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THE SENTINEL circulation
this week.
1      1,104
THE SEN"FINEi;'S clrculn-
tlon is over 400 larger than
any other paper in Ciare
county.
Established 1878.
CLARE,   MICHIGAN,. THURSDAY AFTERNOON  FEBRUARY, 18, L9k
NewSeries: Vol.12,Ho. 13
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$m$
Women's
Heavy
Fleeced
Hose
Were i5c
' Now 10c
Special to reduce stock.   We need
the room for Spring Goods,
Pillow
Cords
only
25c
Dry Goods.
A few Shirt Waist left to close
at - 39c-98c-^.50
A  few  Silk waits left to  close
at • 3.95
Ladies' Skirts in all new styles-
Prices reduced-
2.50 and '3.00 skirts only 1.89
' 4.50 ' '     3.48
5.00 ' (     3.95
6.00 ' l     4.95
■    7.00 '        ' '     5.95
Your sizes are here. Special orders
taken.
A few Furs left to close regardless
of cost
Ladies' Jackets and Capes must
be sold this month.
One line Jackets allsizes only 1.50
'     « '      worth up to 9.00
only 2.50
' ■    »        '        «    ■»   • 12.oo
only .3.75
'     < '     all Box Coats 3,75
One line Jackets all tight fitting
garments 7.50
Many of these garments are less one-
half price. Reduced price on mercerized Petticoats,—from 89c up.
Shoes.
Our line of Ladies' and Children's
Shoes is complete.' All sizes you will
find Here.
Children's, fine Vici, lace shoes,
sizes 5 to 8 only * 50c
Children's fine Vici lace shoes
solid sizes 8£ to lit only   - .1.00
/ Children's same as above sizes 12
to 2 only . 1.10
Children's Genuine Kangaroo Calf
shoe, solid sizes' from 8& to Hi      1.00
Same.as above 12 to 2 1/10
Women's fine Vici lace shoe was
1.50 only "** 1.38
Woraens extra fine Vici lace shoe
waff 1.75 only   " 1.50
Extra Special.
Women's Picnic shoe, heavy or
light sole, high or low heel,, stock or
patent tip worth 2.50 only 2.00
American Lady patent leather
shoes, lace, high heel, only '3.00
You can save money if you buy
your footwear here. Every good shoe
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction,
•*DA VY & COMPANY* *
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Manufacturer's
Sample
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ALL OUR
1.00 and
1 .^£0
Fleeced
Wrappers
your
choice
75c
The Store that saves you .money and
Guarantees Satisfaction.
Wm. H. Bicknell & Co.
Picnic
Shoes"
for
Women
only
2.00
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HEROIC FIGHT FOR LIFE
Mrs. L. R. Gleason Spends
Thirty  Minutes  in   Ice
.     Water of Mill Pond.
. Hands and Face Frozen but She
is Again at Her Duties.
In crossing the. mill pond at tha
Callam & Cornwell electric power
plant Sunday, Mrs. L. R. Gleasan stepped into a hole in the ice and, in spite
of untold suffering and in the very
face of death itself keeping up the
pluckiest kind of fight for life, even
when numb and hands frozen still
calling for help and waving an arm- by
sheer force of will, was finally rescued
by the arrival of her-husband'and his
father and mother.
At 10:30 Sunday morning Mrs. Gleason started from her home at the dam
tb go to church, taking a short cut
<t across the ice on the mill pond. But
some' men cutting ice the day before
had failed to put up stakes indicating
• where they had worked, and it was
into a narrow lane cut by them that
she stepped. She distinctly remembers going down thiv e times swallowing not a little water, and then succeeded in getting her hands to the
edge of the ice to support herself.
Throwing out prayer book and glasses
to show her fate in case she was not
rescued, she continued the struggle
for life. For a considerable distance
along she broke the thin ice, frozen
during the night, in her endeavors to
reach with a foot the top of the solid
ice on the other side of the narrow
channel and get herself out of the
water, but loaded down with a heavy
cape, all efforts were in vain. Getting
weaker she. remained stationary, and
the cloak freezing to the ice helped to
■ support her.
