1903-02-13; Clare Courier

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CLARE, MICH., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1903
No. 35
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Valentines
We have jiow.oii .exhibition... the most
Elaborate Line of Valentines ever
shown in the city. Every one is new.
stock, and among them is to be found
the most beautiful manufactured.
Don't buy until you have inspected
this line.
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BREVITES,
Short Items of Interest-
Relating   to   the  Town
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FLINCH
The popular game just now for the
family fireside, the neighborhood gath>
ering and the'social function is Flinch.
'We can supply you with everything
necessary for this delightful amusement
in the newest and most novel pattern.
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O^WENTY SEVEN MONTHS ago we started doing
■*- business in Glare and the location we made
then has proved beneficial to ourselves and our customers. Our store with its modern improvements
and up-to-date ideas more than met our expectations.
We have increased our- stock in every department.
Our city trade has increased within the last year
and we mean to put forth extra efforts in increasing
our trade from the farm. Our friends can always
irk, up. _ ±q ._our store with Butter.^ Egg_gjmd_other____
produce, for whioh we pay cash and guarantee price "
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and prompt attention.
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We have often been blamed for cutting prices,
and the question in our mind is not easily answered
as to whether any merchant is right or wrong in
sapping the life of a competitor. It depends upon
the manner in whioh the sapping is done. Every
merchant should possess two hearts—one for his
business .and one for the rights of his customers.
We mind our business and have no time to worry
about our competitors. It is no more dangerous to
fool with a bu?? saw than to fool with an honest
competitor,     - ,
We 3P§ selling the Very Best Teas you
can proqure In the county for 35c & 50c lb.
Goffers are good value at 20,25,30 & 35c lb
Oil IQo per gallon
Make 1903 a Banner Year for yourselves and us
by Buying Yam* 0raoeries from '    .
JAS.  O'CONNOR
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L. E. Davy was in Evart on Friday,
J.'A, Dougherty in .Farwell yesterday.
-Mrs. O; E-. Smith is in-Colemaii
this week,
Frank Hodges, of Evart, in the
city yesterday. *■
Miss Mae Horning is visiting her
brother at -Jennings.
Mr. and .Mrs. J". H. Gulliver were
in Saginaw on'Tuesday.
J. SV Brand., of. Saginaw, spent
Sunday at his Arthur farm.
Dr. Neelands made a.business trip
to Mt. Pleasant on Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Naylor returned to Rladwin on Monday. •
The call for a Democratic   county
convention appears in this issue.
- Mr", and Mrs. Bert Axfo.rd   spent
Sunday wP.h friends inShepnerd.
.Mrs. "Frank Doherty came home
Tuesday from a short visit in Coleman.
Archie ftioKinnon is suffering
from a severe injury to one of ^lis
eyes.
Mrs. M. E. Parrish spent Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. Lyons in
Temple.
If this paper feels damp to you it
may be because there is too much
Miss Alma Swanton, of Harrison,
was the guest of Miss Sarah Orth
on Monday.
Messrs. E. G. Hughes and W. W.
Harper, of Harrison, were Olare^
visitors on Tuesday, . :
The Eepublican county convention
Will be held ju this city on Tuesday,
next, at Doherty opera house.
Mrs. A. Thurston left on Wednesday morning for an extended visit
with relatives at Oberlin, Ohio.
Mr. and Mrs. Smedley who have
been the guests of Dr. and Mrs.. G.
E. Lamb, returned to Montrose on"
Wednesday.
John Byroads, of Gilmore, will
sell at auction on March 24th, a
quantity of farm tools and household goods. '
Landlord Lackiewiliylace a stone
foundation under the Central hotel
in the spring. Stone are now being
placed on tho grouud.
Mrs. 3. A. Brown returned to her
home in Rochester, N. Y., on Tuesday, after a five weeks' visit with
sister, Mrs. E. B. Hornung.
JNext-- Muiiutiy " wj6-~"_Nv-'~dL«xGxCII3i».-
Grocery Co., succeeds to the business of K*. Bicknell. The new firm
will continue at the old stand.
Current rumor has it that E. G.
Welch will again receive the nomination for school commissioner, at
the hands of the Bepublicans.
