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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1928
Page
8
Mrs Elnora Brisboy 39, a paroled inmate from Traverse City hospital, slipped from her brother Milton Lake's home at night and set fire to a grain barn a mile away. After a search by the sheriff and a posse, she was found hiding in brush near her brother's home.
Editor Merwin Baker reports a rare moonlit rainbow seen Friday night around 9 30 in the western sky near Hanover Horton. The item adds a humorous aside about local editors and references a mock remark attributed to the Addison Courier mentioning the Eighteenth Amendment.
Assistant Attorney General Kit E. Clardy outlines the 1927 Grand Trunk contract saving the state more than 6 million compared with the 1925 agreement. The new terms shorten the railroad’s charter tenure, shift tax payments to the primary school fund, and repay costs in 15 annual installments, enabling faster Woodward Avenue completion and reduced interest losses. Actual roadbed work has progressed. removal next spring and paving completion by next summer.
Probate Court appointed commissioners to receive and adjust claims against Herman F Hutzel late of Washtenaw County Michigan. Creditors must present claims within four months. They will meet at The Citizens Bank Saline on October 15 and December 15 at 10:00 a.m. in 1928.
Secretary of State Kellogg sails for France to attend the signing of a multilateral antiwar treaty on August 27 in Paris. President Coolidge hails the pact as a beacon for peace, while Russia’s bid to join is rejected and Latvia and Estonia weigh their stance amid tensions with Moscow.
Michigan State College entomology notes Hessian fly has two yearly generations and harms wheat during spring growth. Plantting to hit the fly free date per county can prevent losses. the date is set from a 25 year weather record and special bulletin No. 132 offers guidance. A Hastings farmer found a deer in his cow lot behaving calmly with cattle.
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