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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1931
Page
4
The Saline Observer lists postal handling as second class at Saline. Subscription prices are 1.50 yearly, eight months 1.00, four months 0.50, two months 0.25. Card of Thanks 0.06 per line, resolutions 1.00, poetry 0.05 per line, entertainment announcements 0.06 per line. Obituary and marriage notices are published free of charge.
An Ann Arbor crowd reportedly gathered around the Washtenaw county courthouse to vent anger over a torch murder case. Officials note most of the ten thousand were curious observers, not bloodthirsty. the murderers currently serve a 100 year sentence at Marquette prison, and debate over capital punishment renews statewide.
The author argues that a town's character mirrors its newspaper and that a good town builds a good paper while a poor town yields a poor paper. Read during a reflection on Michigan towns, the piece emphasizes mutual influence between civic progress and journalism.
Ed Henne returns from a 10 day vacation and encounters a revenge plot at Stadium Hills Golf Course. A separate item recounts a highway robbery attempt on Bob Fucss and a humorous quip about knocking out three men plus mosquitoes. The piece concludes with a playful reminiscence about a Saline map and a steamboat joke referencing George W. Cook Luther Sriggs and Buffalo Bill.
The guinea fowl is linked to Numidia meleagris from West Africa with Darwin’s view on origins contrasted. Three domestic types exist Peral, White, and Lareender, with Peral the main descendant. The fowl is valued for tender flesh and spread across many countries. Tecumseh road project advances with curb and gutter work near Tecumseh and Clinton.
Charles Livingston Ball, famed wildlife painter, created four color posters for the Michigan Tuberculosis Association to teach health habits to students. The scenes show a mother deer, mountain sheep, a bear with a cub, and puma cubs, each paired with a health motto about eating, sleeping, bathing, and outdoor activity.
The Ladies Golf tournament advances to the second round with Miss Sylvia Gross vs Mrs Grace Young and Mrs Hazel Cook receiving a bye. In round one, Mrs Young beat Ruth Aprill, Miss Gross defeated Mrs Dorothy Fairbanks, and Mrs Cook defeated Mrs Probyn. The Gross versus Young winner will face Mrs Cook in the final for the city championship with the second round to be finished before Tuesday August 24.
Sunday service begins 10 o'clock with sermon The Glory of Common Things. Music includes Prelude Communion Offertory and Anthem In Heavenly Love Abiding. Sunday school 11 15. Epworth League 6 30. Choir meeting Thursday evening. Everyone welcome.
The Christian Science Society of Saline holds services in the hall above Citizens bank at 4:30 p.m. Sunday with Sunday school for pupils under 20. A testimonial meeting is set for Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. The lesson sermon titled Mind will be studied in all churches on Sunday August 23, with citations from the Bible and Science and Health. Hanson Zeppernich, 80, dies from injuries in a car crash near Ogden Center. he died in Emma L. Bixby hospital in Adrian. The crash involved John Emerick and Roy Farnell of Metamora and occurred Saturday night.
Dayton reader Mrs. Betty Luedeke describes using Kruschen to shed ten pounds in seven days. She urges taking one half teaspoon in hot water every morning before breakfast, noting an 85 cent bottle lasts four weeks and offering a money back guarantee if not convinced.
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