The eight months old of son Mi\
and Mrs. W. T. Thompson of Sheridan, died last night, from, pneumonia. Tho funeral will be held to-
Txfforrorr ^.«r"S^^.and-th^rU^rman.t
will be had at Cherry Grove.   %
Invitations announce a dancing
party to be given by Clare lodge K.
of. P,., at their parlors on Wednesday evening, Feb! 18. Music will
be furnished by' Sticlde's orchestra.
~C~W7 AitlfouBeTs■"receiving"■aiTrabr
more timber at his mill this winter
than -was put in during the winter
of 1901-2. Good sleighing for a few
more weeks would insure to the
factory sufficient' "stock"for a full
summer's run.
Mrs. K. M. Goodman and her embroidery class were very hospitably
entertained at the home of Mrs.. ,T.
Hudson at Dover Tuesday afternoon. Games, music and an oyster
supper proved to be enjoyable to
tho ladies after their pleasant sleigh
ride.
Thurston &_ Son, the funeral directors, have this week added to
their equipment one of the latest
improved casket lowering devices
which will certainly bo Welcomed
by the public as a Vast improvement
over tho old style method of lowering caskets into graves.
Married, at the Baptist parsonage
Ithaca, Feb. 2, 1003, ■ Bev. J. B.
Baldwin officiating. Mr, Herman A.
Hardy, ot Seville, and Miss Mamie
Baker, of Mt Pleasant.. * Mr. and
Mrs. Hardy expect to remove to
Olare aul engage in music Reaching
and doling in musical instruments.
—Ithaca News,
Jas. Easton was home from Gad:
iliac this week.
Sleighride parties are the popular
thing just now.
-- 3~. Ii. Goodman .returned, to Lansing on Monday.
Pros. Atty. Cummins was in the
city on Tuesday night.
Archie McKinnon was in Mt.
Pleasant on Wednesday.
Asa Leonard of Farwell, was a
Courier caller yesterday.
Miss Hazel Goodman was home
from Saginaw over Sunday.
Miss Sarah Barager spent Sunday at her homo in Coleman.
Mrs. Mary Olds went to Ovid on
Wednesday to visit her daughter.
The Guild will meet with Mrs.
Wm^LaundraWednesday afternoon.
.Comnaisioner Aldrich visited
schools in Garfield " and gurry- this
week.
Miss Maude Story, of Flint, is at
the home of her sister, Mrs. Wm*
Parrish.
Mrs.- F. A. Jeffries returned oh
Wednesday from an extended visit
in St. Johns.
The Ladies' Aid will meet at the
home of Mrs. W. T. Weir, next Friday, February 20.
E. B. Hornung is spending the
week with his "sons, Eldrecl aid
Ealph, in Detroit.
February has so far furnished a
sufficient variety of weather to satisfy the most exacting.
Messrs. Jos. Worden and Bert
VanWormer have leased Jas. Campbell's saloon until May 1st.    *
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Leach and
Miss Gertrude Pratt, of Farwell,
spent Sunday with Clare friends,
Fred E. Britten, of Detroit, discussed prohibition before a fail-
sized audience at the M. E. church
on Tuesday evening.
Albert Lasher was up from Saginaw the first of the week. His
brother, David, of Saskatchewan,
Out., returned with liiin.
Senator and Mrs. Doherty arrived home from the legislative
junket on Monday morning. The
Senator returned to Lansing on
Wednesday.
The marriage of Frank C. Falk
and Mrs. Amanda Smalley, which
occurred several days ago, has jitst
become-public. Tee Courier'extends congratulations.
---If-thevproposit-l^n.t.o.bpnd.Ior.puhr
lie improvements is to be submitted
to the people of this city at tho
April election, it is about time that
the voters were acquainted with the
fact.
Chas. Bukenbrod and children
left on Tuesday for Detroit where
they expect to make their home.
Mrs. Bukenbrod was called tojthat
city a few days before by a friend's
illness.
__. Ja£._L£Uc^sirffered a slight stroke
of paralysis on "Monday ■'nign'tf^-TKff'
right side of his head and vocal
cords'being affected. He-is able to
be about his work, and physicians
feci confident of an early, recovery.
