1904-02-04; Clare Sentinel

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T^iE SENTINEL, circulation
this week.
1,104
THE  SENTINEL'S clrcula
t{on Is•„ qyer :400v larger than
any   .other .pimer   'In; JCJare
county. ''* '■ •   ■■■■'■'• -■»;«> •.
Established X878.
0L2LRE, -MI0HI€rAN,' THORSDA.Y^AB'TBRjSropN  FEBRUARY, 4, 1904
•JS^ewSeries: Vol. 12;Not 11
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" LadieB'Waist Patterns      . 69c to L99
54 in. Suitings worth 90c only     59c
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wool   u     "   '■'      only    ;
98c
Double fold Dress G-'oods worth -18c
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Kid Mittens
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to-35c only*            .   ..   .                12£c
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1.00 Outing G-owns
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Double fold Dress Goods' worth 25c
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Knit     "           -'-\     ''
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2.00 and.&50 Waists.only
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Fancy. Granite 44 in was 60c only 47c
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2.50 and 3.00'Skirts,. "/
1.89
All wool Zebelines was 50c only 35c
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4.50 Skirts only
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36 in Fleeced Goods was 15c   M   10c
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27'in Fleeced Goods was 10c   "   8|c
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Many  other Bargains to-numerous to
mention
BRAKEMAN DECAPITATED.
Wm. Blair of Mayville Killed on
Pere Marquette. Tracks
Sunday.
"Wm."Blair, brakeman on a west
bound Pere Marquette freight, Sunday evening fell between the second
. and third cars of his train about sixty
rods west'of the ciare depot, the train
passing over him, crushing out the
life and terribly mangling the body.
As the train passed the ticket office
at 5:30 p. m., Wm. Blair, lantern in'
hand, was noticed by Mr. Livingston,
the P. M. operator, standing on the
first car back of the engine j But the
train went on through and nothing
-was known of the accident till 6:30
when Earnest Terry, a young lad,
coming- down the track from west
toward the depot, on examining a
strange looking object lying just but-
side the rail, found it" to be a man's
-Ulead and a lantern close by. He
hastened to the depot and told what
he had found. A search was then
made" and the body found at the last
switch, about seventy rods west be-:
yond where the head lay. Agent J.
"H. Galliver was promptly on the scene,
and later Justice Maynard empanelled
a .jury which subsequently returned a
verdict of death "by falling from the
top of a freight car and several cars
passing over his body."
The unfortunate young man   evi
dently fell between the cars in such a
■way that'the head, severed from the
body by a car wheel, fell just 'outside
the rail while the body, regaining in-
i side the track, was carried forward by
the brake beam to the switch where
the jarring shook it clear. A number
Of the cars then passed over the body,
terribly mangling-it. The accident
,was a sad on^ but no blame, so far as
• is known, can be attached to'any one
• for4ts occurence. '    t. --'
On Monday the youni/ man's father.
Mrs. G. Mell Clark-Buell.
^ After an illness of ten days Mrs O
Mell Buell died at St.' Mary's hospital,
Saginaw, at-ten 0'cldcte Sunday evening, blood poisoning being the cause
of death. - The body. was;-brought- to
Clare for burial, and the funeral took
place this morning from the Catholic
church, Rev, Fr. Malone in charge of
the services, and,.the interment was
made at Cherry Grove.
Mary Ann Claric-Buell, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Clark, was born
at Clinton, Iowa, in January 1872.
Fourteen years ago she came with her
parents to their farm in Vernon township. In 1892 she was mairied to C.
Mell Buell and, to this ..union four
children were.born of whom Eva,
eight years old, and Ola, three, survive
and, the devoted, unselfish wife and
mother that she was,'-these little girls
will indeed miss the' joy of a mother's
love, "in addition to her husband and'
father and mother, four 'sisters and
one brother mourn* her departure:
Matt. Clark in.Montana, Mrs.4 Charles
Saube of Linwood, Mrs. Judd, Bush pf
Rosebush, Miss Winnie Clark of Chicago, Miss Sadie of Linwood and" Elsie
at the old home. •
Mr. and Mrs. Buell resided in Clare
from'the tiime of their marriage till a
few months ago when they -moved to
Saginaw. Here she was prominent in
a number of ways in helping others
and making life worth'living, always
showing that cheerful,- but; withal
patient disposition, that betokens the
real woman, and won for her the many
friends who now with.- the bereaved,
family mourn rfei^ 'demise. - ' Though*
called hence at the noontide of activity, her "life was not in yain, and the
nobility of her womanhood will be
resurrected in the lines of others.
