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Established 1878.
CLARE,  MICHIGAN,   THUKSDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 2, 1903.
New Series: Vol: 11,No". 32
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CLOHTING SALE
Has been a grand success.
We can save you money
on a Suit.
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Extra Heavy
Umbreiias
Very Strong
were 1,25
now 1,00
Men's'softs. wen Made
Good new patterns,    Fit guaranteed.
Worth 12.50 now 9.68
Men's 15.00 suits now 12.50
"     18.50     "      " "    15.00
Can you afford to miss it?     Others at
3.75, 5.00, 650, 7-50, and 8.50. .
All well made, and every one a bargain
Boys' Suits at close prices.
Short pant suits 1.25 up.
Long pant suits 2.95 up
UHHate Hats.
Our line of Hats cannot be equalled
in the city. All the new shapes can
be found here. Always a full line
and complete sizes
Prices 50c, 1.00, 1,50, 2.00 and 250.
Your choice of our 2.00, 2.50 and 3.00
stiff Hats, only 1-50
Ladies' onion
Taffeta
Umbrella
VeryBesfValue
Ever Offered
1.00
Shoe Department
Our shoe department is offering better bargains every day.
Girls' odd shoes- 50c
Girls', Boys' Men's and Women odd
shoes 1.00
Ladies' fine Vici lace shoes 1.25
* " very fine "     "     " Pat tips 15.0
Men's solid shoes fine satin calf 1.25
"    famous 3 0 million shoes   1.50
The most complete line of men's and
women's shoes to be found at 1.95
Women's 1.25 slippers 89c
Odd Slippers in pattent leather and
fine Vici 1.00
Regular 1.50 Slippers 1.25
"        2.00       " 1.50
We can give you Bargains in shoes.
Best assortment.
TrunKs and vailses
A full line of Trunks and Valises
always on hand.   Prices right.
NO GOODS CHARGED.
Wm. H. Bicknell & Co.
Umbrellas
1.00, 2.00
2.50, 3-00
3.50
Values |
Fine Wash Goods
Reduced in Price.
Everything in fine printed and woven fabrics of
the most fashionable  kinds,   suitable  for  dresses,
waists, shirt waist suits and separate skirts, that have
been selling at 25c to 65c per yard, atone* Quart&r Off
former low prices.
Printed Dotted'Swisses ) T3      , { **
Printed Fine Dimities I Regular price J 11 f*
Printed Batistes )      ^o, now    j  I ll#
If you have not purchased your, summer dress
fabrics yet this affords an excellent opportunity for
considerable saving.
New White
Shirt Waists
An entire new line received this week. As the
season was far advanced we secured some exceptional
values 50Cj  |0Qj  i30j  2 0Q
Willi II inn *W—JWH—IWMW^W^W^^II WW——^WWWM—W^M—
Corsets.
Two Special Lines Received mis Week.
Full bias gored, medium bust,
long hip Corset in white, made of light
weight, soft finished, but strong material, boned throughout with covered
wire. -Better than we ever offered at
the price £qc
Fine   BatiBte  Girdles in white,"
pink and blue, with 10 inch 4 hook
clasp, trimmed at top and bottom with
lace,  equal in fit and finish to the
Men's Fine Shoes      1
The Walk Over in Fine Kid
and Vici calf 5*   cjq
Monarch Pats the patent
leather shoe that don't .break
through • 3 SO
And    many    other      styles
ranging  in  price   from   |   en
upwards.
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higher priced models.
50c
All the popular models in Royal Worcester and
JCCCoetat tOO and 1.50
Bargain in
Bed Spreads
One case Columbia White Spreads, very large
and extra heavy.   Regular 1.25 value at each   go.
Dress Goods.
Popular fabrics, reasonable pl'ices
36 inch, light weight, all wool granite cloth «QC
42 inch Voiles, very fine, Black, Blue and ^ g^r\
Tan 1-UU
Brilliantinesspecial values 50c-'75C-l OO
New White Petticoats
Beautiful designed, ruffled, tucked, embroidered
an'd lace trimmed petticoats. Made with deep
flounces, full size garments.  A complete line ranging
in price from loo to 3.50 each.
Millinery Opportunity.
Everything in Summer Millinery including the very
newest creatious in trimmed hats at one quarter off
our usual prices.
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DAVY & COMPANY.
