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Newspaper

Saline Observer

Location

Saline, Michigan, United States of America

Date

Aug 15, 1929

Page

5

Hell to fade from theology as wealth grows

William Allen White cites a Northwestern professor tabulating 700 questionnaires showing only 53 percent of ministers believe hell exists as a real place and only 11 percent of divinity students affirm it. He predicts hell will vanish from theology by 1950 as religion shifts toward self respect and ethical living.

William Allen White Emporia Kansas Lazarus Abraham George H. Butts Northwestern University Hell

Vacationland Tourists Depend On School Schedules

The article notes fluctuating tourist numbers this year with arrivals tied to school calendars. Families finish June work, some stay for the Fourth of July, and crowds peak late August to early September before departure.

Michigan urges continuous daily accident prevention effort

The Michigan Safety Council reports over 600000 vehicles checked for brakes lights and horns during a 51 day campaign. The effort reached many who did not go to a shop and promoted safety first driving habits. Michigan, leading auto production, calls for ongoing daily prevention campaigns to set highway behavior as a state example.

Michigan Michigan Safety Council

Bean farmer doubles output with small field method

William P. Smith of Washington relays a tale from East Lansing Michigan dated February 26 AP. P A Smith of Mulliken grew 96 bushels from two acres claiming his field once hog pasture was plowed alfalfa planted and 500 pounds of commercial fertilizer applied before planting.

William P. Smith Washington Baltimore Sun East Lansing Mich P. A. Smith Mulliken Smith Charlotte Republican-Tribune

Michigan Crop Outlook July to August

Michigan crop prospects on August 1 show mixed changes since July 1 with potatoes down by over a million bushels while corn holds at 46.308 million. Wheat yields rise to 18.6 bushels per acre. oats forecast at 46.6 million bushels. barley and rye lag. Potatoes fall to 29.273 million. sugar beets at 69 percent of normal. hay seen as record output. fruit prospects mostly down except grapes.

Michigan United States

Plans for New Cell Block at Chelsea Cement Plant

An Associated Press dispatch from Lansing reports the state prison commission approved Charles Frazier's plan to build a 216 bed cell block at the Chelsea cement plant at an estimated cost of 40000 dollars. The unsanitary wooden shacks will be torn down and the block could be moved if needed and fabricated at Jackson's steel plant.

Associated Press Lansing State Prison Commission Charles Frazier Chelsea Camp Custer Frazier Jackson Chelsea‘Standard

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