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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1920
Page
3
A Neely Hall presents a do it yourself toy battleship project with a wheel mounted model for land and water use. The guide provides patterns figures 1 to 8 including hulls decks masts turrets and fittings plus assembly steps and materials like soft wood dowels toothpicks and matches.
Among the best Christmas novelties are beads made of sealing wax. They are strung on silk cord with or without glass or steel beads. The wax is heated over an alcohol flame and shaped on a knitting needle while soft. Pretty hatpins are made similarly.
Reports cover pool rooms and bowling alleys ordered closed at midnight in Mt. Clemens, city plant sale to Adrain for 225000, and fire insurance rate efforts. Other items note a Battle Creek Chamber conference, YMCA funding progress in Grand Rapids, inmate counts at the State House of Correction, and multiple local incidents, additions, or developments across Kalamazoo, Ann Arbor, Port Huron, Charlevoix, and more.
A detailed 19th century puzzle describes cutting seven furniture pieces from a white pine block to form a table two chairs a foot stool and two tabourets. Each piece is marked A and cut along specific figures to interlock exactly with a final assembled lattice. Accurate marking and precise sawing ensure correct interlocking positions.
Everett W. Morgan of Pneumatic Scales Corp argues a switch from wood to metal for packing could relieve the paper famine. He notes six million cords of wood were used for shipping cases last year and that four million tons of paper would suffice if wood were diverted to mills. He urges readers to pressure dealers to reduce costs and preserve newspapers.
A man hired for $1.50 a day with board saved money and now has an opportunity to buy cows and hire help. He aims to produce cream for strawberries and sustain a dairy operation, as reported by the Port Austin Herald.
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