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Established 1878.
OLARE,   MICHIGAN,   THURSDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 16, 1903.
New Series: Vol. 11,No. 21
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Get Your New Suit
now
Fine' Line of
' Boys' Glothim
We have the Largest Line of .
Ladies' Summer
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Underwear I
ever opened in Clare including everything in knit undervests and
drawers for Ladies, Misses and Children
Men's Hats
New line of
SPRING AND SUMMER .
styles just opened in Felt and
Straw goods'.     Prices  from
69c to $2.50.
Men's Patent Leather
Shoes and Oxfords I
guaranteed    not    to    break
through.   Price $3.50.   Can-
not   be  matched   less   than   i
$5.00.
'Genfs and Children's Hosiery
We aim to have the largest assortment at the  lowest   prices.
Call and see the new novelities we are showing in this line
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New
Shirt
Waists
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Give
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SWINDLERS NABBED,
Under Sheriff Welch with a
Posse Captures Two Bad Ones
and Returns Them to
Lake County.
Last Saturday through a nice little
bit of strategy two pretty smooth customers were captured without a
struggle on the track one and one-half
miles east of Olare arid returned to the
Sheriff of Lake county.
' Under Sheriff Welch had received a
message to be on the look out for two
men who were wanted on various
charges of swindling in Lake county.
They came into Clare on the local
freight with the evident intent of
working the town but suspicioning
that the authorities had been notified
they jumped from the freight here
and started on afoot. The Under
Sheriff soon got the trail and with
City Marshal Eoundra, Officer Parrish
and Wm. Dwyer started in pursuit.
The crew of the frejght cooperated
with the posse by taking them on
board and speedily tbe escaping men
were over-hauled. The train suddenly
stopped and in short order both were
handcuffed. They were taken west
on the evening train to Baldwin and
turned over to Sheriff Messenger of
Lake county.
' They gave their names, evidently
fictitious ones, as F. Mojar and W.
Minis. They are pretty sturdy look-'
ing fellows and evidently are adepts
In the arts of crookedness. Among
other many things they worked the
"wrong change racket" pretty
smoothly by presenting $20 bills in
payment for small articles. They
turned the trick successfully oh an
Evart merchant and at Crooked Lake,
while waiting for their train to pull
out, fleeced a man out of some honest
dollars. But they are now in the
hands oi justice and will probably not
try any more of their schemes for
awhile.
Should be Shut Up.
s "While there was nothing said about
' it during the campaign, the question
.of wheather cows and horses are to be
allowed to run at iarge during the
coming summer was upon the minds
of many voters. Harrison is about the
oiily town of its size in the state that
fellows its streets to be used as a stable
yard, and it is about time the practice
was put a stop to» We believe, the
new council, or a majority of the members are opposed to this nuisance and
will, if requested, pass an ordinance
compelling the shutting up of cattle.
It certainly is needed.—Cleaver.
Investigating Cause of
Burr's Death,
The result of the analysis of the contents Of the organs taken to the University at Ann Arbor has not yet been
determined. At first only the stomach
was sent but request came to Sheriff
Updegraff for the kidneys and liver as
some kinds of poison leave no trace in
the stomach but are deposited in
these organs. Accordingly the Sheriff
went to Vassar Tuesday, had the body
again exhumed and took the necessary
organs to Ann Arbor, The result of
the investigation is not expected to
be known till Monday.
Dr. and Mrs. Worden ar^j voluntarily
remaining in the custody of Sheriff
Updegraff pending the result of the
investigation.
Loomis-Bennett,
Miss Dora E. Loomis, daughter of
H. "N". Loomis of Gilmore, and Clare
A. Bennett were married in Detroit
Wednesday evening, April 8th. The
bride is well known here, having spent
the earlier part of her life in Vernon,
graduating from Olai'e high school and
afterwards serving several years as
one of Clare's most successful teachers.
She has many friends in Clare who
with the Sentinel wish her a life of
joy and prosperity. Mr. and Mrs.
Bennett are at home 393 2nd Avenue,
Detroit,
OUR TRIP TO LANSING.
Crop Report.
Conditions during March were veiy
favorable for wheat. Ttie crop grew
during the month and in' most cases
suffered no damage, although there
was but. little snow to protect it.
