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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1937
Page
2
A collage of lines appeals for ideas on cooking and poetry. Edgar A. Guest laments not being Whittier and imagines writing of bread and jam to ease hungry children in school. The piece blends home tasks and verses about learning and family.
Banana ring pan recipe uses a sugar and banana base with maraschino cherries. Cake batter combines shortening sugar eggs and flour with mashed bananas and sour milk, then bakes 50 minutes at 385 degrees before turning out and filling with whipped banana cream. Mrs. Sam Lambarth.
Date sticks recipe listing 4 eggs 1 cup sugar 1 cup flour 1 cup nut meats 1 package dates salt vanilla baking powder baked in thin sheet cut into strips rolled in powdered sugar attributed to Mrs. Mable Case
A recipe describes mixing lard sugar and hot water with a compressed yeast in cold water. Beat eggs stir with salt and six cups flour with optional one cup bran. Chill dough let rise shape into Parker House rolls or muffin pan buns and bake with biscuit heat.
Practical advice covers stain removal with peroxide and kerosene, a home metal polish from wood ashes, slip covers to refresh rooms, thumb tacks for quilting frames, oven tray cleaning, cleaning kettle bottoms, and basic first aid steps for drowning and electrical incidents. It emphasizes quick actions before medical help and proper airway and breathing support.
The article traces April Fools Day origins with notes on dates and names across cultures. It cites French un poisson d Avril English April fool Scotland gowk and links to related Hindu Holi customs around the vernal equinox. It also lists historical milestones from 1867 to 1853 about Canada Russia Alaska and the US mint.
A Michigan State College extension nutritionist advises that daily meals should include raw foods for vitamins. Balance meals with raw salad, orange or grapefruit at breakfast, and tomatoes at the third meal, using simple arithmetic to match vitamin C intake.
The piece by Ray Gleason touches on urging early marriage for youth and notes many mental detectors at large. It opens with social commentary and pokes fun at people proving their intelligence. It ends with a light aside about eggs after a time called Waster.
Saline General Hospital reported Roland Goltz had a minor operation on Saturday and Mrs. John Schleh underwent a minor operation Tuesday morning. Little Gustav Lindemann Jr. required an emergency appendectomy Monday night.
Rev Roy J Miller is listed as minister with morning worship at 10 and evening worship at 7 30 led by Rev Bert Ede on April 4 The Sunday school gathers at 11 15 and Christian Endeavor at 6 30 A weekly Ladies Aid business meeting is set for April 7 at 8 00 pm at 305 North Ann Arbor street followed by the annual Presbyterian organization meeting to conduct year end business
St James Evangelical Church Saline Township invites congregation to a German service at 10 a m on Sunday April 4 with sermon Newborn and Sunday school at 11 a m. A Ladies Aid Society meeting is set for Wednesday April 7 at 2 p m at the homes of Mrs J Boettner and Mrs R Mann.
Morning worship at 10 o clock. Sunday school at 11 15. Epworth Leagues at 6 30 p m. Evening worship at 7 30. Wednesday evening prayer service. Thursday evening choir meeting.
Divine services at 10 a m with Sunday school at 11. English services every second and fourth Sunday of the month. Everyone invited.
Viola Wolcott Gunther and Robert Kidder Hall married in a Saturday afternoon ceremony at the Michigan League chapel Ann Arbor. Rev Frederick W Leech officiated with organist Floyd Yinger. The couple will reside in Ann Arbor. groom a graduate student in business administration. bride a Hillsdale College and University graduate. Guests came from Detroit Jackson Hillsdale Three Rivers and Saline.
Michigan State College researchers report navy bean seed germination at 67 percent across 100 samples from 12 counties. Heavy September rain lowered seed quality, prompting advisories to plant 50 to 55 pounds per acre and test seed, with organic mercury seed disinfectant recommended for sprouts. The report notes statewide planting over 500 000 acres and highlights 4-H growth and new study areas.
Regular O. H. S. meeting noted. Easter guests frequent family homes, marriages sought by Ludwig Duey and Margaret Laeno, and Florence Wiedmayer from Ann Arbor visiting. Several local families hosted Easter dinners and trips to Dundee, Tecumseh, and Milan. P. T. A. play contest moved to Thursday with county contest to follow at Gleaner hall. Wiedman Auto promotes New Idea and Oliver Farm Implements.
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