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LARE $ENTIN
Sstablished 1878.
.LARB, MICH. FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1898
New Series: Vol, 6, No. 24
'Round AboutTown.
Wheat, $1,30 in Olare. Potatoes, G5c.
Clare firemen will hold their annual
field day, June 15.
Dr. B. Corruug Shaw has removed
from Calkinsville to Canada and given
up his practice. J. H. Dingman is
closing up his accounts.—Mt. Pleasant
Tribune.
The F, & P. M. will run an excursion train to Saginaw and Bay City
next Sunday. The fare from Clare
will be 75c for the round trip. Train
leaves here at 9:18 a. m.
There was an impromptu gathering
of the young people at the K. of P.
hall last Monday evening and a pleas-
an_ two or three hours spent in dancing. An Italian band furnished the
music.      __	
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Arnold, of Grant tp., caught flre last
Friday and burned to the ground. The
loss is a severe one, as the contents
A-ere also nearly all destroyed, and
there was no Insurance.
C, H. Clark will soon be a full-fledged
farmer. He has bought of Mrs. Foots
40 acres just east of Pratt's Corners
and has already begun extensive improvements to the same. We believe
the farm is to be known as "Plymouth
Eock."
Hiram W. DeFoe, who has been ill for
some weeks past, died at his residence
in this city, Thursday afternooD, May
12, at 4:45. The funeral will occur
ounday afternoon at 2:30. A moreex-
tended obituary notice will be given
next week.
Saginaw Courier-Herald: William
Gallam, of this city, tvi 11 erect a roller
process flouring mill on the Tobacco
river, about a mile from the city of
Clare. He has a force of 30 men now
engedin building a dam, as the mill-
will be operated by water power. It
tvill have a capacity of 75 barrels a day
and will be provided with all modern
improvements.
Suqerlntendent of Public Instruction Hammond has completed the 26th
semi-annual apportionment of the primary school interest fund. The rate
is 50 cents per capita for each child of
school age, between 5 and 20 years, f n
the state. There are 698,983 school
children in the state, The. total amount to be distributed by Auditor-
General Dix under this apportionment
is $349,446.59. The total amount to be
received by Clare county is Si.247.50.
Hive ye disciples of Isaac Walton
i»i..-i the line am. of fishing tackle
ui every description in one of the display windows of Mussell's drug store?
The-variety is immense, and enough
to make a fellow wish wibh all bis
heart that he was off to tbe haunts of
the finny tribe.
Evart Review:—E. F. Birdsall Co.
have enaged the sevices of Mr, David
Eorison, of Clare, an experienced and
capable hardware man, to heJp in car-
ingfor thelarge and incrasingbusiness
of the firm. Mr. Eorison has a family
and they will reside in the Eussell
house, corner of Fifth and Pine streets.
Will the flowers bloom in time for
Decoration day? Will the people of
Clare and vicinity show their patriotism and respect for the soldiers sleeping in our cemeteries, by observing
this beautiful aud touching custom?
Let all our people heartily unite in
paying tribute to the memory of our
silent heroes and manifest their love
and reverence by strewing nature's
gifts, the fresh young flowers of spring,
upon their graves. Let every soldier's
grave be remembered with floral tributes on Memorial day, the 30th of
May.        _    _l	
The extent to which the value of
wide tires has come to be recognized is
shown by the fact that during the last
twelve months the legislature of each
state has been asked to pass a bill providing for their compulsory adopting.
The state of New Jersey has already
adopted a law of this kind, and it is
reaping the benefit in the country.
With the tires in use,even the present
country roads will improve for such
tires serve as rollers to make the roadbed compact, instead of cutting deep
ruts as do heavily loaded wagons on
narrow tires..
A gardner who has for years given
the making of lawns a study, remarked
that the general mistake made was in
raicing grass off.   He cited a case of a
fine lawn which was treated in this
manner, and it soon became so stragly
that it took $14 worth of sodding to
put the lawn in  presentable   shape
again.   He maintains that the small
pieces of grass left on the Jawn after
it is cut serves not only to protect the
Tne term "knot" is of very frequent! tender roots from the sun, but pro-
use in the newspapers these times in toots them from frost in winter and
indicating the speed of war vessels, returns to the  earth  the substance
The term has reference  to  what  is which has been given up in vegetation.
known as a nautical or geographical i     ~'
mile and implies a distance of 2,025     John Rodgers died at his home in
home in We**t Vernon. Deceased had
been a terrible sufferer, having been
confined to his bed for several months,
hence de«th came to him as a relief.
