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Established 1878.
CLARE,  MICHIGAN,   THURSDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER J 0> 1903.
New Series: Vol. 11,No. 42
DRESSER AND
SIDEBOARD
COVERS
ONLY
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w Fall Goods
Arriving Daily-
At Prices that convince you that THIS
is the safe place to trade.
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PILLOW CORDS
2 1-2 YARDS
LONG
15c and
25c
Ladies Walkirjg
Skirts.
The largest assortment ever shown
in the city
Prices, 1.69; 1.89, 2.50, 2.95, 3.48,
4.00,4.95, 5.00, 7.00. 8
t4z\V press Goods
for Fall aijd Winter.
All new up-to-date Goods at popular prices.
2 Special Suiting
all colors in all wool suiting 56 inch
wide, only 75c per yd.
Princess Broad   cloth in all colors
54 inch wide 1.25 quality only     1,00
Oxford Grey Sklrlii)g»
ONE WEEK ONLY, Regular 35c
quality 25c
New line of Medallions just receiyed.
Ped   plaijkets.
at 50c, 60c, 75c, 90c, 1.00 and up.
QtiiUs "large size-1*
1.00, 1.50, 2.00, 2.50, and 3.00.
Yarijs-
A good assortment of Fine Yarn in
Germantown, Zephyrs, Saxony, Shetland floss etc,, etc.
Ladies tfijderWear.
Extra heavy only 25c
Fleece lined hose 12-£c quality only 10c
Carpets.
We are now prepared to take your,
orders for carpets. We are showing
an excellent assortment*from 25c  to
1.50.
SPECIAL LADIES'
WALKING   SKIRTS
WELL MADE
NO GOODS CHARGED.
CURTAIN NET
36 INCHES WIDE
BEAUTIFUL DESIGN
ONLY
SENSATIONAL ROBBERY
Many Valuables Taken
from Davy & Go's.
Store.
BEORGE CHURCH CHARGED
WITH THE CRIME,
Stories Afloat Implicating Him in
Other Misdoings.
George Church was arrested last Saturday charged with wholesale robbery
from Davy & Go's, store. He waived
examination and Justice Carpenter
bound him over to circuit court. In
default of $800 bail he now languishes
in the county jail at Harrison.
The case is exciting not a little interest, not alone for itself, but also
for accompaning suspicions. As every
man is, in the eyes of the law, considered innocent until proven guilty
the Sentinel without in any way
passing judgment on the case, narrates
the facts thus far made public.
Early last week Pavy & Go. missed
one or two valuable articles from the
ladies' department on the second floor,
In looking for a clue of possible robbery L.JE. Davy noticed, as he passed
George Church's rooms over Willough-
by's photograph gallery, that the recently placed lace curtains were of
the same pattern as those missing.
Wednesday he asked his head clerk,
Miss Jennie Sexsmith, to attend the
meeting of the Guild, to be held at
Mrs. Church's-that afternoon. Her
report deepened suspicion. An investigation showed a number of valuable
articles not accounted for in the store.
Friday Mrs. Church was seen to go to
a dressmaker's with a big bundle,
which bundle was fonnd to be a ladies'
skirt, one pf the identical articles
missed. Saturday morning armed
with a search warrant Mr. Davy with
Marshal Robinson and Under-Sherlff
Welch "searched the Church room's
and, with his clerks, identified and
took possession of two silk skirts, two
walking skirts, two waists, a cape, a
ladies' coat, an overcoat* two rugs and
three gairs of lace curtains, valued at
$93.50. A number of other articles
among which were a bolt of table linen
and a carpet, could not be positively
identified and so were left although
they were thought to belong to Davy
& CO. Mrs. Church was indignant at
the invasion of her home and stated
that "her husband had brought the
goods there and she supposed they
were paid for, but some of them were
found in the kitchen, packed in a box
with fruit cans on top.
Church, when arrested, at first said
he got the goods from Grand Eapids
but subsequently signed a written
statement to the effect that he entered
Davy & Go's store after the electric
lights were out on the night of August 29th by prying tip the scuttle,
let himself down by a plank, attached
the garments to a rope and then
hauled them up and further that no
one else had a part with him in the
work. Such was the substance of his
written confession which it is alleged
he has since retracted. He got to the
roof by way of the scuttle of the hallway.
