1896-07-03; Clare Sentinel and the Democrat-Press

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Wood or Coal Stoves, Refrigerators, Filters, Ice
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which will be here in August.
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Of November 3rd are already under way.   A new
President of the- -United States
Is to be elected, and
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A   SUCCESS.
SUCH
WAS    THE    FIREMEN'S   FIRST
ANNUAL   FIELD   DAY.
A Large Crowd—A Pleasant  Program  of
Sports Carried Out.
The firemen's first annual field day,
held at Clare last Tuesday, was a success in. every particular. Quite a crowd
gathered from Harrison, Farwell, and
the surrounding country to witness
the program of sports which commenced on 5th street at 10:30 a.m.
At two in the afternoon the crowd
adjourned to the ball park, where the
sports were continued and a ball game
played between Clare Fire Department and Harrison Fire Department,
resulting in favor of the latter—13 to 4.
The balance of the program was carried out on 5th street in tbe evening.
Tbe fire boys also gave a dance at
Doherty opera house in the evening,
which was largely attended and greatly enjoyed
Tbe Harrison band was in attendance and furnished continued strains
of sweet music during the day and
evening.
Tbe day, besides being greatly enjoyed by all, was ;i success for tbe fire
laddies financially, who cleared about
$20.
Below we give tbe program of sports
with the names of prize winners :
100 yard dash—
Frank Mooney, 1st.
Budd Wing," 2d.
O. F. Boorom, 3d.
Hose race—
=   Clare 29K—Harrison 33.
Quarter mile bicycle race, open—
L, Blackburn, 1st.
Otho Sutherland, 2d.
Fred Harris, 3d.
220 yard run—
Frank Mooney, 1st.
Budd Wing, 2d.
Chas. Coon, 3d.
Quarter mile bicycle race, open—
L. Blackburn, 1st.
Otho Sutherland, 2d.
Fred Harris, 3.
Half mile bicycle ,race, open.
■  L. Blackburn, 1st.
Otho Sutherland, 2d.
F. W. Weatherhead, 3d.
Putting 161b. shot—   .
Arthur Beeraer, 1st.
Arthur Stevens, 2d.
Throwing base ball—
Fred Irwin, 1st.
Claud Rockwell, 2d.
100 yard boy's race—
Jas, Welch, 1st.
Jas. Mason, 2d.
Roy Neimeyer, 3d.
100 yard fat men's race—
Chas. Willey, 1st.
A. J. Doherty, 2d.
50 yard old men's race—
J. W, Reed, 1st."
Running bases—
Frank Mooney, 1st.
C. F. Boorom and I. Y. Mitchell tie for
2d.   Flipped copper, Boorom won.
Standing high jump—
W. J. Hutchinson. 1st.
A. T. Stevens, 2d.
Running high jump—
L. Mitchell, 1st.
O. Sutherland, 2d.
Standing broad jump—
C. F. Boorom, 1st.
O. YanBrunt, 2d.
Running broad jump—
. L. Mitchell, 1st.
C, F. Boo-com, 2d.
Running hop, step and jump—
L. Mitchell. 1st.
C. YanBrant, 2d.
Hitch and kick—
C. YanBrunt, 1st.
W. J. Hutchinson, 2d.
Standing high kick—
W. J. Hutchinson, 1st.
A. T, Stevens, 2d.
Running High Kick—
G. VanBrunt, 1st.
W. J. Hutchinson, 2d.
Tennis, singles and doubles—
Sutherland and Rockwell, 1st.
Palmer and Yandercook, 2d.
Poor Farm.
Superintendents of the Poor, Wait?
Mclntyre and Harper,met at Harrison
on Wednesday, July 1st, and audit ed
the following accounts:   •
POOR "FARM.
Paid keeper ...$7832
Clothing    150
Medicalatten_an.ce        800
Miscellaneous  —.    300
$90 82
TBipPORAIty.
