1903-11-26; Clare Sentinel

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we    execute    Plain    and
Artistic Printing.
Established 1878.
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GLARE; MICHIGAN,   THURSDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER'26, 1903.
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NewSeriej-h Y-ol49.No. 'J
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i   UOOO dozen
Clark's
Best
Thread
200 yds.
spools,
only
3c spool.
J\ Special
ER SALE.
Hundreds   of   Bargains   that   we   cannot
Mention Here.    Every Department
offering Specials.   We can
save you money.
Special Bargains in
Regular 90c Spread only 69c
1.00       "        "    89c
'   '•       1.26       "     "   1.00
1.50       n        «   1.19    '
2.00       *' "   1.49
"       2.50       " "   1.98
"       3.00       " "   2.48
Above prices include fringed and
plain in Satin and Marselles patterns
also colored Quilts.
Bargains in table napkins at 50c
1.19450-1.69-1.98-2.48-3.00 to 6.00 per
dozen.
Table linen at special prices: 25c-
29c*39c-4-7c-59c-79c-l. 00.
Special in pattern table cloths,   2_
yd. bleached table linen, 3 inch fringe
•all round, were 2.50 now 1.48
Lunch cloths all sizes 59c-79c-89c-1.00
1.29-1.48.
Towels, all sizes, all prices. Next
Monday we will offer a line of agent
samples towels at regular wholesale
price.   No two alike.
All the new
Styles in
FURS
1.25 to
15;00
Call and see
them.
DRY GOODS.
54 in. black Suiting was 75c
now .      - 50c
54 inch heavy suiting brown or
gray was 90c now 69c
54 inch he/avy suiting all colors was
90c now ' 75c
38 inch fancy suiting, very stylish
only 59c
38 inch fancy Zebelines were 60c,
now 47c
42 inch   fancy   granite   were   60c
now ' 47c
,.   36 inch all wool suitings were 50c
now - 39c
36 inch all wool peble chevoits were
50c now 39c
36 inch fancy brocades were 25c, 15c
30   u       *' " ""   18c, 12_o
Regular ICc fleeced Tracks for wrappers and dressing sacques only       8-jrc
Regular 15c fleeced backs 36 inch
double fold only 12_c
. SPECIAL SHEETING -
Por OneW/eekOnly.
1 bale 36 in. unbleached cotton,regular 5ic, 5c
1 bale 36 in.          "            "          "    6c, 5ic
1 bale 36 in.          "             "         "   7c, 6c
t bale 36 in.           •■            "         ,'   8c, 7c
Regular width sheeting, bleached, only   20c-25c
19 inch all linen crash worth 10c only 71c
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EVERYTHING'TO IA/EAR
A Big Bargain.
Men's Overcoats.
Heavy Oxford Gray Melton, Velvet color, fly front,
black diagonal lirining, the
linning  is   vulcanized  to
out side cloth making it as $
near rain proof as possible.   I
We have to buy them in
large  quanities to enable I
us to sell them at the price
we do:
SOO each
Latest Style in long
Belt Overeats
15.00 and
18.00
Vp:
LOWEST JRJRIGfe^
New Hats for Men
At $2.00 each.
We get the hew styles as* s oon as -they" are * out,
You can buy you hats here with absolute assurance
that the shapes are corrept. We are now showing the
identical styles that the leading wholesale houses, are
showing for next spring. Besides, we give you 50p
more value in our two dollar hats than most-stores do!.
Winter Caps
For Men. Boys and Children.
In fine cloths, plushes atfd fur, the most . com
plete line we ever offered. bpecial Values
in Men's Caps at
19c and 39g each.
Standard Patterns
and Publications
WOMEN'S   PETTI
COAT PATTERNS
49c-95c-1.25
KNIT SKIRTS
250
NO GOODS CHARGED.
Bicknell & Go.
25 PIECES OF
XTRA HEAVY OUTING REGULAR 7c,
ONLY 5c.
L1MPSES OF WINTERFIELD.
A Sentinel Reporter Spends Several Days "Getting Acquainted."
From our earliest recollection we
have heard of what a fine stretch of
country is that comprising the western part of Winterfleld township, but
not until last week were we permitted
to look over any considerable part of
this township. In no community in
Glare county have we found the people more progressive and public
■spirited.
