1903-12-31; Clare Sentinel

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Established 1878,
CLARE,  MICHIGAN,  THURSDAY AFTERNOON DECEMBER 31  1903.
NewSeriee: YoL 12,No. 6
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Commencing January.lst and continuing 30 days. Every Suit and
Overcoat at 25 to 50 per cent less
than regular price. You can certainly save money here.
Prices reduced on 'all" heavy
goods, also BARGAINS in other
departments to reduce stock.
- 500 pairs of Men's xtra heavy
Wool Kersey pants worth 1.25,
1.50, L75, 2.00, and 2.50 your
choice only 99®
It Pays You
to Trade Here.
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LOWEST PRICES
MORE R, F, D. ROUTES,
From Loomis, Rosebush, Far-
well, Ciare into Northern
Isabella.
B. F. D. No. i from Clare southeast)
into Vernon and Wise townships will
begin delivery of mail February 1st.
It gives mail service over an area of
fifteen square miles to 113 homes with
a population of 509 and its course extends over twenty-two and one-fourth
miles. The following is the route:
From, the Clare post offlce southeast
to Dennis' corners, li miles; south to
Allen's, 2 miles; east to Dux-ling's, 2J
miles; south to Andres', 1 mile; west
to. Brown's, 1 mile; south and south'
■east to Hicks', If miles; south to
Bradley's, i miles; east to Walker's, 1
mile; west to Leights, 2 miles; north
to Toman's, 1 mile; east} mile; west
■£ mile to Toman's; north to Crowley's,
1 mile; east to McGaws, one mile;
.north to Loomis', 2 miles; west to
Doherty's, 2 miles; north to Clare
post office, i miles,
E. F. D. ~No. 2 from Farwell is to
give service to an area of twent5r-two
square miles east and southeast of tlie
village into Gilmore, Vernon and
Grant townships over a route twenty-
five miles long, carrying mail for. 115
"homes, a total population of 518. The
route is thus: From Farwell post
offlce southeast to Hinkle's corners, 3
miles; south to Wilson school house,
2 miles; west to Barton's, 1J miles;
south to Wilson's; west, i mile; south
to Mount's, one mile; east to Glass', i
mile; south to Wolfer's, one mile;
west to church, I mile; south to
Richards', one mile; east to Ernes', 3
miles; north' to Palmer's, one mile;
•west to Case's, i mile; northeast angling to Elliott's, 2£ miles; west to
Wixoros, 1J miles; north to Allen ty. i
mile; east to Rhoades', 2,miles; northeast to postofflce.
Route 3$b. 1 from Loomis is to give
mail service to a large portion Of WJse
township joining oh E F. D. No. 4
from Clare. The length of the route
ls23J miles', covering an area of 16
square miles, serving 133 homes with
a total population of 599. ihe course
of the ioute'-'is" thus* From Loomis
' post offlce north to Langin's, 2i miles;
south to Larson's corner, i mile'; west
to Brown's, one r&ile: south to Stewart's, IJ miles; west to jiarriman's.
I mile; south to Snear's, 1 mile; east
to Reed's, 1 mile; south to Owen's, 4
miles; east to Harris', i mile; north
to Campbell's, one mile; east to
Eiley's, 1-} miles; south to Wise, one
mile; east to White's, one mile: north
to Thompson's, 2 miles; west ' to
Arnold's, one mile; north to Nelson's,
li miles; northeast to Loomis, If
miles.
The route from Eosebush is to cover
16 square miles over a course 24 miles
long with 152 houses on the route with
a population of 684.
A "WORD TO R. F. D. PATRONS.
Place your mail box in the most convenient place for the. carrier. Under
the law he does not have to cross a
ditch or make a raise of ground to
deliver mail.
Set your box (4) four feet high. In
case of four corners the boxes must be
placed in a row on the corner.that the
carrier turns. Where two or more
boxes are to be placed on a corner a
good way is to set two posts and put a
2x6 across and place the boxes in line
on it.
It is the aim'ofithe E. F. D. department to give thejbest of service and it
requires the hearty cooperation of the
.patrons to do so. A delay of ■ a few
seconds at each box means an hour or
more delay on the entire route.
Not any kind of old mail box will do
but the box must be one of the many
approved by the postmaster general.
