1903-11-13; Clare Courier

              Vol. IX.
GLARE, MIOH., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13,1903.
No, 22
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Stationery
That is
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Not Stationary
(f?HE"pRIOES   on   our new assignment of '-The
X   Latest  Stationery"   are  too  low   to   remain
stationary—it ie selling" fast.
".. .**. As paper.has advanced in. prioe you will not be
able, to buy at these low prices "when "this assignment
is sold; .    .-
Carnation   Pink          •   •
$ 1.00
- Nouveanti.      ..-".-
.75
Muriel Hemstitched    -
•    .60 '
-.Mexican Stitch     •      •
.50
• Scotch Weave
.50
Plymouth
.50
Birch Bark
-* -.40 •
Abbottsford
.35
Swiss  Muslin
.25
We have a large assortment of games: Flinch,
Carrom and • Crokinole Boards, Bowling Alley, Ten
•Pins, Ping Pong, andall kinds of games for the children
Our Line of CHINA is of the   very Best.
Don't forget that we  have   the  Largest
Line of Books ever in the City.
We have just received a Fresh Assortment of the
Finest Candies—both in bulk and bcx Goods.
Try a Box of BLUE RIBBON Chocolates.
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% A,  E.  MJJSSELL,%
Central Drug Store r
M3e//Phone 53.
Clare, Mich.
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©'CONNER'S    GROCERY
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GROCERY DEPARTMENT
The'inside of a grocery is a broader gauge by
which to judge, than flattering advertisements on the
grocer's part.
We don't say we're the cleanest store in the city,
=, we do say we're'the most modern and do our best to
Alroor-n £1*. C-lgaiL
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£ ^ Our advertisements are simply jijeaiit to call at-
retention to the QUALITY of the stock we have. We
~~ touch down the price at [times which makes- this firm
•unpopular with its competitors. It's business we are
after,' and friendship has to take phauces.
You've been buying cheap "Gem" Jars, Who
made the price so low on this line? We know, and so
sriould you. Of course we have been called mean
names, but that's all for your benefit and a little of it
for us. Why, last week a tea agent gave us a bad rec*-
omendation because we'outdone him with our $5ctea,
and we can do it every time.   Give us a chance.
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-We are the Leaders inijTEA,:--
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Coffee in bulk at 20c, 25c, 30c, 35c per.pound.
Lion and Climax Coffee in 1 pound packages,
Prather's Pure Mocha and Java in 1 lb Tins.
Fish and Oysters,
Sea Salmon Backs will arrive this week,
.  Fresh .Oysters an4 .Blowers.
JAS.  O'CONNOR..
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Farmers are Joining in the Effort to Secure
.a Salting Station in Clare.     ■>
An effort is now. being- mado to
secure the acreage of cucumbers required by the 3D. (J. Daily Co., of
Detroit, to .warrant that firm in con"
struotinft a three thousand dollar
salting station in jbhis city iti time to
care for next season's .crop. Th.e
city council is co-roperating', with the.
iusmfissjm-M^_aBlo.ci^ij)nj-aM has
instructed J. p.,Bunwoodie to make"
a thorough canvass among the farmers within a radius of five mile:! of
the city for contracts. Nearly one-
half has already been secured and it'
is expected that fully two hundred
acres will be contracted (for within
the next week.
. The history of cucumber growing
proves it to be a very profitable crop
for the farmer, an ordinary Season
producing an average of $75. worth
per acre, and until picking time no
more care is necessary than is required by the corn crop.
Contracts may be had of Mr. Dnn-
woodie, as well as nearly all tlie
business places of the 'city. The
price paid, terms of payment and all
requirements are sot up in the contract." Farmers should acquaint
themselves with the matter, for such
an institution in Clare would be of
great benefit i^o them.
DISCUSS NUHf REFORM!
Granges of the State About to Enter Upon a
Careful Examination of  the  Question.
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Vcmon Grange Resolution to  be  Debated
Next Monday Evening.
"SIMP" IN TROUBLE!
Former Clat-cite Under Arrest in Flint  for
Serious Crime.
