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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1928
Page
4
The Christian Science Society of Saline holds services in the hall over the Citizens Bank on Sundays at 10 30 a m with Sunday school after the morning service for pupils under 20. A testimonial meeting is scheduled Wednesday at 7 36 p m and all are invited.
The Saline Observer outlines subscription rates and policies for notices and poetry. It notes obituary and marriage notices published free, lists pricing for cards of thanks and resolutions, and includes a Curkood quotation on human life and forests.
Citizens in Saline, Lodi, Pittsfield and York townships must register to vote for the September primary and November general elections. Newcomers and those aged 21 since the last election should register with their township clerk. Women are urged to use their right to vote this fall and participate in reforms.
Michigan reports a major expansion in cement road construction up 75 percent since 1926 and a 32 percent rise in road surfacing to 1928. The highway fund sits at 4.736 million dollars after 5 million paid in 1927.
A editorial argues editors should suppress certain news to avoid harming readers. It contends sensational reporting harms youth and society, urging restraint based on motive, not fear or favoritism, to keep the paper a force for good in the community.
Mr and Mrs W P Cotton with Mrs Carrie Tate and Misses Margaret Kimball Louise Barnard Sarah Lancaster Helen McClue and Norma Whiting will go to Saline Friday to attend the Mumbrue Felikamp wedding.
A Saturday ceremony at Trinity Lutheran Church joined Miss Amanda Mary Brassow and Edward John Hartwig in marriage. The service featured Rev. Adolf Lederer, organist Fred Livrance, and a Lohen grin Wedding March. After the ceremony, guests attended a reception at the Brassow farm in Lodi followed by a six o'clock dinner for about seventy five guests. The couple will reside on Washburn Avenue in Detroit.
The Blum family held its first reunion at the old Rekitt farm homestead with relatives from Los Angeles Lansing Detroit Big Beaver Moosejaw Toledo and more. A 75 year old lamp served as centerpiece and the group voted to host the second annual reunion next August in Toledo Ohio.
A paper found at Farmington contains a 999 year lease granted to the Masonic lodge for the second story of Farmington town hall dated March 27, 1877. The term length is noted as an exceptional clause in leases.
County fair manager R C Merithew promotes a Ford inspired act called the Leaping Lizzie to perform twice daily at the grandstand. The mechanical car features explosive antics and comic stunts by two clowns, with safety rails installed. Candidates for sheriff on the Republican ticket are noted to be on the grounds during fair week.
A reflective line notes that merely feeling weary of sinning does not equate to true virtue, urging deeper change beyond resentment of wrongdoing. The text implies a movement toward genuine reform rather than surface discomfort with vice.
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