On Tuesday W. H. Elden, procuring
a search warrant, invaded the Church
rooms and identified two lamps as his,
one of which, he alleges, was taken
out of the barrel of lamps wherein a
fire was started in his sheds on the
morning of August 18th.
Mr. and Mrs. George Church came
to Olare about five months ago from
Canada and he has been employed as
foreman in A. R. Canfield's printing
oilice. They have been very cordially
received in Olare and she has for some
time been a member of "The Guild,"
a society of church ladies. She often
inspected goods at Davy & Co's. but
rarely bought anything. She is anywhere from- twenty-twp to thirty-five
years of age. He is probably not
more than twenty-eight and has wandered much but is from a good family
in Ontario.
After the arrest of her husband,
Mrs, Church packed their belongings
and Wednesday moved them to the P.
M. freight depot; At the request Of
the officers, to which she acquisced,
she is now detained at the county jail
without being formerly arrested.
It is alleged that the description
Mr. and Mrs. James Eoxburg give of
the burglar, who entered their room
on the night of August 31st, tallies
with that of Church but proofs are en
tirely lacking. At least a hat pin,
showing the presence of a woman, was
found outside of the door where entrance was effected. Church is known
to have to have had an electric dark
lantern and some other similar material, but this is not sufficient to connect hian with the burglary.
The case will be -tried in circuit
court convening September 28th. Any
developments till that time will be
set forth in these columns and the
Sentinel will have a special reporter
present at the trial.
TWO BOYS INJURED.
Ford   Denzer  and  Ben Welch
Mained on P. M. Tracks.
Sunday morning while playing
around the P. M. cattle yards, trying
to jump .from a. car to the cattle chut*
Ben Welch, son of Under Sheriff J. L.
Welch, fell breaking his left arm in
two places below the elbow and spraining- the wrist. Dr. Carpenter reduced
the fracture.
Sunday afternoon Ford Denzer in
jumping from a P. M. freight train
slipped and fell so that the front portion of the shoe of the left foot was
crushed by a wheel of the car. The
boy immediately after the wheel
passed rolled free and jumping up
started to run, but an examination
showed the big toe crushed and the
rest mangled. The shoe was just a
little too long for the foot and so, while
the end of the shoe was passed over,'
the too.itself was outside of the rail
but was mangled by the sudden crushing together of the parts of the shoe.
Dr. Eeeder found it necessary to remove the big toe at the first joint.
The two accidents are but, part of
the oft repeated warning to boys not
to risk life and limb by jumping trains
and fooling around railroad tracks.
Bicknell & Fletcher Grocery.
Owing to rapid increase of business
James S. Bicknell has sold a half interest in his grocery to T, D. Fletcher
of Owosso. For the past eight years
Mr. Fletcher has been manager of the
Stevens Lumber Co. at Watters and
preceedingthathad several years experience With Osborn & Son of Owosso.
He will move his family to Olare at
once. The firm will hereafter be
known as Bicknell and Fletcher.
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Every department in the store is rapidly filling with the greatest collection of Fall and Winter G-ooods of
the latest sorts, priced at,figures that will interest every careful ahd economical buyer. Whether your purchases are large or small we are positive that your best interest will be served by buying here.
Children's Cloaks.
Our line is now complete, why not make your
selectioiis now while the assortment is at its best.
The prices are no higher than they will be later.
Women's
Furs.
Our complete line,
the" largest we ever offered, is now ready for
your inspection.
SfeARFS
98c to $25
JACKETS
$30 to $40
Walking Suits,
Newest English Walking Suits in most
popualr fabrics, special price
$15
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Wal king 8ki rt Special
Fine all Wool Skirtings, handsome, JCT  f^)f\
styles, strictly tailor made, *      \Jm\J\J
(Other special values" 2.00 to 7.50.)
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Men's $10.00 Suits.
, Our showing at this price merits your attention.
