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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1922
Page
2
The verse speaks of Christmas day and the birth of Jesus in humble conditions. It imagines a future of universal peace and mercy, with bells proclaiming the gospel and a call for compassion across the land.
Poem by Ethel Wolff reflecting on Christmas shopping and the ache of emptier homes amid crowded stores. The speaker notes mothers with modest means weighing gifts for imagined loved ones while others celebrate with abundance, highlighting a shared, quiet longing during the holiday season.
The tuberculosis clinic and its chest examinations are vital in fighting consumption. Early detection through chest checks helps treat the disease and guard against relapse. Convalescents need follow up. the Michigan Tuberculosis Association and sanatorium staff stress three month returns and regular exams or health insurance benefits.
Prominent figures including Bishop Theodore Henderson and James Nicol urge Michigan residents to back the annual Christmas seal sale to fund tuberculosis prevention. Endorsements come from Mrs. Dorian Russell, Michigan Federation of Women’s Clubs, and Robert B. Harkness, American Legion Commander, stressing collective aid and farmer cooperation.
The Michigan Department of Health will use WKAR radio at Michigan Agricultural College to broadcast ten minute health talks each Thursday at 7 pm. Dr. Cline plans a series on state health conditions with the first topic a discussion of scarlet fever and its prevention. The program aims to inform students and the public about disease risks and department reports.
The Federated Church led by Pastor W. J. Cross announces a Christmas sermon and special music next Sunday morning with Junior congregation and Sunday school exercises at 7 30. A pageant titled The Light of the Work will be shown Friday night December 29 in the opera house with about seventy participants. Funds drive for East Sufferers targets 500 dollars from Saline area and local notices list tax collection dates and banks.
York township tax collector Leh Draper lists collection dates and locations at Milan State Savings Bank Farmers & Merchants Bank Milan Saline and Saline Savings Bank Davenport's store Mooreville and Davenport's store. Collectors visit Dec 21 23 28 30 and Jan 2 4 6 9 10.
Tax receipts will be collected at Farmers & Mechanics Bank in Ann Arbor on December 30 and January 10 and at Ypsilanti Savings Bank on December 23 28 and January 4. Citizens Bank Saline December 21 and January 6 and Saline Savings Bank January 3. Tax payments may also be made at Treasurer F C Morgan’s home.
In 1681 Paris Dufresnay wakes amid disorder as a disguised young laundress presents a debt of 17 livres. A royal gift bundles 600 louis and a royal valet position, while a betrothal vow and contrasting suitors unfold in a Christmas morning comedy of flirtation and ambition.
A quoted exchange from W. R. Van Deusen in the New York Evening Sun describes a plan to charm an abbe and make him happy through a hopeful visit. The fragment centers on luck, honor, affection, and a suggested meeting with a venerable figure.
The article notes that Santa Claus brings a variety of slippers, highlighting beautiful bedroom slippers made of ribbons and adorned with ribbon flowers. It emphasizes a generous supply of all kinds in his pack this year.
A set of Hitle Nanette fans traces its humble French beginnings to a palm leaf and a plaited fiber provide. They now feature paint satin ribbons organdie and millinery flowers and suit gay frocks. One fan shows a green ribbon binding with a ribbon loop and organdie roses.
Ice cream specials offer two layer brick composed of a chocolate pudding layer packed with figs nuts orange pineapple candied peel raisin and citron and a New York ice cream layer with orange sherbet pineapple and cranberry sherbet. Also fruit molds turkey molds Santa Claus molds and floral arrangements like lilies roses and carnations. Orders placed Saturday or Sunday will be delivered to homes on Christmas day.
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