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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1928
Page
4
The Saline Observer lists subscription prices eight months one dollar four months fifty cents and two months add on. It notes obituary and marriage notices are published free of charge and that personal or business notices run at regular advertising rates. It also mentions rates for resolutions of condolence poetry and announcements. It identifies affiliations with press associations.
In Thief River Falls Minnesota Times a letter from Dayton chamber argues against government printing envelopes at low cost, warning it harms local printers and public economic balance. The piece cites public disclosure, costs of government distribution, and calls for voter awareness on the issue.
The Midland Board of Education and Midland County Road Commission face scrutiny over large sums spent this year. The public questions why full accounting of the 146,989 school costs and 113,810.82 road expenses isn’t provided, urging clearer, more readable proceedings for taxpayers.
Bradstreet figures show 84 of 100 merchants who fail did not advertise. The American Floor Surfacing Company urges consistent ads, even small classified notices, for at least six months to pay back tenfold.
The University School of Music Ann Arbor invites applicants to the thirty seventh annual six week session June 25 to August 5. Courses cover many branches with regular faculty and visiting instructors. Special tracks help continuing students, piano teachers, and advanced performers. Public school music classes in instrumental and vocal methods and general music will be offered. Recitals in Hill Auditorium will feature the new $75 000 organ.
The Conserva tion Commission rescinded several special orders leaving anglers unsure which methods are legal this spring. Inland lake fishing is banned April 1 to June 13, except Union City mill pond, with spears allowed in certain rivers March and April under Act 286 and March 15 to May 15 under Act 246.
Plans for new paper currency include Monticello on the two dollar bill Lincoln Memorial on the five dollar bill Treasury Building on the ten dollar bill White House on the twenty dollar bill Camitos on the fifty dollar bill and possibly Independence Hall on the hundred dollar bill George Washington remains on the one dollar note Engravings of scenes are said to deter counterfeiting but most people cannot collect a full scenic set
Two women aboard a Detroit Rochester local discuss a supposed dalliance at night. A passenger recounts seeing a woman with a man downtown after ten. The reveal shows the mystery partner was the woman’s husband, described plainly, ending the rumor.
Michigan rural highways now total over 375 miles lit at night as towns pay for Townships fund lighting in Detroit area more than 343 miles. Consumers Power uses 200 watt lamps at 23 per mile, Detroit Edison uses 600 and 250 candlepower lamps with monthly charges of 64 and 48 per mile respectively. A remark on social position follows unrelated to the lighting report.
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