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CLARE,   MICHIGAN,   FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 24, 1908.
New Series; Vol.16,'No. 36
DEOSGATiON OF ST. JOHN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH.
Through Steadfast .Loyalty and Self-Sacrifice the Church
Secures the New Edifice.
Great was the rejoicing of the Ger- Sunday and day school is visited by
man- Evangelical Ltttheran St. John's about 25 children. German is the
church when on Sunday last, July prinoipallanguage used, But neither
19, having completed their new! dp they intend to slight the English,
church, an edifice-of truly, churohly , The present pastor, 0. Waidelioh has
character erected witlvmuch person- seven applicants in graining for oon-
al sacrifice, they dedicated it to the nrmation, two of whom are instruct-^
honor of God and for the cause of ed in English. This work will con-
morality and righteousness in the tinue tojDe carried on in this man'ner.
whole community.    Created   by   a'    The ladies' aid and young peoples'
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man on instruction.- of children.
After supper in basement at 7',30 Eev.
A. Olabnosoh of Remus gave a sermon fn German on missions. This
was followed by K sermon in English
byRev. Henry I^ange? t Music was
furnished by a large choir in eharge(
of Miss Tillie Lange. For the morning and afternoon services the Kirkbride orchestra accompanied the
various selections.
The whole arrangements of course
were in charge of the pastor, Rev. 0-
Waidelich, and he also has had a
("large part in bringing fche whWe "enterprise to a successful issue.- The
congregation are proud of their busting, resourceful pastor and Ms success. Pastor and people have a little
bit of honest pride in their "new
church— they have done magnificently. But they' desire to express
through the columns of the Sentinel
their appreciation of many visiting
Mends present at the services and
for substantial help in securing their
new church.
The Sb. Johns phurch now has a
total property valued approximately
at S5000. The new church edifice situated at the north end of -the principal business street is an- ornament to
the city and it -doubtless will have
material influence in hastening other
congregations also to erect modern
church homes. A future of large
usefulness opens to 'the St. John's
church, 5
NEW INDIAN CHURCH. .
Township
ISABELLA HAPPENINGS.
DROWNED IN NEVADA.
His
old
comparatively small congregation ■ societies are very prosperous both as
living largely in a area of country \ to numbers and financially,
that ten years ago was considered al- i congregation has been treated as
most worthloss it is an eloquent j missionary post heretofore and was
though silent tribute to the persist--served by the Rev's. Huber, Leneba-
ent, steadfast industry of the Ger-, ter, Menke,"Lindlbff and Grumm.
nationality and their recogni- j Their present pastor has had   charge
Last
Chester'A. MeLellan' Gives
Life in an Attempt to Res
cue a Companion.
Chester Arthur, the 20 year
son of John.B. MeLellan of Vernon,
was drowned in a warm water sulphur lake 40 miles from Eureka, Nevada, July 12.
Chester has had a position in Chicago since the spring of 1907 making
his home with an uncle., Last fall he
was here on a visit home. He was in
Nevada on an engineering job in connection with natural gas. The fatal
spot was 40 miles from a railroad.
He and two companions were in
swimming^  The youngest,  only 17,
Dedicated in Isabella
i Last Week.
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Yesterday- the Indian church in
Isabella was dedicated,' being the
second Indian church \ built in the
county in a ypar. The first one was
on the Leaton charge. . Both are
W$ll attended and are doing good
work. They, are "under charge of
•Whilje pastors of the Methodist
church. '    '   ■   ■
"Thursday morning, Rev. George
Varion^ a former minister at Rosebush, preached at the new church
and in the afternoon, Rev. Hugh
Kennedy of this city, made the dedicatory address. In the, evening",
an Indian preacher, Rev. John
Jacobs from Northport preached,
The Indian band from the sohool was
Out and there was a .good attendance at all tbe services. The building is, of brick veneer, nicely finished
and well furnished and free from
debt. _      '
"the work of the early missionaries on the Isabella Chippewa reservation centered in the northern part
of the county and it is gratifying to
christian workers of today to note
that the work begun so long ago,
under such trying conditions, was
not without results. And wbile'those
who first implanted the seeds of
Christianity and civilization 'in the
hearts of the Indians have long since
ceased to labor, some are lying in
forgotten graves in Riverside cemetery) the work they begad is going on
m accordance with Ijhe general growth and changes of the community.—
Tribune.
