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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1930
Page
7
SIM. R. WESSON sintered at the post office at Saline Mich as second class matter. $1.50 per year 5 cent card of thanks 6 per line. Resolutions of Condolence one dollar. Poetry five cents per line. Entertainment announcements six cents per line. Minimum 25 cents. Obituary and marriage notices published free. Personal or business notices charged at regular rates.
Doctors agree alcohol harms mental health and metabolism. Experts from Washington and Cracow warn chronic alcoholism damages character and descendants. Some favor prohibition, others education, yet both can unite for temperance. Education could win if mental hygienists’ guidance prevails.
The wild rose is chosen as national flower after about a million votes. The columbine placed second, the violet 100000 votes, and the goldenrod 84000 ballots. The piece praises the wild rose’s hardiness and beauty across the United States.
An opinion piece argues that a billion dollar U S road system is overrun with signs and billboards. It cites protests against signs on national landmarks and notes widespread clutter along highways that mars scenery and distracts drivers.
A Boston Transcript commentary argues that Soviet plans to extinguish religion fail, calling out the devil’s own work and noting historical inability to eradicate faith. The piece challenges atheistic campaigns and asserts enduring religious presence.
The article argues that state and municipal buildings often lag in sanitation compared with private homes and that disasters like the Ohio penitentiary fire should spur investigations into prison conditions. It notes ill smelling germ breeding lavatories in public schools and urges hygiene practices to start at home and in schools, citing the Michigan Tuberculosis Association.
The Department of Agriculture warns against fat reducing cures sold to overweight people. Promoters claim easy weight loss without dieting, often using thyroid, laxatives, poke root, or soaps. Overdoses and dangerous ingredients have caused harm or death, while many products lack any real effect. Doctors advocate weight reduction through diet and exercise, not pills or baths.
Prominent tobacco magnate stated a man could smoke a pack daily for forty ten years and still not exhaust a bale of tobacco. Our worst suspicions have been confirmed as the judge comments on the matter.
USDA reports pullorum disease can spread from infected to healthy chicks in the same incubator without contact. Experiments at the Bureau of Animal Industry Bethseda Maryland show transmission rates 45 to 81 percent across incubator types, with rapid spread within 18 to 24 hours and serious mortality even under good brooding.
A reflection on public health progress over 25 years noting declines in typhoid and diphtheria and the shift to viewing clinics for children as essential. It urges public support for nurses and physicians and warns of electric water hazards and the need for caution around electricity near water.
The text explains that many duck strains, especially Pekin, favor artificial incubation. Ducks should gather eggs daily, store cool, and turn daily. Start incubating soon after laying, as eggs keep poorly. Maintain 102 degrees for three weeks with added moisture, test fertility on day four or five.
Readers are urged to use natural sunlight for chicks. Open windows on sunny days and close them when clouds or wind arrive. Fresh air and warmth boost chick vigor, with a bit of extra care for ventilation rewarded by stronger birds.
The text explains using sodium fluoride to eradicate lice in poultry including body head and feather lice. It discusses applying methods dusting or dipping and notes both chemically pure and commercial grades. dipping is described as easier and cheaper. A small amount suffices for young chicks and a 50 cent pound can treat about 100 chickens.
The poultry chief of the Iowa experimental station warns that young birds must be kept away from yards, stalls, and ground used by old stock. Infection can be carried on shoes or by old stock, so clean ground is essential for preventing disease.
Notice to all taxpayers in Saline village and Washtenaw County Michigan that the 1930 assessment rolls are complete and will be reviewed on January 3 and June 9 10 1930. Sessions run 8:00 to 12:00 and 1:00 to 5:00 with hearings for errors omissions and aggrieved valuations. Final rolls to be approved by village council and township board. MAX FOSDICK Village Assessor AUSTIN ROBISON Supervisor.
Public notice from Sebastian Finkbeiner, Saline Township Highway Commissioner, requiring all landowners in Saline Township and adjacent highway rights of way to cut down and destroy noxious weeds by July 1, 1930 and again by September 1, 1930, with penalties including costs plus ten percent after each date. brush along roads must also be cleared. Dated June 1, 1930.
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