1897-09-17; Clare Sentinel

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Established 1878,
CLABE, MIOH., EBIDAY, SEPT. 17,1897.
New Series: Vol. 5, No., 4g
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I have decided to close ont the Merchandise in both stores, here and at
Calkinsville, on or before October .1st.
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ALL GOODS MUST AND
WILL BE SOLD
egardless of Cost 1
So that I can give my whole time to the __»
CREAMERY and to BUYING AND E§
SHIPPING- OE FARM PRODUCTS 3
Don't buy a dollar's worth -until you _5
have looked over my stock I will save Es
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Bring on your WHEAT.  I am prepared j_3
to Pay you the Highest Cash Price for ES
all you bring to LEE'S ELEVATOR Ej|
Yours for Business, EES
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Such Was the 4tli Annual Reunion of the N, E,
Soldiers' and Sailors' Ass'n in Clare
this Week,
And the Annual Meeting of the 3d Regiment of
the Uniforai Rank, Knights of Pythias.
A Gaily Decorated Town, Camp Fires,  Numerous Bands
of Music, Ball Games, Fireworks,
And Other Attractions Served to Make Happy the 8,000
Visitors.
Camp Anderson, "The White City," Will Long be Remembered—St.
Louis Gets the Next Encampment,
jfruly There was "A Hot Time in the Old Town" This Week.
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If you are looking for a fine
Buggy or Carriage, call and
see our fine Assortment. We
handle only the best goods of
manufacturers who are acknowledged to be the largest
builders of high grade buggies
and carriages.
To tell the people of all the good ^
things which the soldiers' reunion and
the annual meeting of the 3d regiment of the TJ. R. K. of P. had in
store for the people this week, takes
more space and ability than we have
at command. The best that we can
do is to direct an occasional stray shot
in vour direction.
Why, everybody was here, apparently, and all know all about it. They
commenced to come last Lord's day,
and they came every day thereafter—
and some are here yet. They came by
wagon, they came by rail, they came
on foot, they came by wheel—they all
got here—in "some old way"—and then
eyerydody proceeded to.enjoy himself.
The program proper commenced on
{Tuesday evening at the opera house
with the camp fire.    Mayor Eorison's
address of welcome is given below:
My Friends:-—
ln the name of all the people of rtie
city of Clave I bid you a cordial welcome. We are glad you haye come
and it will be the agreeable duty of
every mother, son and daughter to
contribute in every possible'way to
your pleasure aud comfort, white you
are within our gates. To Vou veterans of the Grairl A'-my a meeting
sucli as this meaiia much. In camp
and on battlefield, during the dark
years of war. you earned these holidays
of your declining years. When the
nation called, you brayely responded
and we and coming generations will
delight to do you honor. Here you
can renew the associations of army
life, here you can recall the incidents
of that troublesome time when you
gave up all to preserve the Union, rejoicing in your success tL.en, which
gives us of today a united country.
You will here afford to those who are
younger than yourselves a striking
lesson of patriotism. This is the
great good of these reunions, while
you enjoy the fellowship that soldiers
alone understand, we will understand
more than we ever did before what
love of country means.
To you Sir Knights of the Uniform
Hank, and all others who have come
to be our guests this week, we extend
the same warm greeting. In the
language of one of our banners, let me
say, "The Oity is Yours." It gives me
great pleasure to speak tbose words of
welcome. Our people everyone of
them will stand by me in this greeting. In their name I surrender to
Capt. Gardner, the President of the
Gr. A. R. association and to Col. John
Burns of the TJ. E, 1L Ot P. the keys
of the city.
campfire the next evening, when
speeches were made by Comrades
Moon and Leonard of Gratiot county
and Prof. Ralph Ely, superintendent
of the Alma schools. The Professor
is an orator and'no mistake. His remarks at the hall made .such a bit
that he was straightway drafted into
service and carried off to the camp
ground by a committee of veterans,
and he gave another talk (and a splendid one too) to a large crowd there assembled. Miss Mabel liix entertained
the audience at the opera house with
a recitation which was rendered in
fine style and was liberally applauded.
Captain Gardner's little granddaughter, Bessie Gardner, only seyen years
old, captured the crowd with a piece,
"The Grand Army Badge," which was
indeed well spoken'.
Thursday evening two camp fires
'were held among the tents. Rev. IS.
A. Boyl and "D. E. Alward, Mrs. Norton and others spoke.
Bring to town a load of wheat, get from 70c to 80c
per bushel for it, come with the cash and I'll make yon
prices that will take yonr breath
Call at the Warehouse and examine the hest and largest
stock Of Farm Tools and Implements
efer brought into the county.
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STRAY SHOTS.
A feature of the reunion which contributed much to the pleasure of the
G. A. R. visitors and to many others
was the series of camp fires held in
the Opera House and on the camp
ground.
Tuesday evening Col. • Aaron T.
Bliss, Department Commander of the
G. A. R. of Michigan, and his adjutant General, Col. 0. V, R, Pond, were
the guests ot honor, and they gave
stirring'addresses to a large audience in the Doherty Opera House. It
was here that Mayor Rorison delivered
his welcoming address and presented
tho keys of the cifcy to Captain Gardner for the veterans and to Col. Burns
fche representative of the Uniform
Bank Knights of Pythias. D. E. Alward, our fellow townsman, presided
at this meeting, as he did also afc fcho
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It was gratifying to all citizens of
Clare to go about among, the thousands of guests and hear the words of
praise spoken on eyery side. There
was no grumbling anywhere. That
Clare maintained her reputation as a
splendid entertainer, was the universal verdict.