Some damage was done on low ground
bv heaving aud ou tbe high ground "by
the dry weather. Considerable wheut
waa sown very laic last (all and is consequently small for. this time of year.
S,jme damage by the Hessian fly is
reported, but unless conditions, are
very favorable for their work we may
reasonably expect a gOQd.crop of. wheat
this year. r
Narrated by John Shaw, of the
Eleventh Grade, One ot the
Doherty Prize Winners
of the City Schools.
Our trip to Lansing was a most enjoyable  one.     Our  party numbered
eighteen, certainly enough to have a
nice  time  together.    We left' Clare
Monday morning on the ten o'clock
train and went by way of Saginaw and-
Detroit where we arrived about half
past three in the afternoon.    There,
we were  joined  by Mr.   Beading's'
brother, Harry, and leaving Detroit
at half past five we arrived in Lansing
between nine and' ten.
There being a session of the Senate
that night, we went from the depot
direct, to the Capitol building, and
saw how our legislators do things til]
10:30 and then were glad to go to the
hotel.
Tuesday morning we met at the Capitol building at eight o'clock and un-
till ten we were shown through it,
visiting the Governor in his private
rooms, the Senate, the House and
the Historical and War museums.
Most of us had the pleasure of climbing to the top of the great dome of
the Capitol.
From the Capitol we took the car
and went to the Industrial School for
boys. The boys there, make all their
own clothes, d6 their own repairing
and washing and their own cooking.
"Everything is run so that it cannot
help but succeed. There is not a boy
out of his place. Before going we
were favored with two or three pieces
of music played by the boys' band,
The trip for the afternoon was to
the Agricultural College. We intended to go early but as they will,
the boys had to stray off and it was
almost four o'clock when we got started ., and then one was left and had
to wait for the next car.
The Agricultur.il College is composed of several large brick buildings
and a large number of barns and sheds
where they keep the stock. Is is a
pretty site, situated oh a high piece of
groiitad. We spent an hour and a
half visiting the college. - We visited
the museum, a large room containing'
skeletons of almost every animal "-and
bird one can thinli of.    We saw-the
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Black
Tlie vogue for Black Silks
for Wraps finds this store
well eqiiipped with the desirable kihds. Several new
ones received this week.
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36-inch Peau de Sole of excellent quality and beau- -j "jc
tiful finish, per yard      111 0
23-inch peau de Soie a special
quality, tregular 1.50 1-*)C
value, p&r yard ' **•*)
21-inch £>eau de Soie, heavy
weight, Soft and lustrous, the
best value we ever saw 1 ftft
at the price, per yard     ' *w
27-inch Guaranteed Taffeta,
superior quality 1 nfl
19-inch Taffeta J5C
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Wash   Silks
Corded Japanese Wash
Silks in white and every desirable color combinations,
to grades 5QC an(| 395 per yd
Nobby Top
Coats
Isn't it about time to discard that heavy winter overcoat and put on one of those
stylish medium  weight gar-  %
ments?,   We are showing very   \j
attractive ones at' X
$10AND$15
Men's Suits
These special values recently placed on sale. Black
#nd white checks and fine all
wool green and brown mixtures, well made and lined,
per suit
750
Ingrain Carpets
The qualities we. offer cannot be excelled at
equal prices anywhere.
29c, 35c, 40c, 50c, 70c
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Special
The tough wearing sort
for boys and girls. Just the
kind for hard, every day use.
Past black and heavy ' nc-
weight.   Two pairs for   Aw.
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Kid Gloves
-. If you didn't buy the
new gloves for Easter it's a
good time to buy them now.
Our assortments are still unbroken.
2-Clasp  Kid Gloves, black,
white and every color,
1.50 arid 1.00
2-Clasp Mochas, in the most
up-to-date styles and ,. _-.
colors I.OU
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Fabric
Gloves
MILLINERY
The very Latest Creations in Women's and
Children's Hats will be found nere, priced at very
reasonable figures.
Our line of Fabric Grloves
and Mitts, in Silk, Lisle and
Taffeta, surpasses anything
ever shown in the city. It
includes Silk Grloves in every
color and in all lengths, Lace
Grloves and Mitts in regular
and elbow lengths. Every
want in gloves can be supplied here very economically.
