1903-09-17; Clare Sentinel

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OLAKE,   MICHIGAN, OTUltSPAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER J 7, 1903.
New Series: Vol.ll.No. 43
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DRESSER AND
SIDEBOARD
COVERS
ONLY
29c
New Fall Goods
Arriving Daily-
At Prices, that convince you that THIS
is the safe place to trade.
PILLOW CORDS
2 1-2 YARDS .
LONG
15c and
25c
Ladies Walking
Sklrfcs.
Tlie 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.
Ne.W press Goods
for Fall aijd Wilder.
All new np^to-date Goods at popular prices.
3 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 Grei) Skirling-
ONE WEEK ONLY, Regular 35c
quality 25c
New line of Medallions justreceiyed.
Ped   p)ai)keis-
at 50c, 60c, 75c, 90c; 1:00 and up.
QUitts "large size."
1.00, 1.50, 2.00, 2.50, and 3.00.   .
Yari>s-
A good assortment of Fine Yarn in
Grermantown, Zephyrs, Saxony, Shetland floss etc,, etc.
Ladies Ui)derWear.
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
$1,89
NO GOODS CHARGED.
Wm. H. Bicknell & Co.
CDRTAIN NET
36 INCHES WIDE
BEAUTIFUL DESIGN
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WORTHY CITIZEN GONE
C.   H.   O'Donald   Departs
this Life after a Successful
Business Career.
The telegraph brought; the sad
news to Olare, "Wednesday, of the
tieuLh, at Hampton, N. Y., of one oi
Clare's most prominent and estimable
citizens, Charles Henry O 'Donald.
He had been in poor health for two or
three years, suffering from heart
trouble and was constantly under
treatment which seemed to be giving
him permanent benefit so that. his
family and friends were encouraged by
improvement in his condition to hop*
for a complete restoration to good
health. The improvement, however,
proved to be apparent rather "than
real but none suspected a few weeks
ago that his end was so near. It had
been an invariable custom of Mr. and
Mrs. O'Donald to pay an annual visit
t6 their childhood home in New York
State and it was in pursuance of this
' custom that they went to Hampton
last month, Mr. O'Donald-then feeling
unusually well and both looking forward to a delightful sojourn with relatives and friends there and a safe
return to their home'in Clare. Almost immediately after their arrival
at the old homestead, however Mr.
O'Donald suffered a relapse of his old
difficulty and new complications set
in, destroying hope of his recovery.
Everything was done for him but he
steadily failed and passed away at ten
o'clock on "Wednesday morning. The
funeral will occur tomorrow and interment will be had in the family
burying ground at Hampton.
The Sentinel has heard on all
sides expressions of greatest respect
for the memory of Mr. O'Donald and
of tcnderest sympathy for his deyoted
-wife.
Charles Henry O'Donald was born
at Hampton, JS".-Y., fifty-five years
ago. His childhood and early manhood were spent on the farm and then'
he came west to engage in business.
JTor seventeen years Clare has been
his home and during that period he
has been one of our most activej respected and successful citizens. He
manufactured and dealt in lumber
and shingles, operating mills here and
afr other towns near by, and was also a
part owner of the Citizen's Bank of
Clare which commenced business only
four weeks ago. In every enterprise
he displayed ability and won signal
success, a chief factor in which being
a scrupulous integrity which was recognized and felt by everyone who
came in contact with him. His. death
is a distinct loss to our city and
he will be greatly missed and
mourned. Besides the widow and
only son, Claries M. O'Donald, (the
latter now a cashier of the Howard
City bank), three brothers and /me
sister survive him. During the past
four years he has buried, father,
mother, two brothers and one son.
His was a genial disposition and he
gave no outward sign that these severe
afflictions coming as they did in such
close succession, bore so heavily upon
him, but those nearest to him knew
of the deep grief he felt. This accumulation of sorrow undoubtedly had
an effect to help to break down his
robust health and hasten his own demise.
Glare Board of Education.
At a meeting of school board Friday
evening the following officers   were
chosen for the present year:
President—A. R. Canfield.
Secretary—J. F. Tatman.
Treasurer—C. H. Sutherland.
The treasurer's bonds were fixed at
$10,000.   City Marshall Eobinson was
appointed truant officer.   The following committees were appointed:
Schools and Instruction-
Perry, Tatman, Thayer.
Text Books-
Sutherland, Perry, Tatman.
Buildings and grounds—
Thayer, Sutherland, Canfield. *
Purchasing committee'
Tatman, Perry.
hipping Stock from Glare,
Almost daily large quantities of Jive
stock are coming in from all directions
for. shipment to Detroit and Buffalo
and the grade of cattle, .sheep and
hogs makes It again evident that we
are in the midst of an excellent stock
country. During last week fourteen
cars Of live st6ck were shipped from
here but in spite of that there is in
this week's correspondence complaint
because of lack of stock buyers around
Five Lakes in West Grant.
INSPIRATION INSTITUTE.
Supt. Delos FalL Appoints a
Three Day Teacher's Institute for .Clare Co.
Dr. C. O. Hoyt is Conductor and Comr.
