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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1926
Page
4
A fragment from an old newspaper page notes advertising rates and notices. It lists prices for cards of thanks resolutions and poetry at five cents per line, with entertainment announcements charged by word and free obituaries and marriages. It frames publishing as a business with rates for personal or business notices.
Railroads nationwide launch the Careful Crossing campaign to save lives. Investigators cite carelessness as the primary cause of grade crossing accidents. Despite fewer trespass casualties, overall crossing accidents rose last year by 21 percent as public cooperation remains lacking.
The National Crime Commission report urged rights warnings for felony suspects, joint trials for conspiracies, court commentary when defendants do not testify, judges to instruct on the law, and verdicts by five sixths in felonies except capital offenses. It emphasizes prompt guilt or innocence determinations and reducing procedural loopholes that aid felons.
A discussion on fat not equaling good health notes that individuals vary in food assimilation and that those inclined to gain weight must diet more strictly to stay fit. It hints at future guidance on reducing joint swelling through diet and reports a local legal estate matter in Vermontville where a man found old cash and a tin of gold coins on a deceased relative’s property.
Thirty years ago an electric line grew between Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti and will operate once poles and wire are installed after the old motor line was taken over by the electric company. The town reports a political display in a merchant’s window, rot in fruit at Nissly’s plum orchard, farmer Bert Snedicor fined for trespassing, storm damage with five barns burned, and a severe threshing injury to Fred Raiser twisting and crushing his arm.
A jittery snapshot of local life includes Harry Harmon clerking for Martin Fucss, Jay Carven visiting Detroit kin, and Monday cellar digging at George Burkhart’s new home. Visitors from Buffalo and Lansing share family ties, while a twisted foot slows E H Cook. Whitmore Lake hosts a family gathering as Fos Sick school rebuilds and Sumner Briggs attends a Horsemanship homecoming in Pleasant Hill Ohio. An old Watervliet sorting room discovers five twenty dollar bills, the largest find to date at the plant.
Probate Court of Washtenaw County announces four months for creditors to present claims against the estate of Lafayette Cros late of Washtenaw County deceased. Claims must be filed at the Probate Court in Ann Arbor for examination and allowance by November 30, 1926. Hearings scheduled September 30 and November 30 at ten oclock in the forenoon.
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William Braun mortgagee announces a foreclosure sale of land in Ypsilanti Township Washtenaw County Michigan to satisfy $2 275 30 due on mortgage dated December 12 1923 recorded December 13 1923 Liber 156 page 197. Sale at courthouse steps Ann Arbor October 30 1926 at 10 am.
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