Pneumonia infectious,
Rev. N, D, Potter Resigns.
At a meeting of .the Baptist society
last Thursday evening, Rev. N.-, D.
Warren O. Blair,'arrived iri Clare arid [Potters resignation as pastor- of the
took tlie-casket-containing the re-',church was read,-.to go  into -effect
■ mains bf his "son *o May ville. lie'. March 1st. ZEjTo. action' -was taken at
stated that .William was " twenty-' that meeting with regard to it,' but it
two years 6f age ^on" the very day of will be considered at a.meeting of the
the fatal accident while his mother's society next Thursday evening;'   Mr.
" birthday' occured the day'following Potter has served as pastor for two
andhehadtriedinvairr'to get a few yea's, but, what the attitude/of the
days off on that account. ...He had membership as. to accepting the. reslg-
pveviously been a. fireman: but began nation will be, has not yet been made
work January 1st as a brakeman.     '  ■ known., • '
Last week for the first time in Glare
pneumonia was treated as infectious
Inasmuch as this seems something of
an innovation, we publish ..the substance of a leaflet just issued by the
state board of health which shows
that Health Officer, Dr. Boeder, in regarding it as infectious, was acting in
accord with the state board in placing
certain restrictions although 'quarantine regulations are strictly enforced'.
Pneumonia is%"An infectious disease
characterized by inflammation of the
lungs and constitutional disturbance
of varying intensity; The feaver ter-'
minates abruptly by crisis. Secondary
infection processes are common."' An
organism, the diplococcus pneumonioe,
is invariably found in the diseased
.lung."—Osier.
In Michigan the most dangerous
communicable diseases, named in the
order of their importance as causes of
death during the ten years ending
1897, were consumption, pneumonia,
diptheria, typhoid lever, influenza,
scarlet fever, meningitis, measles,
whooping-cough and smallpox. It
will thus be seen that pneumonia was
exceeded only by consumption as a
terrible death-dealing scourge in
M ichigan. But during the years 1898-
1900, the latest statistics yet compiled
by the state department, show that
pneumonia is rapidly replacing consumption as the greatest' single cause
of death in the state.
The mode of communication is by
means of sputa (all discharges from
the lungs; throat, nose arid mouth)
containing micro-organism* capable of
producing pneumonia. The most certain preventative is to destroy the
sputum,from the patient before it has
an opportunity to dry and scatter the
»erms of disease. "During the illness
great care should be taken to prevent
soiling'bed clothing, carpets or furniture with the sputa. The patient
should cough into '"a moistened cloth
and, the* cloth burned; before ' dry.
Germs of-pneumonia are capable of
•living-a considerable time- iri the
mouth and nose of a person who has
had .the disease. Therefore during
convalescence so lonvr as any., sputum
is raised TrOm the lungs', for at least
three weeks, all expectoration should
be into a cup^or cuspidor containing a
disinfectant, the< best disinfectant
being a five per cent solution of carbolic acid. * ,.
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OUR BUSINESS YEAR
ended Saturday, January 30th. It's was the largest;
business we ever transacted and for y6ur good will
arid patronage we tender you our thanks.
For the qoming year we are planning for a
larger business than ever. As soon as the weather
will permit we intend to remove the frame build-
ing, tear but nearly all of the brick building and
erect a modern   store  building suitable for
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needs of our increasing trade.        -■•' •
In the mean time we  are making  BIG;
DUGTIONS   iri  every department to reduce
stocks to the lowest possible point before we com- "
mence building. "       \ '   ;.*^o"
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. School Officers Beware.
Representatives of the "Union
School Furniture Co" have successfully worked school district officers in
Osceola and Wexford counties. The
plan adopted by the" solicitors is to
call On a school district where the
salesman represents himself as a state
library inspector—an officer unknown
in Michigan. If- the school has a
library, he looks it over, all the time
making "remarks as to his duties.
ISfext he provides a list which he
claims to be prepared by authority.
But.the list is that of forty books on
which copyright has expired. These
he sells the district for 850 taking
notes for the same. On securing the
notes he quickly discounts them at a
bank and hastens on to find other vie-,
tims. .