The Detroit News, of Wednesday,
contained the following: Leonard
Simonson, a bartender fromFarwell,
Mich,, came here yesterday and
when night had arrived he had accumulated a "heavy load." Simon-
son boarded a street car in which
were three respectable colored women and soon began to act in a disr
respectful manner, squirting lemon
juice on their gowns and addressing
them-in a rude way. One of the
women struck Simonson over the
head with her umbrella and at that
the man struck her. Another woman ran to her friend's- assistance
and Simonson hit her in the mouth,
dislodging two of her teeth. The
motorman finally came to the assistance of the women and the Farwell
man was taken to the jail by offlcers.
He was arraigned on a charge of
assault with intent to do great bodily
harm and bail fixed at $300. Simonson intended to enter the saloon
business here, but got on the wrong
side of the bar.
Later—Mr. Simonson has  since
returned home, and declares the
bove to be greatly exagerated..
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HORSE BREEDERS.
Company Organized which Purchases Fine
Perchcron Stallion.
"The Clare. Percherou Horse
Breeders'.Association, "is tbe .name
of an organization perfected in this
city last Saturday, composed of
numerous farmers and residents of
this city, and which association purchased tho handsome Pereheron
stallion On exhibition in. "tho city for
several weeks. Tbe offlcers of tho
company are as follows:
President—Frank Gorr.
Sec'y—E. Q. Welch.
Tr6as.—Nelson Oarrow.
Manager.—John H.  Smith.
Directors—S; J. Leitner,' W. J.
Maxwell, Carl Belling, Henry Wild,
Wm. Morrison.   •   ■
SHERIDAN FARMERS' CLUB,
The Sheridan farmers' club.will
meet at the town, hall' on Wednesday, Nov, 2oth, at ten o'clock," a. m.
The following program has been pre-'
pared;   .-"... *   .       .  '
Musjc. .   ; •
Prayer by Eev, Dilwortb.
.   President's, address, J\ W. Hamp-
-tpn. •
'' Topio, which' is the most profitable, husking'or shredding eorn—L.
H. "Thompson,.
Dinner.
'   Microscopic   demonstration,-    by
Com'r E. G. Welch!
Topic, Cheese factory vs. creamery.'— Mrs.. A. Butter.
Business meetirig/electiori.of officers, etc.
AIL
are    invited,   and  urged,
bring baskets-.
to
The Other Aid society meets with
Mrs. Switzer next Wednesday.
Tho legislative committee ofl the
State Grange has invited*; all local
•Granges to take *up for immediate
discussion to question of primary
election reform, and upon the adop-
tiojQ._oJ..My.x"5MiJltipncf^o^r_or agains^fc
the question, have a copy 6i same~
forwarded, io such committee.... The
question is brought before the local
'Granges by a resolution upon the
subject expressing the views of a
committee appointed for that purpose, and at its meeting on Monday
evening last, Mt. Vernon Grange,
of Vernon, received the following
resolution from its committee and
the same will be discussed at the
meeting next Monday evening:
Whereas—there seems to be defects in-the system of nominating
public officers, in that the will of
the people of "a political party as to
who should.be the candidate for a
certain office is not transmitted to
the convention in which he is nomi-
n,ated, and
Whereas—it is charged that cor-
rivotion in the use-of money in con-,
trolling conventions is the principal
factor in thus subverting the will of
the individual voter, therefore be it
Resolved—by Mt. Vernon Grange
No;'-992, that the election* law be
amended as follows; 1st—to repeal
the act providing a certain and general day of registration: -2nd—to
provide'.that'jt'he day and place*of
the. caucuses of the different political parties of a precinct be designated the day and place of registration,-
Any elector registering at -the caucus of his political party preceding a
general or local election may vote at
said general or local election, and
no other. 3d—to. provide, seyere
penalties for violations of said provisions. 4th—that delegates elected
to state or district conventions, be
allowed, at public expense, mileage
for distance actually travelled- and
per diem for time actually spent
while -attending said- convention.
