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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1936
Page
4
Saline Observer announces subscription at 1.50 yearly with 5 cent single copies and various shorter rates. Poetry and entertainment notices incur per line charges, and personal or business interest material is billed at regular rates. obituary and marriage notices are published.
Governor Fitzgerald argues the Republican party must attract stalwart workers who dread welfare but crave regular pay. He notes wealth inequality and calls for allegiance from those who seek the American right to work and live the American way, warning of no election fears if united.
The piece questions if modern drivers and pedestrians live up to gentlemanly behavior. It contrasts polite acts like tipping hats and yielding with selfish driving habits such as hogging lanes, honking, and crowding ahead. The author implies true gentility requires courtesy both on the street and in public life.
An analysis argues that farmers' buying power drives national prosperity as farm exports declined from 1919 to 1933 34 while imports rose, warning that New Deal policies foster scarcity and harm American farmers. it concludes with a quip about a pioneer recalling milliner influence in rural life.
Archhold O Buckeye notes several nearby villages discuss ordinances taxing outside bakeries to deliver bread, potentially squeezing home bakers. He questions legal validity and restraint of trade as multiple daily bread trucks crowd the town.
Michigan Department of Health figures show brides have a four to one chance to avoid divorce, with marriages up 59 percent since 1932. Divorces last year totaled 10 846 from 45 318 marriages, contrasting earlier decades when divorces were more common amid economic hardship.
In Concord a robin mother eyes a cardinal as a rival in an ongoing nesting dispute on W. N. Armstrong property. Vet "Doc" Armstrong notes the cardinal wooed the feeding pair, leading to estrangement and a questionable alliance as the mother robin accepts the stranger's worms and attention. Neighbors await the outcome.
Extension Bulletin No. 166 from Michigan State College outlines ant control methods for houses, lawns, and trees. It details poisons for sweets, grease feeders, and garden or tree applications, plus cultivation and crop rotation to curb nests and foraging ants.
The piece urges Washtenaw County Scouts to pull ragweed daily before August 15 to prevent pollen spread. It notes ragweed pollen travels up to 40 miles and causes hay fever in many residents. Scouts are encouraged to lead inter patrol contests, identify rag weed, and enlist in a county weed war.
Walter MacPeek, Scout Executive, describes Washtenaw-Livingston Council work serving 64 groups and over 1400 boys annually. He outlines training, conferences, and the New Kirk Scout Reservation as key summer opportunities for troop leadership and troop trips, camps, and activities. King Gustav of Sweden is noted with a royal fisherman on trips.
Dr. C E B Millar of Michigan State College reports through federal census data that average yields for wheat corn rye potatoes tame hay and barley in Michigan have not risen over six decades. He cites soil depletion as the main factor and notes the problem is statewide not unique to Michigan with eastern states showing gains due to fertilizer use.
A four foot gar fish, likely the largest from Clarks Lake, was killed in a shallow pool below the dam at the Eastern Ocean Beach outlet. William Maitland watched it chase small fish, speared it with a fork, and dragged it ashore after it lay trapped on the creek bottom. The fish weighed about 10 pounds 10 ounces. The Brooklyn Exponent notes the huge catch and adds a quip about a Zeppelin at Lakehurst.
Our Memorial Sunday was a good day with services upcoming. 10 a.m. worship, 11:15 Sunday school led by Cotton as superintendent and others in support. Evening programs include 6:30 p.m. young people meeting and 7:30 p.m. worship.
Morning worship at 16 o'clock and Sunday school at 11 15 led by H A Holmes superintendent Epworth Leagues meet 6 15 p m Wednesday prayer service 7 30 Thursday choir meeting Fire damaged a truck early last Thursday and sparked council discussion about two persons unable to signal the telephone operator The blaze was the third of four similar fires in the past year Tecumseh Herald cemetery dues reminder.
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