Calendars feature from local firms showcase fine designs
The Observer reports 1921 calendar distributions by multiple local firms. Layher & Wenger present Nature's Beauties with an attached calendar pad. Bally & Stark offer Not Guilty The Secret and Treasures. Dietiker shows Appreciation with a young woman in a bouquet image. Saline Mercantile The Stilly Night and Saline Confectionery gift scenes. Muir Hope is a danger caption, Bersuder Silver Vista pastoral. Bridgewater Bank panels depict roses and a hay scene from Bridgewater Farmers Produce.
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Bridgewater
Layher*& Wenger
Bally & Stark
W. . Dietiker
Martin Fuass
Saline Mercantile Company
Edward J. Muir
Saline
Fred Schmid
Eugene Betz
Bersuder Brothers
Bridgewater Bank
Bridgewater Farmers Produce Company
Red Cross Health Centers Boost Michigan Public Health
The Red Cross in Michigan intensifies nursing and health center work to improve public health, citing wartime exams showing physical deficiencies and urging community protection beyond individual measures. It notes city and rural gaps in health funding and emphasizes adherence to health laws to curb epidemics.
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Red Cross
Michigan
Michigan Wheat and Rye Acreage Declines Reported
The December Crop Report notes Michigan sowings for wheat and rye are down from last year with wheat about four percent below the 15 year average. Rye acreage remains high from wartime levels, about 900000 acres in 1919, then falling but still 50 percent above pre war average. The report also shows farmers’ average monthly wages up 25 percent and day wages 15 to 20 percent higher than the prior year.
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Michigan
Veane H. Church
Agricultural Statistican
U. S. Bureau of Crop Estimates
Coleman
Vaughan
Farmer complains ad sold pigs fast and worth more
A nearby farmer claims an advertisement in this paper caused him to lose potential earnings as six pigs sold out quickly and inquiries suggested he could have sold about 150 dollars more. He complains the ad was too effective and doomed by high demand.
Methodist Church Notes and New Year Events
The Methodist church lists Rev. GC Bayless as pastor and invites all to prayer meetings led by H W Bartlett at Mrs. Frank Tower’s 318 North Ann Arbor tonight at 7 30. New Year activities include Epworth League New Year’s Eve at the Smith home with transportation from the Interurban waiting room at eight, and Sunday services with the Sacrament at ten and Church School at 11 30.
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H. W. Bartlett
Epworth League
Jacob Smith
Doris Wheeler
Puritans Topic, Union Prayer Week at Federated Church
The Federated Church holds a 10:00 a.m. service on Some Things About the Puritans with Sunday School at 11:30. Rey Wayless of the M B church preaches at 7:00 p.m. during a union service. A union week of prayer with the Methodist church runs next week each evening at 7:00. Monday and Tuesday Federated church, Wednesday to Friday Methodist church. Community urged to attend and humble themselves before God.
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Methodist Church
Federated Church
M. B. Noble
Rey Wayless
M. B
NO SPEED LIMITS FOR CUBAN TAXIS IN HAVANA
Havana taxis claim cheap transport within a one mile radius using eight Ford cars that carry two passengers for twenty cents without speed limits. Drivers navigate freely, relying on enhanced reflexes to avoid collisions as Cuban upholsterers customize the Fords with mahogany trunks and varied leathers.
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Havana
Cuba
Straeitas Fa Ford
Ford
Harding Answers on Housing Shortage to Last Four Years
Statement asserts the shortage of houses will not trouble President Harding for the next four years and that he is perfectly satisfied with the situation.
Fire stations proposed by Major Loomis to protect rural farms
Major Loomis of Ionia county urges a network of well kept roads to connect communities and support fire protection for farms. He notes twenty five farm buildings burned in ten months and argues trained rural fire crews could reduce losses through directing bucket brigades and using truck chemicals, potentially offsetting costs.
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Major &. P. Loomis
Ionia
Acer Loothis
Loomis
Santa Claus Visits Lodi School With Toy Presentation
Thursday evening the fractional district Lodi school hosted a Christmas program attended by district residents. Participants included eight pupils in Christmas Intruder and four girls in The Luckiest Girl, with scenes like Please Pass the Dream and Helping Santa Claus.