The, prices range from
15c to 1.50 per pr.
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& COMPANY.
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EUERYTHING TO W/EAR LOWEST PRICES,    g
Store Closes Every Evening at 6:00 p. m. Standard Time Except Monday and Saturday. I
large cremeary and were shown about
the stables where some of the choicest
stock in Michigan is kept. We spent
a little time at the college green
house, containing some of the choicest
flowers and plants. Mr. Riggs was
made a present of a large bunch of carnations.. The rest of the day and
the evening was put in around the
town and at the theatre and after a
good nignt's sleep we left, for Clare
tbe next morning. Everybody had a
fine time, returning home with gratitude to Senator Doherty for all his
kindness to us.
Election Contest in Sheridan.
Sheridan township will be represented on the board of supervisors this
year by a'Republican, J. R. Herrick.
The people voted it that way and the
people rule. The ma jority, was small—
so small that some were encouraged to hope that the result might be
changed; and so a recount Of the votes
was demanded. The canvas's of the
votes had been made openly on election night and there was no question
about any ballot. Democrats and Republicans alike united in the opinion
thab the election board was fair and
square in rejecting one ballot which
had no cross upon it at all—no mark
of any kind in either circle on the
ticket
That rejected vote must be counted
for the democratic candidate for super-
vis or and at least one other that Mr.
Herrick had'been given Credit for must
be thrown out in order to bring about
the desired result,"but, slim as the
chance was, the persons who were
interested decided that in was worth
trying for.
Accordingly a demand for a recount
was made and'the money the law
requires to- be deposited, was paid.
The recount" was had On Thursday
at the home of IF. A. Carncross but
it made nO change in the result.
A close inspection' of the ballots
showed conclusively that the election
board had.been honest and sensible in
their first count.
George' J. Cummins of Harrison
dropped in during the day to look
after Mr. Herrick's interests but he
had little to do except to sit by and
enjoy the dissolving scene as the contest sadly, slowly and surely melted
away and disappeared'.' A. J. Lacy of
Clare appeared for the democratic contestant, L. EL Thompson:
Household Duties.
[Extracts from paper read by Mrs.
Carrie Brewer before the Wise Farmers' Club at- the home of W. H.
Bowen of Herrick.—Editor.]
The writer disclaimed the honor of
being qualified to lead in so important
a matter as to how house work should
be done to economize. She said she
had long since departed far from the
precepts of her thrifty and painstaking "New Eagland foremothers where
each day had its special work the year
through which she cpi.uxled was all
right if you have the sti migth and enjoy this way Of doing but for herself
she would slight all work that would
bear it without loss.
, While young we may work hard,
exhausting muscular and nerve force
for the sake of having the work done
and well done but does it pay and is it
best? Lack of fore thought and
round about ways of doing things wear
us out. This is not economy. What
will it mean to us in years to come if
we use up too close our strength
and nerve force? That course would
make us irritable mothers and wives
and disagreeable neighbors. Let us
take as short a cut as possible to get
the meals and do general house work.
Have kettles and all the culinary department right at hand, scan the
columns of circulars and papers for
labor saving devices. Think well before acting, Make as few trips to the
cellar as possible, Mrs. B. said in
dishwashing she uses plenty of hot
soap suds; then rinces with clean hot
water; then drains while hot. Monday's wash "is made as easy as possible
by using plenty of soap and hot water
and washihg machine and wringer.
When you take the clothes from the
line fold nicely and Save much in tbe
ironing. Sometimes the most economical way of doing worli is to let it
go undone for a day Or two, or longer
and no one be the wiser and the tired
house wife much the better if she
would not wear out her nerve force
worrying about it. Let us skip the
things not essential to the comfort of
our families and recuperate our lagging
energies and recover our serenity of
temper. Read the papers and magazines and occasionally a good book.
Let us get all the happiness and enjoyment we can in life instead of being
machines with no thought beyond our-
little round of every day duties that
wear us out. . Let us demote more time
to thought and mental culture.
The Man About Town.