Any. letter sent from any point on
an R F. D. route to any other point
whether on such a route or not must
have a two cent stamp. or any letter
sent from any point whatsoever to an
R F. D. route must have a two cent
stamp;
-Officers.Elect/1.0,0. F.
Clare lodge I. O. O'. F. has chosen
officers for the flrst half of 1904 as follows: •  '
, N. G—Geo. 3D. Dawson.
"V. G —Geo. Saxton.
Secretary—P;iul Miller,
Treasurer—JVL, Welch. *
Strayed— Onto my premises six
miles north of Clare December 29th,
a spring laiub. Owner irony have same
by proving property and paying expenses. ' A B. Gardner,
Wanted—potatoes; popcorn, dressed
hogs and other farm products.
W. O. Fvlxjur. Farwelh
January Circuit Court,
The January term of circuit court
for Clare county convenes at Harrison
the second Monday of the month.
The cases to be tried are comparatively unimportant. It had been expected that certain persons would be
brought to answer for the disgraceful
deeds enacted at Temple last summer,
but for some reason, only one case, indirectly 'connected with the affair
charging the selling of liquor after
hours, is likely to be on the calendar.
Some of the. officials are pretty emphatic, however, in insisting that justice shall be done. The. jurors called
are as follows:
Frost—R. P. Waley and John Weeks.
Franklin—Charles Butts.
Garfield—Wm. Clark and Burt
Alley.
Grant—Freeman McCarey and Orin
Smith.
Greenwood—Perry Chaffee.
Hatton—Wm Cunningham.
Hayes—Wm. Shaffer.
Lincoln—L. B. Updyke.
Redding—Levi Sump.
Sheridan—Elmer Miller.
Summerfield—Oran Mills.
Surrey—Asa Leonard.
Winterfleld -George Lockwood.
Clare—Clinton Schoonover, James
Louch and A. J". Sane.
Harrison—H. H. Bogue, James
O'Connor and Proctor Rose.
Arthur—Earnest Kleinhardt.
Hamilton—John Huber.
Farmers cf Wise Meet Jan, 5.
The next meeting of the Wise township farmers* club will be held, at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Seeley
Tuesday, January 5th. The Following program will be rendered-.
Song by the Club. *
Prayer—Rev. W. J. Hathaway.
Address of Welcome—Mrs. J, H,
Seeley.
Response—Mrs. John Wilson.
Recitation—Jennings Arohamboult.
Topic—Do farmers as a rule appreciate th6 blessings of farm life? Discussion opened by Frank Lamoreaux,
followed by John Lansing, H. A. Fair-
man and others..
Dinner.   * ,
Song by the Club,
Roll call.
Reading minutes of last meeting*
Receiving new members.
It will Pay You to take
advantage of our -' -? - - '
Rebuilding Sale
W e ha vei gone through our entire Clothing stock
and marked a reduced price on every Suit,. Overcoat; and Trousers ranging from 10 to 35 per cent
below former prices. -
This line must be closed out in ninety days as   .
the building is to be torn down to make room foi\
our new brick store.
In the Dry Goods Department we are selling
Ladies*, Misses' and Chrildren's Cloaks, Suits,
Capes, Shawls, Flannel Waists etc. at one-quarter
off former prices,  and many other lines, at big
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Report of delegate to state association.
Recitation—Leo Jennings.
Reading of second edition of Club
Journal by Mrs. Church, editor.
Grapho'phone . selections—James
Hersey.
Recitation—A. C. Stoy/
Topic—How may farmers' daughters
be the most helpful to their parents—
by profession, trade or helping in the
home? Discussion opened by Mrs.
Knight, followed by Mrs. Maxwell and
Mrs. Lamoreaux.
. Song—Chas. Church.
Select Reading—Wra. Jennings.
■Everybody is invited to be present.
FARWELL NEWS.
Happy New Year.
John Reiner has been in town for a
few days.
Miss Dyer is visiting'with her aunt
near Alpena.
Miss Ethel Graham is spending her
vacation at home.
Gilbert Ramsey of Sanilac county it
visiting relatives here.
Mrs. E-. E. Buckner has been on the
sick list the past week.
Mr. Dent has returned after several
weeks abseoce in Leota.
Mrs. E. L. Hinds has been enjoying
a visit from her mother.
Mrs. Elder aud little son are **pend-
Iog the holidays iu Bay Oity.
