Michigan Towns Thrive Amid Rural Growth and Urban Shift
Michigan survey shows 73 percent of small towns increased population from 1920 to 1930 aided by road upgrades and commuting trends. Northern counties report losses while tourism boosts summer populations. overall state growth outpaced national gains, with 18 percent born outside Michigan and 4 7 percent urban growth. Retail outlets grew to 52.5 per community by 1936, debunking the big city competition myth as small towns specialize in groceries, drugs, hardware, and services. Detroit suburbs lure factories, Dow Chemical and Midland prove small cities host major enterprises. state licensing records show 95 new chains and 1,304 chains overall with $736,219.09 revenue from licensing in 1987.
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Lansing
Syndicate House
Michigan
J. F. Thaden
Michigan State College
Macomb
Oakland
Monroe
Antrim County
Central Lake
Bellaire
Mancelona
Elk Rapids
Ohio
Illinois
Indiana
Pennsylvania
New York
Wisconsin
Kentucky
Tennessee
America
Henry Ford
Dow Chemical Company
Midland
Country Club
Leon D. Case
Ior
State Fruit Report Details Michigan Freeze Damages
The May 12 13 freezes damaged Michigan fruit crops across all sections with June 1 estimates showing varied losses. Apples at 47 percent of normal may yield as low as 40 percent. peaches 1 073 000 bushels. pears 914 000. plums and grapes heavily hit. cherries varied. strawberries severely short. Milk market and dairy economics discussed including May base at Detroit 1.68 and relief and storage impacts.
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Michigan
Detroit
Producers Association
Michigan Milk Producers Association
Clifford
Imlay City
Michigan Wool Market Seeks Loans to Ride Down Prices
Leaders of the Michigan Cooperative Wool Marketing Association urge growers to consign to the Wool Marketing Corporation and use government low interest loans to wait for fall price rises. Loans of 15 cents per pound with 4 percent interest help finance warehousing in Boston, while maintaining equity in the wool until sale. The 1938 crop is fine but prices have fallen from 24–25 cents to as low as 16–17 cents per pound, prompting calls for action.
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Michigan Co-operative Wool Marketing Association
Michigan
Wool Marketing Corporation
Stanley Powell
Boston
Towns Trial Supervised Play To Keep Kids Busy
Southern Michigan towns Williamston and Webberville plan supervised play programs to deter street activity this summer. A Williams ton resident cited forty two children on her block needing play equipment during school vacation. Local fraternal groups service clubs Boy Scouts and extension groups led by Michigan State College coordinate the effort with Mrs Ivah Burns and Mrs Blanch Merryfield organizing the initial meeting and Gen Bray offering equipment.
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Kiwanis Hall
Bertine Benedict
Ingham County
Alice Hutchinson
Michigan State College
Tive
Michigan
Williamston
Webberville
Childern
Ivah Burns
Blanch Merryfield
Gen. Bray
The Faithful Crutches Tale Told By Sharples
A Montreal writer relays a humorous Western Newspaper Union tale about a traveling doctor selling a miracle salve. A man with crippled legs regains use after rubbing the salve, then his dingy crutches brighten and dance on their own before returning to help him.
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Herbert Sharples
Montreal
Que
Market Place
Key Pittman’s climb from Klondike to Senate
Jeanie Tao recounts Senator Key Pittman of Nevada who sought fortune in the Yukon then built a career in Tonopah and law before entering the U S Senate in 1913. His work focused on silver interests and a six year presidential term. The piece contrasts adventure abroad with steady achievements at home.
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Tao O
Key Pittman
Nevada
Law
Tennessee
United States Senate
Pittman
Klondike
Dawson
Nome
United States
Tonopah
Nev
Tonopah Telephone Company
Bees Seek Sugar for Spring Strength in Michigan
Michigan beekeepers report an estimated 2.775 billion bees in 185000 colonies with nearly 10 billion by midseason. Experts advise sugar syrup and extra supers to prepare for June and July honey harvests while noting a cool spring challenges bee forage. A separate probate notice in Ann Arbor sets claims deadlines and court dates for Harold E. Hildinger estate.
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R. H. Kelly
Michigan State College
Michigan
Kelly
State OF
Washtenaw
Harold E. Hildinger
Ann Arbor
Said
Agen
Jay G. Pray
Motoring Humility and the Drive Toward Safety
A concise defense of humility on the road urges drivers to yield, show courtesy, and avoid cockiness. It argues that cars are dangerous instruments and cites high death tolls, urging restraint and respect for momentum and laws to reduce fatalities.
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Travelers Insurance Company
Poultry House Advances and Farm Illustrations
The article describes raising turkeys on a sun porch with 6 by 18 foot wire floors and notes electric hotbeds replacing manure heat for better heat control. It details a Pennsylvania hotbed with four 8 by 6 foot sashes and costs of $18 for heating equipment using 899 kWh in 88 days. It also mentions a V shaped plank drag behind a disc harrow to break up clods and a spinach seed treatment using cop peroxide dust yielding over 200 crates per acre.
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Pennsylvania
Long Island
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By Gene Alleman
Michigan Press Association
Main Street
Put
State Fruit Report
Wait Fork Price Wool Men
MVO
Elmo
Frank E
Scott Hagan
Watson
Western Newspaper Union
Jeanie
Senator Pittman
Alaska
Don Herold
Crosr
Seuss
BY Willard Bolte
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