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Santa Claus
Lodi
Reuben Guenther
Raymond Hirth
Carrie Meyer
Santa
John Klein
Iola
Lucile Birth
Reuben
Guenther
Madalene Raabe
Marriage Licenses Recorded In Michigan Areas
A list of marriage licenses shows Cleophes Arend aged 21 from Chelsea paired with Nellie Aldrich 21 also of Chelsea Everett AL Perkins 22 from Ann Arbor weds Rosina Gravatt 23 of Ann Arbor Frank A McNichol 32 from Washington D C weds Massid Gocknell 24 of Washington James L Moore 26 of Ypsilanti weds Ruth Thomas 26 of Ypsilanti Edward Shanahan 62 of Detroit weds Mary Howe 54 of Chelsea Herbert S Ferwick 23 of Ann Arbor weds Ruth Pilgrim 20 of Climax Hampton Lumby 25 of Bain Arbor Vica Ethel Hunter 26 of Pontiac Clyde Chaney 46 of Rapid City and Ethel Aldenburg 26 of Salem.
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Everett AL. Perkins
Ann Arbor
Rosina Gravatt
Frank A. McNichol
Washington, D.C
Massid Gocknell
Washington
James L. Moore
Ypsilanti
Ruth Thomas
Edward Shanahan
Detroit
Mary Howe
Chelsea
Herbert S. Ferwick
Ruth Pilgrim
Climax
Loyal
Hampton Lumby
Bain Arbor
Vica
Ethel Hunter
Bontiac
Dodge Brothers Chief Horace E B Dodge Lived in Manchester
Western Washtenaw residents may not know Horace E B Dodge head of the Dodge Brothers Meter Co of Detroit died at Palm Beach Florida and was buried in Woodlawn Detroit. He lived in Linchester as a boy and his brother John also a Manchester native died recently. Parents once lived in Soulesville before moving away long ago.
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Washtenaw County
Horace’ EB. Dodge
Dodge Brothers Meter Company
Detroit
Palm Beach
Florida
Woodlawn
Classified Ads From Observer Liners Open for Sale and Services
Observer Liners Classified Advertising lists items for sale and services including Portland Cutter and Wiedman Auto, poultry buying, pump repair, piano tuning, and optometry. Notices mention contact details, hours, and local services with prices, plus a mare taken up and poultry roosters for sale.
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Portland
Wiedman Auto. Company
Timber Wanted by G F Bracey & Son
Timber wanted after leasing the Fahrner mill for another year. Seeking all kinds of saw timber, especially elm and oak, with good price offered either standing or at the mill. Write or phone No. 70 for a call to view your timber.
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Charles Fahrner
Detroit United Lines Schedules 1920 May 18
The Detroit United Lines timetable lists Saline departures at 6 50 am 8 40 am and every two hours to 8 40 pm 10 45 pm 1 16 am. Ypsilanti departures at 6 25 am 7 40 am and every two hours to 7 40 pm 10 15 pm and 12 45 am. Last car waits for theatre car from Ann Arbor. Connections at Wayne for Plymouth Northville and at Ypsilanti for Detroit and Jackson. Effective May 18 1920.
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Saline
Ypsilanti
Ann Arbor
Gars
Wayne
Plymouth
Northville
Detroit
Jackson
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Saline Savings Bank
Federal Reserve Bank
Burkhart Bros
the Quality Grocery
Martin Fuoss
Schnebelt's Bakery
P. Bayless
Federated Congregation
Kingdom of God
The
W. I. ‘Cross
Rube
Loomis of
Tenia
Mr. and
Mrs
Santa Visit
Cleophes Arend
Nellie Aldrich
Clyde Chaney
Rapid City
Ethel Aldenburg
Salem
Dodges
Manchester
Observer
Powultry
Harry Golasky
QC Briggs
S. A Fitzgerald
Ernest D. Aber
Michigan Avenue
Wallden Block
James Louis
Layher & Wenger
Mare
Walter ‘Koebbe
Plymouth Rock Roosters
Ennis & Brackel
Emil E. Arnold
S. Mainstreet
George Uphaus
Weissinger Building
Harl Fosdick
Ypsilanti, Mich
B. EB
Trom Barron
Sam Craig
Saline, Mich
Route 4
Detroit United Lines
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