Mrs Gleason had been notified over
the 'phone of the church service and
her husband was at his father's just
across the pond , There as they were'
hitching up a team, they thought they
heard cries but paid no attention to
them, and according to ""previous plan
Mr. Gleason with his father and
mother started to drive to his place,
going across the pond. As tihey left
the woods and drove onto tiie"Jo>d,
they saw an arm waving out of the ice
and speedily rushed to the rescue,
getting Mrs. Gleason back to her
home in forty minutes from the time
she bad left, so that she was in the
water about half an hour. In ten
minutes Dr. Sanford was on the scene.
Her hands were badly frozen with
several finger nails torn from their
roots, but strange._as it may seem, no
very serious results followed. By
Tuesday feeling began to return to
the hands and the patient was able t o
be up and to be doing a few odd things,
such as the condition of her hands permitted.
Mrs. Gleason is indeed thankful for
her fortunate escape ahd her many
friends rejoice that she.is.still preserved to them.
Big Fire at Goieman.,
About half of the principal business block at Coleman was consumed
last night by fire.' The loss is estimated at between $20,000 and $30,000.
Ten business places were destroyed.
The post office, the Coleman Independent and "Central" for the Union
'Phone Co. are out of commission.
The fire originated in the billiard
room of a saloon. About thirty percent of the losses are covered by insurance. ' •
The fire department was practically
helpless as the new hose, obtained
with the new equipment, would not
fit the hydrants. Finally sufficient
old hose was found to reach the flre
and it was * prevented spreading
further.
Allen-Clink.
Miss.Lucy M. .Allen, daughter "of
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Allen, and William
Clink, son of Mrs. Joseph Cradit, both
of West Grant were united in the
bonds of marriage last evening at the
• origregational parsonage at Farwell,
Rev. Mr. Bullock officiating. Both
the bride and groom are favorably
known in the'community, where they
have lived for the past twelve years*
She has been a Sunday school teacher
and both begin the new life with the
best wishes of many friends.
'■'Meet me at theeLewis house, Bar
.risbn."   • '    '   . 39tf.
Her. Retort.  •    **
"Fish," he said, "is brain food."
"Better have some more," sho urged
solicitously.
IMPRESSIONS OF CUBA.
Senator Doherty Gives Interesting Facts as iq the Island
Republic.
From a personal letter to the editor,
written by Senator Doherty at tlie
end of a week spent in Havana and
the surrounding country, we glean a
number of facts of interest "to' our
readers.
The party Of Glareites consisted of
Mr. and Mrs, James Duncan and
Senator and Mrs Doherty and son,
Fred. They reached Havana February
3rd, leaving there on the loth, It is
sufficiently warm to sleep at night,
with very light covering and with
windows open. Everything is strangely different from the home land.
Houses are built with a court in the
centre, and often many kinds of poultry and b rds and, in some cases other
kinds of live stock too, are kept in the
court. The sounds of various kinds of
fowl mingle with the dreams of the
guests at the hotel Mascottee, in the
court around which the hotel is situated. Eooms are provided with two
lofty door passages so as to be as cool
as possible. Bread is baked in the
form, of long roils and cut off, in
chunks, of which the hard crust is the
most notable.-thing.' Some of our
party pined for a good square at home.
Havana js a hustling city with good
electric car service. Streets are, for
the most part, narrow. Many of the
walks, just foot paths, are only a foot
or foot and a half wide. Many are the
visitors to the wreck of the Maine in
the harbor and some there are whose
eyes betray traces of tears as they gaze
on the site of the tragedy. The Cuban
government has fresh flowers placed
on the wreck daily. A visit to the
grim, old MorrO Castle suggests
thoughts of cruelty in' days when-
Spain ruled with heartless tyranny.
- ~A- visit to the country reveals a
wonderful fertility of soil. Crude,
however, is much of the agricultural.
Cattle are pastured by being tied to
posts by ropes. We-noticed every
man and boy in the country carrying
long knives and we wondered at first
if that was an evidence of their fierceness but on inquiry we learned that
the knives are used to cutsany animal
loose that happens to get tangled up
in its rope.   There are practically no
Line of New
Spring Styles in
Muslin Underwear priced at
less than present
cost to manufacture-.
