Michigan News Tersely Told
Mt. Clemens buys a baby lungmotor to aid newborns unable to breathe. Cadillac gains first class post office status. Ann Arbor reports a death from a horse fall. Escanaba notes 207 workers start at a lumber plant ending a timber strike. Pontiac forms life savings corps with T. S. Wylie president. Albion sees anarchist pamphlets turned to federal authorities. Lansing reports coal car return complaints. Sault Ste. Marie val increases by 73k with real estate 10,193,350 and personal property 5,445,717. Detroit notes Town Topics editor William D. Mann dies at 81 in Morristown. Ionia describes growing vacant houses 147. Manistee gas rate hike requested. Petoskey gasoline shortage and thefts from parked cars. Detroit police uncover liquor in a dry goods store. Pontiac forms child welfare worker and traveler aid post. Flint railroads discuss freight rate hikes. Kalamazoo auto accident suit goes to trial. jury deadlocks. Kalamazoo warns loss of state money if Drive project stalled. Jonesville hay famine worsened by strike and cold. Utica bank sues to block new building. Coldwater Loomis battery reunion with 94-year-old veteran. Hillman forest fires checked. losses exceed 20k across several counties.
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Ann Arbor
M. T. Foo
Choo Choon Foo
Penang Straits Settlement
Escanaba
Delta County
Pontiac
Oakland County Life Savings Corps
T. S. Wylie
Albion
Athens
Lansing
Michigan Public Utilities Commission
Fron
Virginia
Kentucky
Michigan
Sault Ste. Marie
Sam G Carleton
Detroit
William D. Alton Mann
Seventh
Michigan Cavalry
Morristown
N. J. Ionia
Ionia
Ionia County
Manistee
Manistee Light Co
Flint
Grand Trunk
Pere Marquette
New York Central
Transportation Committee
Board of Commerce
Kalamazoo
Edward Godd
Alice Chambers
Oakland
Jonesville
Hillsdale
Branch
Utica
Utica State Bank
Farmers Co-Operative Bank
Utica Bank
Coldwater
Loomis Battery
Washington
W. R. Card
Hillman
West Montmorency County
W. N. Hunt
Emmet
Gogebic
Iron
Delta
Ontonagon
Marquette
Montmorency
Seed Price Set To Boost Michigan Farmers Seed quality cited across state farms
The Michigan Crop Improvement Association board approved recommendations to cut seed prices by 25 to 40 percent for local needs. The plan aims to boost use of pure-bred seed statewide, with pricing based on the Chicago market plus margins to cover production and handling. A cooperative framework with county farm bureaus will supervise inspection, registration, and distribution through local bureaus, aiding standard variety maintenance.
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Michigan Crop Improvement Association
The
Crops Association
A. L. Bibbins
Farm Crops Department
Improvement Association
Michigan
Crop Improvement Association
Chicago
State Farm Bureau
Editor’s Dilemma Behind the News Choices
The Nashville News notes editors weigh what to publish to avoid distress and harm. A Detroit item reports River Raisin Paper Co Monroe opening an on-site hospital for ill workers, while Chelsea Tribune jokes about journalists sick of paper troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville News
Detroit
River Raisin Paper Co
Monroe
Chelsea Tribune
Milan Civil War Vet Finally Receives $1200 Bonus
Charles Thompson of Milan, a Civil War veteran, was overdue for a soldier bounty after forgery misled officials. After proof showed his signature was forged, he was awarded a $1200 bounty with $337.50 interest, underscoring reduced purchasing power since the 1870s.
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Red-Tone
Charles Thompson
Milan
Thompson
Washington
Paper shortage forces smaller daily issues at The News
The Detroit News reports persistent page shortages causing a limited average of 40 pages per day. Advertisers are urged to cut space requests, with half pages and smaller ads substituted when possible, and late copy excluded first to fit remaining space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit News
How to Handle Your Liberty Bond Safely and Smartly
The article explains Liberty Bonds as government promises to repay the buyer with interest. It warns against selling at low prices, noting market fluctuations, and urges holding until maturity for safety and gains. It also advises buying more bonds while rates are low and highlights the difference between market price and face value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Uncle Sam
Not What They Used to Be
A neighbor laments changing times and careers from teaching to banking and factory roles. He notes his son’s rapid moves from bank work to blacksmithing and a fertilizer shed clerkship, then to an auto factory with rising pay and clothes. The Observer plans early press for the Michigan Press and Printers Federation meeting in Jackson June 3 4 5.
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Observer
Michigan Press and Printers Federation
Jackson
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Michigan News
Mt. Clemens
Cadillac
F. C. Gaffney
Petoskey
Louis Kopitzki
Louis
Social Service Bureau Board,of
Michigan Children’s Home Society
Milan Mane
REIS
Rennan Gogg
Palm Beach
ILE Adjusters
Phelps & Walsh
N. Main Street
Post Office
Ann Arbor, Michigan
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