Heavy, all wool Scotch Mixtures, in popular colors,
new patterns in ALL WOOL WORSTEDS.
Every garment made in a superior manner with good,
durable linings. They are values that can not be
excelled any where.
Boys' Suits.   A Special Value.
Two Piece, Double Breasted, Knee Pant Suits,
made of extra heavy Bine Diagonal Chev- O rjrj
iots, in sizes 8 to 15 years, per suit <J*\J\J
NEW HATS;
All the new fall shapes and -colors in Men's Soft
Hat8 LOO, L50, 2.00
(Our 2.00 hats equal in quality most 2.50 and 3.00 hats)
Shoe Department.
A Little Bargain for the Little Tots.
Infants' Soft Sole Shoes, three new styles,     OQp
regular 50c value, only KJ\3\s
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Davy & Company.
El/ERYTHING TO VA/EAR LOWEST PRICES
Store Closes Every Evening at 6:00 p. m. Standard /Time Except Monday and Saturday. .
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BOILER EXPLOSION.
Henry Forbes and Charles Freeman Killed in Wise Township Last Friday.
The. eight horse-power boiler at
Herbert Forbes'lath mill on section
twenty-six, in Wise township, Isabella
county, about two miles southwest of
Coleman, exploded with terrific k force
last Friday afternoon,- demolishing
the building and machinery and instantly killing Mr. Forbes. Engineer
Charles Freeman was thrown forty
feet and died within twenty minutes
from scalding and other injuries.
Horaqe F. Barnum, assisting Mr.
Forbes the sawyer, was just outside
the line of explosion and, though
knocked down, escaped with a lacerated thumb.
Mr.- Forbes, forty years of age, leaves
a wife, an infant son and a fourteen
year old daughter.
Mr. Freeman, fifty years old, leaves
a wife.
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon on the lawn rh front of the
Forbes1 home where a large concourse
of people assembled to pay their last
tribute -at the bier of the unfortunate
men. As the double funeral wended
its way to the Coleman cemetery hundreds of vehicles joined the procession,
following the men to their last resting place.
The accident is said to have been
due to running cold water into the
boiler after water had been permitted
to run too low.
Farwell Votes on Bonding.
In accordance with ah order of the
village council Farwell next Monday
votes on the question of issuing 85,000
bonds, $2,000 for building/a power
house, recently destroyed by fire, and
$3,000 for extending the water mains
so as to give fire protection to unprotected parts of the village.
This proposition is in accord with
the spirit of improvement manifest in
Farwell and will doubtless carry by a
large majority.
Mrs. Wm. Millard of Gladwin waa
in Olare this week attending the
Lowry-Sursaw wedding. She is sister of the groom.
Pointers for R. F. D. Patrons,
For the benefit of our readers along
the E. F. D. routes we ascertained the
following facts from Postmaster Kirk-
bride, the carrying out of which will
prevent delay in handling mail matter:
A complete list of all persons.receiv-
ing mail at each box, giving each name
in full, spelling out each part of the
name, including the wife's first name,
should be dropped-into the box for the
use of the carrier and tlie post office.
All letters on R. F. D. routes must
have a two cent stamp: ensealed envelopes containing primed circulars,
one cent stamp. For newspapers less
than four ounces in weight, a one cent
stamp is required. For photographs
and books the r.ate is a cent for each
tw^ ourices and for merchandise, one
cent per-'oSince. The registered letter
fee is eight cents additional to the
regular postage and special" -delivery
postage is ten cents extra to the regular postage. The carrier issues money
orders and registered letters. A letter,
marked "reg." and dropped into the
box with the required fee, will'be
registered by the carrier and the receipt for the same left in the box.
BEGABDINQ XOOATIOl*" OJF*irAII, BOXES.
Box owners should set their boxes
convenient for the mail carrier as it
fully occupies his time to-make the
route with the most favorable conditions. We think there is no patrons
that will hesitate to assist the service
to this extent.
ACCEPTED BOXES.
' The government, having the same
care and responsibility of mail ,in R.
