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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1926
Page
4
Saline Observer announces subscription prices and advertising rates for the Saline Michigan publication. Notices of celebrations weigh in with card of thanks and resolutions. obituaries and marriage notices are free of charge.
An exhortation urges readers to insure life for dependents during Thrift Week. It argues insuring provides security for family, preserves thrift, and reduces distress, while listing three main objections as shortsightedness, indifference, or selfishness. The piece emphasizes practical, steady protection over worry for breadwinners.
The piece argues reform can only come from local will not external influence. It recalls General Smedley Butler failing to secure lasting change in Philadelphia and condemns citizen moral cowardice and apathy. It also notes 1925 lake-area resort growth and a 1863 weather saga shared to provoke readers.
An editorial praising 1925 United States prosperity and individual opportunity. It highlights modern conveniences in homes such as heating, plumbing, electricity, radios, and automobiles as evidence of national progress. The piece urges citizens to safeguard the constitution and expand personal liberty and enterprise.
An odd column teases about what the ladies will buy next and compares a potential landslide in Florida to California quakes, implying the Dry Goods merchant figures future trends. The tone blends guessing games with a quip about market shifts and weatherlike upheaval.
January 17 to 23 is designated National Thrift Week sponsored by the YMCA and related groups. The event aims to instill habits of industry and thrift in youth with themed days including Own Your Home Day, Safe Investment Day, and Pay Bills Promptly Day.
Thirteenth years ago a daughter born to Mr and Mrs Dar Drake Saturday. The M Davenport store in Mooreville narrowly escaped cremation last Tuesday when a blaze started in the rear. A farmer bought a suit noting he paid twenty bushels of wheat for it in a humorous exchange.
A devotional schedule lists daily verses from Sunday to Friday. It cites passages from Isaiah Nehemiah Corinthians Psalms Romans and Proverbs emphasizing access through Christ forgiveness mercy song and loving one another.
A shoe dealer grapples with fitting 34 shoes for GEE feet while pleasing an indignant parent whose child uses shoes as a wagon brake, keeping popular styles for women, satisfying the public, and turning a small profit.
Michigan Press Association schedules annual conference in East Lansing February 4 5 and 6 with a banquet February 5 at Michigan State College Union Memorial Building. Distinguishing speakers from the association nation wide specialists will address editors. Attendance expected 175 to 200. A related report notes FTC moves to regulate newspaper advertising including mail order house ads and the wider claim that advertising is interstate commerce under federal control.
Saline lost to Milan 21 02 as Milan’s defense stifled the Saline offense while Saline players fought hard. The report notes Milan’s fast baskets and a veteran Milan squad, praising Saline’s sportsmanship and effort despite the setback.
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