EUERYTHING TO WEAR LOlii/EST JPJRICES
Store Closes Every Evening at 6:03 p. m. Standard Time Except Monday and Saturday.
FROM FAR OFF INDIA.
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Miss Matie McKinley's Annual
Report of Queen's Hill
School, India.
Queen's Hill, Darjeeling, India,
May 27 th,'03.
Dear friends:-—
It is a pleasure to be able to report
marked progress in tbe Queen's Hill
Scbool for tbis year, 1902.
We began tbe erection of the new
scbool buliding early in tbe winter of
1901, and by Marcb 1902, it was nearly
ready for occupancy. Tbe rapidity
witb which this moved was due to
Rev, George Henderson, one of our
missionaries from Calcutta, wbo
kindJy superintended the work. The
money for this enterprise was given
by Mrs. Peirce of tbe New England
Branch supplemented by substantial
aid from tbe Northwestern Branch and
other friends in the Leagues of Michigan.
School opened In March, bringing a
number of pale children from the
plains. The school continued to grow
until soon tbe number reached
seventy, several of these being day
pupils, the balance boarders. By
boarders, we mean the children who
live in our home, wbo are dependent
upon the school for food, medical care
and tuition. Tbe parents of many of
these children are not able to pay the
amount charged by the school, which
amounts to but $11 or $12 per month
for each child, so that great reduction
is often made to worthy parents who
would otherwise be obliged to keep
their little ones in the heat of the
plains. These children have not lived
the vigorous, Independent life of our
American children, and as a result
are inactive and dependent upon servants. They look upon manual labor
as degrading and beneath tbem. "No
doubt the caste system of India,
which is very strong, has had its influence or the life of all Europeans.
Our schools are doing much in this
country to break down these -false
notions, and to teach the dignity of
service.
In our school we teach plain sewing,
knitting and cooking and require the
girls to keep their dormitory tidy, to
make their beds and me'nd their own
clothes. Scholars are prepared for tbe
Primary, Middle, tbe  High  School
Government examinations,' and in addition we send up several candidates
each year for the Scripture and Trinity College musical tests. We seek to
make the school 'a real home for tbe
children wbo are with us. Every
morning we meet together at 7:45 for
prayer, and again at 5:45 in tbe evening. On Sunday evening our Christian
Endeavour meeting is held. The
Society is divided into four committees, Temperance, Sunshine, Missionary and Devotional. A. teacher is
placed at tbe head of eacb committee,
and is allowed four assistants from
among the girls. A healthy strife is
thus awakened among the committees
to see which one can give the most interesting program. During the past
year mAny of our girls gave their
hearts to Christ, and are becoming
strong, promising women, yet there
are many others whose hearts seem
like the stony ground, where the word
is choked out before it has bad a
chance to bring forth even one fold—
for such we work and pray on.
The work done by such schools as
ours 'is greatly appreciated by nonconformists who do not wish to place
their children in a Convent or church
of England school. Our constituency
is drawn from the homes of missionaries of all denominations, and from
the Eurasian population, which is a
mingling of Native and Euiopean
blood. Most of our girls become
teachers in English schools or become
missionaries, or marry and go into
homesof their own. The boys can
find office work or Government employment open to them, if they have ambition to work for such positions.
Our scbool was organized for the purpose of furnishing training to Eurasian girls, but each year we have taken
in a certain number of little boys
under ten years of age. The number
increased so rapidly that this year we
have decided to open another building, where the hoys may have, their
own play ground and dormitory, allowing them to recite with the girls.
We have been most fortunate in
securing Christian teachers. They
not only give their whole,time and
thought to their particular work, but
are willing to undertake details connected with the school work, which
greatly lessens the burden of the
Superintendent. The finances of the
scbool are on a much better basis than
ever before, yet we need aid for two
or three years until the property is
paid for, and tbe number of pupils
large enougli to defray running expenses. We have one large hall in
the new buliding, which we wish to
use as a chapel and study room; we
greatly ueed $300.00 for seating this
room. Any contribution, no matter
how small, for this purpose, will be
gratefully received.
Every Sunday afternoon we gather
in the little native children from the
bazaar below us, and have tbem
taught by two Native Christian girls
from the Scotch Mission. They are
very fond of the Sunday school cards
sent to me by our Leaguers at bome.