F. D. boxes as in post offices, insists on
patrons useing metal boxes •'accepted"
by the department as to quality and
style. There are about one hundred
styles of boxes accepted.
Cut off Two Toes,   '
The ax Orville Saunders of Dover
was using this evening to split wood
took a course not intended and cut off
his big toe and the next ohe also.., Dr.
Frank Gray of this city dressed the
wounds.
Mrs. K. M. Goodman after many
years residence in Olare is today shipping her furniture to Saginaw, where
she goes tomorrow mornini*. Many
friends here wlllmiss the family*,
ANNUAL SCHOOL MEETING.
J. F. Tatman and.O. B. Thayer
Elected to the Board of
Education.
Sixty-four voters participated in the
district school meeting at the high
school Monday evening. Everything
passed off without even any discussion.
J. F. Tatman was on 'the first ballot
re-elected a member, of the board of
education. He has already • served
nine years in that capacity and has
during the entire time been secretary
of the board. Dr. J. H. Carpenter,
president of the board during the past
year, had also completed his term as
trustee. In choosing his successor
the vote was divided between him and
O. B. Thayer, the latter winning out
by a good majority on tlie second
ballot.
Below we give a brief statement of
the finances of the district:
On hand at the beginning of last
year, $2,127.
Present balance on hand $2,937.,
The board's estimates for next year,
call for the raising of $6,000, the same
amount as last year. This amount
provides for the payment of a $2,000
bond. The present indebtedness of
the district is$6,000. Another teacher
was added to the teaching force Jast
year and one this year and not a little
money spent last year for supplies and
apparatus but still the balance in the
treasury increases, a fact due to increase of primary money, §1,534.80,
during the past year and the paying
oil of $2,000 bond each year lessens
the amount of interest due.
WEDDING BELLS.
Forgot Date of School Meeting.
Harrison's annual school meeting for
the election of trustees should have
occurred Tuesday, September 1st.
Thinking if to be a week later, it was
overlooked till too late, but next Tuesday is the date set for a special meeting of the district to attend to the
necesssary annual business. Last year
there was a very "spirited contest"
over the election of members of tlie
board.but at present-there is no prospect of any undue Amount of canvassing for the election.
Dr. Taylor-Good man left for
troit today. *
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Lowry-Sursaw.
The marriage of Miss Jennie, daughter oi Mr. and Mrs. Alec Lowry north
of Olare, and George Sursaw pf this
city, occured ab his home on"Filth
street at four p. m. Wednesday in the
presence of the immediate relatives
and friends pf the contracting parties,
Rev. Hazeldine of the F. M, church
oUtciating.
The bride is favorably known here
where much of her life has been
spent. For some time she has been a
clerk for W. H. Bicknell & Co.
The groom came to Clare two 'years
ago from Gladwin and is an employee
at the Althouse factory.
Mr. and Mrs. Sursaw begin housekeeping at their home on Fifth street
with the best wishes of many
friends.
Parrneter-Smalley.
Miss Blanche, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Parmeder and Miley, son
of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Smalley, were
married at Harrison Tuesday, Rev. W.
J. Hathaway, assisted by Rev. W".
Oolegrove, officiating.
Both young people are well known
in Clare where much of their lives has
been spent. They will make their
home with her parents. The Sen-
MJteL extends congratulations.
Aianager Wanted.
Trustworthy lady or gentleman to
manage business in this county and
adjoining territory for well and favorably known house of solid financial
standing, $20.00 straight cash salary
and expenses, paid each Monday hy
check direct from headquarters. Expense money advanced; position permanent. Address Manager, 610.
Monon Bldg., Chicago, 111. 40-12
We Have Not Learned to Live.
Consumption is as unnecessary as.
smallpox. We'live.Jna vitiated air at
home. We breathe foul, dirty, poisoned air abroad and the bacillus attacks
ue in our weakened state. We can
prevent any disease almost, though
there are few that we can completely
cure. We have learned to Avoid the
sanitary sins of our ancestors, but "we -
have other shortcomings jUBt as bad.
We have not yet corrected the habit
of dying froBi disease, accident aud
overwork.-—Toledo Tltnes-Bea,
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