Michigan crops rise as fall plowing aids more acreage
State crop report shows Michigan farmers planting one and a half percent more land than 1927, with less idle land and strong fall plowing. Oats and barley improve, corn up two percent but only four percent higher forecast. hay short. Potatoes up eight percent but below average. beans and fruit crops show varied results amid weather impacts. National forecast predicts 500 million bushels for major grains and rising potato and bean outputs.
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Michigan
United States
Big Auction Sale of 75 Head of Cattle in Saline Area
A rain or shine sale on July 24 at 1:00 PM on G. H. Miller farm 40 rods north of Saline features 25 new milch cows with calves by side, 15 milking now, 10 new with calves, plus 23 young cattle including 15 Durham and Hereford steers. Cattle are Jerseys Guernseys Durhams Holsteins, TB tested with no reactors. Sold without reserve with a money-back guarantee through Lloyd Fairbank of Saline Citizens Bank. Cash or bank-arranged terms. Auctioneered by Guy F. Thompson Milan MI. owners W. L. Blount & Potter.
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G. H. Miller
Saline
Jerseys
Durham
Reading man dies four months after twin brother
Luther H. Fitzsimmons died at his Reading home on Friday four months after his twin Uriah, the oldest twins in Michigan and possibly the United States. They spent their lives in the same township where they were born. If the Marines ever catch him they will take the sand out of Sandino.
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Luther H. Fitzsimmons
Reading
Uriah
Michigan
United States
Sandino
Central York Notes on Local Residents and Visitors
Local items list Joseph Sweeney receiving treatment at University of Michigan hospital. Several families report visits and visits of relatives from Detroit Ridge Road Milan and nearby areas. Sore finger incident at hay unloading and multiple family gatherings reflect a week of social activity in the York community.
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Joseph Sweeney
U. of M
Karl Saunders
Parker Murray
Charles Applegate
James Horace
Francis Lucha
Detroit
Jacob Stecher
Edgar VanValkenburg
Clesson Sanderson
Near
Willis
Anna Kelsey
Jesse Bird
Floyd
Karl
Jesse, Jr
Marie
Caro
Electa Murray
Dan Murray
Ridge Road
Adelaide van Valkenburg
Milan
Fred Finch
York Baptist Church
Sibert Richards
Sunday Guests Visit Hovey Needhams
Ray Gilmore of Britton, Mrs Ellen Collins and Mrs Marie Pennington were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Hovey Needham.
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Ray Gilmore
Britton
Ellen Collins
Marie Pennington
Hovey Needham
Saline Social Roundup of Visits and Family Gatherings
Mrs Helen Pierce visited Ann Arbor as an overnight guest. Jennie Leonard spent Sunday with Ellen Kiitler Maude Goodrich Chauncey and others headed to Wampers Lake. Maude Goodrich visited her brother Chauncey. Claire Waite from Saline holidayed with Earl Kutler’s family. Frank Drumm and family from Detroit were guests of Paul and Mrs Metzger. Aubrey Pocklinton spent Thursday with Easlick and Albert Johnston. Albert Cross and family attended a Bowling Green Ohio reunion. Ed Johnson and family visited Perry and Mrs Tingley in Cone. Leon Hall and children stayed with Willard Hall. Baslick and Albert Johnston with son Ellsworth visited Roscoe Cammet’s.
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Frank Drumm
Detroit
Paul Metzger
Aubrey Pocklinton
Easlick
Albert Johnston
Albert Cross
Bowling Green
Ohio
Ed. Johnson
Perry Tingley
Cone
Leon Hall
Willard Hall
Baslick
Ellsworth
Roscoe Cammet
Local notices of visits and calls across towns
A long list of visitors and residents across Hammond, Adrian, Milan, Ypsilanti, and surrounding areas is recorded. Names include Mrs. Etta Williamson, Orange Gordon, Julia Gordon, Ralph Hammond, Miss Julia Gordon, Miss Ruth Needham, Mrs. Jack Hicks, Mrs. Myra Rhoades, Tom Horton, Mary Lewis, Doris Goldsmith, and many others. Several trips to Detroit, Lansing, and Joliet noted, along with church and funeral attendance and social calls. The Adrian Construction Co. began work on Ford Textile road with a contract of 36741.45 and set camps on Marshall Price’s former farm.
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Etta Williamson
Pontiac
Orange Gordon
Laird Lake
Junior Horton
Detroit
Julia Gordon
Gleen Girbach
Lansing
Aly
Cyrus Biegler
Wayne
BE. M. Gilbert’s
Mary Lewis
Ralph Hammond
Ruth Needham
Jack Hicks
Halfway
E. M. Gilbert
Myra Rhoades
Floyd
Harry Finch
Fred Dieterle
Ypsilanti
Sebastian Finkbeiner
Thomas Feldman
Fordson
Little Doris Goldsmith
Ernest Cornish
Joliet
Illinois
Wilbur Cornish
Adrian Construction Co
Ford Textile
Marshall Price
Pittsfield
County Road Commission
Adrian
Chicago Pike
Wayne County
Adlerika claim restores steak appetite and sleep
A testimonial from Mrs J Julian touts Adlerika for gas relief after eating steak and fried onions. The ad says one spoonful acts on both upper and lower bowel to remove old waste matter and improve digestion, with endorsement from Mark B Sugden, Druggist.
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Adierika
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Guy F. Thompson
Milan, Mich
Syc
Friedlander
Royal Knights Harmony
Parachute
Mr. Farmer
Reynold
Sanford Hdw. Co., Inc
Central York
Hattie Murray
Robert Renton
Yp Silanti
Prank Wolfe
Lois
Elwin Saunders
Beulah
Malcolm
Laure Lydia
Sylvia
Brownhelm
Oho
Marion Murray
Superior Township
Myti Murray
Mooreville
South Saline
Helen Piercé
Ann Arbor
Jennie Leonard
Ellen Kiitler
Claire Waite
Earl Kutler
Hammond District
Tom Horton
Kenneth Gordon’s
R W. Darling
Jackson
Mary McMann
Ella
Harry Schopf
Cleveland
8. M. Gilbert
Thankful Needham
Isaac Shaw
Omaha
Miss Ellis
Mary Lamb
Grace Hammond
Frank Durham
Butch Durham
Mary Brigs
Plymouth
John Camburnand
Ellen Kuder
Earl Kuder
Aubrey Pocklington
Matilda Pocklington
A. S. Johnston
Burt Osborne
Allen Collins
Macon
Bessie Waite
Fred Passon
Smith Pocklington
Sadie
Ridgeway
Hugh Craig
Ray Hendershot
Byron
Ella Hendershot
Helen Pierce
Mary Collins
John Crook
Coleman
Sam Westlake
Azalia
Floyd Cross
Friend
Eleanor Underwood
Ralph Mul
Super Tile Works
Tecumseh Herald
A. W. Brooks
Brooklyn Exponent
Palm Beach
Wadhams &C
Emanuel Stadel
Harry H. Gillen
E. Washington
Delco Light Products
Delco
Miner St
Jenks’ Laboratory
Jenks
C. C. Jenks
Jeweler
Michigan Ave
Optometrist
Ypsilanti’s
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