Fordson Tractor Sales Increase Across Markets
Ford Motor Company Detroit reports April demand requires four hundred Fordsons daily, with output rising beyond 1919 records. Strong farmer buying signals price-cut endorsement and broader use in urban power applications for hauling and industrial work. A separate note from Chelsea Standard describes M. A. Shaver building a bicycle boat using two tanks and pedal propulsion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford Motor Company
Detroit
Fordsons
Ford Company
M. A. Shaver
Chelsea
Old Fashioned Women Call For Wash Boards Over Boards
An old saying attributes to women the view that the nation needs fewer boards of directors and more wash boards, reflecting a critique of corporate leadership and domestic labor.
Sale of Real Estate in Washtenaw County Probate
In Washtenaw County Probate Court on April 22 1922 Judge Emory E. Leland hears Alma V. Hamlin executrix petition to sell certain real estate by private sale for distribution. Hearing set May 19 at 10 am at the probate office with publication of order in Saline Observer for three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washtenaw
Ann Arbor
Emory E. Leland
Alanson B. Hamlin
Alma V. Hamlin
Saline
State of Michigan
Emory © Leland
Commissioners' Notice in Probate Claim Proceedings
Four months from April 14 1922 are allowed for creditors to present claims against Rachel Gregory estate. Commissioners will meet at Citizens Bank Saline on June 1 and August 8 at 10:00 AM to receive examine and adjust claims.
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Rachel Gregory
Citizens Bank
Saline
Said
Observer liner ads offer buy and sell exchanges
Planned to do many things. The Observer liner columns connect readers for buying selling or exchanging. This section serves as the medium of sale and supply your wants. Liner ads help readers meet their needs and dispose of what you no longer want.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Observer
Are Michigan rural districts free from tuberculosis menace
Miss Elsie Horr public health nurse in Tuscola county reports 1 percent of the rural population actively tuberculous giving about 300 cases in the county She warns rural areas share the disease burden and lack tuberculosis fighting equipment similar to cities contrary to belief
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Horr
Tuscola County
Michigan Tuberculosis Association
Vamps Who Made History by James C Young
A long feature recounts Mary of Modena and her influence on late 17th and early 18th century England. It traces her role in James II’s reign, the Jacobite uprisings, Louis XIV’s support, and the spread of the War of the Spanish Succession, ending with her death in 1718.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vamps
James C. Young
England
Mary of
Modena
Italy
Duke of York
James II
James
William of Orange
Europe
Eugene
Louis
Austria
Marlborough
France
Mary
William
Twilight Recital Promises Detroit String Quartet Debut
A complimentary twilight recital in Hill auditorium at 4 15 pm on April 27 features the Detroit String Quartet Liya Schkolnik first violin William Grafing King second violin Herman Kolodkin viola and Philip Abbas cello The program replaces the organ recital and showcases a renowned ensemble acclaimed by critics in Chicago New York and Boston Mr Schkolnik serves as concert master of the orchestra and has appeared as violin soloist in prior seasons Absent any admission charge the event continues the series of high profile Hill Auditorium performances
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Hill Auditorium
Detroit String Quartet
Liya Sehkolnik
William Grafing King
Herman Kolodkin
Philip Abbas
Chicago
New York
Boston
Schkolink
William Grating King
Harman Kolodkin
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Ground of Christ Church in Alexandria Recounts Historic First Purchase
Wonders of America describes the church site in Alexandria Virginia where land was bought in 1794 for one penny. The church preserves relics from colonial and revolutionary eras, including the Washington and Lee family pews, and Washington’s visiting “coach and four.”
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Christchurch
Alexandria
Virginia
Scotland
George Washington
Mount Vernon
Washington
Robert E. Lee
Order of Publication for Guardian Sale Granted
In Washtenaw County Michigan Emory Leland Judge of Probate presides over the order for Emma Howard guardian of estate to sell certain real estate at private sale to invest proceeds. Hearing set for 22nd noon at the Probate Office Saline Observer to publish a true copy by Dorcas C. Donesan registrar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hopkins Howard
Katherine Adeline Howard
Emma Howard
Saline
Nature’s Jest Firebloods in a Dreary Verse
A fragment from a poet laments life ending in smoke and imagines nature laughing at human folly. The speaker contrasts humor with doom, suggesting humor burns hot yet leaves ash of meaning.
Ashamed of Parents in Warner Brothers Drama at Wuerth
Warner Brothers presents Ashamed of Parents at the Wuerth theatre in Ypsilanti for three days. The film follows a small town boy who rises to college hero status and faces pride in his humble origins aided by two loyal old cronies.
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Warner Brothers
Wuerth Theatre
Ypsilanti
Jack Lionel Bohn
May
Edith Stockton
John Burroughs and the Divine Abyss of the Grand Canyon
The naturalist John Burroughs ignored most nature’s vast wonders but admired the Grand Canyon of the Colorado calling it the Divine Abyss. As a boy he studied and pursued girls, keeping a systematic record of his engagements, per writers on his life SERJ.
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John Burroughs
Grand Canyon
Colorado
Burroughs
Serj
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Fordson Tractor
Wash
Tenaw, Ss
Michigan
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Warmaker
Wonders OF America
Western Newspaper Union
Foley
Browner
Cleveland
Ohio
John F. Brooks
Omaha
Neb
Wheeler's Pharmacy
John Kendrick Bangs
Edmonds
G. L. Parsons
Wooltex
Main Street
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