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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1922
Page
4
Brush the Great and Company plan a Chautauqua tent event a day earlier for popular entertainment. The announcement notes a special engagement with a tent erected to host performances for local audiences.
The local Chautauqua committee announces a separate 75 cent to 1 dollar admission for an extra magic show by Edwin Brush and his company not part of the main Chautauqua program. Tickets are available to all residents, with season ticket holders admitted to the regular sessions starting the afternoon after the appearance.
Rembrandt Decorators advertise sample books featuring Vers pewest and modern wall papers, 22 inch papers, engravings, stains, chambrays and decorative silists. They offer decorative selections from leading authorities, color harmonies for walls, draperies and rugs, linen rugs, wall papers, fabrics, and crystals.
At East Lansing on Saturday July 8 the Michigan Pike Tours Association heard President Friday of Michigan Agricultural College state that 196600 farms in Michigan need trained and experienced farm managers. He compared farms to industries needing executive leadership and said the college must provide professional service to this large rural sector. The Pike Tours group, traveling for good roads, listened as Lansing business men addressed President Friday.
The family expresses heartfelt thanks for kind acts in their bereavement. They thank Rev. Brews for comforting words and Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Clark for music and flowers. Signed by Mrs. James L. Graves and William H. Pease. A humorous line asks what bathing beauties do in winter, suggesting buy a Ford.
Reports from Madison Indiana and Tulsa Oklahoma praise the Chautauqua program noting the prelude delight and a fine comic opera. The Mikado in Japanese costume and Olivette by Davies Opera Company drew large audiences at Convention Hall with strong applause.
The Marathon Tribune hails Dr Cairns as an extraordinary orator with superb eloquence and a command of words. The Allpress All-Star Company opening concert is praised as worth the price of a season ticket and the best concert company yet seen in Marathon.
Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis praises Dilnot as a promising young author and lecturer. He notes Dilnot's solid thinking clear speech and humorous racy quality that can engage American audiences.
The Ladies' Rainbow Saxophone Band received high praise from U S Attorney General H M Daugherty for providing music at the Harding Headquarters Florentine room on June 7. The note expresses gratification and congratulates the band on its splendid organization and excellent music.
A Chicago Tribune note quotes farmer Mr Evering Ham urging fellow farmers to perform an important service for food citizenship, emphasizing practical farming insight and community responsibility.
Ambrose Wyrick, renowned tenor, presented a strong program in Greencastle with notable Harry Lauder selections. His rich high tenor voice impressed audiences, described as seldom heard for its richness and splendor. Miss Murray performed Boellman Variations Symphoniques with dash and aplomb, backed by advanced study in French and German conservatories, showing dignified musicianship and precise sight reading.
Our town joins with over 80 communities to run the Chautauqua program. Lecturers musicians and performers tour daily through June July August and part of September at a low price by a Circuit Chautauqua. Since 1906 the movement has grown widely and other nations adopt the idea as a major educational force.
The notice explains rates for cards of thanks obituaries and marriage notices and states poetry and entertainment announcements chargeable at set rates. It lists free obituary and marriage notices while other material carries regular advertising rates.
A mother dies in a town she moved to recently leaving twin girls five, a three year old boy, and a baby. The grandmother recalls neighbors aiding the family with meals, childcare, and shopping as doctors puzzled over the illness. Several families offered to adopt the infant, showing enduring community kindness.
The National Industrial Conference Board reports that two earners now pay $155 to buy what $100 cost in July 1914. Living costs are 55 percent higher than pre war, with food up 39 percent, shelter 65, clothing 56, fuel and lighting 74, and sundries 74. The uneven price rise creates imbalance and hints at faster recovery in some industries.
The Washtenaw Probate Court in Ann Arbor sets July 25 for hearing Grace D. Cook’s petition to determine legal heirs of William Donaldson. A copy of the order will be published in three weekly issues of the Saline Observer. Emory E. Leland, Judge of Probate. Dorcas C. Donegan, Register.
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