Governor Cass Averts Indian Trouble In Sault Encounter
In 1820 Governor Lewis Cass entered an Indian lodge with an interpreter to remove a British flag. He warned that only the American flag would fly, averting a clash as Chippewa chiefs moved toward peace. A treaty followed ceding land around the Sault.
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Michigan Historical Collections
University of Michigan
Sault DE Ste. Marie
Lewis Cass
Michigan
United States
Cass
Mark
Henry Schoolcraft
U.S
Sault
Greenville
Northwest Territories
U. S
Birmingham
England
New Ford Instrument Aids Farmers with Proof-Meter
Ford Highland Park plant rolls out the Proof-Meter on tractors. The instrument combines five readings engine speed tractor speed power take-off speed belt pulley speed and total hours. A farmer records hours to help determine farming costs. An enlarged close-up shows the Proof-Meter, described by Dearborn Motors officials as the first of its kind for farms.
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FORD
Dearborn Motors
Michigan Farm Calendar June Grass Day Events Across Counties
Calendar lists Grass Day events in Genesee Kent Missaukee Otsego counties with farms and agents on June 16 to 21. It notes Michigan FFA program at Michigan State College campus on June 17 and 4-H Club Week and Homemakers Camp in late June. Also mentions National Convention of Future Farmers and Future Homekeepers.
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Genesee County
David Hewit
Hill and
Jennings Roads
Bishop Airport
R. C. Lott
Michigan State College
Kent County
Eldon Smith
100Th Street
Caledonia
Richard Machiele
Missaukee
Albert DeRuiter and Son
Rural leadership and farm events listed across Michigan
July event lineup includes Rural Leadership School at Michigan State College campus July 10 21 and several conferences for rural clergy 4-H clubs and home makers. Farm safety week runs July 23 29 with field days at Upjohn Farms Eaton County and Charlotte.
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Makers of America
Kansas City
Chippewa
George English Farm
Rudyard
Lyle Abel
Camp Shaw
Chatham
Michigan State College
Michigan Homemakers Conference
Colt Field Day
Upjohn Farms
Richland
Michigan Horse Breeders’ Association
Kalamazoo County Extension Service
MSC Extension Animal Husbandry Department
Eaton County
Charlotte
Michigan Sheep Breeders’ Association
Eaton County Sheep Breeders’ Association
Eaton County Extension Service
Eaton County Extension Service and the Extension Animal Husbandry Department
Norhern Lower Michigan
Gaylord
Michigan 4-H events and 1949 state fire loss report
A list of upcoming Michigan 4-H events in July and August in Charlotte Chatham and Escanaba, followed by the 1949 state fire loss report. The report cites 53 406 fires 164 deaths and 905 lives lost over five years with urban and farm losses detailed.
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Michigan
Donald S. Leonard
Carless
Twelve Cows Earn Diplomas In Dairy Herd Testing
The 12-cow Holstein-Fresian herd owned by Lowell Spike Chelsea earned diplomas after completing their test year. The Herd Improvement Registry supervised milking twice daily with Michigan State College of Agriculture aiding, under the Holstein Association of America. Fire Death Toll Increases in Michigan rose to 195 lives lost and $25,162,957 in property damage, with the death toll up 31 from 1948.
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Lowell Spike
Chelsea
Holstein-Fresian Association of America
Michigan State College of Agriculture
National Holstein Headquarters
Michigan
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Gov. Cass
American Express
Federal Reserve System
Midh. Ave
Ann Arbor
Fashion Academy
Wiedman Auto Company
Ann Arbor Street
Saline, Mich
William Holden
Nina Foch
Charlies Starrett
Dorado Pass
Randolph Scott
Dorothy Malone
The
Nevadan
John Wayne
John Agar
Iwo Jima
Michigan Swine Breeders’ Association
Eaton County Swine Breeders’ Association
Extension Animal Husbandry Department
Upper Peninsula
Upper Peninsula Experiment Station
Upper Peninsula State Fair
Escanaba
Connolly
Willoughby
Michigan Ave
Ypsilanti
America
Michigan Brewers’ Association
Francis Palms
Detroit
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