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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1936
Page
4
Card of Thanks and notices offered at 6 cents per line with a 25 cent minimum. Resolutions of Condolence and entertainment announcements billed at regular rates. Poetry charged at 5 cents per line. Obituaries and marriages published free of charge.
A column criticizes Senate bills that would raise railroad costs through shorter hours, longer crews, longer trains, and reduced service. It argues these measures drive up taxes and freight rates, forcing the middle class to bear the burden while railroads struggle.
The Hastings Banner argues against four or more railroad bills before the U S Senate. It warns that approving them would raise freight rates taxes and living costs. Readers are urged to write Congress and U S Senators to oppose the measures.
The Washtenaw County Commission urges rural communities to form volunteer snow shoveling brigades to clear roads. When locals provide gratis labor, county snow plows will be dispatched and stay until plowing is complete, addressing severe budget strains from only 64.31 dollars per mile annually for 1 040 miles of township roads.
As war drags on in Africa, observers note that England France and Italy carve out gains for themselves. A tangled web links platinum in Ethiopia, Suez traffic, and a Djibouti Addis Ababa railway owned by French Italian investors and Emperor Haile Selassie.
A period notice urges residents to contact the office before dumping usable items such as stove, table, rug or bedding. The ad promises quick cash for items neighbors want, inviting readers to call or visit the office for details.
An 1882 note mentions New Zealand stamps advertising jelly cocoa coffee and canned pickles. An Ohio man cracked his arm when he lifted his wife’s chair back at table prompting a cautionary romance anecdote. Observer Liners at your service.
Willard Kuehler reports snow hardships as students study wheat varieties and farm diseases with bulletins helping farmers. Eleventh graders cover dressmaking poems Lincoln and Civil War topics while chemistry halogens and business letters fill a busy week. Ninth and tenth grade notes highlight Lincoln Washington birthday programs and a Washington broadcast play with student roles.
A humorous guide claims to trap a whiffenpoof by peanut bait, rope lasso, mortar, and a wave driven trap on a lake. The method ends with the creature being crushed by a destabilized wave and mortar, a sensational finish noted as Mortarification.
The January 1 1936 value of all livestock on Michigan farms is estimated at 136.569 million dollars, up 48 percent from 1935 and the highest since 1930. Cattle numbers, hogs and sheep rise while horses and mules hold steady. average value per head jumps to 43.30 dollars.
Fifteen Ann Arbor Scouts registered last Thursday for the summer camp opening at the Newkirk Reservation near Dexter. The group will start with a three day adventure trip June 14 15 16 before a week at camp featuring swimming boating canoeing crafts nature work campfires and games. Scout Executive Walter MacPeek noted registrations from Saline scouts are expected soon.
Service schedule lists 10 a m worship and 11 15 a m Sunday school led by S Cotton and Carl Geddes. Choir roles filled by Mrs Reuben Rogers and Miss Hileen Martin with 6 30 p m young people meeting and 7 30 p m worship featuring special music. The note ends with a wry line on men chasing gold bricks.
Morning worship at 10 o clock and evening service at 7 30. Sunday school at 11 led by H A Holmes. Epworth League at 6 30 with Junior League led by J Stark and Intermediate League directed by Mrs Lillian Burgan. Prayer service Wednesday and choir practice Thursday.
Divine services at 10 a m Sunday school at 11 English services every second and fourth Sunday of the month. Everybody cordially invited. AC survey shows professors lad lives. Too busy judging from what has been coming out of Washington the past three years.
The Observer lists subscription rates at 1.50 per year and 0.75 for six months under a home newspaper banner.
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