Food *  1152
Transportation    300
Miscellaneous         325
$17 77
Bay Yiew Camp   Meeting, July 7
to August 1_.
For the above F. and P.M. R.R. will
sell excursion LicKets to Petoskey and
return July 6 to 16, inclusive, to be
good going only on date of sale, and
limited for return to August 15,1896,
at rate of $4.23 for the round trip.
After July 16, will sell only to those
presenting certificates showing them
to be members of the Michigan Camp
Ground Association.
TERRIBLE   DEATH.
LITTLE ROY CARPENTER SUFFOCATED
AT A  FIRE.
Unavailing Search by the Firemen and
the Frantic Mother Through the
House—Found in a Closet.
The following from Wednesday's
Saginaw Courier-Herald will be sad.
news to the many friends of Mr. and
Mrs. Bert Carpenter, formerly of this
city:
'■About noon yesterday the fire department was summoned to subdue a
fire at "712 Kirk street, in a house occupied by Bert Carpenter, and owned
by Henry Kistenmacber. Tbe house
was quite badly damaged before tbe
flames were extinguished, the loss being about $300 or $400 on house and
contents. Carpenter had an insurance
of $200 on the furniture.
There was a sad feature of tbe fire
iu the death of Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter's 4-year-old son Roy, who undoubtedly kindled the blaze himself, as he
was playing with matches in the
kitchen. Mrs. Carpenter was in the
sitting room and, smelling the smoke,
called, "Roy, come here, the house is
on fire." She attempted to enter a
room leading into the kitchen, where
she thought Roy was, but could not
on account of the smoke. She then
passed out through the front of the
house forgetting in her excitement
that there was a side door leading to
the room where she thought the child
was.
Tbe mother told the firemen that
her boy was in tbe house, and Chief
Wallisand others went through the
house, searching carefully but could
find no trace of him. The chief consoled tbe mother by telling her that
the child had probably got out and
was away somewhere. After the fire
was out tbe chief and Mrs. Carpenter
went through the house again but
could not find him. Subsequently another search was made, and the child
was found m a closet off a bedroom
where he bad wandered and closed tbe
door behind him. This closet hadbeen
missed in the other searches on account of smoke and darkness. Tbe
child was believed to be alive when
taken out, but after one or two gasps
he was dead, and medical aid could
do nothing for him. The child was not
burned but was suffocated from
smoke and beat. Coroner Beckwith
was notified and impanneled a jury,
but the inquest was adjurned until
Thursday morning at nine o'clock.
The sad event cast a gloom among
the firemen yesterday, Chief Wallis
and his men feeling badly because of
the accident. No blame can attach
to them, however, as they made every
effort to find the child when it was
reported to them that he was in the
burning building. It was a sad occurrence and the stricken parents
will have the sympathy of tbe entire
community in their bereavement."
The remains of little Rov Carpenter
were brought to Clare Thursday morning and funeral services held at Congregational church. The remains
were interred in Cherry Grove cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter have the
heartfelt sympathy of their many
friends here.
Do You Know ?
Do you know that every cruelty inflicted on an animal in killing or just
before death poisons to a greater or
less extent its meat?
Do you know that every cruelty inflicted upon a cow poisons to a greater
or less extent its "milk?
Do you know that fish killed as soon
as taken from the water by a blow on
the back of the head will keep longer
and be better than those permitted to
die slowly?
Do you know tbat birds destroy millions of bugs, mosquitoes and harmful
insects ; tbat without the birds we
could not live on the earth, and that
every little insect-eating bird you may
kill and every egg'you may take from
its nest means one less bird to destroy
insects ?
Do you know that a check-rein which
will not permit a horse to put his head
where he wants to when going up a
hill is cruel torture to a horse?
Do you know that the mutilation of
a horse by cutting off his tail compells
him to suffer torture from flies and insects every summer as long as he lives?
