1903-09-25; Clare Courier

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Vol. IX,
OI^ARE, MIOHIFHIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25,1903.
No, IB
Sporting Goods
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Lave you seen the line of Sporting
—        Goods at Mussell's?
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We have a full line of Foot Balls,'
Boxing Gloves, Striking Bags, Nose
Masks and Shin Guards.
Call in and see our line of Books*
Some ot the latest Copyright Books:
"Red Kiggar," just out Sept. 5th, 'OB.
"PigD in Clover."        "Barrell of the Blessed Mes.''
"Love Thrives in War." ' 'The One Woman.",
"The Mettle of the Pasture."
'•Lady Rose's Daughter."
We have just received 150 Boooks which we are
selling at • 25 cents each.
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We have a number of fine Hammocks left and are Closing them out at
REDUCED PRICES.
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4- ^ Good Food
Yes good food is essential to good
health.    You purchase health when you
get your Groceries here.    We carry nothing but the best and we have got it in
----=-^---        Quantities,   That is one of the secrets of
%■■■   a our success."
ap "Purity and quality" is our motto.
This store has no baits, no trash.     Our
j   W priceB are dwarfs, our values are giants.
[preserving and Pickling.
The preserving and pickling season is
on and we have a few dozen Gem Jars
left over, will'close out at lowest cut rate,
PURE VINEGARS,
PURE SPICES.
H. J. HEINZ PICKLING VINEGAR.
5 Tons'-of Sugar
Just received 5 tons of Granulated Sugar.
Our Teas and Coffees we guarantee
to give the very best ot satisfaction.     "
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JAS,  O'CONNOR
LOCAL   -X   v
MENTION.
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Mayor Lacy to Saginaw today,
Mrs, 0, W, Perry to Saginaw on
Wednesday.
Sherrif TTpdegraff was in town on
Wednesday.
Robert Kent was down from McBain on Tuesday.
^To Mr and, Mrs. Jas,,Roxburg,,
last Saturday, a boy.
District No. 4, Eedding, is constructing a schoolhouse,
C, W. Perry to Hersey on Tuesday to attend circuit court.
Mr*. F. Mooney arrived -home
from Bayview on Monday.
Note Mrs. McKenzie's millinery
announcement, in this issue.
David Wolsey to Detroit Monday
to visit his mother and sister.
Harcy Gray leaves on Monday to
attend the Medical College at Detroit.
C. Bj. Lloyd, of Grant, owns a
Shropshire ram that weighs 382 lbs.
Mrs. C. H. O'Donald has returned
from the east, aud is-nowin Howard
City.
Al. Purdy to Mancelona on Wednesday, where he has secured employment.
Dr. Boeder has commenced the
erection of a barn on his fifth street
property.
The Coukier welcomes news letters from Lake George and Loomis
this we«k.
Mrs. William Haley and son, Albert are visiting friends and relatives
in Pontiac.
The Michigan Telephone Co. has
erected several thousand feet of
cable this week.
Mr.'Fred Heide, of Morrison, 111.,
arrived on Tuesday to visit at the
home of Mayor Lacy.
The King's Daughters' will meet
next Wednesday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. Mooney.
Circuit court convenes next Monday at Harrison. The complete cal-
lendar appears in this issue.
The Ladies' aid society will meet
with Mrs. Fishley on Friday afternoon, Oct. 2, on east 4th street.
Mrs. Ives has on exhibition at the
Racket, a beautiful painting which
she is selling on the ticket plan.
Dr. Cobley, of Park Hill, Ont.,
was the guest of his cousin, Mrs. D.
Crouse, last Friday and Saturday.
Chas. Oscar and Wm, Webster, of
Midland, have purchased J. B.
Graves' saloon in the Dunlop block.
Dr. and Mrs. Bracy, of Tompson-
ville, were in the city on Tuesday
on their way to Harrison for a few
v.ays,.. ____. _....  	
Messrs. W.H. Brown, Joe Hoag
and deputy sheriff Green, of the
county seat, were Clare visitors on
Monday.
Emerson Orth has entered the
Michigan College of Medicine, at
Detroit, where he completes the
course this year,
Rev. W. J. Hathaway left on Tuesday to attend the an nual conference
Of the M, E. ehure-h. The sessions
are-ixeld-in Jackson. ., ._...!....,.
