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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1928
Page
4
A 1927 editorial urges citizens to value service by adding ability and ambition to goodness and to fund churches as they do fire departments. It asks households to consider who they would call for a funeral and to mail a year’s church support, arguing both church and fire department upkeep guard peace of mind and community order.
The piece muses on weather as a timeless, routine topic. It notes little variation in winter temperatures over a century while acknowledging some yearly fluctuation. The tone treats discussing weather as proper and unprofitable worry.
Rural areas see bogus buyers posing as poultry purchasers from reputable firms. They pay with checks that come back marked no funds, pressuring women to sell cheap. Farmwives should insist on cash from known buyers and verify checks with bank before handing over poultry.
Nearly 200 editors and publishers of Michigan weekly newspapers gathered at Michigan State College for the fifty-seventh Michigan Press Association meeting. The three day sessions emphasized More and Better Business for 1928 with H Z Mitchell of Bemidji leading a session on national advertising. New officers for 1928 29 were W H Barkey B J Hanna and Herbert A Wood. More than 30 associations meet at MS C for Farmers Week and attendance may reach 5000.
Buster Keaton built a Civil War era town in Oregon for The General his first United Artists picture. He personally supervised set construction creating Tennessee and Georgia styled towns along a railroad right of way. The spectacle featured Marion Meek as a Confederate belle with a large supporting cast.
Mrs Frances Wilson Grayson of Lone Island chase the Atlantic crossing aboard The Dawn after several abortive tries. Reports of radio chatter and a distant engine noise suggest a possible takeoff and sea sighting but the sea conditions hinder rescue or confirmation.
Residents from Hammond and surrounding towns share weekend visits and family gatherings. The Hammond P T A plans a practice for an upcoming play. Ernest Whitmore Jr. nets a 24 inch grass pike, a local fishing highlight. Newaygo Republican.
Local notes list PTAs meeting dates in Pittsfield including Thorne Oak Grove Sutherland Mills and Begole. Community updates cover illnesses quarantines farm sales and school district details plus Farmers Week attendees and social events.
Leota Cross spent Friday night with Merta Higgins. Merle Cross visited the Craig family. Detroit visitors came to see Mr. and Mrs. Leon Vealey. The Tewfel family enjoy a new McMillan radio. Mrs. Paul Metzger is a patient at Saline Private hospital. Orleans and Tecumseh visits by local residents are noted. Several children miss school due to chickpox.
A Pennsylvania mother praises Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for croupy children and feverish colds. She says it never fails and provides security to have in the house, noting it contains no opiates or chlorform. She urges readers to ask for it at Wheeler's Pharmacy.
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