Items of Interest in the Hustling
Agricultural County.
~ This is festival week at\ Shepherd.
Shepherd wants water works and
is said to  be friendly to the "water
"wagon."
The enrollment at the Gentrai„Nor-
mal for the summer school has passed the 600 mark, the largest in the
history of the institution.
The new big Doh'erty barn in Vernon.with coat of paint and flag thereon looms up in great style, but still
one has to get inside of it to realize
how pig it is.
The "beam and mote" story is a
favorite one used by a prominent politician in the county to show .that a
third tenuis no worse for Gov. Warner than it is for Judge Maxwell,
county clerk Rowlader and other
good officers—-if the people want
them.
grows' out of decision reached at the=
annual meeting of one of the districts
in which the villaga is located.,
that in recent;
has ''soaked'1""'
too hard, one*
of the county"
Comment is heard
months Judge DoddS
liquor law violators
man in tne west part
AS OTHERS SEE US.
agricultural  possibilities aaj since January, 1906,    Last October
a splendid monument of their i he removed to this city having been
to thtir church  and tbeir ; repeatedly called, and* now'has five
its   behalf.* Most other outposts to look after besides
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man
tion of
well as
fidelity to
self-sacrifice
striking of all church achievements
- vet recorded in Clare, it reveals that
samexntensity»and loftiness of purpose which moved the fathers of
colonial days to lay well the foundations of the Republic!" "Well may we
look to the decendents of this sturdy
Tueto lie people, who have builded
so well tbisnew church, for, elements
of moral strength and steadfastness
in future generations of this community.
The structure itself is neat* and
substantial and of pleasing architect
ture. Built of sand stone brick it is
30x5") feet with imposing tower surmounted by cross. The auditorium
proper isprovided with modern pews.
The altar and pulpit without being
over elaborate is pleasing in effect.
A gallery 10x28 feet in the rear provides accomodation for choir and extra seats in times of large attendance.
With a background / of ehlorophyl
greeto, the decorations, made by J. J,
Carpenter of Caro, is stencil work
with most pleasing effect in keeping
With the character of the edifice.
The whole interior suggests complet-
ness and is in accord with the motto
in German over the alter, "Peace be
with you'.'* Below the auditorium is
a fine commodious basement 28x37
for school and general assembly and
other functions of the congregation.
The Lutheran St, John's church
was inaugurated about 1882 by the
Rev', E. Huber. At first they^had no
fixed place of worship., About 20
years ago they erected a small building north of the present city school
for church and school purposes.
This building has been the church
home of these people until now. For
years they had to contend with poverty and this of course reacted updm
the congregation in general. But receiving new recruits gby emigrants
settling in or near Glare, things in
due time took a prosperous turn.
They were able to buy the site upon
which the new church is built.
Through their > parochial school system the church also received recruits
to its ranks from within, and sp it has
been able to the present day to maintain their" German language among'
themselves, Today they constitute
about 28 voting members, 96J|commun-
icants,   160   souls,    -rheir schools,
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Clare, this being his headquarters. .
Of the original congregation only
Carl Belling, Julius Schaeffer, John
Kurz, C. C. Stoll and - Mrs." Friedr
Lange are now hare and active ih the
present society. The present trustees
are Fred and Joseph Bower, John
Eurz, O. C. Stoll, J. W. Schaeffer,
Herman Lange and Chris Krell. The
new structure/, was started in May.