A. B. Lightfoot Instructor.
Owing to the fact that many of our
teachers take advantage of the summer term of the Mt. Pleasant Normal,
and that last year from twelve to fifteen of the county corps of teachers
were foreign and would spend their
vacation elsewhere,' the department
of public instruction thought it well
not to have a summer teachers' institute, but instead, have a three days'
inspiration institute this fall.
Acting on this judgement, the department, has appointed an Institute
to be held in Clare commencing Monday, October 12th, and lasting three
days. Dr. C. O. Hoyt," professor of
pedagogy at the Ypsilanti Normal
College, and who this year received-
his doctors' degree from the Jena
University, Germany, will be conductor, and A. B. Lightfoot, for four
yjars'commissioner of Mecosta county,
and being in 'close touch with rural
teachers not only of his own county
bu£ other counties of the state, will
be especially helpful to rural teachers.
- This institute immediately precedes
the October teachers' examination,
and was intentionally set for this
time, that the class to write may have
the benefit derived for immediate use.
Every teacher in the* county is urged
to be present. The commissioner will
be in attendance and will, keep close
tab on the attendance of teachers.
Five per cent will be allowed td all
applicants on the average standing
for a full attendance at institute.
And further, the present board of examiners is very apt to question the
professional spirit of teachers who absent themselves unnecessarily frdra
these meetings. The law provide^
that if an institute is held during reg-\
ular school days teachers shall attend
without forfeiture of-wages. We are
glad to know that the few school
officers who in time past'have
"kicked" on. teachers attending institutes, have either learned that tihey
were in the wrong, or have ceased to
act on educational boards.  The irf*»
Davy  &  Comp
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.   :     Opening Display of
Friday &
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Winter Millinery,
, Sept. 26-27.
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Children's Clothing.
Oar complete line is now on sale. It will profit you
to look it over before buying your boy's fall outfit.*
Only goods of a dependable character are shown here
and they are marked at very low prices. We mention a few of the many bargains.
Double Breasted Suits, 8 to 12 years, two choice,
styles of heavy, fancy,   mixed   suitings p AA
Three Piece Suits, 10 to 16 years, neat O Qf)
pattern, dark^mixed cassimere C/^V/v/
Sailor Norfolk Suits, 4 to 8 years, Q QQ
fancy trimmed, good material •c*»\-/V-/
Norfolk Suits 4 to 14 years, heavy Q CQ
weight, all .wool, blue chevoit VJiV^
(Other styles up to 97 50 per suit.)
Hoosier School Shoes.
THE ICINE* THAT IA/EARS,
6 to 8   Children's " 1.00
8$ to 11   Misses' 1.35
IU to 2       " 1.50
2£to8   Ladies' 2.00
New Silk Waists,
.The silk waists we handle are noted as the best
values in the country. Nowhere else, Chicago cata-
loge house not excepted, can you get better waist's
at the prices than we are offering. The new fall
styles are now on sale:
macks    4.00 and 5.00
Colors 5.00
Dress Goods,
Our showing of Zebelines, the season's most popular fabric,   embraces every popular^ color.     They
range in price from
50c to 2.00 yd.
38 inch fine Whipcord Worsteds regular 65c
value. Black and colors per yard CL/^r*
only OWO
Black Silks. ~
Just received two special values in Black Peau
De Soie   36 inches wide at
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1.50 and 1.75
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Davy & Company.
E UERYTHING TO WJBAR LOWEST PRICES
Store Closes Every Evening at 6:00 p. m. Standard Time Except Monday and Saturday.
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tute to the progressive teacher accomplishes for him or her what the farmers' institute is to the farmer, and
one driving through the country can
easily discern by the general appearance of things which farmer takes
farm papers, and attends institutes
and the various round-up meetings.
More will he said later as final arrangements are made. It is expected
that Dr. Hoyt will lecture one evening and Mr. Lightfoot another, the
latter being illustrated by. the stere-
opticon. it possible, these lectures
will be given in the opera house, and
will be free to all.
Found tlie Dark Lantern.
On the Monday morning following
the arrest of Geoige church, while on
his way to Olare high school, Rudolph
Schaeffer met Mrs. Church, who was
carrying a small bundle and proceeding north toward the bridge across
tbe Tobacco river north of Clare.
Prom inquiry on returning home he
learned that she had not been seen to
pass his home north of the bridge.
Gradually his curiosity as to the
woman's purpose grew and Friday he
made an exploration into the woods
south of the bridge. [Following along
a path east from the road he soon saw'
a portion of a small object, embedded
in sand, which the heavy rains had
evidently washed away. On removing
the article it was found to be an
electric dark lantern. The dry cell
was.missing. The interesting article
is now in the posession. of the authorities.
Runaway Husbands Beware.
Under the new Simons law, runaway husbands who do not return t#
their deserted wives by today, Septem-
tern ber 17 th, become guilty of felony.
As the old law long stood they
were guilty of simply a misdemeanor.
The new law provides heavy'penalties for violators, The court may
send A convicted husband to state's
prison for a period ranging from one
to three years, or he may send him
to, jail for not Jess than one year nor
more than three yeai's. or, in his dis
cretion, the judge may accept the
man's bond conditioned on his properly caring for his family.
