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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1930
Page
2
A 1930 Western Newspaper Union column on practical meal planning emphasizes simple, inexpensive foods. It advises using vegetables with meat, aging leftovers for flavor, and choosing hearty breads and cereals. It warns against overmixed meals and notes individual dietary needs differ.
The piece notes that Washington Irving coined the phrase The Almighty Dollar, asserting the expression grew from his 1837 Creole Village work, and challenges the common view of money worship as a modern craze. It treats the phrase as a literary artifact rather than a mere business slogan.
Wales is praised for mountain beauty with Snowdon as the tallest peak at 3600 feet. The article extols the bold outlines and grace of Snowdon and asserts the summit offers an unrivaled outlook in Britain.
Instructions describe a simple spelling game where players prepare a box or basket, write words on slips of paper, shuffle them face down, and then draw a slip. Each player must spell as many shorter words as possible from the drawn word within a set limit.
A parable-like tale follows a weather man tired of pleasing all, who vows to give no weather. He carries two magic umbrellas down the hill as children and parents race to discover what comes next, amid cries and consternation from mothers watching from windows.
A village tale recalls a Weather Man who guards two umbrellas marked Sunshine and Rain. Each day he climbs the weather tower to set the day’s forecast, inspiring villagers who fear life without weather guidance. Children sing of contentment in any forecast.
A lighthearted excerpt follows a crossword puzzle with clues for horizontal and vertical entries. It then shifts to a whimsical weather man scene where umbrellas are shared with children and a hopeful forecast turns sunny as villagers rejoice in relief and better weather.
A sensational tale outlines Prince Abdul Kadir, once the favorite son of a Turkish sultan, who fled a republic with $1,000 after losing $50 million and then endured multiple marriages before, in a twist, seeking work as a violinist in a Hungarian gypsy orchestra by applying to the labor ministry. Nearby, an eagle caused a blackout in Savoie valley villages, killing itself on power lines near Longefroy. Parson Mason Locke Weems, famed author and early itinerant book agent, is recalled for his Life of Washington and moral tracts as he canvassed early American cities.
A whimsical piece traces the inquisitive snoop, once a water bird with flat feet, now a legged peanut body with a filbert head. It notes a long worn nose, split lima bean ears, and a clove nose, living among coffee roasters in search of crumbs of conversation in a sewing circle.
The excerpt reflects on human folly and temptation, comparing people to moths drawn to flame. It notes how stories are swallowed and envy silences voice, with a 1930 attribution to Douglas Malloch and a Seattle Washington Star quote.
A Civil War era mystery centers on Harvey B Wentworth, a 19 year old New Hampshire private who vanished after a July 1862 furlough. Sentries logged his passage into Washington but he disappeared near Capitol Hill amid Capitol extension work, leaving only a monument in Suncook.
A tiny memorial on the Albert Embankment near Vauxhall to residents of a block who served in the war. A glass case fronts a simple home made tribute with about twenty names and crosses for the fallen. Tenants have tended it since the war, keeping a few blooms in jars as living remembrance.
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