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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1926
Page
4
The Saline Observer lists mail rates and publication policies including a subscription price of 1.50 per year, single copies 5 cents, eight months 1.00, four months 50 cents, two months unspecified. Notices for cards of thanks obituaries and marriages are free. other personal notices priced per word with poetry at five cents per line. Advertising rates require application.
A historical New York Times piece describes a crowded tenement, detailing a sickly boy and neglected children. It portrays mothers, grandmothers, and orphans in dire poverty, inviting readers to visit “The House of a Hundred Sorrows” to offer aid before Christmas.
Two young English visitors toured the United States last year and published a book on The Secret of High Wages. They outline nine reasons for prosperity: merit based promotion, small profits with fast turnover, process simplification, time saving appliances, cooperative employers, exchange of ideas, waste elimination and efficiency, welfare methods boosting wages, and pursuit of top brains worldwide.
A writer notes many roadside signs promote firms no longer in business across ten miles of travel. He argues newspapers with current ads prove the advertiser is active and delivering on offers, while outdated signs mislead the public about who can be trusted.
The Groesbeck administration achievements include hard surfaced roads and state trunk lines, removal of grade crossings, wider bridges, a Mackinaw Straits ferry, reform of prison labor, reorganized departments, and a strong blue sky law. It created Welfare and Agriculture departments, expanded Labor and Industry benefits, centralized purchasing, and a robust state parks system. The administration also planted trees and fish, expanded health services, and broadened state capacity for institutions, fair grounds use, and planning for a modern prison especially for women. President Butterfield lauds Michigan State College growth under Groesbeck.
Thirty years ago reports note Cone Schaffer winning a school yard cistern contract for fire protection worth 150 dollars and a 300 barrel capacity. James Morris, 10, was severely injured by a foul ball during a ball game, with jaw and teeth damaged but expected to recover. Other items mention visits, illnesses, a July Fourth speech plan by HT. S. Bingree, and local financial balances with gold imports and expenses.
A mixed column lists past activities and visits including Frank Kibigy leaving Martin Fross, Olga Schroen’s Lansing visit, Rev F J Blanchard in Chelsea, Esther and Helen Goltz with Carl Schaffer in Bridgewater, and Mrs. Sarah Worden with Kathleen at Hillboro Beach. It notes the death of Mrs. Charlotte Lashier of Milan and birth announcements for Otto Schairer Jr and daughter. William Gordon died after heat illness while helping with a barn. William H South, born in Escondido, California, and later a blacksmith in this area, is mentioned with a brief career outline. Pilsudski reference appears as a political aside.
Increased demand for hairy vetch seed mirrors its rising popularity as a winter cover crop in the southern states. Michigan remains the only state producing vetch seed in quantity, with European imports shrinking and prices strengthening.
The article compares grain feeding to pasture grazing for dairy cows, showing tests where cows on pasture with no grain produced less butterfat than those with grain. It argues pasture is best as a tonic and recommends using grain with pasture to maximize profits during spring and early summer.
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