Tax reader urges tax reform to save farms in Michigan
A Village banker from Gagetown writes to the Caro Advertiser arguing taxes crush farm property in Tuscola County. He urges shifting county road funding to the gas tax and supports a state income tax to tax earnings rather than land value. He notes rising taxes accompany farm foreclosures and rising tenancy.
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Gagetown
Mich
Caro ‘Advertiser
Caro
Advertiser
Tuscola
Courtry
Charlotte Republican-Tribune
Sheep Killing Dogs Rampage in Lima Area Flocks
Saturday night on Martin Merkel’s Lima farm a dog raid killed four lambs and bit three more. Justice Ernest Adams set damage at 32 dollars. A L. P. Vogel lamb was killed Sunday night, damage 4 dollars per Justice O. J. Walworth. Tuesday morning Harry Prudden fired at a wounded dog. others fled. Justice Walworth valued damages at 35 dollars on the remaining lambs.
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Martin Merkel
Lima
Ernest Adams
Lima Township
L. P. Vogel
Justice O. J. Walworth
Harry Prudden
Mr. Prudden
Justice Walworth
Chelsea Standard
Michigan 4 H selects members for national encampment
Four Michigan 4 H club members Isabelle Mc Kellar Freeland Verna Dalke Pin conning Ludell Cheney Mason and Robert Johnson West Ishpeming named by state leaders to represent Michigan at the national club encampment in Washington D C from June 18 to 24. Two others Ingrid Mattson Iron River Cyril Spike Ypsilanti chosen for the leadership training school at Springfield Mass and county delegates will be chosen to accompany the state. The state may send up to 50 participants depending on county funding and willingness to finance the trip.
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Michigan
Cyril Spike
Ypsilanti
Michigan Club
Washington
The Home Town Booster and Local Auto Crash at Riga
The article praises a town booster who tirelessly promotes prosperity. It also reports a Riga accident at a grade crossing on the D T S railroad where Mrs. Fetzer and her three children escaped serious injury while her husband survived. the car overturned, the machine damaged, and they were treated by a local physician.
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Fred Fetzer
Riga
Blissfield
Seed Piece Size Impacts Potato Yields and Hollow Heart
Michigan State College reports two year trials across Rossman Brothers Farm Lakeview Kellogg Farm Augusta and College Farm East Lansing using Certified Russet Rural seed. Larger seed pieces yielded more bushels per acre and produced fewer hollow heart tubers though 1929 weather reduced hollow heart. Seed should be cut thick to avoid drying. about 15 bushels of seed per acre needed for planting.
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Farm Crops Department
Michigan State College
Rossman Brothers
Lakeview
W. K. Kellogg
Augusta
College Farm
East Lansing
Weston Bank Declared Solvent After Closure in Clinton Local
The Exchange bank of Weston village twelve miles southwest of Adrian was closed today but is solvent. Depositors will receive 100 cents on the dollar and be fully protected. Herbert W. Porter, surviving partner, will liquidate the bank as receiver after accepting appointment from Circuit Judge G. Arthur Rathbun. The closure is stated to follow the demise of the other partners.
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Exchange Bank
Weston Village
Adrian
Herbert W. Porter
Windmills of Holland Pleases Large Opera House Audience
A Friday evening performance of the operetta Windmills of Holland at the opera house drew a large, appreciative crowd. Under director Mrs. Aileen Brown the cast portrayed Dutch characters with attractive costumes and blue and yellow choruses. The stage, windmill, tulip scenery and tulip crafts were created by students and the art class.
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Holland
Opera
Aileen Brown
2Fairbank
Thrips Threaten Michigan Fruit Crops This Year
Michigan State College entomology reports unusually abundant flower thrips this season posing damage risk to peaches and raspberries. Past damages occurred in 1910 and 1918. Control uses nicotine sprays or dust applied at shuck fall for peaches and pre blossom for raspberries.
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Michigan
Michigan State College
Oil Well Strikes Flowing Gas at Glenn Brook Farm
Drilling near Glenn Brook farm south of town has reached several hundred feet with a flowing well struck at 100 feet. The well has flowed since Thursday with occasional five feet gas pressure. water purity noted as a sign of gas presence. Operations continue day and night seven days a week as many motorists visit the site, stressing the road. Pinckney Dispatch.
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Glenn‘brook
Pinckney Dispatch
Typo almost causes tragedy in a ladies aid meeting
A newspaper typesetter faces a heavy burden when a single letter change nearly triggers a disaster. The item recalls a Ladies' Aid meeting held at Mrs. Smith's home yesterday afternoon.
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Ladies’ Aid
Yates Divorce Case Seeks Resolution In Circuit Court
Clayton J. Yates of Milan files divorce action against Neva Yates an inmate at Michigan State Hospital for Criminal Insane Ionia. The complaint cites a Sept 30 1929 incident where Neva tried to kill Clayton by cutting his throat during a car ride.
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Clayton J
Konjola Puts Grateful Man Back On Job
A Detroit man reports stomach trouble for ten years improved after six bottles of Konjola. He ate freely, nerves calmed, headaches gone, and he has not missed work in four months since finishing the treatment. Konjola sold in Saline at C Wheeler's Pharmacy and by druggists nationwide.
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Konjola
O. S. Mittelbuscher
Cape Street
Detroit
C. Wheeler
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Michigan Ave
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Candyland
Jack K. Pappas
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Doc Wise
Daddy
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Opera House
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Ypsilanti’s
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Buster Brow
Michigan Avenue
Ypsilanti Art Shop
Ypsilanti, Michigan
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Elgin
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Exide
Auto Electric
N. Huron
Auto Glass
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Washington St
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