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CLABE,  MICHIGAN,  THURSDAY AFTEEKQON, AUGUST 20, 1903.
New Series: Vol.U.No, &9
Ladies' 25c
and 50c
fancy Hose
19c
per pair or
S pair for
50c,
Just to let you know
this is a safe place to trade.
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Saturday
only
Ladies' 89c
Wrappers
only
50c.
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New Arrivals
in Fall Dress Goods.
54 inch Broadcloths in black, brown,
blue, tan and red, per yard ".1.00
54  incli  Meltons  in  black,   bine,
brown, oxford and tan 75c
54 inch, • Broadcloths, blue, black,
and oxford only '     75c
Fancy Zebelines,  brown, blue and
green 50c
Plain "      black and blue 69c
36 inch all wcTol Suitings in oxford,
black and brown 45c
36 inch Pebble Cheviot, 4  colors,
worth 50c        ' 39c
42 inch Granites,. 4 color 59c
New Velveteen waist patterns all
colors.
Heavy Skirting 29c
Tricot Flannels 35c
Fancy Waistings 4 colors 15c
Odd Corsets,
1.00 value only 5Cc
50c Girdles 39c
• 50c Corset Waists 25c
Armourside and F. P. Corsets 1.00
New Fall Styles
in the famous McMillan ali wool pants"
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guaranteed.
Men's McMillan pants 3.00 and 3.50
vests 1.50
Boys'       " pants 1.00 and 1.25
Guarranteed best values ever offered
for the price.
We always have
a complete stock of shoes.
Men's shoes
Ladies' "
Boys'    "
Girls'    "
Children's
Babies'
Moccasins, all colors,
1.25 to 5.00
1.25 to 3.50
1.00 to 2.00*
50c to 2.00
50c to 1.25
25c to 75c
25c
Special prices on low shoes.
1.25, 1.50
1.75
Oxfords
NO GOODS CHARGED.
Slipper
Special
Sizes 21-2
Worth .75
Saturday
25c
IEL0 DAY
Fire   Department   Furnished
Good  Entertainment to
the  Many  Visitors
Wednesday.
Base  Ball:    Mt.   Pleasant    1;
Clare 2.
The firemen's field day yesterday
passed off successfully with a goodly
company of about 3,000 people enjoying the sports and the entertainment
offered throughout the day. Both the
Dover and Olare bands were generous
in the amount of music rendered and
acquitted themselves admirably.
The trapese and other performances
were an enjoyable change from the
. time honored baloon ascension. The
athletic sports were carried out as per
the program and prizes were well distributed among the differnt competitors.
The water battle attracted not a
little attention and its close witnessed
Harry DeEoe, one of the contestants,
temporarily out of business, but he
speedily recovered and today is alright
except for being a little stiff where
the stream of water under great pressure pounded him.
The ball game was a delight to all
lovers of good sport. Both the visiting team from Mt. Pleasant and the
Clare team put up a gilt-edge article
of ball playing. The visitors made a
run at the start off but after that it
was out in. one, two, three order in
nearly every inning. Clare boys
struggled in vain for a run for the
first innings, again and again getting
a man only to third but finally got
two tallies. Petit starred at the bat
getting three singles and a double in
five times up. The feature of the
game was a triple play from Morrison
p, to Forbes 3d, to Daugherty 2d, to
Sehoonover 1st, and more than one
fan was heard 'to remark that it was
the first time be had ever seen such a
play executed. Hot a little amusement was caused, by little school boy
Rex DeTogt tumbling over big Kinch
at third base when he got in the boy's
way. Keane lor Mt. Pleasant and
Morrison for Clare both pitched excellent games, the'former allowing eight
hits and the latter four.    Clare's
fielders, Petit, DeVogt and Dwyer ate
up what came their way and Harris
did well at shortstop. Dlark caught
an excellent game and other positions,
as noted above, were well played.
Arthur Mussell was umpire.
A ball at Duncan's hall closed a
successful day.
Opera Season Opens Aug. 25.
Prom Manager Doherty we learri
that a number of high class entertainments will be presented at the opera
house during the season to be opened
by the Shannons presenting "Legally
Dead," next Tuesday. There will be
plenty of variety from the rollicking
fun of Peck's Bad Boy to the the
classic comedy of Shakspeare's Merchant of Venice. The following attractions have already been booked:
Shannons, August 25th.
