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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1940
Page
2
The item recalls early village life with a crowded one room school, playgrounds, and fence enclosures. It notes the 1851 sale of the old red school house for $24 75, a 1876 brick school on career grounds, and 1879 planting trees in the yard. The piece hints at community wisdom and local business use of classified ads.
Absent from the forests depopulation era, Maybee lives in memory of Abraham Maybee who settled the area eighty years ago. The town once thrived with the May bee House as a social hub. today only three churches two schools three general stores two hardware stores three taverns a grain elevator a coal yard and a bank remain as proof of the town’s past prosperity.
York township schedule lists tax collection at Saline banks on specified days with dates for Savings Bank and Citizens Bank locations. Also mentions Dan Murray as treasurer and references Old-Time New England book published in 1702 and a Chinese New Year greeting phrase.
Mortgage held by Floyd Reoades and Elvira Reoades in Washtenaw County Michigan is foreclosing for 1 876.14 dollars due plus interest and costs. Julia E. Carver and Bessie E. Collins as assignees will sell the property at public auction at the Washtenaw County Courthouse in Ann Arbor on January 25, 1941, at 10:00 AM.
Divine services at 10 4. m. Sunday school at 01. English services held every second and fourth Sunday each month. Everyone warmly invited.
TLE and Jim rest in a small cabin with a crackling stove as a harsh wind rages outside. Bill scans the room while pondering the long winter and a distant Winnipeg office awaiting an early spring report on their surveying assignment.
Two boys trapped by relentless snow discover a plane dropping a sage bundle and gifts. The pilot signals with smoke, retrieves a note promising Christmas presents, and departs as the trio contemplates a merrier holiday despite the storm.
Thirty years past rumors place George Cook as livery buyer while heavy snow improves sleighing. Residents travel for Christmas, fire destroys the Cook hotel, and many attend social events. Deputies named for Stark. Saline rumor of Bert Gillen as winner. Local baseball game to be held in the opera house.
Home economics staff at Michigan State College advise brighter yard lighting with a high pole to deter prowlers and safer indoor lighting, including a three way switch for stairs and a doorway switch. Night lights in hallways help reduce falls and furniture collisions, while colored bulbs and dim lights are discouraged.
Readers offer household ideas and a long recipe round up. A folk rhyme about animals is included, plus a German Christmas cookie note and a tip for hanging sheets by selvage edges. The column invites more reader contributions.
The article outlines practical stew tips from Michigan State College home economics staff. It covers browning meat in hot fat for color and flavor, using enough water, slow simmering to tenderize connective tissue, and cooking the meat longer than the vegetables. It lists suitable beef cuts and mentions veal and lamb options for economical, nutritious stews.
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