He leaves a mother, three brothers
and two sisters to mourn. The funeral services were held at the Wilson
school house today (Friday), at 10 a.
m., conducted by Rov. DeLong, of
Clare, ahd the remains interred in the
Farwell cemetery,
A Fish Story,—Last Monday even^
ing A. W. Scovill took from the river
just below the mill pond a specimen
of a species of fish seldom seen in these
waters. It is what naturalists call the
"burbot" and Gunther calls it the
fresh-water species of the "ling" a
valuable species common on the northern coasts of Europe, Iceland and Green
land.and generally found from three
to four feet long. Of this species of
(the "link") the Cyclopedia of Natural
History says: It is a species of which
much has been written and still much
remains to be determined concerning
it. It is abundant in the Great Lakes
and lakes of western New York, and
has also been found in the Connecticut
the Susquehanna .{once reported) and
once, at least, in the Delaware. Mr.
Scovill's specimen has been preserved
in alcohol.—Marion Dispatch.
Admiral Dewey is said to have been
a "dude" on shi-re. This, however, is
merely naval discipline. Any sailor or
soldier of Uncle Sam's who is not a
double dyed dude is not a good representative of our soldiers and sailors.
The discipline of rigid self-respect is
the flrst lesson that a soldier or sailor
is made to respect. Not only is personal MissNancyism enforced, but it
is enforced on shipboard and in tents.
We civilians do not fully appreciate
the force of neatness, and personal appearance, as we should, though it has
been recognized by the poets and philosophers of the ages. Shakespeare
said:
"Costly thy raiment as thy purse can buy,
Neat, not gaudy."
And even the immortal Franklin
urged it it} his philosophy. If we do
nothave a'good opinion of ourselfjiow
can we expect others to take us at a
higher valuation than we set on ourselves? The love of the ladies for the
uniforms, comes, we dare sav, not so
much from the uniform.) themselves
as the personal "spic-and-span-ness"
that accompanies the unfform, and
while we may regard it as a feminine
weakness, it is really an appreciation
of the eternal fitness of things.
manv would not believe possible in a
li^rp. The house was a fair one and
Mr, Frank Doherty, the manager, deserves credit for his determination to
secure only first-class companies. Th,at
he has been successful is'proven by
the "Merchant of Venice" and the
Schumann Co., both of which gave entertainments that tend to uplift and
refine the nature.
yards. Our statute mile n-nrcsents a
distance of 1,700 yards. So that a
"knot" would be equivalent to about
one and one-sixth miles as we use the
term. A vessel making twenty knots
an hour would make a speed of about
twenty-three and one-third miles.
West Vernon, May 11, 1898. He was
born in Mercer county, Penn., May 22,
1871, being therefore, 26 years, 11 mos.
and 10 days of age at the time of his
death. He came with his parents to
Michigan in 1879, locating near Far-
well, later moving to their  present
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made new for a few cents and
a little labor.  With
Mums
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you can paint and varnish at
the same operation.   You will
be surprised how easy it is
to renew vehicles.
Let us show you color cards.
In medicine quality is everythino.. You can't
shake off sickness with stale or impure drugs. We
would not sell such drugs in our store for any
money. We make a specialty of prescriptions, and
every one is compounded with great care from the
purest, freshest drugs only.
St. Ma MUSSELL.
Did you ever stop to think how valuable the newspaper is as a chronicler
of history? If every Sentinel subscriber would lay away for safe keeping
each copy of the paper, after a few
.var-, they would '-"*• «n highly prized
as to be deemed uiu_u_d beyond price.
I have copies of the Clare Press of 20
years ago and they portray Clare as it
was then far better than any artist,
no matter how gifted, could possibly
do. in time to come where will you
be able to find the history of your native town and county? ln no place
but the local paper, which chronicles
the births, deaths and marriages of
those who are your friends and neighbors, which tells of the changes to the
country and of the various business
improvements, which, in brief, tells of
those who have been and are now making our local history. And then, as to
the doings of the world at large. The
Sentinel is giving each week in a
concise and accurate manner the details of our war with Spain in a more
entertaining form than future historians will use. So, file away The Sentinels. You possibly read them now
for entertainment and pursue the ads.
to know where your dollars will buy
the most. If filed away, in years to
come they will be read for history.