A Country Kid, band and orchestra,
August 28th.
Knight and Decker's Minstrels.
Guss Sons'. Circumstantial Evidence, September 24bh.
Fred Raymond's Missouri Girl,
October 5th.
Peck's Bad Boy, October 12th.
George Samuel's Convict Daughter.
Geo. Fletcher's Company in Merchant of Venice.
Gorton Minstrels.
Royal Slave.
Mrs. Asiier Wood.
At the age of twenty-four Mrs.
Asher Wood died at the hospital in
Saginaw last Thursday. Three weeks
previous she was taken down with
intestinal complications and later was
taken to Sagfnaw and underwent an
operation for appendicitis. The
funeral took place from the home in
Clare Sunday, Eev. A. L. Woodlock
preaching the sermon, and the interment was made Ut Cherry Grove.
Cora Howe was born in New
Ybfk but spent most of her life at
Sanford. * Four years ago she was
married to Asher Wood since which*
time she has resided in Clare. She
leaves a boy about ten months old.
The following from a distance were
present at the funeral: Mr. and Mrs.
S. Howe, her parents, John Howe, her
brother, and wife, her uncle L. Jack-
man, of Alma and L. Wood of Alma.
The sympathy of many friends goes
Out to the little motherless boy and'
the husband and family in their sad
bereavement.-
CONFLAGRATION AVERTED.
The Work of Fire Bugs Discovered in Time to Prevent a
Disastrous Fire.
At 4:40 Wednesday morning O. W.
Perry from his bedroom hearing the
crackling of glass, as if in a fire, hastened to explore the cause and found
a fire well started in a barrel of
packed lamps in Elden's sheds back of
his Bazaar on' McEwan street. Mr.
Perry then rushed down to the waterworks giving the fire alarm as he went.
Landlord Lackie of the Central Hotel
and Baker Smith, responding to the
alarm, hastened with buckets of water
to extinguish the threatening flames
and by the time the whistle blew and
the firemen arrived the fire was out.
The fire was evidently the work of
an incendiary. Tne barrel of lamps
had been broken open and some of
them placed one side, and were not
injured, evidently to make room for
starting the fire,in the barrel, and but
for the timely discovery by Mr. Perry
the sheds would soon have been a mass
of flames, difficult to get at and
threatening the whole block.. The
damage done amounted to about $20,
not covered by insurance.
Honest People Return Wheel.
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Early in July a bicycle was stolen
from a young lady, of Mt. Pleasant
and she immediately advertised her
loss with the name and number of the
wheel in the columns of the Enter
.prise.
Several weeks passed and a letter
came from a Clare merchant saying
that the wheel was in .that city and
asking that the reward be paid to the
person holding the wheel.
Investigation proved that the wheel
had been bought of a young man by
the Clare wheel repairer for $4.00. He
put some repairs on the wheel and
sold it for 812.00. The last purchasers
•read of the stolen wheel in the paper,
took it back to the Clare man and got
their money back. He in turn taxed
the owner of the bicycle the expense,
he had had in the matter and she got
her lost property back after six weeks-
abserice, and it paid her to advertise.
—Nol'th-Western Tribune. The Clare
merchant in question was David Fish,
the bicycle man, and bhe young lady
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NEW FALL DRESS GOODS.
A most extensive showing of the newest fabrics for Fall and
- Winter wear at very reasonable prices.
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Fine Tricot Flannels in every color, all Q>Kr*
wool, 27 inch per yard •    '       *        ,
Whip Cord Worsteds iu all shades, extra  CAq
value 36 inch wide per yard OwV
t Plain .Zibelines  all wool, beautifully   EAq
finished, popular colors 36 in, wide per yd.      ^
Fancy Zibelines in every popular color   QA^
44 inch wide per yard   „ .   ■ ■  *7\JK/
Linen Specials.
66 inch heavy weight pure" linen damask handsome patterns, regular 65 cent- value price t~*C\r>
per yard v-Jv/v-»
10 dozen Huck and Damask towels regular 35c Values at
25c
Bed Spread Bargains.