And beSit further
Resolved—that the radical change
in our nominating system,, as advocated by those in favor of'a primary
election law, would not be desirable.
ENTERTAINMENT COURSE,
Arrangements at last Perfected for a Four-
Number Course.
The committee which was to air-
range for a high school lecture
course has had a' large -Srnount of
trouble in arranging the dates, etc.,
but all obstacles have now been
overcome and the entertainments
have been contracted for. It consists of two lectures and two concerts, guaranteed by tha bureau to
be first-class in every partiealar,-
The first occurs on Dec, 8, when Dr.
H, W. Sears will lecture. This is
followed January 20 by a concert 'by
the Mozart Symphony Club, of New
York.
• Tickets will "be delivered within
the .next tore days, and may be reserved on and after Dec, 1st. at 7:30
o'clock, a. m. Adult season tickets,
including reserved seat, $1.50; school'
children, $1.00. Single admission
tickets, including reserved seats,
will, be sold at forty-cents, seventy-,
five cents., forty cents and.fifty cents,
reapeOlively-, -for- _• :fcho - numbers as
they-come.
PRIMARY MONEY,
Tiff
•  the- Schools of the  County
ffora   the   State,
Following is the amounts
era! townships and cities
county will receive' as the
ber apportionment of the
school fund amounting to
capita: , • ■    -,..
,;        .No. of Ohildf.en.
Ai-thurV.....--. ....:x
'•'-185    ;.-..
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Franklin 	
'*    211    ■ ..
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.   eft
Garllold .. ..»'	
101     ..
,
297
Greenwood -..-..
Hiimilton  ..... ...
101      .-..
...
Hatton ......':
'   1T1
...
H&yes .. ,	
•15    ...
...
Bedding-	
173  '    ..
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Sheridan  ... ..'..».'
323     "\
Oi»
...
Surry and Lincoln
114- ,,'..
Oity of Olaro	
503    "  .
...
Oity of Harrison.,..
181-,    ..
the sev-
of Clare
Novem-
primary
$2.50 pel-
Amount
S   462 50
H5 00
305 00
2C0 00
742 50
485 00"
252.50
427 50
112 50
432 50
807 50
55 00
1010 00
2S5 '00
1405 00
453 50
5 7510 00
New Advertisements,
Davy &'Go,^Clotfiing^'
Jas. O'Connor! Groceries.
W. H. Bickaeil, ciothtDg.
BicknelV-&' Fletcher,' Groceries,"
J. MolCefrtiober, Harness Goods.
Jolin SimonB, Optician.
A,E. Mussell, Sundries.
Co
Nobby ."Suits and OwercoatSa
Suit Values that are Especially Good.
Al 1-wdol Fancy Worsteds.
All-wool Fancy pheviots.
Heavy All-wool Meltons.
Double or Single Breasted.
Extra quality All-wool'Clay.
Worsted, square or round Out,,
Oilier Big Suit values from $5 ta $15.
An'Overcoat Special
Men's Long Overcoats—style as illustrated—in Heavy All-wool material,
Black   or   Gray, -      -       $10.00
[Other Big Overcoat values at$5 to$10.}
Men9s Fur OvercoatsI
Every man -who drives should own one
of these   most* comfortabJe-i garments;
/.There's economy in buying it here.
Black Dogskin Ooak good quality   .   $13.50
jJBrQwn Siberian Bear
Black    Galloway
$18 00   ^ji oar ^llv  ^oats fU'8 moth-proof
$20 00   an(* gual'au^ee(^ satisfactory.
Blankets  aurf  Comforters*   .        £
Examine our suberb lino of good warm bed covering!**.     We can give you.tbe ^
best values at the lowest possible prices:
Cotton  Blaukets,   Gray,  Tan   and   White,   per   pair-   -   SOc. io $1.75
Wool Blankets, Gray, Tan and white,   per pair.       - 2.25   to $9.00
hi
Comforters,   extra   heavy,   full   size, only - .   -       - 75c-
Outing Flannel Bargain*
500 yards mill ends of Sc quality outings, dark and light colors, per yd 6 l-2c
Lowest
Prices.
