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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1896
Page
1
The village election proceeded with little interest and only twenty votes by one o'clock. A late push to replace the regular presidential nominee emerged, yielding fifty total ballots with two spoiled. Local notices cover social visits, birthdays, a chalk talk, school flag-raising, and a prison release anecdote from the Jackson Patriot.
A roundup of small items from Michigan towns: German Methodists award a church contract to John Waltz in Ann Arbor. Alexander Rhimee of New Buffalo seeks separation after nine marriages. Mrs. Sarah Squire of Pittsfield dies at 91. Ypsilanti forms a Kamera Klub with officers Jeanie Moore and Alice Densmore in charge. Minor incidents include a broken lamp in Urib Shelly’s store causing about $6.50 damage and a soap ticket scam at Ann Arbor and YpsilantiOpera House promising a $100 prize but skipped by the swindler.
The article discusses Yule fires and beacon beacons in Norse and English history, noting fossilized bones found in ash heaps as evidence of ancient revelry. It recounts Elphage’s death amid Danish raiders and describes how beacon fires were lit across Norse settlements to signal enemies, with the king’s Thor feast fires burning for weeks.
In a Washington Star excerpt, the new congressman muses on public reaction. His wife voices the likely judgment, suggesting the public will label him as either quite ordinary or a freak.
A committee of physicians examined Alfred Speer’s wines and reported them strictly pure and palatable with a rich body. Dr Cyrus Iadison of the New York Board of Health states there is no better wine in the world.
Old Aunt Rachel a nurse with years of experience touts a cordial strong remedy made from grapes decam pane root and horehound. The preparation is said to aid families and is marketed to public speakers and singers and sold by druggists.
Bucklen's Arnica Save claims to cure cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions with guaranteed satisfaction or money refunded. Priced at 25 cents per box and sold by Lister and Sheeder, Druggists.
An advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a tonic and alterative for old people needing bowel and kidney regulation with no whiskey. It claims to aid digestion, strengthen organs, and improve appetite, priced at 50 cents per bottle at Lister & Sheeder Drug Store in Washtenaw Michigan.
Notices detail defaulted mortgages on properties in Saline and Washtenaw County. Foreclosure actions cite a $3,072.18 claim for Joseph and Caroline Feather and a $1,755.10 principal with $25 attorney fee for Lucy A. Young. Auctions set at Ann Arbor courthouses on March 21 1896 and May 1 1896 respectively.
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