Department.
Our reduced prices are rapidly moving out-, the
clothing stock, but there are many bargains left. - It
will mean a£ Baving to you- to take advantage of this
opportunity,and make your spring purchases now. ■ •
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Men's Suits worth up to $7.50 at $3.95     •/
"     .   "     .**   "     "     9.00 at    5,00   ■■".
Othej big bargains up tq,$12.00 per suit. *   "
Short Lengths of Dress Goods
Including Waist, Skirt and Suit Patterns of fashionable fabrics at 25 to 35 per cent below value.
Ladies9 Underwear.
Any 50c garment at ...
" 1.00       " . • .
*" 1.50       « '     " . . .   • ,
"2.00 "
39c
79c
1.19
1.69
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Flannel Waists, Flannellett Night (towus, Fleece
Lined Wrappers, Stylish Dress Skirts are selling away
below value. ■■*■-.■
New Wash Goods.
We are now showing our complete line of New-
White and Colored Gottpn Dress Goods, Waistings,
Skirtings, Shirt Waist Suitings, Etc., in all the new
weaves and colors ranging in price from
10c to 50c per yard.
Men fs Overcoats.
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Not. many left but if,we have your size you can
get a bargain.
$10.00 Coats
13.50    "
15.00     "
18.00     "
$ 7,50
9.50
11.25
13.50
Children's Knee Pants.
Fifteen dozen just received, regular 75c~value, at
per pair . . . . .. 45^
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Ladies' Jackets.      j
A few stylish garments still on hand which we
will close out at- One-Third Off regular price..
With three months of winter before us this is a good
time to purchase.
Children's Coats at One-Quarter Off regular
price.
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>m*aaWl
fences. American capital is coming
in rapidly and in due time the possibilities of the island will be revealed.
The climate is everything to-be desired at this season of the year but all
our party prefer Clare as a permanent
place of abode.
Circuit Court Jurors.
The February term of circuit court
for Isabella county*convenes at Mt.
Pleasant on the 23rd inst. The following are the jurors drawn:
Vernon—O. S. Lee.
Wise—J. J. Stevens.
Gilmore—Joseph Graham.,
Nottawa—Wm. Smith.  *
Sherman—Howard Damon.
Coldwater—B. Powell
Lincoln—D. H. Tibbets.
Fremont—Wm. Starkweather.
Rollankr-Jacob Wyant.
Broomfield—A. Dutcher.
Deerfield—Henry Eg^leston, "Wm.
Armstrong.
TJnion—H. S. Wheeler, Findlay
MCRoet
Chippewa—O. B. Bice, Joseph
Reagh.
Denver—G. Foster, Charles Young,
Isabella—J. Archer, Wm. Jackmah.
Mt Pleasant—H. Gramme, G, H.
Drumm, A. V. Rathburn.
New Millinery Store.
Mrs. G. W. Forward,, formerly of
Midland, now of Clare, starts for Detroit and Toledo next Monday to study
the spring and summer styles and
purchase her stock of millinery which
she "will display at her parlors, Jackson
block, the first of March..
TERRIBLE!
Man Frozen to Death.
Donald .McCrimmon, had he known
it in time, could have saved the man's
life by selling him a load of that nice
wood at only $1,15 a cord, '20 cords
or more sold on time. If desired apply to Geo. H. Turbush, R. F. D. No
3, or Donald McCrimmon, Olare.
Russian Waterways.
All the navigable rivers of Russia
are connected by canals.
Leather. Used tn Housefurnishlng.
Leather is a prominent feature fa
th£ houaoturftlBalng of to-day. .
Clare County Teachers' Institute.
Program.
FORENOON.
Music.   America.
County Training Classes, Mrs. S. M. Shepard
Disscussidn led by Professor Larzelere- of the
Central Normal School.
Eecess.
Solo . . . .' Miss Trafford
The Best Th ing for the Lower Grades,'
Miss "Witherel
Discussion -i\-lby . . MissChapin
Morning Exercises . . .  Joseph Bowler
Discussion by everybody.
