1891-11-13; Clare Democrat and Press

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DRY GOODS
FINE SHOES
KIRKBRIDE
DP GOODS
FINE SHOES
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That's what Abraham Lincoln said, ancl his judgment was generalliiound.
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HAr    do not believe iri fooling any of the people any of the time, but alwayf advertise just what
^"^ we can and intend to do, and always live up to the very letter of oufr advertisement.
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When we sav "50c. and, 7oc Dress Goods at 37i(&M"wc do NOT put o\it a
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lot of shop-worn poods that would be dear at iinypl'ice, but we do trivb our
50c. and 75c. Dress Goods (all new and latest styles) for 37$c.
Hundreds of ladies havo already taken advantage Of tliis splendid  oppor-
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flTTD    ^UflP   TIPDADTMriiW IS  C0MPLETE-   Thc People have found out that o'jr claim is well founded
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tha in any other shoes offerod in this market. Shoes for Ladies, $1 to $5.
Shoes for Girls', 75c. to .§2. Shoes for Boys, 75c to $2.
SIiocs'3'or Men, §1 to $5.
Shoes for Babies, 50c. to $1.25.
DRY GOODS
FINE SHOES
TINE SHOES
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Men's Gtothing,
Youths' Clothing,
Boys' Clothing.
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Buys a Dandy, Suit. ■
Buys Dandy Overeoat
The warm weather of the past few weeks has been
dampening on the overcoat business. We have cut
prices to the quick.    Come and buy at almost your own
prices.
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directed to the City Shoe Store will save you lots of
money in the course of a year.
THE QUESTION OF TODAY?
New Shoes anfl Here to Buy Them,
We answer in good faith
Razek & Waller's.
WHY?
Became we Have the Largest Stock,
Because we have the Lowest Prices,
Bacause we have Perfect Fitting Shoes,
Because we haue New Goods,,
And you are always welcome to inspect goods and
compare prices.
Rubbers for Ladies,
Rubbers for Men,
Rubbers for Misses,
Rubbers for Children.
RAZEK & WALLER,
YOUR SHOEMEN,
Boge's Old Stand* Main Street.
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Mrs. C. W. Perry is ill tbis week.
The weather bas rained supreme tbis
week.
Mrs. Ed. A. White lias been quite ill
during tbe week.
J. W. Calkins wa§ in Saginaw on business Tuesday.
Recital by Mr. Charles Carlisle next
Friday night.
John Giberson was called to Mt.
Pleasant Monday on business.
Three new 6-octave organs at a bargain.   DeVogt's photo-gallery.
The Calkins should be named Eli, for
it is "getiing there" in great shape.
Everybody that tries K. of P. cigar
pronounces it the best 10c cigar on tho
market.
Mr. Carr, of Carr & Granger, the Mt.
Ploasant merchants, looked Claro over
Wednesday.
Geo. W. Graham,, the energetic Far-
well manufacturer, was down Saturday
on business.
A large number of Clare-citizens attended lodge, F. & A. M., at Farwell
Tuesday evening.
Gentlemen, if you want something
fine in underwear buy the camel's hair
goods at Kirkbride's.
Chauncey Johnson is in hard lack.
Every member of his family is sick and
he is left alone to care for them.
Human life is liko an opening bud, it
bursts forth, blooms, fades and decays,
but the world moves on as if nothing
had happened.
Tho new brick houses of J. F. Tatman and W. H. Goodman are approaching completion, and are among the
finest in the city.
Ed Livingston, who formerly held
down the hooping contract at the tub
and pail factory, has returned from
New York and will resume his old position.
.Geo. W. Smith, 1ST. G., and several
other members of Clare lodge No. 833,
10.0* F„ surprised the Farwell lodge
witb a visit last week Wednesday, and
enjoyed a -very pleasant timo.
A sort of Carl Stollj who resides ngrth
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ridge a few days ago nnd the thing wpnb
off.   So did  a  portion of tho  boy's
hand.   Dr. Todd dressed the wound.
Mr. Charles Carlisle, one of the best
entertainers of tho stato, will give a
recital at the Congregational church
next Friday evening, to aid the schools
in fitting up the new rooms with pictures, etc.   Are you interested.
The school board and Edward Unicume, whose caustic criticism was
printed in these columus last week, had
a seance last Friday evening, and it is
understood that the dove of peace has
settled down on the erstwhile troubled
waters.
Rev. H. S, Jordan, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church, of Lansing, is a
hustling Knight of Pythias, and the
Clare Knights have secured his con
sent to come here and deliver his fee
turo on "Pythianism." The date will
be announced later.
The T. & A. early ti-ain south and late
train north now carry mails, and as
this is the end of the route, the postal
clerks are obliged to register at our
post office on arrival or departure.
This compels J. S. Ross, assistant post
master, to lodge at the post office.
Time never wrote lines of beauty on
a face that carried behind it a double
impulse of action, one for the world
and one for privato life. The face tells
the story of tho double life and the
lines contradict each other. The wayfarer is never tempted to stop them for
aid and comfort on his journey.—Anon.
"Tip" Aplin, who retired from the office of auditor general when Geo. W.
