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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1931
Page
7
A Cotulla Record editorial lampoons Texas hardships with Will Rogers satire about parking, silk stockings, rising cigarette use, crowded theaters, tiny golf courses, and shortages of staple goods. The piece mocks consumer scarcity and inflation while noting crowded venues and evolving retail demands.
Fourteen truck drivers employed by L. L. Clymer halted work on the county highway between Addison and Devils Lake last Friday demanding 35 cents an hour. After agitation, they stopped at 2:30 pm and held trucks until Clymer met their demand. the next day many applied for 28 cent jobs and work continued with no violence reported.
President Hoover argues the nation's mood stems from frozen confidence, not assets, and unveils an ambitious plan to house 20 million people in 20 years with new homes, schools, factories, rail, highways, and increased wealth diffusion. He visits Indianapolis and Columbus before Lincoln tomb ceremonies and GOP concerns.
Anna Adams Gordon former president of the National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union and the World WCTU died in Castile New York at seventy eight. She aided Frances E Willard in organizing the WCTU and served as her secretary. She was a prominent temperance leader of her era.
Michigan gardeners can improve cantaloupe quality by spraying with a 3-4-50 Bordeaux mix plus resin-fish oil when the first fruit is the size of a hen's egg, and repeating as needed. Use dry plants for spraying and apply a 5 percent calcium arsenate dust in gypsum to deter cucumber beetles, with a 3 percent nicotine dust for aphids. Remove nearby host plants and rotate soil to prevent wilt. pull and burn wilted plants, and harvest cantaloupes only when they detach easily.
A frail elderly man four miles from town received a persuasive letter promising huge profits from a five dollar oil stock. He rushed to invest via telegraph, hoping to secure wealth before a supposed fire lit well. The tale highlights a common early fraud warning from Star Elkton Maryland.
Michigan Normal posted 45 victories 2 ties and 12 losses across seven sports. Huron teams won conference crowns in football track baseball cross country and golf and State Intercollegiate titles in track and cross country. The basketball squad finished 8 5 with a notable upset over Western. Freshman athletes show promise as potential replacements for graduating stars.
A memorial marker was placed in the Mills homestead front yard commemorating Addison founded in 1852. The marker is a jasper conglomerate boulder over two tons, four and a half feet high, set on a concrete foundation with a bronze plate.
Peter Miller of the Cole farm bought a puppy from Roy Blythe. The dog bit Miller and three to four others. The dog was sent to Ann Arbor for examination. Researchers reported rabies. bitten people will receive Pasteur treatment.
Principal Albert Zeck ordered five girls to go home and put on clothes after they appeared in sleeveless pajamas with flared trousers at the Dilworth High School in Minnesota.
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