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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1947
Page
3
Since 1940 Palestine's Jewish population rose from 163,000 to 630,000 with immigration and natural increase about equal, roughly 12 times 1919 levels. Arab population near 1,110,000. Rat harbors like wooden floors near ground and stacked lumber should be removed or elevated at least 18 inches to curb infestations.
The text traces how commercial drive spurred European exploration, leading to Brazil's discovery around 1500 and its control by Portugal by 1530 for Brazilwood wealth. It also contrasts historical claims with World Book facts noting John Quincy Adams argued for federal slave freedom in war, influencing Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.
A historical account notes extensive erosion across the Roman empire. It cites early soil decline in Italy before Augustus, near-total exhaustion across provinces by the empire’s fall, and deep English soil loss from Roman cultivation. Forests vanished along the Mediterranean as Venetians cut timber from 1400 to 1700.
Dill oil becomes a new United States essential oil replacing plant use for flavoring. Production began in Indiana with 500 acres and mint-still operations, then shifted to Oregon’s Willamette Valley. Yields run 15 to 50 pounds per acre and serve commercial pickling.
The Department of Agriculture finds birth weight signals growth rate in beef Shorthorn calves. A 14 year Beltsville study of 402 calves from 112 cows and 28 bulls shows birth weights averaging 70.5 pounds with a 40 to 109 pound range. Heavier calves reach 500 pounds at weaning sooner and heaviest at birth and weaning reach 900 pound slaughter weight sooner.
Dr. Harry Gold told the Philadelphia Heart Association that relief for heart disease sufferers may come from a simple regimen. It centers on salt and water control plus daily digitoxin and mercurial diuretics, usable in hospital or at home with minimal supervision.
J W Hull has paid for wheat over a thousand dollars daily for the past ten days. Mrs C H Carven and daughter Miss Bessie travel to Washington DC to visit relatives. Groundbreaking for a new creamery begins beside the Hull home after a site selection beyond the river. Plymouth post office robbed Wednesday night with small change and stamps taken.
Years ago, Henry Ormsby and his relatives spent Sunday in Tecumseh to join a Moore family reunion, sharing time with kin from the local area.
Fifty years ago Jay Carven of Dansville spends a few days with his uncle C. H. Carven and family. Mrs. Vesta Schaffer goes to Grand Rapids this week where she will make her home. Dr. Traver and family plan to leave Saline.
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