It is a beautiful sight to see them
with folded hands and closed eyes,
repeating the Lord's Prayer. India
is slowly but surely coming to Christ,
and shall we not count it a great privilege aud joy to be able to be coworkers with 'Jhrist in bringiug India
to himself?
"I ask thee for a thoughtful love,.
Through constant watching, wise.
To meet the glad with joyful smiles,
And wipe the weeping eyes;
A heart at leisure from Itself,
To soothe and sympathize."
Sincerely,
M. B. McKxnley,
NEW SCHOOL COMMISSIONER.
Work of an Incendiary.
On Friday morning last the school
house in District No. 5, of Sumraer-
fleld township, was burned to the
ground. The Are was the work of an
Incendiary, two previous attempts to
burn the building having been made,
and Mrs. Vick, a resident of tbe vicinity, is now in jail on suspicion of being
tbe guilty party. Miss Nellie O.
Dudley, the teacher, will bold school
in the town hall, beginning Monday,
till a new school building can be
erected.—Cleaver,
120,000 Acre Ranch.
The development of wild land in
northern Michigan is rapidly taking
definite form. A prominent stock-
raislog company in Roscommon county
has secured 120,000 acres and are making arrangements for shipping 5,000
sheep there from Alabama. Besides
these, they will at once place thereon
1,000 bead of cattle and an equal number of Angora goats.
E.  G. Welch Succeeded A. H.
Aldrich July 1st.
July 1st the commissioner elect entered upon the duties of his office.
Excepting the August examination,
tbe duties of the office are comparatively light during the two vacation
months, and it is well, for during this
time newly elected commissioners
have an opportunity to familiarize
themselves with the work and lay
plans for the beginning of the active
school year. The present commissioner has definite plans laid out, the
carrying out of which, with the hearty
co-operation of teachers, school boards
and patrons of our schools generally,
will do much toward elevating them
to even a higher plane than at present.
And so it should be.— steady progress
onward and upward.
What we want is to give our boys
and giris an 'even dollar's worth of
oeneflt for every dollar spent for educational purposes. To do this the
funds must be wisely and judiciously
expended. Our school system is becoming perfected. The next decade
will see more real improvement in the
system than in the preceding ten
years. These changes must be made
with the interest and well-being of
'■Young America" always kept in the
foreground. Just as in the districts
the best results are obtained when
parents and teacher harmoniously cooperate in the Child's behalf, so best
results come when the district boards
and commissioner keep inclose touch
on scbool matters.
My office will be at the "Sentinel
office, Clare, where I may be found
much of the time .when not over tbe
county in the interests' of schools.
Saturday will be my regular office day
and 1 may be found there on this day
unless unavoidably called away.
Reap'y yours,
E. G. Welch.
Bicycle Repairs.
Work   in    this     line     promptly
executed.    Agent for linole.
E. A. Fish.      3?-tt
Fine 4-year-old horse for sale.   -Well
broke, single or doubic, weight 1,240.
Hknkv Out.   32-tf.
A liner lu the Sentinel will save
you dollars, if your time is valuable.
Just a Reminder.
On sundry and various occasions
one or two of Mt. Pleasant's newspapers have undertaken M to rub It in"
to the people of the northern part of
their county because they happen to
have some dealings now and then with
the people of Clare county. But just
for luck it would not be amiss to remember that Dr. Worden, who now is
consuming some of Clare county's
coin, but recently crossed the line from
Isabella county Into Claro county.
There Is another im/e lucldent
that just for fun we wti.i A like some
of these same newspaper brethern to
notice, On the evening uf May 28th
a man was found near the railroad"
track in Clare afflicted with an
epileptic fit. Under Sheriff Welch
had the man removed to a hotel and
summoned a doctor who applied restoratives and saved the man when
life seemed well nigh extinct. Moreover the man was at times very violent and required tbe constant attention of two or three men during most
of the night. Subsequently the unfortunate one was found to be Pat-
tick Maban of Leaton, Isabella,
county, one of Isabella's charges.
Cornelius Bogan of Rosebush, one of
Isabella's superintendents of tbe poor,
was summoned next day and he took
charge of the man.
We point out theso facts simply for
the edification of our one or two deluded editorial brethern who fain
would have all believe that there is
no interdependence of community
life of adjoining counties. .We are sure,
however, that their opinions put forth
with evident petty nagging intent do
not voice tbe sentinents of Isabella's
people. Isabella and Clare are two
counties that by virtue of being adjacent to each other must have a certain amounfrof dependance one upon
the other and it is only in an amicable
and friendly spirit that we can dwell
together in peace and work out the
problems of development in which we
are mutually interested.