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Everything   %
to Wear.      ^
Store Closes at 6:00 p. m. [standard time] every evening except Monday & Saturday
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,'W. H. Bicknell is in Detroit.
Mrs. Joe Worden is reported seriously ill.
I>= Grouse.was in "kit. Pleasant.on
AVeaftiesday;
C. W. Perry is in Genessee Co.
this week visiting relatives.
Ladies' aid will meet at the home
of Mrs. B. J. Fox,-Friday,Nov.20.
The Guild will meet with Mrs.
Woodloek -next , Wednesday afternoon.
T-he King's Daughters meet at the
Baptist chapel next Wednesday afternoon.
The Ladies' union will meet with
Mrs. Ball, next Friday afternoon,
west Cth street.
'•■A'Thanksgiving- ball will bo given
at Duncan»s hall.on Thursday evening, Nov. 26.
Dr. Reeder reports the arrival of
a girl at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Geo, Brown on Wednesday,
Dr. F'. B. Gray-reports a girl at
the home of Mr. and Mrs."Chas.
Whitloek, of Grant, on Sunday.
Jos. • Worden, has recently completed painting and otherwise improving his fine home on 5th street.
Dr. Carpenter recently secured for
Bichard Bogers, of Grant, .Jjack
pension amounting to $1,184, and $8
per month.
M, W. Tanner's LW Bpdfield won
first prize in the all-age s'take. of the
Canadian field trials thi,<3 week.
The dogwas handledby E. C. Petitt,
of this city.,
Lost—On the highway, two miles
north and one mile east of Clare,
a gold filled watch. Five dollars reward if returned to Clare  Hardware
-Eemember the firemen's benefit
next Wednesday evening at the
opera house. It will be one of the
finest entertainments of its character ever given in the city.
The Courier is in receipt of programs for the fifty-first annual
meeting of tho Michigan state teachers' association, which occurs in
Ann Arbor, Dec. 29, 30, 31. Supt.
E. D. Palmer, of West Bay City, is
secretary.
John McLaughlin, of Vernon,
visited Quincebush last week and
the ownership of one of Sutherland's
finest twelve-month Shorthorns,
"Kirk," passed to Mr. McLaughlin,
who thereby enters tlie rapidly increasing list of farmers in this vicinity who are determined to grow
the highest grades of cattle.
Mayor Lacy and the editor of The
Courier visited Evart on Wednesday evening and had the pleasure
of listening to the distinguished
southerner, Col. Henry Watterson,
in his famed lecture, "Money and
Morals." The address was most
intently listened to by a large audience, and was most generally 'approved. The Clare visitors are under obligations to' editor Minchin,
of the Review and C' D. Lawton,
formerly of Clare, for kindly courtesies.
Miss Ellen, the ten year-old
daughter, of Mr. and''"Mrs. Geo..
Stein, of "Vernon," died yesterday
morning from typhoid fever. The
funeral occurs on Sunday.
The Corig}I ladieB rrave removed-
their rummage sale to the Boswell
building, twe blocks .n,o.rth of the
Calkins. The ladies have » big
stock and are quoting very low
prices.
The Modern Woodmen are planning for a big time tomorrow afternoon and evening. Initiatory work
wil be had in the evening, conferred
by Ithaca's famed degree team. All
Woodmen in this vicinity should- be
present.
A. R. Mussell was this week
granted a certificate as a registered
pharmacist by the state board.
Arthur has pursued his studies in
pharmacy at the Ferris Institute
with great diligence, and his reward
at so short a time after enteringfup-
on the work is a source of much satisfaction to his many friends.
While CD. Lawtori, of the Evart
Tool Company, was engaged in
polishing a- hook?; upon an emory
wheel, Monday' thtfifon was wrenched from his hand' being carried
around and struck Mr. Lawton a
blow in the forehead, causing a painful but not dangerous wound, which
has confined him to hia home since
that time .—Evart Review.
Diphtheria relieved ia twenty .minutes.
Almost miraculous. Dr. Thomas' Elec--
trie Oil.   At any drug store.
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