Michigan history warns against wasteful public schemes
A historical survey recalls Michigan’s 1838 canal project failures, cost overruns, and idle labor as lessons in fiscal restraint. It notes state debt growth, abundant resources, and calls for prudent governance to avoid repeating costly, overambitious ventures.
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Michigan
Great Lakes
Can Asi
Kalamazoo
Clinton
Wincun
Utica
Rochester
Detroit
Pontiac
Lake St. Clair
Stady
Mt. Clemens
Holbie
Howl
Tme
Governo Giantak
Turning Back the Pages of the Files
Amanda Mayer visited friends at Sandlake on Sunday. Local sidewalk work on South Ann Arbor Street continues and the Manchester Saline road project nears completion. Ches town Md residents A S Hall stay through summer. Suddaby family from Toledo hosted. John Lamb and family from Dexter visited Fingerle family. Clark Rouse began work at Dime Savings Bank in Detroit midweek. Mrs William Ager and Dorothy from Cleveland stay with Dr J B Wallace. D B Mattison renovates 207 South Ann Arbor Street adding a garage and modern bungalow. Chelsea guests attended a Japanese lawn party for the senior class at Miss Barr’s home. William Wood and family from Chelsea joined Isaac Shaw for a farm picnic near town.
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Amanda Mayer
Sandlake
Ann Arbor Street
A. S. Hall
Chestertown
Manchester-Saline
Fred Suddaby - Land
Shirley
Toledoe
Theodore
Fosdick
John. Lamb
Howard
Bart Fingerle
O. T. Morse
Lyle
Henry Boettger
R. C. Gauss
Dexter
Clark Rouse
Dime- Savings Bank
Detroit
William Ager
Dorothy
Cleveland
J. B. Wallace
D. B .Mattison
Donald Levnet
Helen Barr
William J. Wood
Chelsea
Ida A. Wood and Son
Glenn
Omaha
Neb
Isaac CG
Shaw
Town
Local residents report house additions and social notes
Thirty years of progress visible as Jacob Theurer adds a large porch to his home. Mrs. Mary Parsons visits her sister H T Eddy in Morvice. Emma Burkhart and Martha Sweitzer stay with an aunt in Dexter. Alwin Burkhardt celebrates seventh birthday. An orchestra forms with Rouse, Cramer, Sturm, Friis, O'Hara, and Henne. A Sage daughter sustained a scalp cut from a horse but survives. Numerous residents travel to Whitmore Lake and Pleasant Lake for outings. New cement walks appear in front of Weinsinger Theurer and nearby properties on East Henry Street.
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P. H. Rouse
Jacob ‘Theurer
Mary Parsons
Emma Burkhart
Martha
Sweitzer
Dexter
Jacob Burkhardt
Alwin
Ani
Willard Rouse
Fred Cramer
Walter Sturm
Harry,Friis
Jay O'Hara
Edward Henne
W. R. Stierle
Whitmore Lake
Gladys Mosdy
Clarabelle Eberle
Ruth Gillen
Esther Fairbanks
Luella Kyte
Bernice Boettger
Grover “Alber
Elson Shaw
George Miller
Harold Miller
Paul Boettger
Fred Gross
Katherine Sears
Pleasant Lake
Believe in Happiness and Spring Yet
A fragmented verse urges belief in happiness through spring and persistence amid loss. A late columnist note extols mint as a versatile garnish and shares home cooking tips from broiling meat to easy summer flavors. Recipes include snappy bananas, vegetable salad, prune cheese salad, and mint usage.
Michigan State College Short Courses Gain National Notice
Michigan State College short courses and conferences win national regard as part of a survey by the American Youth Commission. Over 300 enrolled in six to sixteen week courses last winter while 2294 attended shorter conferences. Courses cover agriculture dairy dairy manufacturing poultry engineering floriculture home economics forestry and wildlife conservation and commercial fruit production.
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Michigan State College
American Youth Commission
Youth Commission
Tenny
R. S. Shaw
Shaw
Fenny
Hodgepodge ideas sought for home tasks and recipes
Readers invited to share household tips and new vegetable cooking methods. Include ideas and optional names for publication. Submissions should propose practical, easy solutions for everyday chores and quick, tasty vegetable dishes.
MSU Lab Dives Into Food Spoilage And Preservation
Michigan State College expands its food research laboratory under Dr. F W Fabian to understand spoilage and preservation. Findings include lactic acid substituting for vinegar to improve pickle flavor and shelf life, while spices may accelerate spoilage in some foods, prompting cautions for summer preserves.
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Michigan State College
F. W. Fabian
Michigan
Fabian
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