The Masonic order indulged in at.
enjoyable festival Tuesday evening.
Uert Huffman and wife of Toledo
bave been visiting here the past week.
UNIVERSITY OF MICHI8AN GYMNASIUMS,
The above cut,represents the two
gymnasiums of Michigan's university,
erected for $125,000- One, the Waterman, is for men; the other, the Barbour, for women. They are, however,
separate plants, but on special occasions the large folding doors connecting them are thrown open and they
are used jointly. The maiD floor of
"tbe former is a -rectangle. 80x150 feet,
equipoed'wfih apparatus for physical
exercises for students. A number of
rooms are for punching the bag, fencing, boxing, etc., while the basement
is equipped for hiiths. A 'gallery
above provides an elliptical running
track 375 feet long.    Keene FiiEgat-
rick is director with Dr. George May
as assistant. The Barbour gymnasium, entrance to which- is not- in
view, has a main floor of 88x90 feet
and contains apparatus required for
the first and second year exercises for
women. It also contains parlors for
the accomodation of women and bathing .facilities. Dr. Alice B. Snyder is
director. Special care is taken to ascertain tbe exact physical'co'ndltion
of each student, Defects of the body
are found and corrective work prescribed. Tennis, basket ball and gym
nastjc games form a part of the ic-
creative work, •
It js an interesting sight to watoh
young men taking exercises in the
Waterman gymnasium, but much
more enjoyable to be one of the number participating. First and second
year men are required to take a cer-
tain'amouut of work. , To take such
exercises as bring into play all the
muscles of the body, then to take a
shower bath and a good rub down,
gives to the body such a feelina of ex-
billration as comes' from no other
source and the many who with regularity during the school year thus take
care of their body is one of the most
helpful things, of life at Michigan's
seat of learnings
The Farwell Heading Co. are putting in two new engines for their mill
here.
Charles Barber' of Brown City has
Oeen visiting friends here the. past
week.
Miss Emmagene Trafford spent the
holidays with her parents in Big
Rapids. . •..'..•••
Editor Weishan of the. afflicted
Journal was in Harrison the first: of
the week. ■•■■■:'
Spencer Roys of the JNew York.Life,
Saginaw office, spent-Xmas'at .the
parental home here.       *•-•'.*». •' .. .
Frank White bas^returned^-jCrom. a
several months trip to California,, and
other western states.      --..;■'•   i*i
Many Farwell people of .the .Lewis
Cass complexion attended, the banquet
'at Clare Thursday night.1 ■•.-,-   ..•"-
The Ladies' Aid of the M. E church
will serve ".New Year's dinner at the
home of Mrs. Melyin Hu.pt.er.
B'arwell has-anew bakery^ Here's
to the prosperity-.of trj|e enterprise.
Karwell has koine ihore good openings
t..r the right parties.' ■"
Mary Bracy bas finished her term of
school north of Clare and, will ^erbaiu
at liome and attend sph--ol, here the
balance oC the winter."
Arthur Graham is spending bis va1*
cation at the parental .home here.
Artbur has a position with the P. M.
jailroad Co. in Saginaw.
Mrs. S. M. Shepherd,' teacher" in
our public schools, his be'en Very sicL
of pn&Uinonia. She now hopes to be
able to resume work next week.   - -.-.
Miss* Lilliau -Munroe aud" Roy
B.uleyof Evart. spent Saturduy.aad
Sunday-with Di-A? Barbel" and wife.
Aliss Mun'roe is a- teacher in. the Man-
ton schools.  ■ ■    •
Tne Christmas just passed' **tras indeed a merry one in' Farwell; * .All
three church societies celebfated -with
beautiful and appropriate exercises.
Everything went to make it a regular
old fashioned enjoyable time.
George Weishan gives up his* interest in the Farwell Journal ihis week
and the printing material reverts to
James E. Dudley of Harrison, who,' it
is said, will move it thfere and. will
not continue the Journal .here.    ..."
News has been received of t^he
death of Miss Bertha Gerbart of &igh-
more,J3. D.,dahghter of A. -N- Cfer-
hartorJe of the pioneers of Farwell
and founders ot Harrison, Mr. Ger-
bart built What is now.tbe Farwell M.
IT. parsonage. •" The deceased yoiink
lady was about tweaty-two,