Stone went in, has been working Clare
this week in the interests of the Foresters. The Clare lodge is not very
large, but it is made up of a fine set of
men, and several more of the same sort
are going in as a result of Aplin's labors here.
The work of making the thirteenth
semi-annual apportionment of the primary school interest fund, which has
been occupying the attention of the
superintendent of public instruction
and bis assistants for sevex-al days, is
completed. The total number of children of school age included in the apportionment is 653,20i, and as the rate
is 75 cents per capita, the total sum apportioned is 8459,903. Clare county gets
§1,535.25 for 2,047 children.
The funeral of the late Carrie Rogers
at the M. E. church last Saturday morning, was very largely attended^ many
persons being unable to get into the
building. The floral offerings were
very beautiful, one piece, "Gates Ajar,"
being sent by the pupils of the High
School. The„Clare lodge of Odd Fellows, and the recently organized Rebecca lodge, attended tho funeral in a
body and marched to the Cemetery.
$Lgv, Mr. Lowe, of the Baptist church,
preached the ssrmon.
About time for cold weather.
K,, of P. cigar'is equal to the best.
Mason & Storey's for millinery goods.
Chas. I. Bigley made a business trip
to Saginaw on Wednesday.
F. D. Patterson and Thomas Pickard
were in the city Wednesday.
Mrs. C. Bigley returned Wednesday
after a few days' visit at Shepherd.
The King's Daughters will meet with
Mrs. Allen Ferguson on Thursday, November 19th.
Mr. Charles Carlisle at the Congregational church next Friday night te
help the schools.
Mrs. Steve Shelden is convalescent
after a severe illness of four or five
weeks' duration.
We all feel gay when Johnny comes
marching homo with a pair of Kirkbride's §3.00 shoes.
The Ladies' Congregational TJnio*
will meet at the homo of Mrs. E. EL
DoVogt, Friday, November 20th.
Oar business men should put forth,
every effort to secure additional manufactories for this city 'ere the rosea
bloom again.
Saley Feighner drove a herd of cattle
over to Mt. Pleasant on Tuesday and
delivered them to persons to whom he
had sold them the day previous.
Many mon have been wondering all
the week, "who is the last person thafc
borrowed my umbrella." By the way,
please return our's to the Democbat-
Pbess office.
Still no indications for a ,first-class
theatrical troupe at the opera house.
It suggests tho thought of the conversation between the governors of North.
Carolina and South Carolina.
The school board aro now figuring
that the new brick school building will
be ready for occupancy on Monday following Thanksgiving. Teachers and.
pupils are anxious for the change.
Seward Welch,  who  bas TJeen  ex- '*
tremely ill with typhoid fever for the
past five or six .weeks at the home of
his uncle on west 7th street," is  somewhat belter  at   this   writing,   with. .
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bee%,obliged to erect additional sheds
here in order to faciliato the progress
of their increasing business here. W.
D. Pen-in, tho efficient superintendent,
says the company will do quite a large
business hero this winter.
"Gus." Abram, late landlord of tbe
Alger House in this city, who is now-
running the Fenton House, at Fenton,
is in Claro this week on business and
renewing acquaintances among old
friends. "Gus" is rather stuck on Fenton and says he has got one of the
finest runs of trade of any hotel to be
found.
John Jackson has commenced the
job of cutting and skidding 2,000,000
feet of pine for the Lansing Lumber
Company. His operations are on sections 5 and G, township of Arthur, Clare
county. Thc timber will be worked into lumber at the company's mills at
Dodge. Mi". Jackson will employ from ^
fifteen to twenty men during the winter, and expects to make a pretty good
thing out of his winter's work.
The Calkins is enjoying a flourishing
business these days. Traveling men
mako it a point to stop here over night
now when possible, on account of the
superior accommodations afforded over
other towns hi this vicinity. Tho car-
pacity Of the hotel was severely taxed
both Monday and Tuesday nights in.
caring for its guests. Mine host Calkins and his genial clerk, Bert Spafford,
know full well how to make it pleasant
for all who happen their way.
She was smart and she was pretty,
and her elders thought her witty, and
she tripped the "light fantastic" like a
fay; she could read both French and
Latin, she looked sweet in print or
satin, and it made your heartstrings
throb to hear her play. But in single
life she tarried, and she never, never
married, and she'll doubtless be a
spinster till she dies; for she bade a.
proud defiance to the culinary science,
and she never learnt the mystery of
pies!
Mr. Van Kleet, agent for M, C. Barney, proprietor of the Flint granite and
marble works, the largest institution of
the kind in the state, was in Clare last
Saturday and, acting under instructions
from his employer, reset or straightened up all monuments and tombstones
in Cherry Grove cemetery that were
leaning. Mr. Barney has furnished ta
large per cent of the work in the cemetery here and takes pride that his work
should present tho best possible appearance. Tbe fact, also, that his agent
reset several monuments and tombstones that were loaning badly, though
sold by other dealers, is a credit to Mr.
Barney, for which, tbo people who have
friends interred in Cherry Grove cemetery, fell grateful to him for the manifest interest.
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