Large.size (80 x 88 in.)full three pounds'.-'.QOp
weight, regular 1.25 value at each C/CJO
Mervelleux Broadcloths, the most popular and*
highest grade broadcloth ever sold at this   1 -■ (TlfY
price.   All colors, 50 in. wide, per-yd. l*\J\J
Novelty Suitings new patterns, very   1   f\f\
popular, 54 in. wide per yd. * "i'^'V.
Black Dress Goods every popular weave' ranging in price from 25cfo 2.00 per yard.   ,
Ladies" Fine-Shoes."
If you are looking for
dainty foot wear, ask us to
show you; the new fall styles
of "Pingree Made" shoes.
We be glad to show them.
2,00 to 40.0
Silk Waists.
New styles in fine Peau De Boie, black C f*\/"\
and white received this week \Jn\J\J
Closing out the balance of our five dol- O QC>
lar fancy silk waists at d ■ C7v-#
Cverything in Summer Soods at Saeatlg deduced {Prices.
DAVY & COMPANY.
EUERYTHINGTOUIEAR    ' LOU/EST PRICES
Store Closes Every. Evening at 6:00 p. m. Standard Time Except Monday and Saturday.
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who returned the wheel to him was
Miss Emma Riplenburg of Wise. The
young .man who sold the wheel to Mr.
Fish claimed to have gone "broke"
and needed the money to get back to
Saginaw.
Bright Young Life Closed.
The death of Clara Elizabeth Abbott
which occured Sunday evening at the
home of her pareuts, Mr. and Mrs.
George Abbott in Sheridan township,
Olare county, was a sorrow to her.
many young friends in this vicinity.
Clara Abbott was twelve years and
twenty-five days old at her death, and
had been ill only one week, her health
having failed rapidly. She had been
troubled more or less with a rheumatic heart which finally caused her
death. She had attended the Dover
school also the Eagle and was a favorite among her playmates.
The funeral occured. Tuesday afternoon from the home, Eev. Dillworth
officiating and the interment was
made at Cherry Grove cemetery, Clare.
O. M.
WINDSOR CASTLE-ENGLAND.
Owosso's Blind Gtiarley Dyl.n
In recent weeks we have heard a
number of our readers make mention
of missing "Blind Charley" and his
pop corn at Owosso junction. . All
who travel that way are familar with
the unique figure of a man well advanced in years, somewhat shabbily
attired, wearing a black beard, a big
basket on one arm and a stout stick in
his right hand, feeling his way hither
and thither, singing in a not unpleasant baritone voice, distinctly heard
in spite Of the clanging Of engine bells,
the calls of trainmen and the roar of
escaping steam:
. Come a-ruhning, .come a-running,
with a nickle in your hand; the popcorn tarn selling is the best in the
land.
But Blind Charley or* Charles JPoote
will never more be heard as of old*
He is sickening unto death. But
his life is suggestive of what industry
can do., He lived a mile away from
junction, he andhis sister living alonej
where he cared for' his garden patch
and from which with his popcorn he
netted a decent living each year. He
is now dependent on'charity.
"Meet me at the Lewis house, Harrison." 39tf.
C. E. Parsons Gives an Interesting account of his Impressions of a year in Britain.
Gulf Stream, Aug. il, '03.
Dear readers of the Sentinel:
While bound for China, I take a few
moments to give you impressions of
English life and customs as they
came to me during my recent stay in
Great Britian.
A short account of a viiib to Windsor may prove of interest,, as perhaps
no other spot in the island posesses
such historic interest, both to the
American visitor, and also to the
loyal English, resident. The Castle
itself is a plain, but massive stone
structure, built upon an eiavation
overlooking the winding Thames, and
having at its feet nestling the quaint
town of Windsor, whose streets supply
an interesting display of customs ancient and modern to the visitor.
Beyond lies the groves and woodlands of the park forming £tn immense
hunting ground thirty miles in circumference, well stocked with wild
game, where Xing Edward entertains
his titled guests.
The Royal Apartments can be seen
from the tower, across the rectangular
court yard of the Castle, all is extremely plain and quite in keeping
with substantial and unostentatious
English character.