A friend of mine from down south
came to visit me t'other day. I was
mighty proud to show him how our
town is aflourishin'—the cement
walks, the brick blocks, the popals
misappearin. I tuk him up and inter-
duced him to our $26,000 school and he
thought 'twas jist splended for a town
no bigger than Clare. ,Vm not rich
nohow but I spent too cart wheels for
some of Tip Calkins' horse flesh and
we went a ridin' and I tell you it was
a heep of fun to see how suprised my
Detroit friend was at first when he
seen a few of them beutiful black
stumps he murmured. Jist as I expected. But when I showed him the
acres of marl beds up west and the
farms of Dover, Colonville and Herrick he changed his tune quite. considerable and lowed as how things
were a prosperin here purty well. I
began to push out my chest, tellinhim
bout the possibilities of water power
from the Terbaccar river and as how
Clare was agoin to be a manerfacter-
in' center. But when' Sunday came
he wanted to go to chirch. In '.course
I don't go of tner than once ayear when
the lodge goes, 'cause I'm in the fash-'
ion don't yer know.' First we went to
mass at the Catholic chirch b'fore
breakfast, next we tuck in the mornin
meetin over to the Methodist. " He
didn't say nothin but the way he
looked I knowed somethin wasacomin
but we were in time for the Lutheran
Sunday school in the afternoon'and
the young people's meeting at-, the
Baptist at 6:30, endiri up with the
evenin service at the Congregational.
When we got home and were havin a
bit of lunch bifore gOing to bed he jist
let er go. He everlastingly lambasted
Clare cause she. didn't have better
chirches, jist as if that had anything
td do with a prosperus town. He said
it was a disgrace to have such little
bit ot tumble downv*chirchesf some
of em with holey carpets^or carpetless
floors and smokey walls and dilapidated yards and not even a Sunday
school room for most of em. We arge'd
the case with him. but twarn't any
good. ' I was all tired out going to so
many seryices in one day and dressed
up too in boiled shirt and so I was
glad to give it up and go to bed. ""Next
morning my friend went home and* we-
didn't say rnUch more, but as We. passed a kirch;on the .way to the depot,
he jist pointed to itwithouta word.
SEEKING NEW HOMES.
A Large Party of Isabella and
Clare County People Journey
to the Great West.
Attached to tbe westward bound P.
M. train Tuesday evening was a special
car containing about sixty people from
Clare and Isabella counties. . The
party is hastening on to Idaho, Washington and Oregon where they expect
to And new homes. Across Lake Michigan and on the Wisconsin Central
and the "Northern Pacific they speed
on into the boundless west. They
will reach Spokane, Wash.', Friday
and Lewiston, Idaho, tbe destination
of a number of them, Saturday. Many
comforts are added by the railro"ad
company and so the jour ney, though
long, will not be unmixed with pleasure as it takes the party through some
of the wildest and yet most magnift-
cient scenery in the world.
Tbe following is a partial list of the
people comprising the party: Mr., and
Mrs. John Gulick, Mr.'and Mrs. Fred
Tirreli, Mrs. Matt Conklin andjdaugb-
ter, Mrs. John Gorman aud family, D.
C. Herzel and son, Henry Bloctc, Bert
Simon,.T. J. Root and daughter, Geo.
Cole and son, Mrs. W. W. Colby, Mr,
and Mrs. David James, Charles Evans
and Mr. and Mrs. Matt Morrison, who
boarded the tram at Mt. Pleasant,
Loomis, Clare and other intermediate
points. At Farwell the /following
joined the party : Mr. and Mrs. L. F.
Leonard, Mr, aud Mrs. R. B. Himes
and daughter, Grace, Mr. and Mrs.
John" Byroads, B. P. Mount, o! M. ,
Grim and family, Frank' White, Wm.
Scrogel; Will Smith, Emet Baker (for
Minn.), p.. B. Oldts and Ave..others
joined the parly at Scottsville .and
fiv.e more at. Ludington. Many, of
this company go to 6eek new homes;
some for the'sake' of" their' health;
others for business and visiting friends..
''Westward the course of, empire
takes its way."' ' ...
For salts—47 acres of good farming
land one mile north and east of Far-
well. ■ -Address Mrs. fi.-D. Steiarns, or
inquire of Frank Mc Ciellan, Farwell,
Mich. ••   " \       20-2
* Two thorough bred O. I. C. Boars,
one one year old, the other six months
old.   {Service fees one dollar each, *
10-15 L. M. Converse, Owner.