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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1920
Page
1
A Sunday morning fire at the Ormond Feldkamp farm near Saline destroyed the tool shed ice house hog house and smokehouse with all contents. Neighbors alerted authorities and helped save the main house and tractor. Insurance covered 8000. fire likely started in the smoke house where ashes were piled.
The Washtenaw County Public Health Nursing Service reports totals for general nursing with 3 855 cases and 3 164 nursing visits, 980 infant welfare visits, 194 prenatal visits, 159 tuberculosis visits, 101 office treatments, 874 street interviews, 331 clinic attendances, 165 sanitary inspections, 3 063 social service visits, and 9 032 grand total, plus 57 nurse visitors and 197 meetings. Rural and town nursing cover 3 659 school children inspected, 776 hours in school, 367 physician examinations, 1 047 throat cultures, 524 school visits, 1 103 home visits, 67 Modern Health Crusades visits, 208 health talks, 155 sanitary inspections, and defect tallies across vision, hearing, teeth, and diseases. The report notes program funding, staff expansion to ten nurses, the role of Red Cross, and nurse deployment including Ann Arbor and Chelsea districts with Ford cars aiding service delivery.
Film review praises The Girl Who Stayed at Howe as a romantic wartime photodrama by David Wark Griffith. It highlights a night attack sequence with parachute flares and box barrage and focuses on the siege of a lost company at the Argonne. Robert Horton stars with Griffith players in a versatile performance.
The local Red Cross chapter expresses gratitude to business men for prize day contributions and to all who helped make the event financially successful. The/latest official report notes a surplus of cotton and wool in the country, suggesting prices for goods made from these materials may fall.
Saline district organizations including Saline Commercial Club and Woman's Club affiliate with the new Saline Community Council. Dr J B Wallace is named chairman, with Mrs Martin Fuoss as secretary and treasurer. Affiliating groups will gain one board seat each as they join.
Professor Pettit of the Michigan Experiment Station reports the codling moth eggs hatch around the second week in August. He recommends spraying in the first week of August and warns fruit growers not to delay the application.
Washtenaw county Holstein-Friesian Association schedules a August 4 picnic and herd tour as part of a ten meeting series across Southern Michigan. The Washtenaw event travels from Lenawee into Livingston the next day with breeders from nearby counties expected to join.
Classified fragment shows multiple small ads from Observer Liners including workers wanted vehicle sales household items and services. Notable items include a Dur ham cow for sale two buggy listings a pota toes sale and requests for copies of The Observer plus contact numbers and business names such as Wiedman Auto Co and George Uphaus.
Bracey and Son seek all kinds of saw timber after leasing Fahrner mill for another year. They offer good prices whether standing or at the mill and request responses by letter or phone number 70.
The Jackson City Hospital announces a three year program in medical, surgical, obstetrical, contagious and tuberculosis nursing. Women aged eighteen to thirty five with one year of high school or equivalent may join as pupil nurses. The course promises unexcelled study and public health nursing training. Write to Superintendent W. A. Hoote at Memorial Hospital, 46x Jackson, Michigan for information.
The Detroit United Lines timetable shows daily Saline departures at 6:55 a.m. and 6:40 a.m. with two-hour gaps until 8:40 p.m. and 10:45 p.m. and 1:16 a.m. from Saline. Ypsilanti departures begin 6:30 a.m. and 7:40 a.m., continuing every two hours to 1:40 p.m., 10:15 p.m., and 12:45 a.m. Last car waits for the theatre-car from Ann Arbor. connections at Wayne for Plymouth and Northville, and at Ypsilanti for Detroit and Jackson. In effect May 18, 1920.
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