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The Schumann Grand Concert Co.
gave a very refined and enjoyable entertainment at Doherty opera house
last Tuesday eyening, The company
is composed of true artists. Elise Eei-
mer, piano virtuso, opened the program with a selection from an old master. She was applauded, but lightly.
Her next selection was a pieGe with a
tunetoit and the very liberal applause
which followed showed what was appreciated by those of us who made up
the audience. We all enjoyed Jessie
Waters "Creole Love Song," which
was rendered in Spanish,—.we think.
But she has a beautiful voice and can
warble like a nightingale. Letitia
v\ 1-empster is a grand reader and
she is fully worthy the flattering press
notices she "has received everywhere.
She is especially good in dialect work.
Alice B. Mead is capable of bringing
out light arid shade in a manner that
Purely Personal.
Miss Grace Colson is clerking at The
Racket,
O. H. O'Donald drove over to Gladwin, Tuesday.
E. B. Hornung was doing business iu
Detroit, this week.
Miss NellaLong, of Richmond,Mich.
is visiting friends in Clare,
Mrs, B. Wolsey and son, of Bay City,
are visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. Wolsey.
Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Doherty, of Coleman, spent Sunday with relatives in
Clare.
Dep. Treas. R. A. Wait, of Harrison, changed cars here yesterday, en-
route to Saginaw.
Wm. Heisman, of Harrison, was in
the city a short time. Monday, enroute
co Saginaw on business.
Dr. J. E, Shaw, of Toronto, arrived
in this city last evening, and is the
guest of Emma Sexsmith.
Mis. J. S. DeLong was called to
Rockford, Tuesday, because of the
serious illness of her father.
Pros. Att'y Quinn, Sheriff Leach and
J. C. Mitchell were among those from
Harrison in Clare, this week,
Jas. Silverstein, of Boyne City, formerly of Harrison, was the guest of
Mr. and Mrs. W. Wolsey last Saturday.
Jas. N. Grieve, of Reed City, tbe Canadian government agent, was doing
business in Clare, Monday and Tuesday.
J. H. Schilling went to Port Huron,
Tuesday, as delegate from Clare lodge
to the Grand Council Michigan K.
of P.
A. A. Shaver goes to Ithaca, this afternoon, summoned by a message announcing the serious illness of his
mother.
Mrs. N. Bicknell is in Port Huron
this week as delegate.from Clare lodge
to the state convention of Rathbone
Sisters.
Postmaster D. B. Menerey and W.
D. Pen-in, of Coleman, attended Masonic communication in Clare, last
Wednesday evening.
Mr. James Crowe, from Canada, was
called to this city the flrst of the week
by the serious illness and death of his
son-in-law, H. W, DeFoe.
Cap. W. E. Wilder, brother to Mrs.
J. C. Rockafellow of this city, has been
promoted to ass't adj. general, with
rank of lieutenant colonel.
Henry Heisman, of Harrison, was in
the city, Monday, enroute to Port Huron as delegate to the Grand Council
of Michigan Knights of Pythias.
Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Carson, who
went to Ireland a few months ago,
haye arriyed in New York. Mrs. Carson is expected to reach Clare this
week.
Mrs. J. K. Williston arrived yesterday morning from Chatham, Ont,, for
an extended visit with her sisters,
Emma Sexsmith and Mrs. B. C. Shaw,
and brother John Sexsmith.
Mrs. C. G. Himes departed for Pin-
conning, Monday, to join her husband
who is working there, and where they
will now make their home. She was
accompanied by her sister, Miss Mary
Standish.
John R. Brown, the land man of
Harrison, and the man witn a full-
grown laugh and who is not afraid to
give vent to his laughter when occasion requires, was in the city, Monday,
doing business.
John Becker, of Durand, was m the
city the first of the week, and while
here sold to 'Gene Stanley his three
acres of ground which adjoins Cherry
Grove cemetery ou the south. Consideration, $200.
H. A. Wright, the S. S. missionary,
has commenced housekeeping in the
Alger house, Sth street, his family
ha ying arrived from Jackson county.
Air. Wright will make Clare -his headquarters for about two months, working four counties from this point.
