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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1929
Page
4
A Michigan excerpt cites Treasury data showing education spending at 113 million against luxury outlays totaling 774 million, with total income about 3.29 billion. It argues citizens could increase education funding and still allocate funds for life insurance and luxuries, noting a 28.65 percent luxury expense and 3.45 percent for education.
Nora Carney tells her children the Christmas candle story from Ireland. She recalls how Mary and the Christ Child sought shelter in Bethlehem and explains that lighting a candle guides the Christ Child home. The tale links charity at Christmas to helping others in His name.
City officials note only two percent of county crimes target the student population, which makes up one third of Ann Arbor. A tuberculosis awareness drive uses Christmas seals and a double barred cross symbol as part of a year round campaign. Charies G. Dawes advocates trust as a path to progress.
Dr. Charles R. Brown, former dean of Yale Divinity School, argues radio sermons lack value compared with in person worship. He says listeners are often religious quitters and that the Bible emphasizes sending the gospel, not telephoning it.
A state health department report shows Michigan traffic deaths rose nearly twenty percent in the first ten months of the year versus two years ago, with 1,245 deaths through November and an estimated 260 more possible in December. The piece blames careless driving and calls for crime commission action to reduce needless losses.
Jack Holt and Betty Compson perform horseback stunts for Columbia's Court Martial shot on location under George B Seitz. Holt rides Hornet between scenes and while thinking, living in the saddle during production at open-country locations.
Dr. Guy L. Kiefer Michigan health commissioner urges stronger emphasis on public health during economic strain and endorses the 1929 sale of tuberculosis Christmas seals. He notes tuberculosis rises in stress and highlights the Michigan Tuberculosis Association and affiliated societies leading the campaign. The Detroit Saturday Night reports a Flint bank embezzler and a schoolteacher involved in related prosecutions.
Tax notices list payment dates for Citizens Bank Farmers and Mechanics Bank Saline Savings Bank Ypsilantia Savings Bank and other banks. Dec dates show 14 28 21 and Jan dates show 18 10 11 4 25 24. Frank Sutherland is the treasurer.
The custom of hanging evergreens at Christmas is explained as more than decoration. Each evergreen was believed to confer special blessings, with holly specifically said to bring good fortune for the year ahead.
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