Likewise not long since another of
those smooth tongued agents tried to
get started in a graft *on the school
districts of Clare county. One day he
entered the school commissioner's
office and after presenting his library
scheme asked for a letter endorsing
the library to the school officers of the
districts of,the county. He proposed
to sell ejgh'ty books and a book case
for $67, but on looking the matter up
CommissioneroE. G. Welch found that
practically the same books and a
similar case could be procured for $37
plus the' freight. The agent Was
promptly notified that his scheme
would be helped to the extent that a
circular letter would be sent to each
district in the county telling them
that 'the $67 library could be purchased for less than $40. Thereupon
the air, already pretty blue from the
agent's cigarette spittingon the stove,
grew dense enough to be felt as the
smooth one flooded the room with
denunciation.^Let it suffice that Mr.
Agent speedily made his exit' and
somehow forgot to try his graft scheme
in Clare county . So successful were
all hjs undertakings that on leaving
town his grip and contents were left
In lieu Qf cash for his board bill.'
Green Wood'For Sale.'
Large amounfrof Green wood—soft
mnple, birch and black ash body wood
—$115 per cord delivered in Clare.
Twenty cords or more sold on time U
desired. Apply to Geo., H. TurbuSh,
R. F. L). 3, Clare, or, Donald McCrim-
moti. Clare..   . jo-ii
Didn't Let Loomis Drain.
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: About.forty farmers of the -townships of Wise, - Vernon, atrid Sheridan
and others interested in the Jetting
of the'proposed "Loomis Joint Drain"
met at Loomis Tuesday in accordance
with notification previously given
Drain Commissioner..Shtitik for Cla'e
county was, however, unable to be
present on account of sickness, threatened pneumonia it is said, and so the
letting of the-drain was postponed
to March 1st at which I 'me it is to be
let in Sit Pleasant,
£To small amount ol" -interest is
taken in this matter th-i r, will involve,
it is estimated, the spending of close-
on to $20,030. Many farmers had
hoped tp do, sufficient work for the
contractors to pay their part'of the
drain tax. But many of them now
are of the opinion that it will be let
to contactors who will dig the drain
with a dredge in which case there will
be comparatively little chance for
.many farmers .to earn- much by work
on it.. ' ••• *
The project ^is^an important one,
deemed essential to the development
of the agricultural resources of some
of the the richest lands, in the state,
lying east bf Clare, but involving, as
it does, th6 expenditure 6f,,vsuch a
large sum of money, thijse" interested
are justly - watching" all 'ihe steps in
'letting this important contract.
^McKinley Giub Meeting.
A meeting of the McKinley Club is
called to "meet at the Sentinel "office
Friday evening, February 5th, at
seven o'clock local time -for the election of: a delegate to the annual convention of the state League of Republican , .Clubs of, Michigan to
convene at Grand Rapids Friday,
February 12th.
To Free Press Readers. .
Notice has been given that January
26th the twice-a-week Free Press discontinued publication, and in'its place
they send a'weekly farm paper known
as the Free Press Farm and Live
Stock Journal, edited by Mr. Robt.
Gibbons, formerly editor of the Michigan Farmer. The t price "pi . the
Journal is'fifty cents per year; We
offer .the Sentinel and the. Journal
both one year. iox. only $US0. ;
Gleaned Frof Isabella Doings.
Mt. Pleasant induguarated tree 'delivery of city mailftVlonday.. •
RlKht^r way con tracts'for the "proposed Grand Rapids electtric "rctilroad-
through the county are being placed
on record. *      • r   ' ■'     -
An accident at tbe electric" light:
plant at Mt. Pleasant left residents in
darkness for contemplating the advantages of electric lighting.
The Central Normal "is taking college airs bv having a real college rush
of which bloody noses, scratched and
ble^ing faces and clothing torn to
<»hreds were but incidents. 'Biit'Hbe'
"Rurals" won.
Tbe Isabella county Courier "publishes a series of letter?" indicating
that Asa Nichols or somebody'work-
ingvon his plan has been getting'bills
of goods from Montgomery Ward &
Co. and Sears Roebuck & Co.'and getting a loan or two also, forging the
rianj^of a well to do' farmer on R. F.
