Bridgewater Social News and Weekend Weather Damage
Maynard Kidd and Miss Marguerite Riedel wed to Adrian on Wednesday. Local visits feature the Schellenberger and Breining families in Ann Arbor and Adrian. A Bridgewater baseball game saw the young men beat the married men 12 to 2. Severe Thursday winds caused extensive damage to barns and orchards in South Bridgewater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard Kidd
Marguerite Riedel
Adrian
Hdna ‘Schellenberger
Rose Breining
Ann Arbor
Bridgewater
Will Schumacher
Mildred
Clinton
Raymond Schumacher
Erwin Kilager
Michael Klager
Fatther
William Sautter
Elsie
Joe Riedel
Frank Riedel
Marguerite
Wampler Lake
South Bridgewater
Whitney Palmer
George Girbach
South Saline Neighborhood News and Local Visits
Local residents report visits and gatherings with family and friends from Michigan and Ohio. John Beam drives a new Chev rolett car while Everett Collins loses a horse. multiple families entertain relatives, and community members attend Sunday school and hosted events. An advertisement for RAT-SNAP pest control promotes its three sizes with customer testimonials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Beam
Evertt Collins
Social Roundup In Saline And Nearby Communities
Saturday night visits at the hom e of Milton Cross in Saline and several Thursday Friday and weekend calls across local families. Relatives and friends from Ma con Adrian Washington and Illinois attended gatherings. The large funeral of George Hertler at his Saline home preceded a Lutheran church service. he had long resided in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Basfelk
Aubrey Pocklington
Britton
Harlan Holcomb
Margaret Holcomb
Willard Hall
Zella
Spear Strahan
Lizzie. Craig
Riga
Anta Goodrich
Frank Stilts
Donald
Leon Vealey
Joyce
Ypsilanti
Helen Craig
Donald Craig
William Taylor
Floyd Cross
Mack Powell
EM. Martin
Katherine
Helen
Milton,Cross
Saline
Frank Kelsey
Josephine van Houten
Valeda Stecher
Margaret and
Beatrice Schoen
Mildred Richards
Margaret
Beatrice Schroen
Elmer Johnson
Macon
Fred Richards
William Richards
Ida Walker
Washington
Irving LeBaron
Mary Cobb
Norabel
Ola. LeBaron
John Gooding
Charles Obee
Adrian
George Hertler
Hertler
Making a Doormat From Sweet Corn Husks
A craft note explains braiding sweet corn husks into a long bound strip to create a washable durable doormat. It can be left natural or dyed for color variation and practical use.
Domestic Worries Prompt Sixth Divorce Over Cook
A man storms from the kitchen and declares in slang that his sixth marriage is ending due to discontent with the cook, reflecting domestic tensions elided from the Richmond Times-Democrat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond Times-Democrat
Ingrowing Charms and the Player Piano Dweller
A humorous note questions the patience of a man living beneath a player piano and above a victrola, suggesting he deserves leniency when claiming he is not a savage. The quip riffs on noisy home music devices and neighborly temper in a light, period voice.
Whittling Thoughts From A Long Newspaper Patch
The fragmentary OCR text aggregates missives and quips from multiple papers. It mentions a chaplain praying for Congress, an earthquake anecdote, an income tax collector noting names, Connecticut silk industry notes dating to 1737 and 1810, remarks on an office’s sight and hearing, a Thought for the Day about writers, and stock market aphorisms.
Final spray timing set for codling moths in Michigan
Michigan fruit growers should apply the final spray for codling moths about three weeks earlier than usual this year. R H Pettit head of Michigan State College entomology reports adult moths appearing earlier than normal across 13 stations and has issued section dates for spraying. In the southern counties the optimal final spray date falls just before July 20 with variations by region and local conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
M. A. C. Entomology Department
Pettit
Chautauqua Humorist Delivers Lecture On Rural Life
Seeds presents a humorous yet serious lecture titled The Way It Looks from the Road on farms and communities. Bob Seeds brings humor and instruction to the first Community Chautauqua day with other speakers C. W. Was sam Louise McIntyre Denton C. Crowl and Louis Williams. program folders offer full attractions and information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob
C. W. Wassam
Louise McIntyre
Denton C. Crowl
Louis Williams
Thinnest In Winter Causes Body Fat Shifts
The article explains that people lose more weight in summer due to sweating, while from September to March the body gradually wastes fat to maintain heat. From April to August fat begins to form again as the body replenishes reserves before warming conditions.
Flour advertising and probate court notice from Washtenaw
An advertisement touts 1900 flour from William Hayden Milling Co. Tecumseh claiming bread and biscuits benefits. Separately, Probate Court in Washtenaw County advertises hearings on the estate of Jane Haight with Armianda Wilson as petitioner seeking administration to Henry Bredernitz, hearing set August to be published in Saline Observer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hayden Milling Co
Tecumseh
Holy Spot Hosts World’s Largest Bathing Parade
A London Daily Mail writer notes Allahabad in India witnesses nearly a million bathers during the event. The gathering draws crowds not for sea waves but for the confluence of the Ganges and Jumna rivers, a highly sacred meeting point in Hindu belief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allahabad
India
London Daily Mail
Mother Ganges
Chocolate history and American cocoa influence
The article traces chocolate origins from Mexico and Peru centuries before Columbus, notes its first US production in 1763, and highlights rising global consumption and expanding tropical American plantations to meet demand. The piece frames chocolate as a gift from America to the world and emphasizes sustained growth in use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Tropical
Mexico
Peru
United States
Probate order for Henry Folmer estate in Washtenaw County
In Washtenaw County probate court on July 18 1921 Judge Emory E Leland orders hearing August 12 1921 at ten o clock for administration of Henry Folmer deceased to Marvin Benjamin half brother or other suitable person with appraisers and commissioners to be appointed. A copy of the order will be published in the Saline Observer for three successive weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF
Michigan
Washtenaw
Ann Arbor
Emory E. Leland
Jane Haight
Armianda
Wilson
Dorcas C. Donegan
Register
Andrew J. Warren
Saline
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Oscar Blum
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C. F. Scheurer
Frank Lane
W. Reiser
Lewis Schellenberger
John Zick
John Bodanger
Frank Mueller
Robert and
Duane
Saginaw
Ed. LaForge
South Saline
Albert Gross
Ohio
James Taylor
Illinois
Jennie Burleson
Shirley Pilbeam
John Kutler
Hugh Craig
Elmer Eisel
Family
Ela Collins
Ellsworth
Everett Colling
Gertrude Collins
Magdaline Coling
Everett Collins
Ora
Losee
Bert Torrence
Milan
Perry Tingley
Cone
Hol. Johnson
A. White
TFT
Edw
J. Muir
Q. GC. Wheeler
Central York
Congress
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Pritcks London
Connecticut
Old Horatio Hank
Boston Transcript
Autaughat
Nggoe
Schagherle & Son
S. Main St
Ann Arpor
F.O.B
Detroit
Mr. Ford
Wiedman Auto CO
Saline, Mich
Theodore Knox
Theo. Knox
Dr. C. W. Wassam
Co. W. Wassam
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