the
last 15 years has liyed on his farm in
Gilmore.
There were four brothers and one
sister in the family and this is the
first break among the children.
Father and mother gone and now one
of the children, surely the ravages of
time are telling upon us„and we are
hastening on to old age and the grave.
Freti was well known by every one
and all regret that he must go so soon
aud that his ..home-that was so happy
and comfortable be broken, but it is
ever so and our hopes are not built
upon the prospects of thiB life but of
the one to come. He was a very industrious man as his home showed, fixing op and making everything comfortable. As a friend he had won the
respect a*nd love of all who knew him.
Kind to the poor as more than' one
can testify, too/and he will be greatly
missed outside of his family.
• He had no bad habits, was always
strictly honest, and a very genial man,
always hopeful, always a smile* looking on the bright side, and vyas always
jolly. It was a great grief as well as a
loss that we could not have him for
many years yet, but it could not-be
and so let us look for life and blessed
ness in tht world beyond where there-
is "a city which hath foundations
whose builder and maker is God.""
His remains were laid in Farwell cemetery midst many tears, Rev. G. W.Maxwell officiating. X
Died in a Hospital-
Mrs. Marvin A. Call of Vernon diedEX
Friday morning at the Saginaw hospital after going through an operation;
in which a,tumor was removed. She-
went to Sagitfaw at tbe suggestion of her physician who advised'
her that a successful operation was-
all that would save her life. But-
a short time after regaining consciousness she told the nurse of feeling very
strangely and shortly lapsed into unconsciousness and passed away.
Deceased leaves a husband, two sisters and twj brothers who.were in
attendance at the funeral: Mrs. Jesse
Minn is of Olare, Mrs. Ira Call of
Flushing, Ed, and Henry Dunlap of
Mt, Pleasant. Deceased was a member of the Rebekahs who attended the
funeral ,in a body. The funeral services were conducted from the Baptist church Sunday Morning, Rev. A.
C. Barclay officiating and tbe remains'
were interred in the Cherry Grove
cemetery. The bereaved husband and
relatives have the sympathy of all in
their affliction.
A Card.
I wish to thank my friends who so
kindly ministered to my departed
wife during her Illness and death, and
especially to the Daughters of Rebekah
who in eyery way so thoughtfully
assisted.
Marvin A. Gall.
V. E. LaCy and son, F. H. Lacy
Sundajed in Clare, guests of Arthur '
J. Lacy.
The next K. of P. dancing party
will be held at the lodge parlors Wednesday, December 18th. Stiekle's
orchestra from Reed City will be in attendance.
If you look over E. A. White's
stock you will find a collection of high,
class goods, especially iu silver anfi
silver plated ware for the table, atr
prices no higher than. is asked for
goods of inferior quality. ,
W. 0. McOlure and J. A. Stevens
under the firm name of J. A. Stefens- ,
& Co. have purched from Mitchell So
McClure all their lands and land contracts in the State of Michigan and
have established an office in Gladwin
for the sale of these lauds, and also a-
general    real  estate  business.     Mr-, -
Stevens will be the active manager of •
the business and will take up his per-
nament residence in Gladwin.
John.Kirkpatrick and family, who
for the past two years have resided ip
Alberta, returned to Clare Monday
evening. John is a pleasing 'cQnver-*
sationalsit and it ishighly entertaihgr
to hear him tell of the country and*
people he lately left. * He says that
the society of Alberta is not as desirable as that of Clare, and this is one
reason for his return. Unlike some
who have returned from that country,
he sees the good features as -well as
the undesirable. He "displayed oats,
barley and wheat, which without tbe
stubble, measured five feet eigtofc
inches. He Says he has seen fields -of
grain the average of which measured
seven feet. The settlers are mostly
foreigners,—Danes, Poles, Russians,
Hungarians, Italians,—in fact only
about one in ten areEngHsh-speaking."
We expect John will, write an article
for-publiCation in our'next issue and
feel assured, that what ever he -says
about that country will he unbiased,
Mr, -■ Kirkpatrick will enter the <v£u-
ploy pf A, S. Rhodes.
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