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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1923
Page
3
Township clerks will pay bounty on weasels woodchucks crows and certain owls and hawks until August 30 when the twenty five cent head payout is discontinued under Act No 242 of public acts 1919. The act approved April 11 1923 repeals the bounty provisions as amended by 1921 acts.
Roundabout reports a Kalamazoo woman, Mrs. Kizzie Owens, jailed for a 90 day sentence after she allegedly assaulted her husband with a family butcher knife. Police say she had the husband down on the kitchen floor with the gizzard partly sawed. The incident prompted questions about gender roles and domestic danger in a sensational local notice.
The American Bankers Association examines the Edison Ford proposal to warehouse commodities and issue government money to producers. William T. Foster argues the scheme disrupts price equilibrium by injecting money when goods are stored and withdrawing it when sold, raising banks and farmers’ risk and favoring unsound loans.
The article quotes Walter W Head, First Vice President of the American Bankers Association, arguing that farming and banking must align production and distribution. It stresses that farmers and bankers share essential interests in transportation and marketing costs and welcomes growing mutual understanding to advance their joint economic role.
Invitations to Civil War veterans and their wives and crippled children in Detroit and nearby border cities to attend Michigan State Fair as guests on Tuesday September 4. Secretary-Manager George W. Dickinson says veterans will have grand stand seats to enjoy races bands and a special program. The fair runs August 31 to September 9 with activities for all attendees.
George W. Dickinson, secretary-manager of the Michigan State Fair, says automobiles have boosted attendance and eased rail traffic. The Detroit fair runs August 31 to September 9. A touring motorists camp will be enlarged to accommodate about 1,000 people daily.
Plans for Automobile Day at the Michigan State Fair foresee huge crowds in Detroit from August 31 to September 9. Secretary-manager George W. Dickinson says major car manufacturers will bring workers to the fair and participate in a decorated car parade before the grandstand with industrial and public figures in attendance.
Secretary-Manager George W. Dickinson announces seven additional free attractions for the Michigan State Fair set for August 31 through September 9. The Flying Fishers perform triple somersaults and reverse flights, Palone Trio offers mid air comedy, LaFleur and Portia present contortion and aerial novelty, and the Three Alex showcase perch acts with refined technique. The Cleora Miller Trio features a lyric soprano and musical numbers while The Four Readings display hand balancing and speed. The Six Belfords close the program as crack jugglers and foot jugglers accompanied by syncopated musical numbers.
In Chicago workers leave clerical posts for trades as 20 dollars a week for clerks versus 50 to 90 dollars weekly in skilled labor. The shift signals Americanism and belief that best prospects lie in blue collar training, reflecting supply and demand in the job market.
Segfried Bolog arrested in Milan for selling liquor was sentenced to sixty days in the Detroit House of Correction by Judge Jesse Reot in the Monroe circuit court earlier this week. The ruling was one of several liquor violation cases before the judge.
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