Fok 8ALE--Ten acres of land in Gil-
more township. Inquire of Mrs.
Hattie Evans, Farwell.
' Strayed—From my premises one
and one-half miles east of HattOn,
June 24th, five spring calves. Liberal
reward -for return, or information
leading to return,   Henry Lydiatt.
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THIRTY YEARS IN BUSINESS.
Nathan Bicknell a Unique Figure
in the History of Clare's
"Business Men.
Through all tbe changes in the
evolution of Clare from a lumnber
town in tbe woods to a thriving little
city in the midst of a flourishing farming community Mr. and Mrs. N. Bicknell have been active in tbe business
life of oiir people ever adapting themselves to the changing conditions.
By hard work and industrious application to business, they advanced step
by step until today they are in comfortable circumstances and retire from
direct active participation in business,
their sons, James S. and William EL,
assuming charge respectfuily of the
Bicknell grocery and the Bicknell
clothing and dry goods stores.
Thirty years ago Mr. and Mrs.
Bicknell moved to Clare from Saginaw. For a short time they occupied
the Nichols hotel, where Al. Louch's
blacksmith shop now stands. He also
did a little auctioneering business
which he had previously followed.
Soon they opened a general store in
the very building tbe Bicknell grocery
now occupies. Here they worked hard
in those pioneer days and here a
number of successful business men
learned the practical part of the business. Del Herrick, now a successful
merchant of Durand; Jerred Schilling,
a successful business man in Petoskey;
J. F. Tatman and John Harris, botb
well known among Clare's successful
business men; F. H. Ballinger, one' of
Shephard'a leading business men,
these all learned" the details of the
business at the old Bicknell general
store.
Five years ago Mr. Bicknell built
the brick building now .occupied by
his son, William H,, with clothing
and dry goods and converted the
general store into a grocery. During
the years 1878 to 1893 he engaged extensively in tbe log, lumber and tan
bark business, doing yearly from
$25,000 to $35,005 worth of business,
He likewise found time to serve on
the school board for six years. Besides
he is somewhat 0! a farmer and Mr,
and Mrs. Bicknell now make their
home at Spring Brook Farm of 120
acres in Vernon and also have farm ln«.
terests in Sheridan township.
Mr. Bicknell is a somewhat unique
character, - He has ideas strikingly
in contrast to the opinions of many.
He is very desirous that Clare shall
make progress in keeping with the
advancement of the surrounding'
country not abnormally beyond it, but
today he is of the opinion that she is
scarcely keeping up with the development of our rural communities. He
is, however, after recent visits to
several ports of the state hopeful for
the future of our city as compared
with that of any town of similar size
he knows of.
Isabella News.
Weidmau and Horr have a base ball
scrap on.
The summer term of the Mt;- Pleasant Normal begins July 6tb.
An attempted Sunday barn raising
at Deerfleld recently was a failure.
Seventy editors from various parts
of the state were the guests of Mt.
Pleasant Tuesday. ,
George W. Dutcher of Caldwell com*
mitted suicide last week by hanging
himself from a beam in the barn.
Not long ago he made an attempt to
end his life but was prevented from so
doing, He had been in a deranged
state of mind and but just before this
act had seemed entirely rational. He
was sixty-tour years of age. The
funeral took place last Sunday.
Mt. Pleasant is in throes of base
ball revolution. She has succeeded in
cleaning up well nigh everything in
sight and unless speedily checked in
her mad ambition will be sighing for
more worlds to conquer. 'Twas .a
bonfire Monday evening in honor of
"the boys." But Marlon has to be
cleaned up to make the record clear
and July 4th is the day scheduled to
do the trick—at Mt. Pleasant in two
games. *
The Mt. Pleasant post office having
reached the summit of its greatness—
up-to-date—and the receipts in dollars'
and cents per annum being, the
amount required by the Post office
Department, for all cities before entitled to free delivery service, a petition is being circulated, asking the
powers that be, to expedite the matter, and Send on a delegation of young
men- with gray suits and leather
pouches as quickly as possible. Oh,
no, we won't swell much when we get
free delivery and paved streets.—Mt,
Pleasant Courier;. ,