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On approaching Winterfleld Center
from either the south or east, it is
necessary to drive over miles of a seeming waste known as "jack-pine plains,"
and from our experience in following the directions of those who say,
-■•keep right straight ahead," "follow
jjhe main traveled road," or "take an
angling road to. the southwest," and
finding none to enquire from for
miles, and coming up to a Y both
£orks of which look "main traveled" to the person unaccustomed tp
these roads, one feels like exclaiming,
"My Kingdom for a man!" But when
at last the Clam river was reached
these plains were left behind and the
weary traveler is over-joyed as his
gaze rests on one of the finest stretches
of country in tha county; to him verily
the "land of Caanan" is reached.
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"Winterfleld town hall is a neat
frame building, "which having had a
fresh coat of paint recently and standing in the center of the township and
pn a raise of ground, presents an ex--
cellent appearance. It is here that
tho people of the township often
assemble on social and other occasions,
and vt-e were delighted to have the
privilege of meeting with a goodly
jminber of them Thursday at the one
flay fanners' institute, conducted by
O. H. Alvord. President A. B.
Howard said something about getting
in some tables when it came dinner,!
time, and when dinner -was shortly
announced these tables extending
f join one end of the hall to the other
were loaded with chicken pie, baked
if
chicken pie,
I*^:iitelf"t!   wkes,  fruits, pickles,
f~ - a tlinner as you can find I
nowhere else unless it be an old time
Thanksgiving dinner on the farm.
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While some of the hardwood land is
yet undeveloped, those who have resided there for fifteen years or more
have fine homes, nice large bams,
broad,  well fenced fields free from
stumps, and splendid orchards.
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We said that the people were public spirited, and this spirit is manifested, especially in the schools of
Winterfleld and Grandon- The school
grounds and buildings are in neatness
and commodiousness far ahead of the
large majority of schools visited by
the Commissioner thus far since September. Both schools have free text
books, and hire progressive teachers,
Alex Artibee in Winterfleld and Miss
Katie Casey at Grandon. But it
takes more than a school house and
a good teacher to make a good school
—and that is a nice lot of interested
boys and girls, and from our observa-
tson, Winterfleld is very productive of
this class of pupils.
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During our trip we were gl&d to accept the hospitality of Mr. and Mrs.
A. M. Howard and dined with them
in their new home. Last fall their
home burned, but even though they
are both on the sunny side of life,
through their combined efforts, ably
assisted by their sons, they now enjoy
one of the very finest country residences in the county. It is a large,
thirteen roomed, two-story structure,
built by experienced carpenters, with
a basement jmder the entire house,
and in addition to this, nnd adjacent
the kitchen, is a stone cellar- or
pantry. Off the kitchen, also, is a
complete bath room. The parlor and
sitting room- are finished in walnut
and cherry, and the finish in all the
rooms is natural hardwood, oiled.
Their farm comprises 200 acres with a
large clearance. Mrs. Howard is post
master at Grandon, and both are
prominent in the affaiis of the township.
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Looking west from Grandon you
may see a fine farm,' eighty acres
cleared, aa excellent dwelling with
barns and the entire outfit in keeping.
This is the hoine. of Mr. and Mrs.
John Fleming.. .
The first farm affce_ you Cross the
Clam river going north into Winter-
field is that of Miles Davis The
home is comfortable and commodious
and the eighty acres is well cleared
and fenced. Mr. Davis is getting -out
timber and in the-spring will erect a
large gambrel roofed barn. "We are
greatly indebted to Mr. and Mrs.
Davis for the hospitality shown us
during our sojourn in Winterfleld.
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Going south toward Grandon for
two miles and more you see one of the
finest stretches of farming lands. To
the right, just before reaching the
Grandon school, is a fine well cleared
farm, with a large, commodious dwelling newly erected and barns in keeping with the house. This is one of
the finest farms in Clare county and is
the property and home of Mr. and
Mrs. C. A. Hamer.'
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Our reporter was so much pleased
with Winterfleld township, and so
courteously used by .her people that he
will visit Winterfleld often hereafter,
and will take notes on other improvements, etc., for future publication.
Stylish   Coats.
Ladies9. Misses9 and Children's
Every popular style Ladies' Coats Is represented in our collection. Box
Coats, Long Loose Coats and New Millitary Coats ranging in price from
6 . 5 o   to   2 6 .o o
Lsidies9 Win* mSat^\€t*t&
Wool Seal 30*00, Fine Near Seal 40.00.  Best' Near Seal 45.OO
Little Children's Coats 2 to 5 years in flannel, zibelines and velvet
handsome styles, perfect fitting -    . 3.00 to 5.0.0
Children's Long Coats of heavy Melton in red or blue, trimmed with
velvet and braid—Sizes 6 to 14 , 2.50
' (Other Special values ao $3.50 and $15.00,)
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Davy & Company
FUTURE OF MARL CEMENT.