A business man in a neighboring
city claims t.hatjie has successfully
solved the proDlimTof"using iiis~ba.se
burner without a supply of .anthracite. . He says: ."In the early days
of the coal famine I read an item in
one of the metropolitan' papers concerning the.use of soft coal and coke
mixed in equal parts, as- a substitute for . hard coal. When my
meager stock of the latter gave out
I decided to try the mixture rather
than discard the $40 base burner I
bought last year and invest in a
soft coal heater. Half a ton of coal
and the same quantity of coke mixed
and all ready for the, stove cost me
just $7.25 and it lasted a third longer
than a ton of hard coal, Which cost
me $7 or $7.2p last year. The' mixture gives out a terrific heat, and
for the .first few days we were using
it the house was uncomfortably
warm. But we soon learned.how to
keep the fire in check aiid now we
have no trouble in getting' gpod results from the new fuel. The fire
holds over night as well -as .--hard
coal and has the additional advantage of starting up almost as quickly as a wood stove, .warming the
house thoroughly in about half tho
time required in the case of an anthracite coal Are,"
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New Wash Goods
We are showing the Greatest Line
of Cotton Dress Fabrics ever offered in
the. city. ^ Every popular weave and
color is represented in this collection.
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Mercerized Waistings
The Newest Color Combination in
Plaids and Stripes, in waist lengths, at
per pattern -       $1.25 to $2.13
Fine Silk Ginghams
A great variety of styles, one pattern
of a kind, per pattern [3 yards] •   $1.50
WHITE
Mercerized Waistings
Brocades, stripes- and checks, in 3
yard lengths, per pattern $1.25 & 1.50
Shantung Zephyrs
Handsome Styles, per yard    ,  30c
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Per yard
i issues
25c
Hanover Percales
New Silks
Cordetl Stripe Japanese Wash Silk
Of Superior Quality in White and
. all.Popular .GqlorSi per yard^      i?\   SOc
CHANGEABLE TAFFETAS .,  .
In all the popular shades per yd 75c
NEW FANCY SILKS ^
In checks and figured designs $j»00
PLAIN TAFFETAS *V
Black & colors, good quality pr yd 50c
Extra values - in Black Taffeta and*
Peau De Soie '5Qc to $1 ,25 per yd
SKINNER'S GUARANTEED SATIN]?
Black & colors «38 in! wide per yd $1,5£)
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New Embroideries    Jf
About 150 l^few Styles in Cambric,
Nainsook and Swiss Embroideries, Insertions and G-alloons, in all widths,
plaoed on sale this week.
White Goods
Special values in India Linens at     •
5| 8» 10 & ]pc per yard
Lace Stripe Dimities per yaxd jjgjc"'
Mercerized Stripe Madrasper yd 25c
Fine Piques 25 nnd 35c
36 in. wide the Finest Percale made,    NeW Table LlHeHS
light and dark colors per yd
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MERCERIZED GRENADINES
Per yard 40c
MERCERIZED LINEN OXFORD
Per yard 50c
FIGURED SILK MUSLINS
Per yard 5Gc
With Drawn Work Borders
72 in, Unbleached haWJinen pe£yd^§OCL
72 in. Unbleached pure linen per yd 85c
72 in. Bleached pure linen per yd $1.00
£ NAPKINS per doz - 3.00
Fine Zephyr Ginghams
10, 12^ 25c
Everything
to Wear.
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Lowest
Prices.
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Store Closes at 6:00 p. m, [standard-time]'every evening except Monday & Saturday
CLATRE PRIZE DOGS.
The fame of Clare continues to
broaden. This week two local dog
fanciers, Messrs. C. H. ^anBrunt
and E. H. AValler, were awarded
ribbons at the Detroit bench show,
for having on exhibition there a
pair of blooded canines. VanBrunt's
Field Spaniel, "Prince," was ornamented with   the   blue    ribbon,
aJiila-Mt -Wallnr   TP.p.ejVOS. jhe _X'ed
ribbon,  or  second  prize "upon his
Beagle, "Lue T." .      .
"Each Avon over a large field of
contestants and are naturally elated
at "the" outcome.	
_.-_.PlieJiarjwar^__Mpres=. of___the_ city
have given up tho fdea of closing af
six o'clock on each evening.-
Special meetings at the Baptist
church, begining Sunday eve, Feb.
loth. Anlinvitation is extended to
every one.