Mayor Lacy of Antwerp, Ohio, has
been in the city this week the guest
of our Mayor Lacy* The gentlemen
are distant relatives.
The contract for the brick work on
the Jackson-Fox block has been let
to Manley Bros., of Mt, Pleasant.
Mr. Fox will do the wood work.
LTfie~Other aid will give a reception
next Wednesday afternoon at the*
home of Mrs. W. D. Riggs, in honor
of Mrs. C. M. Buell, who is about to
leave the city. All members are re*-
quested to be present.
Ed. Delaney has disposed of hia
entire interests in the second ward to
J. B. Brown. The property consists
of a house and four lots, including
the foundry site. Mr. Delaney will
shortly go to California to take up
his residence with his son.
Dr. Taylor-Goodman left on Tuesday for Albuquerque, New Mexico,
Where she will continue to reside
until her health is completely restored. Her residence there has
been of much benefit, and in two
years she hopes to again take up
her home in Michigan.
The North Central Association of
Congregational churches, held its
annual convention in this city on
Wednesday evening and Thursday,
tho delegates gathering at the Congregational church. ' Dinner and
Supper was served the visitors yesterday in the church parlors.
Miss Pearl Carnahan, of Mt.
Pleasant, spent last week in the city,
visiting at the home of IMr, and
Mrs. B. L,* Axford,
The Rathbone Sisters will meet on
Saturday afternoon of next week
for the transaction of business.
An initiation will be had in the evening.
County agent Cooley and Supt.
of the poor, Mclntyre, attended the
semi-annual meeting of the county
board of Jail inspectors in Harrison
on Tuesday.
Walter L, lEyke, whoSe  boyhood"
days   were spent at Harrison, is
now in the U. of M,, and qne of the
fastest ^football players on the university team.
J, F. Tatman is preparing to construct a stone house upon
his farm in Sheridan, The contract
for the stone work has been let to
ifarris & Feighner,
Among the Clareites to attend the
county fair on Wednesday were Mr,
an3 Mrs, G. W. Lee,Mr. and Mrs,
O.B.Thayer, Mrs. T. S, Dorsey
and John O'Callahan. '*
The firemen were called out Tuesday morning at five o'clock to extinguish a fire in a hay stack in the
rear of Dr. Reeder's residence. No
damage, except to the hay*
The board of puplic works has this
week held several sessions, having
under consideration the contract to
supply the railroad companies with
water No conclusion has yet been
reached.
Snowballs in September are a
little unusual in this climate, but
O, S, Derby has one at his residence that is the regulation size and
as beautiful as any found in the
early spring crop.
President J. W. Boynton, of the
Grand Rapids Electric Railway Co.,
accompanied by their attorney, H.
N. Aver ill, of Grand Rapids, and
engineer G. W. Doane, of Gladwin,
were in the city last night.
Work on the power plqpt at the
river has been practically completed
and last Friday the current was conveyed to the mill. Everything worked satisfactorily. The mill will be
in readiness within a few days.
Dr. Mulder is placing in training
several hoys, to be used as additions
to the city band. The doctor is entitled to much credit for the interest
he is manifesting in the development
of a desire for music among the
young people of the city. *
Among the visitors at the county
fair on Wednesday were Mr. and
Mrs. Chas. Gronda, of Frost. Mr.
G. is in his eightieth year while his
wife is three years his senior. They
have been married fifty-three years,
and are enjoying excellent health.  *
The Lewis Cass Club will hold its
regular monthly meeting at G. A.
G. Hall on Friday, September ~25th,
1903, at 8:30 P. M. to which all members of the Club and other Democrats
and their families and ladies' are
especially invited. A program has
been arranged and the ladies are
especially requested to be present.
Please extend this invitation to
yoxir friends as all are welcome.
At the home of the bride's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Hubel, and in
the presence of a few friends, Rev.
-3Sv D. Potter united In -marriage on.
Tuesday evening, George W. Carrier and Miss Pearl M. Hubel. Following the ceremony a wedding
dinner was served. The contracting
parties are well and most favorably
known in this vicinity, and their
friends offer, through The Coubieb
their heartiest congratulations.
