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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1938
Page
3
Observers describe hundreds of homeless using trains and stations as shelters. Parks, piers, and bridges host derelicts, with police and magistrates catching sleepers for disorderly conduct. Some women and children are among those without homes.
London reports a study on daily routines finding the average man spends about five years of life eating and wastes hours waiting for meals. women are said to waste ten years on housework. The piece notes a Melbourne hawker using a sign “No Hawkers Allowed” to ease sales.
Documents by Elmo Scott Watson show the distinctively American holiday with English colonial origins a harvest feast of hardship later a national day of thanksgiving and prayer commemorating resilience through crises and preservation of the union Pictured here are portraits and reproductions that trace the Thanksgiving Day story.
The letter reports a bountiful harvest in New England and four men sent by the governor to hunt fowl. Indians, led by the great King Agapa, joined feasts and hunting, bringing five deer to the plantation. Peace and friendship with local tribes deepen as they share venison and shelter. The text notes the Indians lack formal religion but are trusting and friendly.
The Plymouth colonists celebrated a 1621 Thanksgiving described in Mourt’s Relation. George Morton published the book in London 1622, with Edward Winslow’s journal and Pilgrim correspondence shaping the account.
Edward Winslow wrote the contemporaneous record in Mourt's Relation describing the 1621 harvest celebration. It notes four men fowling for a feast lasting nearly a week, Native allies including Massasoit with about ninety men, hunting five deer, and the feast for Governor and Captain with others.
A new Louisiana committee on homeless and transients studies the floater, noting it is essential to agriculture and industry. It recommends an information service to guide floaters to jobs, interstate aid for education, and reciprocal state agreements to aid drifting families and their children.
Pittsburgh scientists J Kenneth Coutt and Arthur C Twomey report jitterbug fever reached Belcher Island and Ungava Land during an eight month, 1750 mile Arctic journey. They brought back two fresh water seal specimens to Carnegie Museum as notable trophies from the trip.
In a nine room sea view house at Barton ten miles from Bournemouth six cats enjoy pampered living. Each feline has a private room bed and dish while a full time housekeeper attends to their needs. A Bournemouth taxi delivers their meals four times weekly including steak fish rabbits milk and cream. The cats belong to Mrs Agnes Burrell of Bournemouth.
In Kendallville Indiana the classified column carried a notice about a “hazy young man with ability desires easy” work but wants better wages. The ad notes the man owns a wrist watch and tolerates social security deductions. Several job offers were reported.
A letter from a reader recalls spending 10.35 on sewing materials to refresh a living room. She notes new slipcovers, curtains, an ottoman, and a lampshade transforming the room, arguing sewing can pay off despite perceptions.
A quiz notes Roosevelt speaks French and German and reads Spanish. It asks about cherry trees in Washington and the growth of the U S population across generations and highlights records in horse high jump and number of Vermont covered bridges. It includes an advertisement for sewing books by Mrs Spears with prices and an address in Chicago.
An advertisement touts Creomulsion as a potent remedy for chest colds and bronchial irritation. It claims quick action against inflamed mucous membranes and germ laden phlegm, urging belief in the product and noting authorized distributors.
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