AFTERNOON.
1 Business.
Fifteen Minutes of Blitzen Com'r Welch
Address . . .     Professor Larzelere
What Ought to be Expected from the Recitation.
Emery McLaughlin.
Discussion led by . . .  Supt. Biggs
Question Box all day*
Music occasonally.
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Tell everyone, teachers and patrons, of this association.
Notice *he topics.
Jot down questions and pointers.
We want yoju to take* part.
tertainment in the K. O,, T.' M. hall
on Saturday evening. The entertainment consisted of music and af comic
play, ^'Turn Him out," Fun yott/.bet."
And if youhaveany doubt thatrEdd
Smith.andE. W. Brown constitute a
team, just ask anyone who "was there,
Tbe entertainment and social Vfere
thoroughly a combined success. Proceeds about $20.
GOOD NEWS FOR TEACHERS.
FARWELL NEWS.
Wes. Glass visited over Sunday
with friend* here.    '        .  '
The Littlefleld mill is closed this
week on account of an accident to the
machinery.
We are,glad to report that Mrs.
Leonard,, who has been very sick, is
recovering.
Miss Gardis Hagle'ot Clare has accepted a position ia the post office
here and handling the mail this week.
My, what weather this is to remind
the man who "stretcuea the truth" of
what be has seen at some other time
in his life.
Elder Maxwell went to Gladwin on
Monday afternoon to be gone half of
the week. Rev. Maxwell occupied the
pulpit ln Evart one evening last week,
A delightful little gathering was
held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C.
E. Bingham last Monday; evening,
that being the anniversary of Mr3, B's
birthday.
The ninth and tenth grades of our
public schools are having some good
practice in debating. A public debate
will soon be given on the big Panama
question. . ■    . ■
The case ofpeople vs. George _Can>
field for asaaulCaad battery on Sum
Renner came up before justice Wait
last Friday. Canfield pleaded guilty
but oecause of sickness in his family
tbe court thought best to release him
on suspended sentence.
The one year old daughter of Watson
Honeywell died last Saturday-Evening
of lung trouble. Tne funeral was held
in the Congregational church on Monday afternoon, Rev. Bullock officiating. The one year old daughter, of
W. Weaver died Monday morning aUo
of lung trouble. The funeral was
held on Tuesday. The loss of these
little ones is a sad'blow to both famil
ies.
The Congregationri. society gave
their annual valentine social and e&»
Echo    of    Teachers'    Library
Union Graft in 1902 Affecting   '
Clare-Isabella Teachers.
In 1902 from eighty to a hundred
teachers in Clare and Isabella counties
bit at an alluring bait held out by
smooth agents, each signing a note
for $12.50 in return for which they
were to have accsss to-a regular course
Of jreading. On investigation the
scheme was repudiated by the teachers
and each person got out of paying the
note as best he could. Some paid it, i
others dida't. The following will be
of interest to the victims:    ■••;
"Before Justice Ulriclr Saturday
Carson, Ealy &Co., hankers of Reese,
lost in their suit against Miss Mable
JETamed, a teacher, for the recovery of
a 812.50 note given in connection with
the Teachers' Library Union of Chicago, which ^ canvassed, .'in: Saginaw
county and other Michigan points in
1902. Many' teachers In Saginaw
county at the time were led into subscribing to a three' years' fteachers'
library reading course, under fihe impression that a teachers' union was to
be formed as well and a boycott placed
on all teachers not in the union'. The
conflicting stories told by the (different
teachers solicited at tbe time shortly
afterwafdsleiad to.a general,inquiry
when it is found that the -Chicago
company which had been ^interested
in the enterprise had sold the notes
obtained without recourse-.to 'Carson,
Ealy & Co., of' Reese.' .Tlie teachers-
generally refused to tecogfaize ,the obligation imposed in the notes and the
"suit before Justice Ulrlch Saturday is,
a test case brought preparatory to'
suing on all of the notes. .Thff jury of
four men Saturday brought a verdict
of ho-cause of action. ' At a previous
trial of the casi? tlie .jury disagreed*""