Interesting Interview with E.  U.
Leh  of the Robert Wench
Constructive   Engineering Company.
.. Wise Farmers' GInb.
The next meeting of this club is to
be held with Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Church Tuesday, December 1st. The
program to be given is as follows:
Music.
Invocation—Eev. W- J. Hathaway.
Address of welcome—Charles Church
Eesponse—Milo Lamphere.
Topic for.discussion,—Which is the
mostp roll table, patronizing the .cheese
factory, creamery or making butter at
home? Discussion to be opened by
Messrs. Stoy and Burch.
Violin solo—Clyde White.
dinger.
Piano solo—Miss Farihy jSigerman.
Selection-^Miss Nellie Lamphere.
Ladies' Topic—Which is the most
profitable, raising a'variety of fowls.
or being limited to chickens? Discussion opened by 'Mesdiimes Burch,
Hersey and Loomis.
Bccitation-— Will McJames.
Phonographic entertainment-
George Hersey.     '   ,
Eecitatipn—Mrs. L. M. Converse.
.Music.
', . WootJ .-"or Sa.le.
' Good beech and maple delivered as
ordered.' Bell 'phone No.-92.
Prof. Carpenter Has Firm Belief in the
Value of Marl at Five Lakes.
The very fine buildings of the Far-
well Portland Cement Co's plant are
completed and have been or are about
to. be accepted. The work has been
under charge of E. TJ. Leh of the
Eobert Wench Constructive Engineering Company. Mr. ■ Leh was recenty
in Farw"ell inspecting the plant for
final acceptance and in an interview
with a Sentinel representative he
expressed a most hopeful future for
the cement industry in general and
for the Farwell plant in particular.
He was very positive that the quality
of marl available at Littlefield lake
with the installing of the necessary
machinery in the buildings during the
winter and spring will ensure a most
successful future for the Farwell Portland Cement Co.
He admitted that the problem of
marl cement manufacture is to find a
cheaper process for drying marl. His
company has been spending large sums
in experiments' with this end in view
and has been so far successful as to
have found a process reducing the cost
of drying marl about fifteen cents per
barrel. In fact a cement plant, constructed under the management of
his company, is already manufacturing cement from marl very nearly as
cheap as the plants utilizing crushed
limestone.
Mr. Leh is of the opinion that with
present events assuring the construe*
tion of the Panama canal, a bright
future opens up for the cement industry. The building of that canal will
j.consume a vast amount of cement, an
amount probably very nearly equal, to
the present [Output of the .North
American continent and thi£ with the
the present increasing demand for
cement in the various lines of industry is prophetic of what its future will
be.
AH of the above, is of interest to
many of our readers from tlie fact that
deposits of marl are^found in many
places in this-vicinity within a radius
of fifteen or twenty miles. From a
reliable source we learn that Prof,
Carpenter of Cornell university who
made the tests for the Clare Portland
Cement Co. as to the quality and
quantity of marl there is most positive in declaring that both quality
and quantity insures one of the
most valuable of properties when
developed. So well satisfied' is he of
the value of the property that he is
ready to invest a considerable sum
with the company, a t'-ing which he
has not done in many u, H -v properties
where he has made inv .'ligations for
companies.
The present distrust of the financial
world makes difficult the starting up
of a costly enterprise but all indications point to the successful operation
of several cement plants in our
country here in due time.
Twenty-fifth Birthday.
The Sentinel is twenty-five years
old today and on this Thanksgiving
day has much to be thankful for.
With largest circulation, largest staff
of correspondents, from twelve to
twenty each week, and largest number of write-ups of special features
from an extensive area of the surrounding country, Clare county's oldest paper continues to rank as its
leading paper.
As the years have stolen silently by
the Sentinel has grown with the development of the country and its -files
give a pretty complete history fof all
the struggles from forest and wilderness to the present prosperous condition of our-rapidly enriching agricultural communities. New conditions
arise. Eural free delivery and rural
telephones, with new railj-padsin prosr
pect, are uniting the whole surrounding country into one community and
it is-the'aim of the Sentinel to-go on
promoting and recording the development of.that country and chronicling
the news of all*-classses of our people.
The present management at this
time* wishes again to assure their readers of their great appreciation of past'
splendid patronage and to' promise
Continued improvement in every direction practical.
StRA-ed, "into toy preniises two
spring rams. Owner'.can.have aame,
by proving property and paying^
charges' Fbsj> Hotel.. 1-2
Isabella-Glare Pomona.