Do you know that every kind act
you do and every kind word you speak
to a dumb animal will make not only
the animal but yourself happier, and
not only make you happier, but also
better?
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SPECIAL
PRICES BELOW THE 60ST OF MANUFACTURE.
We have placed on sale this week a New Line of Shirt
Waists in Fine Lawns and Percales, made np in the
latest styles,  at abont a third less than actual value.
New Shirt Waists worth 75c, 85c &$i, at 50c
New Shirt Waists, worth 50e and. 65c, at 39c
We  have reduced   the  Price on  all
Waists in Stock.
All our $1.25 and $1.50 Waists for $1
All our $LOO waists . - for 75c
All our 79c waists - - " 50c
All our 50c waists - ~ 6k 39c
All our 39c waists      ~      -        ss   30c
Another case of those standard Dress
Ginghams, 8c. goods, at 4c,
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DAVY   &  COMPANY.
FOR A NATIONAL FLOWER
The Columbine's Claims to be Selected as
Our Floral Emblem.
Gertrude Christian Fosdick, in July
Ladies Home Journal, advocates the
adoption of the columbine as our National flower, and considers its many
commending points: "First, its very
name suggests Columbia," she writes.
"Nor is this, as, may appear, a mere
trivial play upon words. We know
that the word Columbus means dove,
a fact full of poetic significance when
we remember bow Columbus, like
Noah's messenger of old, was sent
forth to discover a . new land. We
also know that -the columbine took
its name from the resemblance which
one view of the flower bears to a group
of doves. This form grows wild in
the region where Columbus was born,
as well as in our Rocky Mountain
States. Then, too, the botanical and
horticultural name of the flower is
Aquilegia, which is connected -with
the Latin aquila, an eagle and was so
named because tbe flower reversed
suggests an eagle's talons. Thus we
have the thought of our American
eagle, emblematic of fearless power.
Again, a "front view of the flower
shows the outline of a beautiful five-
rayed star, emblematic of the stars of
our flag, while the leaf terminates in
thirteen lobes, the number of the
stripes, as well as of the number of
original-States in the Union. Another
point is that while the columbine
growls in many colors, three colors
the brilliant red, pure white and the
exq uisite cerulean blue—are the American variety of the flower Once more,
a single petal of one of the long-spurred variety is the shape of a horn of
plenty, significant of this fruitful
land, while the short-spurred petal
forms a perfect little liberty cap.
Lastly, it grows in every state of the
Union, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from Canada to the Gulf:
In point of hardihood it compares
favorably with the rose. Our wild
columbines are m full bloom by Memorial Day, and have not all disappeared* by the Fourth of July."
Artistic Job Printing
Done at the Sentinel office.
Epworth League Training Assembly, at Ludington, July 1_> to Aug.
2d, 1896.
Fbr the above the F, & P. M. R. R.
will sell excursion-tickets to Ludington.
andreturn July 13 to -25 inclusive,limit-
edto return to Aug. 15,1896, at a rate
of one fare for round trip. After
July 25th, will sell only to those presenting certificates showing them to
be members of the Epworth ■ LeagueJ
Training Assembly:
National Educational Association
Meeting at Buffalo,N.Y„ July 7—11
For the above, excursion tickets will
be sold to Buffalo and return, on July
5th and 6th, to be good going only on
date of sale and limited for return to
July 12th, with an cxtention, if desired, to Sept. 1st, at rate of one first
class limited fare via the route traveled, for the round trip, plus $2.00 membership fee.. Should any wish to go
via rail and return via steamer (northern S.S. Co.} or vice versa, exchange,
orders may be diawn for ■ such tickets.
National L. A. W. Circuit Meet at
Battle Creek July 13-14-1896.
For the above F. & P, M. R. R. will
sell round trip" excursion tickets to
Junction points for Battle Creel-
July 13 and 14, limited to return July
15,1896, at rate of one and one third
fare.
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