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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1923
Page
6
A builder called Jetry tours a row of freshly erected houses. A friend in one house asks to view him, but the builder replies cryptically about time and walls as if guarding a secret. The scene unfolds with odd dialogue and visible humor.
Mortgage dated May 13 1916 recorded May 15 1916 in Washtenaw County Michigan secures 2397 64 dollars to Sumner Damon on land in Ypsilanti described as north forty five feet of a parcel along Huron Street and river. Default triggers public sale at the Washtenaw Court House August 22 1923 at 10 am. Mortgagee Sumner Damon attorney Tracy L. Towner of Ypsilanti. May 24 to August 16.
Frank S. Freer and Mary J. Freer defaulted on a 1929 mortgage to John I. Bush. The foreclosure will occur by public sale at the south door of Washtenaw County Court House in Ann Arbor on August 3 at 10 a.m. The property includes the east half of the southeast quarter of Section 16 in Lima and related parcels, with various reservances and prior encumbrances noted. Mortgagee John J. Bush and attorney John Kalmbach, Chelsea, Mich., May 7, 1923 to August 2.
Local residents and visitors are listed in a long chain of social notes. Ray Hendershot and Clara Hendershot appear in events in Detroit Ann Arbor and Tecumseh. numerous calls from Jackson Ypsilanti and Dundee. Eugene Burdett dies in Detroit with funeral in Macon Presbyterian Church. Macon school graduation exercises held with Rev E H Rice of Adrian delivering the address.
Memorial Day services drew a small crowd as Hart's band from Ypsilanti played before a program on the school grounds and at the cemetery. Roscoe Bonisteel of Ann Arbor spoke on unity and arbiter peace while pupils sang, and a wreath was laid at Hollis Burr's grave with taps and a blessing from Rev. W J Cross.
Sunday services include preaching at 10:00 am with the topic The Mission of Jesus. Sunday school at 11:15. Baccalaureate service at 6:00 pm with other churches’ workers taking part. Prayer meeting Thursday at 7:30. A Nashville man received a letter from his wife's dressmaker stating she would not make more dresses until payment is made, then sent thanks.
A basement fire in the Blackmer building at the corner of Main and Wabash streets was spotted around 10:30 a.m. Saturday by occupant S. J. Draper and Milan Leder. The blaze was checked in time to save the building and prevent spreading to nearby properties.
Thieves struck in the vicinity again this week. Monday evening the Sardge at L M Odell's home was entered, a tire taken from Martin Odell's Ford coupe, and other thefts followed including an inner tube and tail light from FE Bostedor's machine, gasoline, oil, and spark plug wiring. Tuesday targeted Charles Anglemeyer's farm with many hens, a license plate, two coats, and other items taken.
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General H. H. Billany urges rural box owners to inscribe all names plainly on mailbox fronts. The note stresses legible ownership for carrier efficiency and clarifies boxes should not display slumbers. The guidance echoes earlier Postal Bulletin recommendations while noting the Nashville News verse at term end.
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