Gasoline tax battle stalls Michigan roads fund
Lansing reports intense fight in 1924 Michigan legislature over a proposed two cent gasoline tax. Gov Groesbeck is expected to veto, jeopardizing highway funds for 18 months. referendum plans emerge via Detroit Auto Club to compel public approval at a presidential election.
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Lansing
Mich
Ottmade
Highway ‘Department
Frank Rogers
Groesbeck
Rep. Read
Kalamazoo County
Highway Department
Detroit Automobile Club
Detroit
Senate
House
Warner
Michigan
Riopelle
Bahorski
State Highway Department
Brower
Jackson
State Securities Commission
Securities, Commission
Michigan Odds and Ends Include Daring Rescue and Probes
A Grand Rapids 16 year old boy rescued a child from a fire in their home but was overcome himself. A legislative committee arrived in Saginaw to probe child labor in sugar beet fields in Saginaw and the Thumb, with strong industry support suspected. A Whitehall balloon rescue at lake shore involved Army officers and Coast Guards. County officials in Flint vowed a broad water study after fish perished under ice. Several Michigan figures, crimes, deaths, and business moves are noted across cities including Jackson, Hillsdale, Benton Harbor, St. Joseph, and Detroit.
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Boyd’ Blackall
Grand Rabids
Leonard
van Singel
Leonard van ‘Singer
Blackall
Saginaw
Thumb
Senhaters
John W. Smith
Port Huron
Godfried Gettel
Sebawaing
Ray .L.hewitt
Jackson
Charles H.culver
Detroit
William C. Stanson
Caro
Plano
Lake Michigan
Whitehall
White Lake
County Supervisors of
Flint
Thread Jake
State Conservation Commission
School Notes and Reading List for Junior High
The Senior play rehearsals begin as the eighth grade and agriculture class start projects. The Junior High considers presenting a classic play. Library additions include Mosses and Lichens and several biology and poultry farming guides, with athletic game handbooks and a noted incident where a boy mistook eggs for a glove and struck a mark.
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Marshall
Gibson
iPrésent
Bishop
Lewis
Aircraft Wear
Aircraftt ‘Association
the Sun
Abbot
Local notes on town affairs and events from 30 years past
Thort sells 300 mitches for a cent. Village council sets daily wages of 2.50 for man and team and 1.25 for a man alone. clerk salary 35 per year. 69 pupils in primary dept. Plowing done and oats sown. Alber to open a restaurant soon. A sugar party was held at John Gordon's home with about twenty attendees. Wallace receives from his son Fred in Chattanooga six 6-foot trunks of small trees 6 to 8 inches thick, filled with bullets and spikes from the Civil War era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gordon
B. W. Wallace
Fred
Chattanooga
Local Property Purchases and Housekeeping Moves Reported
Fifteen years ago Jacob Clough buys the Cora Newell property on West Michigan Avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Luther Briggs start housekeeping in the W. Schaffer house. Frank Cammet of Ashley visits relatives. Miss Ethel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wily Sewet, and John Geddes wed in a large family gathering. A. B. Hamlin buys the Mason property. W. F. Larzelere and wife of Detroit stay several days. Charles Tower and spouse begin housekeeping in the Emmet Sutherland house in Pittsfield.
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Jacob Clough
Cora; Newell
Michigan Avenue
Luther Briggs
W. Schaffer
Frank Cammet
Ashley
Ethel
Aun
Wily ,Sewet
John Geddes
A. B. Hamlin
Mason
W. FB. Larzelere
Detroit
Town
Bible Thoughts for the Week Sunday through Saturday
A weekly devotional list presents daily themes with biblical citations. Sunday proclaims the Spirit of the Lord to preach good tidings and free the captive. Following days urge peace, righteousness, trust in God, keeping faith, avoiding worldly love, and comfort from Psalm 23.
Fragmentary Quip Refers to Alcohol and Undertaker Sake
A fragmented quote contrasts old habits of drinking wine for the stomach with new slang about bootleg for the undertaker. The speaker reflects on the meaning of being a nature over may and a love for a small part.
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Undertaker
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Ladd Till
Michigan Agricultural College
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Rasmussen
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Newberry State
Michigan Farm
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Marquette Branch
Woodruff
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Morrison
Rep. Bristow
Wayne
Zelon Lake
Jonesville
Hillsdale’ County
Lee McCarty
Marengo
Markle
Thomas Badger
St. Joseph
Willis
J. ‘Handy
Benton Harbor
Marquette Penitentiary
Charles B. White
Ted
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Pennsylvania
Ines
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Mackinaw City
Calhoun County
County Farm Bureau
L. H. Houseman
Albion
Alexander Brown
Homer
George N. Stark
Burlington
Lloyd Yeomans
Bert “Taylor
Mendon
Yeomans
Ellsworth Strubbel
Albert Strubbel
Corunna
Carl Gloff
Archibald F. Bunting
Henry Ford
Newman Erb
Ann Arbor Railway
Tombage
Erb
Asa HF
Wrights
Port
Huron
Wright
Reggie’s
J. A. Alber
I John
SHOES
Women’s
New Spring
Mack’s
James Louis
Wallace Block
N. M. Thomily
Saline Mercantile Company
The
Detroit Edison.Co
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