Lansing activists press state aid for local projects
Michigan groups urge state aid to fund junior colleges libraries town road improvements and pensions as lawmakers in Lansing consider relief plans. The piece notes citizen sponsorship and cites proposed sums for education highways and welfare, while describing reactions of local figures and a press observer on facial expressions at the capitol.
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Murphy
Lewis
Lansing State Journal
Capitol City
Chrysler
Oat Culture and Oat Smut Bulletins Issued by MSU
Michigan State College releases two new extension bulletins on oat culture and oat smut control. With over a million acres planted yearly, oats remain a major Michigan crop due to feed, roughage, nurse crops, and rotation benefits. Authors Down Thayer Jr and Muncie describe practices, seed treatment, and a home dust treater. bulletins available from the Bulletin Room, Michigan State College, East Lansing.
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Michigan
Michigan State College
George Aldrich and Sons
Fairgrove
Cat Culture Bulletin
EB. E. Down
J. W. Thayer Jr
Farm Crops Department
J. H. Muncie
Hast Lansing
Notable Founders and Generals in Early American History
George Washington born Wakefield Virginia February 22 1732 died Mount Vernon December 4 1799. Nathanael Green born Potowmut Rhode Island August 7 1742 died Mulberry Grove Georgia June 19 1786. Winfield Scott born Petersburg Virginia June 13 1786 died West Point New York May 29 1866. Andrew Jackson born Waxhaws Carolina March 4 1786 died Tennessee June 8 1845. Ulysses S Grant born Point Pleasant Ohio April 27 1822 died Saratoga New York July 23 1885. William Tecumseh Sherman born Lancaster Ohio February 1820 died February 14 1891. Philip Sheridan born Albany New York March 6 1831 died Nouquit Massachusetts August 5 1888. Robert E Lee born Stratford Virginia January 19 1807 died 1870s. Also notes on the giant panda and a Michigan State College horse sale and stallion show planned for East Lansing.
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George Washington
Wakefield
Mount Vernon
Wahaniel Green
Potowomut
R. L
Rhode Island
Washington
Mulberry Grove
Carmine Winfield
Scott
Petersburg
Franklin Pierce
West Point
N. Y
Andrew Jackson
United States
Waxham Settlement
Carolinas
Arly
Tennnessee
Tennessee
Ulysses Simpson Grant
Point Pleasant
Ohio
Saratoga
William ‘Tecumseh Sherman
Lancaster
Grant
North
Hell
Philip Henry Sheridan
Albany
West
South
Sherman
Sheridan
Nouquitt, Mass
State Budget Strains Under Pressure Groups and Strike Impact
Organized pressure groups push for immediate state aid while the $100,000,000 budget risks imbalance. A strike worsens welfare costs and cuts sales tax revenue, raising questions about the state’s duty to provide care. Michigan faces overcrowded institutions and delayed building plans as repairs lag.
Michigan Looms Over Public Institutions Funding
The piece notes safety and housing concerns at Lapeer State Home and Training School with 4 300 inmates in aged wooden structures and fire hazards cited by Rep Aldrich's committee. It outlines proposed biennial budgets for the University of Michigan Michigan State College and several state teacher colleges, highlighting enrollment growth and requested increases from 2 6 to 2 6 3 million for MSU and from 4 060 000 to 4 670 000 for the university, plus funding asks for other institutions in the 300k to 700k range. It mentions a 10 000 student projection and a rise in per student appropriations, reflecting broader state education financing debates.
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Michigan
Lapeer
Fra Aldrich
University of Michigan
Michigan State College
Michigan voters weigh local township stakes in upcoming election
March blizzard past and poll waning voters turn to politics. Next Monday they elect two Michigan Supreme Court justices, a state superintendent, a highway commissioner, and several university boards. Most interest centers on local township affairs amid slim state issues.
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March
Michigan
State Supreme Court
Superintendent of Public Instruction
West Point and Stonewall Jackson A Civil War Legacy
The text traces Thomas J. Jackson born in Clarksburg Va in 1824 and his rise to Confederate hero status and Lee University president. It notes his Mex War service and nickname Stonewall. It covers West Point history from 1802 through 1816 rebuilding and aims to train officers with strict exams and a $780 yearly stipend.
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West
Point
Washington College
Washington, and
Lee University
Thomas Jonathan Jackson
Clarksburg
West Point
Stonewall
Lee
Confederacy
Blue West Point
Continental Congress
Regular Army
National Guards
Fastest Dog Breeds Linked to Ancient Hunting Use
Ancient tablets and relics show Saluki Afghan hound greyhound and Russian wolf hound among the fastest dogs bred for speed in hunting. History notes these hunting dogs were the only ones allowed inside tents and houses of early Persians Arabs and Egyptians.
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Gene Alleman
Michigan Press. Association
Lansing
Ce Murphy
ARMY
By George E. Bergman
Robert BE. Lee
Stratford
Lighthorse
Harry Lee
Wassu
Michigan Horse Breeders Association
East Lansing
Michigan College of Mines and Technology
Houghton
Michigan State Teachers College
Ypsilanti
Central State Teachers College
Mt. Pleasant
Western State Teachers College
Kalamazoo
Michigan Mirror
Capitol
Gov. Frank
Ned Moor
April
Dan
Hold Marr
Western Newspaper Union
Ortrie
Finney
Ted O'Loughlin
Western Newspaper
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Qsborne @ Western Nowpaper
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Qhooless
FI Finney
Cold Butt
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