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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1926
Page
4
A Clinton County Royalcan News note from St. Johns urges readers to consult their banker before investing in securities. The piece cautions bankers cannot guarantee bonds or stocks but can share observations from years in business and point to where others have faced losses.
A reflective meditation contrasts late 19th century life with early 20th century marvels like automobiles radios and airplanes. The piece argues progress reshapes mobility and communities, urging balance between leisure and learning to steer social welfare forward.
A brief, anonymous exchange urges community virtue with lines about prosperity through unity, neighborliness, constructive criticism, and support for churches and youth. It mixes satirical asides on German demographics and gold tied to potatoes with casual notes on dieting, cars, and a looming food shortage.
A 14 year old, Clarence Fritz, confessed to burglaries during graduation night at several homes after a reward paid by The Observer. He admitted breaking into Mrs. Morden and Mrs. Hutzel and later the Klump home, with more names tied to the spree. He was sent to the Industrial School in Lansing for a corrective stay.
Thirty years ago hay cutting began. Anson Harmon won races at Tecumseh with Texas Jim earning prizes including a blanket and a whip. Mrs. Townsend hosts her sister Mrs. Humphray of Detroit. A lightning strike killed a bone in a barn at William Roe but harmed the building. Fred Sturm sails for Europe for a year-long stay. The Barrs host a reception for their son William H. and wife. Mrs. Beatty suffers burns from a gasoline boiler accident. Lake Ridge beats local team 18 to 12. high school wins 16 to 4 over Manchester. Grasshoppers threaten oats, clover and corn. Pedestrians George Fliedman, George Johnson, Sete Fitzgerald, Fred Querle, and Ben Smith report crop damage. Charles Rogers and A C Coe travel to Ann Arbor by bicycle but are delayed after a horse injures a wheel.
Birth of a son to Mr and Mrs G C Howard. Edith Collom returns from Indiana teaching. Davenport siblings visit Saline. Detroit day trips priced 80 cents. Rev Wittbrach at Michigan City conference. Henry Lindenschmidt buys Maple Avenue lot to build. Sunday storm harms Davenport orchard and Burg timber area causing outages. Essay on scandal from Lord Chesterfield quoted.
Beggs quotes 28 cents per dozen for wheat and 76 cents for corn. Oats listed at 42 cents. Calves range from 10 to 144 cents per hundredweight and hogs from 13 to 144 percent cents. Prices reflect local market activity and fluctuations.
The note shares cookie and fruit bar recipes using susai milk shortening flour and spices. offers tips to adjust dough for cookies and eggless options. includes a cream and soda method and a date almond bar recipe. It ends with a social reflection urging virtue and community over sensational headlines.
Gentry Spaulding writes from St. Petersburg with his brother Cecil documenting a rapid trip by catching rides with 19 different auto drivers. The journey started Wednesday morning and reached the Florida line by Friday night, extending as far as Covington Kentucky.
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