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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1931
Page
8
Ed Shurlo, Port Huron chicken buyer, reports a heist during a trip from Sebewaing to Port Huron. A car-trailer followed his truck for miles as crates disappeared from the load after reaching Port Huron, suggesting racketeers boarded the truck to steal the chickens.
A man presenting himself as a Detroit Electric Specialty Co. salesman in Portland wrote several checks for small debts and kept the cash after endorsing them. The checks, drawn on various local banks, were returned as worthless. The prints point to the same handwriting. the company denied current employment of the man who identified himself as R. J. Martin. Victim Agnes Goodman sought clarification from Detroit, and inquiry confirmed he was no longer employed. Aggregate known total is $26. Portland Review.
Edna greets Dean Gordon back from East Lansing. numerous calls and visits spread across Saline Ann Arbor Toledo Milan Dundee and Deerfield as families gather. Notable item: John Tucker of Lafayette Ga received a two year jail sentence for marrying three brides in three months. Reading the Liners weekly is urged.
United States Steel reduces quarterly dividend from 1.75 to 1.00, signaling a 10 percent salary cut for officers and employees. The action follows Hoover administration’s wage policy warnings, with Farrell's compensation reportedly between 100 000 and 150 000. The move affects over 200 000 stockholders as Wall Street reacts cautiously.
The Michigan State Fair and Exposition will honor women September 5 to 12 with a progress themed display. A Striking style salon, female artists and craftspeople, and a national director lead a fine arts showcase plus daily Detroit Symphony Orchestra concerts.
The former home of Aunt Laura Haviland, once part of the Raisin Institute, burned to the ground near Birdsall two miles east. The fire, likely from a gas stove explosion, razed the building with only a few items saved. The landmark, dating to 1837, stood on Richard Thompson’s farm before its sale to the Vandercook family.
The Standard Oil filling station on Mea and Ypsilanti streets was robbed at 11 pm Sunday. Three men in a small car demanded the safe with $80 as attendant F. M. Radenbaugh complied and the trio fled toward Monroe. Deputy Waterstadt alerted Sheriff Bakley and the state police.
The Ionia County News reports a blue racer slithered from a cellar into a furnace air pipe and emerged through a register into a living room where a reader was seated. The snake climbed up to watch the page over the woman's shoulder before being killed.
The American Legion hosts the fourth annual Harvest Festival at Blissfield on Wednesday August 19. Proceeds fund a town public comfort station. Financing handled by the Legion with local business canvassing deprioritized but citizen help welcomed. In Ohio news, Arthur Fay of Lakewood drowns at Echo Cove Devils Lake while attempting to rescue Ruth Baker, eight, of Cleveland.
Lenawee officials invite supervisors and ex supervisors to a Riverside Park picnic in Morenci on Saturday August 15. Activities begin promptly in the park with penalties for late arrivals. Farmers and business people urged to take the afternoon and evening off.
A sequence of visits and gatherings fills a Macon area calendar. Residents travel to Dundee Blissfield Jackson Barnegat and Chatham while relatives gather for reunions and birthdays. The Macon Epworth League attended services in Tipton and many locals hosted guests from nearby towns and cities.
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