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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1929
Page
5
Local column reprints discuss advertising rules banning misleading highway signs in Michigan, moonshine reporting in Williamston, and editorials praising small-town life with travel notes from Blanchard and Langsburg. Mentions Grover Dillman and J. M. Grimm editors.
A Bemidji Sentinel editorial urges trucks to curb hoggish road behavior and yield to smaller vehicles. It warns of forthcoming regulation if courtesy fails, noting the public’s majority voice and legal attention. The piece also notes the Japanese beetle’s diet includes over 200 plant species.
A Grand Rapids Minnesota newspaper contrasts two police killings in a U S city where suspects were not convicted with England's 1928 crime record. It notes 18 London murders that year, with 11 convicted, seven dying by suicide, highlighting differing judicial outcomes.
An old time urge recalls door to door visitors once asking for meals and now warns of glib canvassers selling smuggled or misrepresented goods. The piece urges buying from local merchants to avoid disappointment and loss.
Detroit August 5. The first Wild West rodeo in the Midwest will open at the eighty American Michigan State Fair September 1 to 7. Hundreds of cowboys cowgirls and Indians will compete in bronco busting roping and other events with cash prizes. Col C F Haffey promotes the show bringing vaudeville acts aerial fireworks and a Hamilton Ontario band to nightly grandstand performances.
A Brooklyn Exponent piece surveys midsummer scenes in the lake region. It notes sun kissed beach attire and playful street fashion among vacationers and locals, praising the town’s color and festive atmosphere during the season.
An exchange notes two home remedies for poison ivy spraying three pounds of salt with a gallon of soapy water or crankcase oil thinned with kerosene. The United States Department of Agriculture warns the public against these dangerous vine control methods.
Public auction at the Chris Schieh farm located 1 1/2 miles south and 1/4 mile east of Saline. Starts 1:00 PM with four cows a Durham heifer three shoats chickens DeLaval cream separator 50 gallon cooker tools household goods including steel range ward robe chairs and more. W. T. Wallace official.
July weather event near Cold Water damages crops with E. L. Stauder reporting $1000 loss fully insured. North Adams Advocate notes crop impact and insurer coverage.
Navy Lieut Edward Mulheron landed a seaplane on Chesapeake Bay to pick up five children clinging to an overturned boat. The group was brought to St Michaels for care after the rescue. In a separate crash near Evans Lake, Eli Miller was killed and his wife injured along with Mrs Anna Silvers.
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