The tomb of the late Queen lies in
its setting Of emerald five hundred
and fifty feet below us the dome-like
roof of the tomb half hid by forest
trees. Beyond like a silve'r thread,
the Thames is winding its way
London-ward.- On or-near its left
shores lies Horton the'town where
Milton wrote hi*, "Paradise Lost,"
and "Paradise Regained," while five
miles to the north, the spire of Stoke'
Pogis Islikewise to be seen/ Here Gray
wrote his famious "Elegy" and here
with his mother and sister he has
found his last resting place with the
"Unhonored Poor" whose "Short and
Simple Annals" so deeply touched his
heart and inspired his pen. Between
Stoke Pogis and Horton is Runny-
mede,. where King John signed the
Magna Charta. Historic Eton lies
just across the Thames. One thousand English lads this .year r.eceive
training for such higher schools  as
Oxford and Cambridge. Its red brick
walls make a fine contract to the prevailing green of the landscape. The
white tennis suits of the lads are seen
under the trees of the park, or out in
the light row boats on the Thames,
The benches of the college are plain
and posess no redeeming feature save
historic associations. It is here that
many of England's best minds were
firsc introduced to" the fact that
"There is no Royal road to Learning."
King George's Walk and Queen
Anne's Rise are also points of-interest
to be seen from the Castle tower.
The former is lined with magniflciant
oaks, planted during the twelfth
century. Erom. this point in a clear
day ten shires are *to be seen and also
Crystal Palace. London can be clearly
made out.
Leaving our jovial old guide we
visited the Chapel where Divine services are held daily. Here we-heard
a good sermon and saw the Eton lads
at closer quarters.
Leaving Windsor at five a. m. I
cycled to Stoke Pogis and on the next
day to Oxford. The country was at
its best and presented a fine appearance as Oxford shire is somewhat
broken and picturesque. I saw no
barns, all the grain and hay being
under thatch in stacks. The farm
buildings were small and unpretentious, often roofed with thatch.
The alarming extent of the growth
of the drink traffic in England and
Scotland, is attracting considerable
attention. Public houses (or saloons)
are sapping the physical and the
moral life of one of the world's greatest empires as, statistics show. The
misery occasioned c.an only be understood by a few months work in "the
slums of London. The marble front
gin palaces liere receive, the hard
earned wages of the poor, leaving the
hapless families of the drunkards1 to
starve. I have seen infants brought
•up to Poplar Hospital literally starving in their mother's arms, and all
through the baneful work of the drink
affair. In Scotland the evils of intemperance are even worse. May the
time-come when thinking "people will
rise in their might and put down this
growing incubus in these lands.
. I expect to sail for Shanghai, China,
from Vancouver in October, after a
short stay in Michigan. :Our mission
is pan and interdenominational in
character and has over three hundred
missionaries in Inland China. Our
American centres are at Toronto and
Philadelphia, V. S. A.
C. E. Parsons,
.   China Inland Mission,
' 702 Witherspoon BIdg,
Philadelphia, Pa;
GLARE'S POSITION AS
JO THAT RAILROAD.
Boynton's  Answer to Committee's Proposal not
Favorable. -
Some time ago Promoter Boynton
submitted a proposal that Glare give
$1,000 now for survey for the proposed
electric road and guarantee $10,000 on
its completion to Clare^ A committee of five appointed by Mayor Lacy,
at a public meeting submitted a
counter proposition that they would
recomend that Clare guarantee right
of way for the railroad through Clare
county enroutc to Gladwin.' In answer to the committee's proposal Mr.
Boynton gives the following reply:
Grand Rapids, Mich., August 13, '03
Hon, A. J. Lacy,-
Mayor, Clare, Mich-.
Respected Sir:—
I received your proposition.^ oh the
eve of my visit to 3Sew York, and presented it to my financial men. They
said, "Clare and its people should help
secure the building of our road to
their city, first, „ as we might not
want to go to Gladwin at all." Thi&
is their ultimatum.
.   "      Very Truly Yours,
J. W. Boynton.
Clare is willing to' do her part in
promoting a railroad from Grand Rapids northeast that shall aid in developing the county northeast but she
does not desire to be the terminus of
a railroad that will have only a draining effect upon her trade.
Will Gamp af Stevenson Lake.
At a meeting of D. J. Brewer Camp -
Tuesday evening it was decided to-
spend the week commencing Monday,
August 31st in camp at Stevenson
lake. All veterans and their families
are invited to bring their tents and
spend the week together. A meeting
for the purpose of completing arrangements will be held at Camp hall Friday evening, August 28th.
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