"Meet me -at the Lewis house, Harrison." * 39tf.        t
CLARE COUNTY PRODUCTS.
Exhibit of Grains and Vegetables
Wins Third Place at
State Fair.
The reports published in some of
the daily papers, giving one oi the
counties in the northeastern part of
state first place for an exhibit of grain'
and vegetables and Olare county
second place, were considerably
bungled. Counties were evinently
divided into,*two classes, Arenaccounty
receiving first place in t.ie one class
and Ingham in the oilier. Clare
county competed in the latter class,
comprising the older counties of the
state, as designated by Secretary
Butterfleld of the state fair, and won
third place.
It seems as if the state dailies refused to believe that Clare county had
won any recognition for the excellence
of her products in competition with
southern counties of the state, and
proves how false is the notion existing
in some parts of Michigan that the
country here is a barren wilderness.
Only yesterday a gentlemen who had
just arrived in Clare asked the writer
the way out to Alward, remarking
something as to the roads of that sand
country. Imagine his surprise, therefore, on being informed that in driving to Alward he would pass over heavy
clay roads toward the northeast for
seventeen miles.
But whatever may be the false
notions existing elswhere, the agricultural products of Clare county have
received a deserved recognition at the
hands of the state and the Sentinel
congratulates our farming interests
on the marked progress now everywhere evident.
Course of R. F. D. Routes.
In response to a number of inquiries
we publish in detail the four rural
mat\ routes, three from Clare aud one
from Harrison, started this month.
Routes Nos. 1 and 2 from Clare started
September 1st. Route Ho, 1 from Harrison and 13o. 3 from Glare started
this week Tuesday, September 35th.
E. F. 1). Wo. I, Clare, Fred Hudson,
carrier: Six miles northeast to Dover,
two east to the Eagle school house,
one north toliTatman's corners, one
east to Miller's, one-half north  to
DOHERTY OPERA HOUSE,
One Night, Sept. 24,1903.
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
Superb play all special scenery. An all Star Cast,
Acknowledged
the Strongest Drama in the English Language.
Prices 15c, 25c, 35c5 ai)d 50c.
Brand farm, one west to Tonkin, one-
half north to Alwood corners, one
west to Brown school, one south to
McKinley corners, one west to Orin
Smith's corners, one south to Dover,
one west to Krell's, two south to
Heuschele's, one ■ west to Grant town
hail, two and one-half south to Hubel's
corners, one east to Clare—twenty-
three miles,
R. F. D. No. 2, Clare, J. L. Welch,
carrier: Three miles north to Heuschele's, two east to Bradley's, one
south to Hampton's, four east to
Herrick's, two north to Graves', one
west to Shucks', one north to Beadle's
ranch, two west to Eagle school house,
Ave south to Mufphey's cornerst three
west to Clare—twenty-four miles.
R. F. D. ISo. 3, Clare, J. T. Grima-
son, carrier: Six' miles south 'to
Catholic qhurcb, three wesb to Hornby
corners, one north to Willey's corner,
one east to Little's, one-half north to
Nixons', one east to Marshall's, two
north to Oallam's, two west to Russell
Bchool house, two north to Wilson
school house, two east to Parnsh'S)
one north to Hubel's, one east to Clare
—twenty-two and one-half miles.
Wallace Harper took charge of the
rural free delivery on Tuesday the
15th. This is the route: From Harrison three miles north to Rabbit
farm, three wiles west tb Caner'g
corners, one mile north to Lander's,
two miles west to Presteet four miles
south to Clarence road, one mile east
ttf.Debar's corner, one mile north to
Sam Crawford's corner, one mile east
to state road, one mile south to Clarence road, three miles east to Harrison. ___	
TheSjEanpiNBi-is the county's leading paper.
NEW SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
Reorganization in Garfield Township.
Several changes have recently taken
place in- Garfield township with a
view of providing better school facilities. On August 2Ath a joint meeting of the board of school inspectors
of Coldwater and Garfield was held
and the fractional district, taking in
the southwestern part of the township, dissolved. On the same date
district ]STo. 2 was organized comprising sections 4, 5, 6, 7,8, 9, 17 and .18.
On August 28th'district ~Bo. S was
organized comprising sections 19, 20,
28, 29, 30. 31, 32 and 33, and plans are
under way for a school house to be located at Eight Point Lake. The rest
of the township is known as district
No. 1 with its school at Lake Sta tion.
Those Noxious Weeds.
At *shis season of the year when
thistle seeds and all sorts of other
seeds are, on downy wings, migrating
to even the best kept farms and garden
spots, it is not out of place to remind
ourselves of what penalty the state'
law provides for those who do not destroy noxious weeds on' their proferty:
And if any owner, occupant or person having charge of such lands shall
knowingly suffer any such Canada
thistles, milkweed or other noxious
weeds to grow thereon, and thee seed
to ripen so as to cause or endangr the
spread thereon, he shall, on conviction,
be punished by a fine of ten dollars,
together with the costs of prosecution,
and in default of payment of the same
be imprisoned in the county jail of
the county where the land is situated.
for a period not exceeding* twenty'
days. . , ■