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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1934
Page
4
Public notice states rates for notices including condolences poetry entertainments and announcements with minimum charges and free obituary and marriage notices. It outlines line pricing per line and per item and notes special rates for resolutions condolences poetry entertainments and announcements.
The office printed 2,500 copies of 48 by 24 inch sales bills for Lieder Bros. of Maybee this week. A Carleton Messenger quote notes merchants must actively pursue customers rather than sit and wait for buyers.
A fragmentary excerpt highlights the joy of life in doing work well. It contrasts the conscientious creator who completes tasks with the superficial who leaves them half finished. The passage attributes pride in thorough, rounded effort to the artist William Matthews.
A South Dakota editor challenged townsfolk to consider why they share life events in circles and notices but neglect newspaper advertising. He asked if families would circulate obituaries, wives would show slides at theaters, stores would post hotel registrations, and weddings would be announced on telephone posts, then urged posting ads in papers.
State records show January 1934 drunk driving rose 45 percent from the prior year. A total of 468 people pleaded guilty or were found guilty of drunk driving, 52 more than January 1933. Since October 17 when the financial responsibility law took effect, 65 motorists were cited under the act, with 49 proving financial responsibility.
The piece notes Phonograph and gramophone origins and a modern hobbyist club that seeks discarded records in thrift shops and charity offerings. It highlights fragile master records and rising prices for items like Olive Fremstad recordings, while noting libraries compiling catalogs and a spate of local news on mail sacks found near Milford and Milan fire department alarms during cold weather.
The page reports classroom notes from various grades including senior civics discussions on youth religiosity, chemistry lessons on ionization and electrolysis, shorthand drills, and reflections from night school. It covers Emerson studies, contract law basics, negotiable instruments, American history notebooks, physics experiments, typing tests, and a junior play scheduled for March 16.
Central York residents report a busy week with visits among neighbors and family. Mrs. Robinson visited Oak Grove school. Mr. and Mrs. John Gooding hosted several guests including Mr. and Mrs. Gooding and others from Milan and Ann Arbor. The York Baptist Sunday school hosted a shower for Mr. and Mrs. Earl Rowe at Hattie Murray’s home. Additional gatherings occurred among the Murray family, Bailey family, and friends from Saline township Macon and Azalia with hospital visit to St Joseph Mercy in Ann Arbor.
Mr and Mrs Harold Hammond and Mrs Grace Hammond were Te cumiseh visitors Saturday. Mrs Jessie Forsythe and Adrian Elsman and daughter Joan were Kalamazoo visitors Sunday and Monday. Mrs Libbie Hamlin and children Mildred and Glenn spent Sunday evening with Andrew Gilbach and family. Mr and Mrs John Haughn and daughter Juanita of Maybee spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Glenn Gordon. Mr and Mrs Fred Grunewald and family of Saline were Sunday visitors of Mr and Mrs C A Carr and family. He and Mrs Claude Gilbert and daughter Beth and Mrs Vera Goodin spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Philip Bragey at Brooklyn. Mrs Claude Gilbert spent Saturday with Mrs Ethel Owen at St Josephs Mercy hospital where Mrs Owen’s little daughter Mona is very ill.
St John’s Lutheran Church Bridgewater invites all to Divine services at 10 a.m. Sunday school at 11. English services are held every second and fourth Sunday of the month. Everyone is welcome.
We were glad to see you at the Sunday services but sorry some were absent. Come next Sunday morning worship at 10 o clock 12 15 Sunday school S Cotton superintendent Carl Geddes assistant Mrs House chorister Miss H Ellen Martin pianist 6 45 p m three young peoples meetings Let all be present 7 30 sermon and music We have good music at all services Come and enjoy it
Morning worship at 10 o'clock led by Rev John Schilling of Ann Arbor Sunday school at 11 with H A Holmes as superintendent Epworth League Junior League meet at 6 30 p m Evening worship at 7 30 led by Rev Alfred Eddy of Blissfield Bible study prayer service Wednesday choir Thursday and Intermediate and Junior choir rehearsal Saturday In the minister’s absence services continue as usual
William H. Bucknell of Clare purchases a flintlock blunderbuss over 300 years old from Spike Horn Myers of Harrison. The weapon, once used by early New Englanders, has a three inch muzzle, 24 inch bore, and requires powder and flint to fire.
John J. Davis suffered six years of chronic constipation. Adlerika eased his symptoms quickly and left him feeling like a new person. The ad claims Adlerika is quick acting and safe and is available at leading druggists.
Advertisement for Dr E D Brown and Dr A H Brown dentists in Tecumseh Michigan. Located at 112 W Chicago St on the first stairway west of the Lilley Bank. Offers complete modern X ray and gas, office hours 8 am to 5 pm daily with Wednesday and Saturday evenings.
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