Hattie, the three year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bauer,
died at their home in Grant on
Tuesday, Fob. 3d. The little one
was first taken with the gripp which
S0.ou developed, into pneumonia,
causing death in a short time. The
funeral was held from -the German
church in this city at ten o'clock
Friday morning, Bev! F. B. Menke,
6f Lawndale, officiating.
, For   Salk
show cases.
Cheap—All  of my
W. H. Elden.
' FOUND—On the streets, a roll of
light manilla ^\u*nppin$... pape'r^ It
awaits the owner at this' offfce; oh
payment of charges. '
"Meet me at. the Kormandie,
troit."
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M, V. Robinson, 'of Farwell, the Victim
Robbers-   who   Compelled   Him   to
Surrender  S45   or Meet' What
Might Have Been Death-at*
Their   Hands.
FOK  Sa'LB-
good repair.
Inquire of A,
-One engine Ilx'20, in
Also one saw mill.
LK.0NABD, Farwell.
One of the boldest hold-ups  that
ever    occurred  in   Michigan  took
^laxrS-p-fi-.f 1.?—liinrttiA-T.. n.n-nrm nf_ftI\_TjV_
Bobiuson, two miles west of Crooked Lake on Monday afternoon, when
Mr. Robinson was compelled to give,
up $45 to three of his former employes, after thoy had "beaten him
to that extent that ho feared they
-Jiit_sn»lfid__latJuU_him___.___     '_
Mr. Bobinson lives in Farwell.
and went to his camp on Monday
morning for the purpose of paying
his men, having made it his practice to pay weekly. Between one
and two o'clock in the afternoon he
was in the camp with two brothers
named Benn, and a man named
Keise, all of whom had been' in his
employ for several months. He had
settled with each of the men, paying
them in cash. The men noticed that
he had more money than was required to pay them, and one pf: tho
Benn brothers demanded settlement
of what he claimed was an old debt
owed the brothers' by Bobinson.
Tho latter insisted that there could
not possibly have been any former
claim, as they had been ftaid "weekly
for several months and he had never
heard..either of them mention it.
Notwithstanding Bobinson's denial
of their claim each- insisted that he
.had.such.a,.p]ainn..a.nd.fcliat .he m'u,^
give them tho _i"6ne^ or' accept such"''
i treatment as they saw fit to administer. The brothers immediately attack him and one hold him to the
floor while tha other pounded him
until his faeojfwas covered with blood
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and he was almost exhausted. Ap-~
pealing to Keise. who was all the
time near and encouraging the robbers, Bobinson asked for assistance
but Keise refused to assist, saying
that the men were entitled to- all
they got, or words to that effect.
Faint from tho loss of blood and the
terrific beating he had received,
Bobinson finally, handed over $45.
The Benns then departed, Keise remaining to stand guard over Bobin-
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f/    CV     K> kjhaXst ■ VVAts_.^.^£XZ^_;T_IZ;
away.
Finally left alone Bobinson  mad_q._
his way to  Lake and returned to
Farwell on the eveningja-ain.  Sher-_
iff tfpdcgraft' was  notified -anft'=ac-~
companiedby deputies Welch  and
_.Lal^^_.visit£<li_h_e_s_ce_no on Tuesday,
Keise was apprehended and now.lies
in jail.   At last accounts the officers
had no clue to the brothers.
The assault was a most vicious
and premeditated one, and the bodily injuries sufferedby Mr. Bobinson
were of a serious nature. The
.Courier sincerely trusts that the
officials will spare ho pains to-bring
the robbers .tb justice.
HAS NOT BEEN CONSIDERED.
In conversation by phone with Sen-
atorDohortyjustbeforegoingto press
The Courier, learns that neither
the house or Senate committees
have as. yet reached any conclusion
as to the merits of the measuresi ..introduced, to compel each township
or city to stand the expense of contagious diseases. There seems to
bo a determination on the part of
the rural districts to' force the passage of such a bill, while tho cities
and villages" are equally determined
in their opposition to the enactment
of such a law.
It is probablo that before the com
mittees   report,   hearings   will be
granted to representatives of the .opposing elements!.
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