Turning Back the Pages of the Files
Local notes show property purchases and family news across town. Finis Noble rents the C. R. Parsons farm. Herman Heininger buys a new house on Lewis street. Donald Burkhardt acquires a Maple avenue home. William Elfring buys the North Ann Arbor street house. Robert Cullen buys the Spears house and plans a bungalow. Mrs. Estella Warner is treated at U of M hospital. Mrs. Mabel Neednam, Mrs. Hazel Gordon and Miss Julia Gordon attend a Welfare Club meeting. Dietiker family to Freeland after mother's death. several visits from Ann Arbor Alpena and Ypsilanti residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finis Noble
C. R. Parsons
Estella Warner
U. of M. Hospital
Lyle Rankin
Chicago
A. M. Kerr
F. R. Stephenson
Shirley Mae
Herman Heininger
Ben Reller
Lewis Street
Donald Burkhardt
Charles Dietiker
Will Dennison
Thirty Years Ago Local Notes and Social Snippets
Ice on the pond sits at 24 inches thick. Mrs. Drake sells her place to Dr. Unterkircher. Fred Heininger and wife join Miss Vesta Schaffer for Sunday with Ann Arbor friends. Herman and Fred Gross visit their parents in Ann Arbor. Calvin Wolf and Frank Kibler plan a new grocery in the McKinnon building. Stanley Krebs to lecture on Bouncing the Blues. John C. Smith buys the Home stine property on South Adan street from Lee Fitzgerald. Julius Bredernitz begins clerking for F. H. Nissiy. George Bernard oversees wagon delivery. Miss Amanda Heimerdinger marries Norris Budd of Pittsfield in Anne Ar bor. Mr. McClellan of the Hoop mill complains about liners piling up. John Boettger family to move from Phillips farm to a Quirk farm near Belleville. Farmers Vigilance Association to meet March 14 at Stony Creek Grange hall. Augusta Ypsilanti Pittsfield York townships. Hulda Wiedmeyer and Edward G. Armbruster wed at the Wiedmeyer home. Tuberculosis shows no symptoms at first, later fatigue, loss of appetite, weight loss, and persistent cough. prompt investigations urged by the Michigan Tuberculosis Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Smith
Lee Fitzgerald
Homestine
South Adan Street
Julius Bredernitz
F. H. Nissiy
George Bernard
Amanda Heimerdinger
George Heimerdinger
Anne Arbor
Norris Budd
Pittsfield
McClellan
The
Hoop Mill
Hulda Wiedmeyer
Freedom
Edward G. Armbruster
Lieai
Pride
George Wiedmeyer
Home Hodgepodge Recipe and Tips
A reader submission suggests an easy kitchen hack with a basic chocolate batter. Ingredients include eggs shortening brown sugar cocoa flour walnuts and vanilla. Mix in order bake in a waxed paper lined pan at a moderate oven about 3825 degrees for 30 minutes.
Graham Muffins from a Vintage Recipe
A recipe combines white flour graham flour baking powder and salt with milk egg and melted shortening. Mix dry ingredients lift with graham flour add egg and milk beat until dampened and lumpy bake spoonfuls in greased pans at 400 degrees for about 20 minutes.
Household Hints From a Century Ago
Practical tips for home care include sponging cane chairs with salt water, using sassafras to deter worms, mending gloves with a thimble, lemon for ash tray polish, and sharpening needles with sandpaper. Additional ideas cover plaster, oven moisture, ladder safety, lamp brightness, and pest control with sodium fluoride.
Tuberculosis in Poultry Warns Michigan Officials
A statement from the Michigan Department of Agriculture warns that avian tuberculosis is a serious threat to poultry production. It is prevalent in the central and midwestern states, with high infection rates in older flocks. Eradication requires removing birds after the first egg laying period and marketing them for slaughter to reduce losses and spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Animal Industry of Michigan Department of Agriculture
Michigan
United States Bureau of Animal Industry
Tuberculosis Deadly to Youth in Michigan Report
The Michigan Tuberculosis reports that the disease kills more people aged 15 to 25 than any other illness. It notes women in this group die at about one and a half times the rate of men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Richards and visitors noted in Judd District notice
Mrs H S Richards convalesces from illness and visitors from Ann Arbor are reported. Lloyd and Jack Langstaff visited D G Richards while heavy snow caused a garage roof collapse on Center Street, affecting a gas station front and Whitman storage rear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Street
C. J. Whitman
John Wittman
Petersburg Sun
Michigan livestock on farms shows cattle rise and hog decline
January 1 1938 inventories report more cattle and fewer hogs and sheep on Michigan farms while horses and mules stay near last year. Beef cattle breeding up 4 percent and steers up 10 percent, hogs down 5 percent, feeder sheep up 10 percent, chickens totaling 11 712 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Michigan
Michigan Co-operative Crop Reporting Service
Mooreville Births and P T A Meeting Report
Born Sunday February 27 a son to Mr and Mrs Jacob Shelton. Waldo Wardle and children visited Emmett Hendershot and Loyal Kanitz. Mooreville P T A met at the school with a fine program and a business session. Valentines were auctioned for the men. refreshments served. Primary and grammar pupils with perfect February attendance listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Shelton
Waldo Wardle
Reva
Robert
Ypsilanti
Emmett Hendershot
Loyal Kanitz
Mooreville
Hillen
Frances Murray
Jeanne
Karl Craig
Donald
Shirley Searfoss
Richard Ferrington
Russell Kanitz
William Matt
Richard Russ
Mooreville Grammar Room
Luella Mae
Emmett
Thelma Murray
Grace Ann
Dora Mae Crittenden
Alan
Kenneth ¥Errington
Ronald Kelsey
Wilbur Winkle
George Conroy
Carl Jacobs
Walter Randolph
Lois Holcomb
Ben Phillips
Alia Searfoss
Billie Papp
Motherhood quotes and religious lines for a scrapbook
Includes lines from William Goldsmith Brown and Mary Baker Eddy on motherhood and love, a note that Rother is used for God by children, and a Proverbs 1 8 9 verse blessing. The collection reflects parental guidance and spiritual heritage.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Saline Observer
J. Ashley Burg
John Maulbetsch
Ann Arbor
George Richel
Alpena
Emma. Fiel
Robert Cullen
Spears
Miss Buckman
West Henry Street
Cullen
Neads
Michigan Tuberculosis Association
Graham
Judd
H. S. Richards
D. G. Richards
George Franklin
Lloyd
Jack Langstaff
Lewis Shantz
William Goldsmith Brown
Mary Baker Eddy
Rother
God
Thackery
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