The art of painting on glass—do you
wish to learn it? Can be learned by
anyone in one lessor.. This is certainly the most beautiful and life-like
painting in the world, and is a delightful nastime for home adornment ahd
can be made a paying and profitable
business for anyone wishing to devote
attention to it. For further information call on the New Porcelain Co.,
headquarters oyer Tatman's store.
Good mitten' knitters wanted at
Wolsey's.
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Leading DRY GOODS,
CLOTHING,
SHOE STORE.
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Our stocks this season are larger
than ever and we are confident that the
goods and prices will meet with your
approval.    Your  money   back  if you
want it. w
WASH DRESS GOODS. 1
Popular fabrics in -the choicest color combina- ||
tions and newest printing. m
Fine organdies 14c to 25c yard m
Fine -figured Dimities 15o yard gg
Printed Swiss muslins 18c yard |||
Zephyr Broche, worth ISc at 12i.c yard 1|
New styles in best print 5c yard Wt
WHITE GOODS. ||
Special value in India linens, 8c, 10c, 12ic, 15c, 18c, ft
20c, 25c. #
New white dimities 12§c, 20c, 25c %
iSfew checks..     8c, 10c 12-£c H
Dotted Swiss, new styles : 12ic to 25c m
White duck, good quality 12jc <m
White welt skirtings 25c H
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New styles in Curtain Muslins and Fish |§
Nets on sale'this week 14c, j|
I3c and 20c yard. $|
COTTONS.
36-in. Heavy unbleached, 5c value 3*c yard
36-in. Fine bleached, 8c value     6 l-2c yard
Ready-Made SHeets, 72x90 in., 42c.
CORSETS.'
Sammer corset, 2 side steels, worth 40c at 29c
Special value in sunimer corsets 3 styles, Regu-
lar, Dress form and new Paris shape 50c
We also carry Chicago waist, G-. D., Armorside,
Warner's, Jackson and Flexibone, moulded in all sizes at from 50c to SI. 50
MUSLIN UNDERWEAR.
Cheaper than you can make it and its made
right, too.    Will not rip or ravel.
Growl.., 50c, 59c, 75c, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50, $2.00
Skirts 50c 75c, $1.00, $1.25, $1.40
Diawers 25c, 29c, 45c, 50c
Corset covers, 25c, 50c
HOSIERY.
Ladies' fast black seamless hose, 5c, 10c, 15c, 19c
25c, 35c, 50c,
Misses and boys' ribbed hose, 5c, 8c. 10c, 15c, 25c
New patterns in ladies fancy plaid hose, cotton
and lisle, -    25c and 50c
Ladies' summer Jersey vests, cotton and lisle, 5c, 10c
12 l-2c and 25c.
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Mrs. 3. Mason and Mrs. Winnie Parrish have opened millinery parlors at
the residence of Mrs. Mason on Main
street, just north of The Calkins, Mason & Parrish are not strangers to the
ladies of Clare and yicinity, by any
means, haying formerly conducted a
successful and up-to-date millinery
business. They will be pleased to receive calls from new, as well as their
old customers.
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Church and Society.
Among the improvements being
made this spring we notice that Mrs.
F. A. Jefferies has painted her residence, A. C. Gordanier has greatly improved his residence property in the
first ward, by gracing his lawn and
erecting a porch. The rooms on the
second floor of the bank building have
been repapered.
Pleasing Photos.
Ours are—always. Every feature of
the photos we make is pleasing. The
likeness—the unique, graceful poses—
the dainty style in which wo finish
photos—add to our reputation eyery
day:—R. 3- Willoughby,
The Ladies' Union will meet with
Mrs. Chase, Friday, May 20,
The Ladies' Aaid will meet at the-
heme of Mrs. ID, O. Smith, next Tuesday, May 17.
The Willing Workers will meet next
Thursday afternoon at Gospel Hall-.
All are "welcome.
The Other Aid sooiety will taeet at
the home of Mrs. C. Babcock, Wednesday afternoon, May 18.
In the interests of the temperance
work of Clare, Mrs, Minore is to conduct a meeting the 22d Of this month.
The W. C. T. Tj. have their next
meeting at the home of Mrs. Walter
Fick. May 14. Mrs. Goodman to cou-
duci the ''mothers' meeting."
It isn't always necessary to buy,a new-
hat. Gather i_p your used trimmings,,
etc., take them to Mrs. Goodman, and
she will make your hat over in the latest mode and like new, and the cost
won't be worth mentionidg.
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