A sleeper is one who sleeps, A
sleeper is that in which a sleeper
sleeps. A sleeper is that on which
a sleeper runs while the sleeper
sleeps. Therefore, while the sleeper
sleeps in the sleeper, the sleeper carries the sleeper over the sleeper,under
the sleeper until the sleeper which
carries the sleeper,'jumps the sleeper
and wakes the sleeper in the sleeper
by striking the sleeper under the
sleeper on the sleeper, and4, there is
on longer any sleeper sleeping in
the sleeping on the sleeper.
Messrs. G. W. Easier and David
Ward, of this city, announce their
intention to return to their former
profession, that of auctioneers, when
ever their services are desired. Mr.
Easier followed the business, for
twenty years, and while he has dpne
but little of that work since locating
in this county,he lias given excellent satisfaction^ both to his employer and the public. Mr. Ward
has done much work of this char-
actor in and around Clare, and his
ability is well known. The charges
of either of these gentlemen will be
reasonable, and they are ready at
all time's to fill dates *
DAVY & CO.
Opening Display of FALL
and WINTER Millinery.
Z-Fridayand Saturday, Sept. 25th  and 26th,
Men's Overcoats.
Our complete line of Winter Overcoats, Men's,
Boys' and Childrens are now on sale. Never
before have we shown such an attractive line,
and our prices are lower than most stores and
catalogue houses.
An Extra Value.
Mens' heavy   Gray  Water  Proof Overcoat,
Stylish Out, with velvet collar, only $5.00
Other great values in the very Swellest Styles.
$7.50 to $18.00.
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FINE FURS.
Although it is early in the season many
Ladies are buying their Furs now. The first
showing is always the best, as the season advances it is impossible for Manufactures to
furnish as good quality as they can earlier in
the season. Our line is complete' and a purchase now insures the very best value.
The prices in range are
Scarfs       -       95c to $25.00 Each.
Jackets       $30.00 io $40.00 Each.
Lowest
Prices.
DAVY & CO.
Everything    ^f
m Store Closes at 6:00 p. m. [standard time] every evening except Monday & Saturday
PRETTY WEDDING
"^^ Vicksturg—Parties "Well Known.
Albert Raleigh Giberson of Caro,
Mich., and Miss Carrie Josephine
Clowes were married Wednesday
afternoon at 4 o'loclc atthe residence of the bride's father, Chas J.
CioWes, four miles south of town.
Only the relatives and a few close
friends witnessed the ceremony,
which was performed by Dr. D. H.
Reiter of Rochester, Mich. After
a three course luncheon, Served by
the four cousins, Misses Amy and
Pearl Pellet, Miss Mable Potter and
Lehlie Everstein, the couple were
driven to Vicksburg where they took
the evening train for Niagaria Falls.
Thebride's gown was of white silk
mull and that of her attendant, Miss
Josephine Wing, white mull over
pink. Many beautiful gifts attested
to the popularity of the couple. The
bride is particularly well known, being a graduate of Vicksburg high
school and for several years a successful teacher in the schools at St.
Joseph and Kalamazoo counties,
latter having the intermediate work
in the Climax and Rochester graded
schools.
After returning from their trip Mr,
and Mrs. Giberion will be at home
to. their "friends at Mr. Clowes' residence.—Kalamazoo Evening Telegram, Sept. 18th.	
Big bargains" on Portraits and
Frames at Willpughby's.
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Thomas Hanley died at the residence of M. J. Ash, in the first Ward
on Monday evening, aged 60 years,
eleveh months and six days. He
suffered for moro than a year with
Bright's disease,, and for the past
three months was wholly Unable to
leave his room. The funeral was
was held.from Mr, Ash's home yes*
terday morning at ten o'clock conducted by Rev. Fr. Malone, and the
burial occurred at the Vernon
Catholic cemetery. The deceased,
leaves a wife, five sons and'One"
daughter to mourn luff departure.
The family came to Clare twelve
years ago from Allison, Ont., and
tho husband and father was well
known and generally respected,
Call and see my hats at 50c.   Mrs.
McKenzie..