Michigan News Sketches From Farms To Fort St Ignace
Rural electrification expands across Michigan with over a third of farms now on electric service and co operative lines gaining support in Presque Isle county and Allegan Barry Cass Kalamazoo Ottawa Van Buren. Fort St Ignace historic site offered for reconstruction by Dr. Cannon. Michigan Transporters Association discusses interstate truck regulations hours and safety. Senate bill proposes free syphilis treatment for indigent cases amidst hospital overcrowding. Smelt Jamboree and fishing contests eyed as state promotes tourism while addressing stream pollution. State politics feature clashes between Democrats led by Van Wagoner and Republicans led by Eliott over highway funds.
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Lansing
Michigan
Washington
Presque Isle County
Murphy
Fruit Belt Rural Electrification Association
Allegan
Barry
Cass
Kalamazoo
Ottawa
van Buren
St. Lusson
France
Great Lakes
Gulf of Mexico
Fort St. Ignace
Montreal
C. W. Cannon
St. Ignace
Dons Club
John Vanderjagt
Grand Rapids
Michigan Transporters Association
Roosevelt
Detroit
America
California
Supreme Court
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Governor Murphy backs generous state aid for public schools
Political analysts assess possible election effects of Murphy’s declaration while vacationing in Florida that he favors generous state aid for public schools. The remark comes amid debates on education funding and campaign strategy.
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Murphy
Florida
Sinlessness of Jesus sermon and court notices in Michigan
Sunday services and a Lent sermon at St James Evangelical Church in Saline Township led by W Breitenbach. Court order published in The Saline Observer outlines an unrelated chancery suit against Donald H McGill and public notice of voter registration deadlines in Saline Township.
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Judiea
Jesus
Donald H. McGill
Washtenaw County
Chancery
Saline
George W. Sample
Luella M. Smith
Victor H. Lane, Jr
First National Building
Ann Arbor
Michigan
Lester Hanson
Bottle Stacker Piles 36 Bottles on a Single Match
Hastings Mich vendor Honer White known as Monk stacks 36 steinie beer bottles on a single match. He describes the build using corks yardstick halves and a table stack while noting the difficulty lies in placing the first four bottles. He jokes singing or playing piano could topple the tower.
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Honer (Monk) White
Hastings
Mich
White
Céveland
Chicago
Monk
Odd Tale of Shipping Inked on a Human Back
A bizarre report notes an unusual practice where almost every medium was used for writing and wills, culminating in one of the oddest instances recorded as a tattoo inked on a living back.
Eggs cost comparison for All-Mix 42% verse 32% concentrate
An analysis compares 42 percent All-Mix poultry concentrate at 4.00 per 100 lbs with 32 percent concentrate at 3.30. It breaks costs per sack of finished 18 percent laying mash, showing 80 cents for the 42 percent mix versus 1.10 for the 32 percent mix, and promotes the 42 percent as superior.
Experimental 100 acre tractor built at Michigan State
An experimental tractor at Michigan State College by H. H. Musselman features an eight foot turning radius and a road speed of 20 mph. It is dubbed the suggested 100 acre tractor and could sell for about $500. The driver is Lee Talladay, an agricultural engineering student from Milan.
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Michigan State College
H. H. Musselman
Lee Talladay
Milan
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