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The Executive Committe worked
untiringly and so did everybody else.
It was the steady, earnest pull, all together, which made the reunion a
comnlete success.
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Capt. Charles H. Clark ifc was who
conceived 'the idea of getting the
Third Regiment, Uniform Rank, K.
of P., to hold a reunion at Clare this
week. Aud he worked out the idea to
a splendid conclusion. The large attendance of Sir Knights, in their fine
uniforms, added a great" deal to the
pleasure of the people and it is no
more than right to accord to Captain
Clark and the members of Clare division great praise for their efforts in
this behalf. The regiment adopted
resolutions expressing their appreciation of the warm welcome wnich they
had received here and resolved that
they liked it so well they'would reunite ouce a year from this time on,
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St. Louis captured the encampment
for next year. The contest was with
Evart and was so even that the
change of a few votes would have determined in favwof the Osceola city.
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When the Association met in Saginaw, the veterans of Olare county attended almost en masse, There were
just two Saginaw veterans in the parade Wednesday. Clare people will
know what to do next time there are
some "doings" in Saginaw,
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MT. A. J. Doherty kindly kept the
electric lights running all night during the encampment.
Clare was. determined that every
guest should be satisfied. Even in
the matter of weather, a great variety-
was furnished to suit different tastes.
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Dell Lane, chief of tbe Ithaca fire
department, hunted all night, Wed
nesday, for the -flre bell, but couldn't
find it.   He wanted to get even with
Chief 'Jlark of Clare for giving a false
alarm and getting his boys out at 3
o'clock in the morning at Ithaca, once
upon a time.
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Look over onr well assorted stocks. We don't know of
a want in the General Dry Goods, Clothing or Shoe lines-
that couldn't be well filled here, . .
DRY   GOODS.
Latest novelties in plain, fancy dress fabrics. ,
Double fold, fancy suiting, 12ic to $1.00 per yard.   ■
Stylish worsted plaids 7c to $1.00 per yard.
New  silks  in  plain 'and figured Taffettas.    Romans
stripes, new plaids, etc. '       " t
Outing flannel, light colors, best styles, worth 9c at 7-_&-
Mill Remnants of heavy grey fleeced flannel at 7_-c.
Apron ginghams at Sic. ;
Extra heavy in check shirtings at 8c. ''
LINENS.
Fine bleached table linens, 50c to $1.50 per yard.
All linen unbleached, _5c to 75c per yard.
All linen toweling at 5c. ,
Heavy twilled cotton toweling at 3c. ';
Hosiery and Underwear.
Ladies' wool hose, 15c, 25c and 50c.
Ladies' fast black seamless cotton hose, 10c, 15c, 20c, 25g~
Ladies' fleece lined Jersey underwear, 19c, 25c, 35c.     *
Misses' line wool hose, 15c to 25c.
Men's heavy fleeced lined underwear, 39c.
Clothing, 2nd floor.
Men's suits from §3.00 to $15.00.
Boys' suits from $3.00 to $10.00
Children's suits from 75c to $5.00.
SHOES
Men's dress shoes at $1.25 to $4 '
Men's work shoes at $1 to $3-
Ladies'fine shoes, .85c to $4.00.
jDavy dc Company
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finest and jCargest
Stock ofcl/ooiens
Ever brought to this part of the state.
I will give you the
Lowest Fri66§ on Record.
First-class trimmings and workmanship.
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At the K. of P. business meeting it
w_s decided that tbe annual meetings
would hereafter be held in June,
The following officers were also
elected:
Col—Wm. Aeardon of Midland.
Lt. Col.—D. G. Hall of Ithaca.
Major 1st Batallion—Capt. Geo. Turner of Bay Oity.
Major 2nd Batallion—A. M. Dayton
of Mt. Pleasant.
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Let's see—8,000 people in Clare for—
say three days, a total of 24,000. Suppose they only spent %% each. That
means they left about $48,000 in this
community.
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Among the men of note in our city
this week were Sec'y of State Washington Gardiner, Congressman Mesick,
Gon'lW. G. Gage of Saginaw, Maj.
Ralston of Bay City, Col. Henry M.
Loud of Oscoda, Adjt. Gen'l 0. V. R.
Pond, Col. A. T. Bliss of Saginaw,
Speaker Gordon, Representative Caldwell? Judge Dodd3 of this district and
.Hon. W. A. Leet of Ithaca,
Upon his departure Wednesday-
morning, Col A. T. Bliss was presented, by Pres, Julia Norton, .on behalf of the Clare W. R. C, with it,
beatiful boquefc. The Col. responded
in a. happy manner.        ' '  „
There were four ball games thi&-
weelt, Wednesday between Reed City
and Evart, score 6 to 8 in favor oi' the-
former. Thursday, Harrison anil
Evarfc^sdOfe 12 to 18 in favor ot vb&
forme?, Today, (Friday a, m.) Harrj-
son.vs. St. Louis. Game broke up a*>
end Ofthe 6fch innings. Trouble. Today (Friday p. ai.) Harrison vs. Clares, -
score 3 to 21 in favor of the latter.
In the TJ. R. K. of P, competitors?
drill the Midland division won 0__*
prize, which was a beautiful S100 siBc
flag, given by the citizens of C3ar„v
The boys looked very gay in their tine:
uniforms and won round a_-fcor. foauii
of applause on their fine'appearance
and well executed movements. s
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