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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1939
Page
2
Two young white tailed deer were seen at the Bill Moore farm near Covert drinking milk from a dairy herd. One cow chased the fawns but nine others allowed the young deer to sample milk before they fled when a spectator came within about 200 feet.
The notice lists pricing for single copies and subscriptions, plus rates for cards of thanks, obituaries, marriages, poetry, personal benefit items, and paid announcements. It sets line and minimum charges, with six cents per line for entertainments and a 25 cent minimum.
A reader shares quick advice on removing carpet grease with powdered bath brick and Fuller's earth, making jelly bases for punch, a simple orange marshmallow pudding, and tips to roll nuts and citrus for easier cooking.
A writer notes that local shopkeepers observe routine happenings as townsfolk travel away from home. The column encourages using the home paper’s columns to inform readers about unusual items and local commerce.
The fragment lists a fruit salad with pineapple strawberries oranges and lemon juice then shifts to a potato batter with flour salt baking powder chipped beef and frying instructions. It mentions chilling the fruit and frying potato cakes served with bacon.
Michigan State College home economics staff share time saving kitchen tips to beat heat. An orderly flow from refrigerator to work table to sink to range reduces steps and fatigue. Place food storage, tools, and dishware within easy reach to minimize cross room movement and crisscrossing paths.
Local notes record travel and visits across Michigan and neighboring states. Families and individuals including Harold, Lutz, Lloyd Dell, Mrs. Clara Kilby, Charles Dieterle, Mrs. James Allen, C. R. Parsons, Donald Burkhart, Conrad Beettner, Andrew Girbach, and many others are mentioned with trips to Detroit, Adrian, Kansas City, Mackinaw, Douglas Lake, and Michigan City. The Fourth of July gatherings, hospitalities, and temporary relocations are noted along with a few minor injuries and military movements.
The note lists demand and time deposits with substantial totals for individuals, partnerships, corporations, and government subdivisions, followed by bank officers and directors. A promotional poem urges advertising to boost business, ending with the line about money not falling into one’s lap and the need to reach for it.
Mrs Strickfaden claims the first homegrown cucumber of the season in Grand Ledge. The prize cucumber, displayed in a local bank window, was preserved from last September and remains in perfect condition.
Divine services at 10 a m Sunday school at 11 a m English services every second and fourth Sunday of the month Everybody cordially invited.
A Western Newspaper Union item recounts Paul Bunyan drilling in New Mexico. After sinking a 14 006 foot hole with no oil, wind stripped sand layers and left rock shelves forming mesas. Bunyan pounded the hole and the rock layers rebuilt into mesas, a recurring New Mexico feature.
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