Local notes and civic updates from Ann Arbor area
Miss Ruth Bond returns from Dearborn for the weekend. Chauncey Witz Fitzgerald and several locals on sick list. Detroit visitors Ben Uphaus, Walter Cook at the auto show. Skating thrives after a heavy rain and freeze. Ann Arbor Market Gardeners seek a permanent, off street location. Spaulding's corner noted as a dangerous roadway site. Community events include a Liberty theatre program and a Republican caucus January 25. Judge George W. Sample seeks re election and a Michigan Central freight car derailment injures three in Ypsilanti.
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Ruth Bond
Dearborn
Chauncey Witzgerald
Harry Harmon
Detroit
Ben Uphaus
Walter Cook
Lucile Wise
Pittsford
Elmer Burkhardt
Detroit Edison Company
Robert Parsons
W. H. Barr
Pontiac -Tues
Ann Arbor
Local notes reflect spring mood and town happenings
Thirty years ago on a Monday the town recalled early spring. Mr and Mrs George Chapman visited Everett Russell. A bake oven spark set smoke alarms in Wallace block but caused no damage. Mrs John Doe died in Rochester and was buried in Milan. Judge Kinne declined supreme bench bid, likely becoming Washtenaw circuit judge. L O T M to install officers with Lady Commander Burns present. Two skaters fell through Clark’s Lake and drowned. Christina Thearer left for a job in Ann Arbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Chapman
Chelsea
Everett Russell
Wallace Block
Gebhardt
John Doe
Rochester
New York
Milan
Buriel
Kinne
Supreme Bench
Washtenaw County
Opera House
Washtenaw County Lady Maccabees Held All Day Session
Fifteen years ago the Washtenaw County Association of Lady Maccabees planned an all day session at Chel sea Town Hall. A class of 25 was to be initiated into the order during the event. Local social notes include the Woman's Club gathering with Mrs. O C Wheeler and a pleasant program by Sne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washtenaw County Association of Lady Maccabees
Chelsea
Woman’s Club
O. C. Wheeler
George Burkhart
Detroit
Roman Gillen
Ypsilanti
John Gillen
B. P. Davenport
B. F. Layher
Leo LaCroix
Arthur Brown
George Burke
Ann Arbor
Emerson Rouse
Earl Chittenden
Ice and More Ice Deluge Strikes Local Area
A severe ice storm from late Thursday through Saturday crippled travel with frozen roads and foggy drizzle. Buses stopped on Friday. numerous wrecks occurred but injuries were few. Two Detroit Cinder & Trucking Co. trucks crashed into eight cars on Main Street, with no injuries reported. the drivers were detained until company officials arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Rowe
Clinton
Detroit Cinder & Trucking Co
Detroit
Red Squill Rat Poison Harmless for Poultry
United States Department of Agriculture tests show no record of harm to adult chickens from 10 percent red squill bait over six weeks. Chicks five to eighteen days old dislike squill and are unlikely to die from limited exposure, though best use avoids prolonged access and ensures available palatable feed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Biological Survey
North Carolina State College Experiment Station
Paint Or Mesh Theories To Stop Rabbits From Fruit Trees
A writer in American Fruit Grower proposes painting trees with a mix of sulphur ochre turpentine linseed oil eggs and flour to deter rabbits like Peter Rabbit for about 15 months and aid against borers and scale. Editor Weymouth notes some success with wrappings but endorses using 16 inch chicken wire loops around trunks to protect trees until they are five or six years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Fruit Grower's Magazine
Peter Rabbit
Weymouth
Plant Food of Manure Disappears in Winter
Article discusses loss of plant nutrients from manure stored in barns or yards. Under winter storage about 50 percent of nitrogen phosphorus and potassium may be lost. On hillside feed lots left till midsummer losses can reach 75 to 80 percent, reducing plant content though bulk may stay similar.
Agricultural Notes On Farm Practices And Equipment
The article discusses strong regimens for farmers, use of metal milk caps to cover milk, teaching young chicks to use regulation roasts to reduce death risk, and powering a cream separator with a half horsepower motor consuming about half a kilowatt hour per 1000 pounds of milk.
Farmers Week Program Set with National Agriculture Leaders
Michigan officials and national experts will headline Farmers Week February 4 to 8. L Whitney Watkins chairs Tuesday afternoon as speakers include N P Hull M M P A W R Gardner MS C J F Cox M L Noon W N Valgren H Powell G F Roxburgh and Dr John Lee Coulter. Thursday features R S Shaw and Wilber M Brucker with talks on stability risks and trespass laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
L. Whitney Watkins
Manchester
State Board of Agriculture
Charman
N. P. Hull
Lansing
Michigan Milk Producers Association
W. R. Gardner
Charles Snyder
Chicago
Daily Drovers
H. H. Halladay
Michigan State College
R. S. Shaw
Michigan State
Wilber M. Brucker
Snyder
Walgren
Dr. Coulter
Brucker
Advertising and Cough Remedies Featured by Waite and Foley
Edson R. Waite argues that nationally advertised lines attract customers and boost sales. The ad copy promotes Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as a trusted cough and cold remedy for children, with a testimonial from Mrs. Nelda Weigel of Calvary Wisconsin and availability at Wheeler's Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Nelda Weigel
Calvary
Wis
Wheeler’s Pharmacy
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Bruce Dodge
Clarence ‘Wurster
Millie Webb
Mable Case
J. F. Theurer
Mrs
Frank Haul
Plymouth
Liberty Theatre
Fred Layher, Jr
M. E
Court House
Mason
Daisy
Barbara
Raymond Winslow
Julius Feldkamp
Feldkamp
Frank S. Bender
Sam
Twenty-Second Judicial Circuit Court
Michigan Central
Ollett
Kelsey
Beyer Memorial Hospital
Bank For Savings
Citizens
Bank Saline,mich
W. E. Dietiker
Saline, Michigan
Felee
Edson R. Waite
Janet Gaynor
Charles Farrel
ANGEL
John Deere
John Deers
H. Gross & Sons
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