The Isabella and Clare Co. Pomona
will meet with Mt. Vernon G-range
December 2nd.   The following is an
outline of the program.
Opening in the fifth Degree;
Calling roll of officers.
Beading minutes of the last meeting.
Applications-for membership.    '
Closing in the fifth degree.-Opening
in the fourth degree.
Address of  Welcome,—F. H. Olm-
stead, Master of Isabella Pomona.
Eesponse—Dr. L. L. Kelley, Master
of Clare Pomona.
Eeports of suborinate Granges.
Eeports of committees.'
Eesolutions on Primary election reform will be considered and discussed.
Government  ownership  of. public
utilities—F. H. Olmstead.
Annual elections of officers.
An    Essay—"Home'i—Mrs." Kirk-
connel.
"Birds and their relation to the far
mer"—H. A. Graham.
The manufacture of Nitrogen—discussion.
Select Beading—Mrs. L. O. Munger.
Opening in the fifth degree.
^ Eeport of committee on candidates.
•Balloting for candidates.
Conferring the fifth degree.
Miscellaneous business.
The program will be freely interspersed with music, songs and recitations.
All patrons should 'inform themselves on the various subjects which
will be under consideration and be
prepared to express their convictions
On the floor of the Grange.. There will
be three sessions—morning, afternoon
and evening.
All patrons are cordially invited to
attend. Wm. McNeil, .
Sec. Isabella Pomona.
Liberal Reward.
I .offer a reward ot $25 to anyohe
furnishing evidence leading to tbe
conviction of the person who stole
from my kennel on the 'night of
November 24th a three-months old
black white and tan English setter.
I will also pay liberal reward for return of the dog.   O. H. VanBkxint.
Have your picture framing done at
WiHoughby'e-
Higii School Leotura Course. -^
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Tickets going like hot cakjgs-  'Yov-f
will have to procure a ticket .early1 *■'
you will be too late.     ."'-.       _■'. • ' |-
First lecture of the season is -'Moi.
Taffy and less Epitaphy'f'by Dr. p>
W. Scars on December 8fcht, l903r it,
8 p. m. sun time.    Entertainment1!
will begin on time.   Wives, yoiij can-i,^
miss it.    Everyone should hekjs  it. }|
Eead what the grand old manj JD*rx A." \
A. Willets, has to say of .Dr.. Sears'}-,' i      ;;
"K fun is better than -physic" anil" i
if a "merry heart doeth. good" like a/- v
medicine" than.is Dr. Sears one* of the\ }.
best of physicians. ,'"   ..       ,■     i
His lectures are good for- dyspepsia;  \
they exorcise the spirit of grunibling   \
and despondency; they drive ail the
"blue devils" out of  the; -windo-jes.-.  .'
Mingling with his irresistible 'me*n*i-
mentare most earnest.and eloq&ent '.' ~J
appeals to true manliness and  true .
womanliness, while his- Clear and' re- ■ . .
sonant voice stirs the puiSes of pat-     ,
riotism like the notes pf a bugle.
Seats reserved at. tW usual place   ■
December 1st, at 7:S0,a. m: .- ,. .
Attention.Comrades^     '"'
At the regular meeting ot J>: J.
Brewer camp Thursday, December 1st,
the nomination - of officers 'wJU. take
place. The electioh will occur kfi the
regular meeting December 8th., ' 1
wish ail comrades to be preseant 8&
these meetings. .  ;'        '    •""•-'
W, S. CooL"B_',.'boL, / /.      -
The International, - Correspondence
Schools of Ssranton, Pa., offer an easy
plan by which anyone Can master the
principles of a trade or profession dtir*
Idp spare hours and at small expense. ■
Sen their announcement elswhere in
this i3sue*  '  ' ■
Highest M-irJtet Prices ifor Pauit_y
We are weekly shipping cur-ldad
lots of all kinds of poultry from Clark
lo eastern, markets and so are Jn a
position to pay highest muitket priced
for all you can brlngjto ouf *«?atehouea
next tbe«P. M; tracks ca HcEwan
Street; Olare. ',- -       '-
W-ITAN <§? tiANt^r
Wholesale dfettfei**: in p-yaH^y-
SO Acre, Farm _oi- ShU,
,^iva, miles e.a.Qt and o„e4ialf oaife
south of. Ycmoo Catholic church us
four and one-half inilcs aoufcfe o£
Loomis, good- ■ bull-Bugs* Oail m-
Enoeh Fish, Bicycle -*_op4 $l&$£-„'