Sign of the Shooting Star heads to Opera House
The senior class of the high school stages At the Sign of the Shooting Star at the opera house on May 11 and 12. Cast lists twenty seniors with roles ranging from Mason Jones to Prince Ulric and Secret Service man Tom Phillips. Tickets 35 cents adults 25 cents children, reserve seats from May 9 at Wheeler's pharmacy. Sunday School at Hammond School warns parents to support the program with sermons at 2:30 and Sunday school at 3:15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Igh School
Opera
Shirley Glenifield
Wheeler's
God
Saline Observes Civic Notes on Wheat and Road Issues
Farmers report mixed wheat prospects after a harsh winter with ice damage in depots and variable field conditions. Spring seeding inches ahead as oats and corn ground preparation progress. clover damaged but fruit buds show promise. Saline council delegates met with the State Railroad Commission to discuss the D U W IR pavement at Michigan avenue, with a report due and possible delay into next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Brederrils
Emanuel Sientsehler
C. ¥. Fitzgerald
Lansing
State Railroad Commission
Saline
Commiss Ision
D. UW. IR
Michigan Avenue
Two Ill Steerage Travelers Die After Drink Offer
Two men, strangers, boarded a Rock Island Pullman in Belleville eastbound. One had an upper and the other a lower berth. The lower accused the upper of offering a drink and both were later found with the upper dead, the porter and conductor stating the lower had not been drinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Belleville
Conductor
Porter
Lower
Upper
Colby
Tribune
From Printers Devil to Mayor of Detroit
A Rochester Clarion piece lauds printers as foundational figures in success, citing Doremus and many notable leaders who began as printers. It argues brains and craft matter more than aristocratic status and highlights the widespread, hard life of journeyman printing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priinters
Detroit
Prank
Doremus
Earl of Stanhope
China
President Harding
G. P. Morris
N. P. Willis
James Gales
Charles Richardson
James Parker
Horace Greeley
Charles Dickens
Simon Cameron
Schuyler Colfax
Mark Twain
Amos Cummings
Bret Harte
Opie Reed
Periwinkle House
Artemus Ward
Petroleum Nasby
Sut Lovingood
Science
Philosophy
Benjamin Franklin
Rochester
Clarion
New Chickens Probe Web Foot Feats at Local Farm
Thirty years ago William Derendinger showcases a new breed of web footed chickens and wonders if they swim. President Cleveland activates the electric bottom powering a 14 000 horsepower plant at the World’s Fair in Motion. Uncle Russell Mills is fading and has retired to bed. A plan emerges to fund repairs for the Ypsilanti opera house damaged by a cyclone. Eugene Wisdom and family plan to move to Denver Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Derendinger
Cleveland
Ypsilanti
Fifteen Years Ago Marriages and Local Obituaries Highlight Strong Ties
Fifteen years ago Miss Mable Fish wed Frank Peck of Warner New York at her mother's home. Alden Young married Miss Sarah Dillon at the bride's parents home in York township. Mrs Phoebe E Townsend longtime local resident died aged 83 in Richmond New York. Samual H Moore COA contractor and carpenter died after illness. J Henry Fish suffered a stroke at dinner and died April 17. George W Sample announces candidacy for Prosecuting Attorney this fall. Fashion notes say waistlines will move again amid changing styles. A Saline woman comments on the elusive equator during a discussion about moving places of abode.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mable Fish
Frank Peck
Warner
New York
J. H. Fish
Alden Young
Sarah, Dillon
Commissioners Notice on Estate of John Gordon
Probate Court appoints Commissioners to receive and adjust claims against the John Gordon estate in Washtenaw County. Four months to file claims. Meet at Citizens Bank Saline on June 27 and August 27 at 10 a.m. for examination and adjustment. Dated April 26, 1923. Co. A. Curtiss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gordon
Citizens Bank
Saline
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Opera House
Mason Jones
Walter Schneider
Camilla Jones
Thuns
Charlotte Kalmbach
Agatha Jones
Rosalind
Jones
Dorothy Spitter
Ora Kurbier
Lionel Jones
Walter Coe
Rupert Jones
Princeton—Clark
Rouse
Hammond
Assip
Wooltex
Paris
Fifth Avenue
the Mills Company
Ann Arbor
Oly
Hnimestone
Solvay Process CO
Wing & Evans, Inc
Mich
BY Sim. R. Wilson
Michigan
Ford Weekly
Wiedman Auto Company
Ford
Ford Motor Company
Detroit, Michigan
Saline Savings Bank
The
Russell Mills
Eugene Wisdom
Denver, Colorado
Phoebe E. Townsend
Richmond
Samual H. Moore
J. Henry Fish
George W. Sample
Office of Prosecuting Attorney
State of Michigan
County of Washtewa
Co. A. Curtiss
Dietiker’s
Finneral
Carmote
J. Muir
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