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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1923
Page
3
A brief note by J. L. Marin defines carbuncle as a collection of boils under a humorous caption from Bill Sam's Dictionary. The author remarks on finding "good in everything" only in the sense a carbuncle might prompt a doctor to locate the trouble.
In Washtenaw County Michigan mortgage default leads to foreclosure sale. The State Savings Bank of Woodville Ohio, as assignee, claims 6292.25 due on the 1912 mortgage by John Dierker and Carrie Dierker. Sale set for March 3, 1923 at 10 AM at the south front door of Ann Arbor Courthouse for parcels in Ypsilanti and Augusta Townships totaling about 120 acres.
Bray a Ford and spend the difference is phrased as a sales slogan or humorous line advocating price trade and saving. The remark suggests choosing a Ford car while using the savings elsewhere.
Farm management specialist F T Riddell urges farmers to keep simple farm records to cut costs and withstand low prices. He notes income disparity across farms and says accurate accounting helps analyze business, with affordable farm account books sold by Michigan Agricultural College extension.
The obituary notes John Wanamaker praised newspaper advertising at a Philadelphia meeting of the Associated Advertising Critics of the World. He said advertising money went to newspapers because only daily papers deliver direct benefit to merchants and consumers, while other media are vanity.
Thirty years ago C Barsons advertised merino underwear at 40 cents and wool at 75 cents. The pond was crowded with families skating to ring in the new year. Jacob Lutz reports Oakwood cemetery had eighteen interments in the year, matching the prior year. A decorated dinner set in the Parsons window sold after being counted as 1924. A B Hamlin won the set after guessing 1925. Rev Lederer drives a carriage donated by his Lutheran congregation.
Fifteen years ago Ernest Towler becomes janitor at the school house. Arlea Hurd and Miss Minnie Bartlett wed in Ann Arbor on Tuesday. Mrs Hannally Burnham, former Saline president now of Detroit, buried here Saturday. Christopher C Samgree, longtime Baptist choir chorister, dies this morning. Lydia S Klein and Edward Alber quietly marry at Lutheran parsonage Saturday afternoon.
A compact note urges purchasing a Ford model and highlights saving by choosing the lower price option. No further details or context provided.
Michigan chancery suit in Washtenaw County directs nonresident Philo L Fassett of Denver Colorado to appear within three months or bill may be confessed. Publication ordered in Saline Observer weekly for six weeks or service by personal copy and mailed notice to last known address. George W Sample presiding judge.
A humorous note suggests curing aging nostalgia by looking at a photograph album from forty years ago. The piece Playfully contrasts longing for the "good old days" with seeing past trends and faces.
The 1923 Jackson tax rate is projected at about 7.80, down from 9.24 in 1922, with the city reporting 398725.59 in cash on December 11 and a remaining balance after allocating 115000 to this year’s budget. The city manager and commission are cited for living within tax income and building the bank balance. A calendar salesman swindle targets pastors for commissions in the central state. A Grand Rapids electric piano tax dispute ends with payment and shipment back. A Monroe fire spree linked to an 18 year old suspect prompts mayoral orders to shoot arsonists.
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