1907 and funds and work -for same,
except 8300 raised in the city and by
other friends, was  all furnished by
T"9 was learning tP s.wimby the UBe^of- a
a board. Losing hold of. the board he
sank and MeLellan went to his rescue only to be grasped about the
neck and rendered helpless. The
younger lad's 22 year old brother also
went to the rescue and tried to unloose the boy's hold from Chester
but in vain and the two went down.
His father's only son, the sad demise is a heart blow to tho father.
Formerly an attendant at the high
school, many friends remember him
kindly, with sympathy for the sorrow stricken family. The body was
interred at Eureka, but will be
brought here in October and re-interred in. Ctierry Grove cemetery.
BEV. -C, WAD&KLICH,
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the congregation. The building committee was Henry Lange, Chris
Heuschele, John Schoeder. The
architect and builder was E.B. Gorr of
this city and Herman Lange did tbe
mason work. y
The dedicatory services Sunday occupied the entire day. The congregation and pastor met to bid adieu to'
the old place of worship and then
proceeded to the new one at whose
entrance the pastor conducted the
formal dedicatory services and then
receiving the key from the architect
a large concourse of people, including visiting friends from other congregations, filled the house. The
[dedicatory 86rmon was then preached
in German by Rev. J. F. Henning of
Bay City and a similar sermon given
in English in the afternoon by Rev.
J, JBL Westendorf of Saginaw, follow-
dinneir for congregation and. friends
in basement. Rev. Henry Lange of
Ludington gave an address in Ger-
Cinderella in Flower Land,
The beautiful operatta which will
be presented by the children and
young people next Monday and Tuesday evenings is the old fairy tale, of
Cinderella. Bach child in pretty
costume represents a flower. Prince
Sunshine gives a ball to which he invites all the flowers. The despised
Daisy, alone, is uninvited. Her
j>roud sisters, Tiger Lily and Hollyhock, jeer at her for even thinking of
attending. But after .their departure
the fairy God Mother (Miss Gladys
Lackie) appears and tells her, she
will send her to the ball. At her bidding two Butterflies, driven • by Bonnie Bee, appear to convey her thither
but she is warned to return by four
o'clock. tAt the ball she is the most
beautiful of all aud is invited by
|the Prince to lead the dance with
him,. This is a very beautiful and
graceful act, but Daisy forgets to re
turn in time and in escaping she loses
her slipper. The Prince searches for
her and Robin fits the lost slipper to
all the flowers and finally discovers
the little Daisy with only one slipper
and then she is found to be the owner of the lost one and is proclaimed
the Princess Marguerite. The play is
in five acts andHhe children are being carefully drilled by Mrs. Howes,
who. is thoroughly competent and
produces=most beautiful and graceful
effects.
Niagara       Falls      Excursion
Thursday,, August 6th,
. The Ann Arbor R. R. will run its
annual excursion to Niagara, Falls,
Toronto, Montreal, Alexandria Bay
and Quebec Thursday, August 6th.
Special train Will leave Clare at
6:27 a. m. Ease for "round trip. to_|
Niagara Falls S5.25, To Toronto the
fdre will be Sl.50, to Alexandria Bay
Sf.jLOj to Mont-real S10.65, to Quebec
S14J0 higher than to Niagfia Falls.
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Dan Youngs of Evart Flays Clare
County Unmercifully.
