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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1927
Page
5
The Saline village reports a calm Fourth of July as firecrackers and hazardous devices were kept in check. Police and council oversight ensured a safe celebration with no injuries or fires, contrasting last year’s trouble. Local residents including Walter Brackel and others were noted in incidental visits and events around town.
Federal entomologists report corn borer moths appearing in a field near Hrie and at Monroe experimental station. Professor R H Pettit of Michigan State College explains moths measure about three quarters of an inch, are night flyers, and lay eggs in undersides of corn leaves. Eggs hatch in four to twelve days, larvae cause damage, but moths will remain a few and decline with cleanup over years.
An old public health piece warns malaria remains a danger even in the United States with forms ranging from mild illness to Blackwater Fever. It notes Mississippi Valley risks due to floods and tent living, and calls for reducing mosquito breeding by draining wetlands and screening sleeping areas.
Futurist naturalist Carveth Wells, famed world traveler, speaks at Saline Chautauqua July 22 to 26. Reports praise his entertaining global tour of jungles and peoples, with vivid stories and humor.
Five artists headline the Community Chautauqua in a stage production guided by Howard C. Washington. The show blends plantation scenes with Washington original works and traditional Negro spirituals and folk songs. Each performer doubles as an instrumentalist, with banjo and stringed instrument accompaniments.
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