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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1926
Page
4
The Saline Observer outlines subscription prices eight months one dollar four months fifty cents two months seventy five cents. Card of thanks one word. Resolutions of condolence one dollar. Advertising rates by application. Poetry five cents per line. Entertainment notices le per word. Obituary and marriage notices are published free. Personal business ads priced at regular rates.
Reports from thirty years past recount a post office dispute, the death of Mrs. Meyer aged 90 in Lodi, widespread diphtheria in Hilks dale county, injuries from a corn shock in Kyte, and political mania among state men. Alfred Humphrey and Miss Luella Clarke wed, coal stove danger near miss to Miss Myra Forbes, and Tecumseh clerk Metta Owens wheeled banker Frank Bauer in a wheelbarrow while betting on Bryan.
The Texas county newspaper editor who moved to Dallas and deposited 50,000 dollars in a local bank says his success stems from duty and frugality. The piece notes traffic signal abuses near the main fourway and recounts a collision between an Ann Arbor left turner and a Milan racer, urging caution at 25 mph to reduce accidents.
Fifteen years after her death Mrs. Sarah Fosdick is buried in Sherman after a funeral at the previous Sunday. Miss Minnie Beaty visits her mother in South Haven. A newborn boy born November 4 to Prof and Mrs W L Walling. J B Newell and two Detroit men visit William Derendinger’s family. Jay Carven visits Detroit relative. Corn thefts plague Pittsfield township with nighttime fence cutting and husked loads. John F Lutz rents north property to Fred Schmid who runs a grocery wagon and enlarges the Lutz building with groceries. Bethel church in Freedom township celebrates after an acetylene explosion damaged the basement but occurs before services. Martin Hieber, janitor, was knocked into the street by the blast. Railway traffic growth and car shortages prompt calls to conserve equipment. Commodity committees predict busier three months ahead with strong agricultural and general machinery shipments, and late spring public works lifting excavating demand.
On November 11 the nation observes the eighth Armistice Day since the war ended. The piece honors those who first answered the call, calling for silent tribute and reverent homage to the glorious dead, as wounds fade and memories endure.
The paper critiques peddlers from big centers while defending legitimate local sellers and residents. Charles Hurt was arrested Monday for stealing wearing apparel from Mrs. Hazel Souder and a watch from his employer L. B. Greenfield, with officers noting a pink silk hose set and other items found on him.
A fram owner told the office he posts his land to keep hunters away after finding a robin shot and fearing damage to quail and other birds. He says some sportsmen exist but many hunters act as killers, using substances that make small animals seem larger. Brooklyn Exponent.
The International Live Stock Exposition in Chicago, November 27 to December 4, will spotlight farm boys and girls from America. Junior judging teams compete for national titles with scholarships of 500, 300, and 200 dollars. A sale auction and multiple contests including grain, hay, clothing, foods, and style shows accompany the congresses featuring 1200 club members from 41 states, Canada, and Hawaii.
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