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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1929
Page
4
Local updates cover sick lists and visits among residents Henry and Clarence Cornish. Business trips by Towler, Seeger, Hendersons, and Warren. Kenned Spitler attends Y M C A conference in Wisconsin. Bridge work near town advances with a tall abutment rebuilt. Various social events, reunions, class night in Chelsea, and a remarriage in Saline. The article ends with a warning to reduce nuisance fish and a state conservation drive.
Fishermen and visitors are urged to report duck sightings in the duck nesting marshes. May reports should name nesting species and nests found, then later adult birds and ducklings. The effort tracks Michigan ducks, noting black and green headed mallards, wood duck, and other species across regions.
Local column recalls labor demand and crop prospects. Mentions individuals from Jackson and Toledo visiting relatives. Rail line purchase by Detroit-Jackson electric rail road. Notes about marriages, parties, and a buried coal chunk discovered during well digging. Concludes with satirical quotes from Hillsdale Standard and reflections on historical what-ifs.
Fifteen years ago Miss Luella Nissly returns home from Portland for the summer. Mrs. Charles Wright and sons visit relatives in Coldwater and at Adam Stang’s. The group includes C. H. Miller and Blanche Crandall visiting Howell. Edith Cotton vacationing from Peru teaches at home. Grace Mattison hosts Edith Hewitt of Grayling. Visits extend to Mrs. J. B. Wallace and Mrs. Margaret McGary of Detroit. Millie Martin from Detroit spends time with Mrs. Simmons. Silk family guests at W. H. Sweet’s. Several ladies travel to Belle Isle and Detroit for leisure. Ida Chandler begins western trip via Madison and Denver to relatives. Alber graduates in electrical engineering from Detroit University. Additional note: a daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Wis Cool.
An old advertisement touts San Yak pills as a cure for fatigue high blood pressure and dizziness claiming they prevent paralysis nerve trouble and most diseases. It markets the product as kidney friendly with stomach relief and antiseptic laxative action and promotes store sales at druggists.
The notice requires all owners and occupiers in Saline Township Michigan to cut down and destroy noxious weeds on lands and along highway rights of way by July 1 1929 and again by September 1 1929 with further efforts as needed. Failure to comply triggers costs plus a 10 percent levy against the property. Brush along highways also must be cleared. Dated June 1 1929 Sebastian Finkbeiner Highway Commissioner Saline Township Washte naw County Michigan. A Sid Millard sword tale in Ann Arbor recounts saving Shriners during a San Bernardino range attack by a horned road runner and shipping the blade home for display bei Manchester Enterprise.
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