D. Nor 3 from Mt. Pleasant.
Martha Moses, a Notawa squaw,
was out for a good time-last Saturday, and after getting a free supply of
"fire-water" was taken to jail to sober
up" and be kept from freezing to
death, which might have resulted
had she not beenxared for. She' was
dismissed Monday by Justice Fordyce
.on consideration that she- «o home
and may sober which Martha assented
ro*.'—Mt,. Pleasant Times.
Lewis Welzel was attacked and seriously injured by a savage- hog. while
on the farm of Will Miser, two tnllpa
northwest of town one day last week.
He re.ciev»*d two gashes from the ani-
m-il's rusks, which neces-sitiated the
liking nf\ eighteen, stitches to/close
•be wounds. Dr. .Kinir is in attend-
-met1, and reports Mr. .Wetzel as get-
*iiitr along nicely considering -the
nature of. the 'injuries— Shenherd
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FARWELL HEWS.
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Tate-Wood.
At the Baptist parsonage Friday
evening,.Rev, N. D* Potter officiating',
were United in marriage Mrs". Elizabeth .-.Tate and Mr. Charles- Wood
both of Clare. They will reside -here.
Mr." Wood being the trusty tlreman at
the flouring mill of Kirkbride '& Co.
The Sentinel unites with their
friends in wishing them a happy
wedded life.
Watch the indjeater.    Farwell
booming!
A brand'new grrFiri'the'hoine of L.
H«' Pierce. •- ••' .■ ..■•   •- <■•■-. v.-'-"
'•John Williarns has a fa.ilrdffd'fibsl-
fcidn*in'Sa'Klnkw."" - ~ "■• ' -" *!';1 ** *
Arthur'Grange'r' has a .position^" .w'lth
the P.' MrRillroad'Co.,Ja Saainawi
J. L. Littlefield .made, a ..MiMqess
trip, io Saicinaw-the first of itne.week.
JamesvStinchcomb( -.,.Sr.'y -ano>$on,
Ernes!/, are horae.xfrom-xtae? woods^lear
Leota.x ...-■.. ;.,.-,:-v  ,'V. Vi -- -"" -wy*
■Miss Ethel-Pfatt^has'gtv'eiiF'niJlier
position in the pbstofflce ahd^fe^aFned
to her home near (Mtei- ''•■* '•'' -""■&
Ralph Spring is the happiest man in
town became they have got the! nicest
boy Ih'town at ffheir tiwoeiJr-
Tbe-fanemhof.sPtrbre^re^.old child
or J o'hn Tiedeman" was ^e\6M the M.
E. cfihrch Monday4ftetnodn';
James Wiles has returned from the
woods near Petoskey^ jJ^immie^Usof
an immensity of snow up there.
. R. Ft D/Rdute No. 2rbegan" serttee-
February 1st, and Charles Stinchcomb
■Ms. wrestling ..■with', the snow-driifta of
that pike.     '       , .
Robert Wentzrot the' Wen^Ebgi-
netring Co*, of Nazereth, Penn., was in
towp las,t week, in the-Jntfetest Otthe
F. P-.C.Co. .They^teUustliatjust as
soon "as "the weather will" permit the
cement plant wili go straight ^head
again.,\;v"^''5- ■   •;  t;\-\T. /",-«
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'. T^eiAnri Arljo? Bi.ilrVad'-Cjb.' has a !
history. W-be'proudiof^U;<recprdJi-pfob-
aMy nd'»tripr_i^lr^A:'p^',4pjp:Si!Bet in
America has.--- In alHts,hi>ttory3a\fias»
senger* has k never ^eeiuki^id i" ortVthe
road^. ?Even-during the -striife,..-3ie'h
yeariago^vyhen.'wreeKs dRd^'/awide^its
were*.' of^evef y,!v day 16codran,ce^ <and
when tw/enty-nine'wrecks; ^urejfj in
tweMy.-eiglifi days?.,n'6t(:i.a' "passengeS
was>-lcilled.-»'•■*' -;-'- •» -■ ■*'•;.• ■;•* "^ *-
, 56ftacreq qf .land. In- Lincoln- -township, 18 &| w.ell ivyate're'd •w.i'th strleam
an'd lave; Vexy siiitabje for sheep and
cuttle rafich. Fiii'prfce an'd, particulars Inquire' of "L; F,-Ii*^Nioito,;f ar-*
well, Mich. -■"   " " * " '  '$-it