The article given below is a part of
a column of what appeared in the
Evarf; Review of last week. It was
signed "Dan Youngs, Pres. Law and
Order League Evart, Mich." He lam-
basts the_Mayor of Olare, the Prosecuting Attorney of Olare Oounty, the
peppjeof.the city and county in general and putting the Sentinel in the
booze class hands us one of his hottest. That we may. all see ourselves
as some others see us, the most picturesque part of Mr. Youngs article,
which speaks for itself, is given herewith:
' "That" saloons may run wide
open on a national holiday in violation of law is a stigma on the character of the citizens of Olare and a blot
on the city's good name. That men
should be elevated to such offices as*
mayor of a city and prosecutor of a
county who will violate their oath^ of
office and openly countenance the
of the laws they have sworn to enforce is a shame and disgrace to any
community. Such men should be relegated to private life, the sooner the
better. And what of the newspaper
that places the principles of .the
'brewer's association above the laws
of the land? It is evident that the
administration of the affairs in thej
city of Clare, and the county of Clare
is rotten. Whether the officers are
cowards or knaveaj;he result is the
same and crime in brazen effrontery
walks the street unpunished. It is
time for the honest and law abiding
people of Clare city and cbttnty to
take a hand in the administration of
the city and county government. Go
to the polls, gentlemen, an*^. nominate and elect men to Office who have
consciences that respond to the binding force of an oath. Depose the
men who serve for the salary rather
than the people. Elect honest men
to offices rather than those who with
perjury on their lips and sympathy
with crime in their hearts, swear to
uphold the laws they never intend to
enforce. What is tbe matter with
the people of Clare? Are' there no
honest, law-abiding citizens in that
city with courage to make complaint?
Are six saloon-keepers such a force
that no one in all the city dare stand
for law and^order?- Has your blood
turned to beer? Go and make complaint and if your prosecuting officer '
refuses to take them apply to the
governor for his removal. It sis his
duty to make complaint. It is his
duty to prosecute, It is also the duty
of every citizen. Prosecute the erimi- i
nals and hereafter put such men in
office that no man will dare violate j-
thelaw. Do this that the name of
your fair city will not be a stench^in
the nostrils of all decent men and
women and a blot upon organized
society," __^' _
Isabella is slatedby the Anti-Saloon
League for campaign operations. in
the near future according to recent
announcement. But apart from this
prominent men from various parts.of
the county aSjsert that the saloon
question will be put to vote again
next spring. If this is the case petitions will have to be circulated this
fall.
Dr. Clark of. Chicago entertained
the school ma'ams and" jolly old pedagogues at tne Central Normal, last
Friday with those scholarly lectures
on literature. Everybody enjoyed,
the treat but some of the uninitiated
had to be conlent with looking wise—
the food was really a little too rich
for some minds.
Rosebush proposes to get on the
map with a school right in town. At
first rooms are to be rented. But tbe
wise ones figure it wont be long before there'll be two or three nearby
schools all jumping in town at a
bound.     The    preliminary    action
at Brinton having hiked to parts unknown rather than face the music a-
gain. On the other hand the strongly temperance inclined adherents insist the Judge was pretty lenient,.
The point ot view makes a whole lote
of difference. .
Deputy superintendent of public instruction, E, ,L, Keller, was in conference with the school commissioners of' neighboring counties .at Mt-.
Pleasant Monday. Nothing particular is given out. Maybe some of the?
commissioners reminded the xiew
deputy" how hard some of the teachers' examination questions are. But;
then everybody says, "Don'tNleta
down the bars," The way teachers:,
.flock to summer school looks as lie
the bars are being kept up as they
ought. -   v
''The Rosebush Star" is the latest;
to Appear in the firmament of journalism. It'is really a branch- of the*
Farwell Sun, with reporter at Bose-'
bush anjj the printing taken care o£
at Farwell. But CHis recognition ,Q£
how Rdsebush is forging ahead and!
situated as she is in the midst oS at
most fertile farming country she- ass
sure to be a substantial town witln
steady growth. The father of Jfehes
newspaper enterprise is E. B. Blett;
of Farwell and the first number with*
two pages of home print is most
creditable. This paper establishes as-
new retford—three papers started by
Mr. Blett since he came to Clare:
county a little over a year ago%
Go to Anderson's for pure drug§
reasonable prices.   **>
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Is your home-, -your furniture ii>-
sured? Get our rates. Welch <"fc
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1 Cinderella in Flower
I        Opera House
^ Monday and Tuesday Evening,
I July 27. and 28
f 50   Trained < Voices
AH people owing me for millinery
goods will please call and'settle by
July 30th. as I intend closing out tny
business,—Mrs. J. 15, LadtJ.
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