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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1928
Page
7
In a promotional pitch, Mickie extols bargain want ads as a low cost way to reach a large circulation. The blurb promises versatile listings from selling old items to locating a missing dog or other tasks, encouraging readers to use want ads for broad benefits.
O E Hawkins sells Burr Oak Acorn to McPherson Philips of Toledo Ohio. Philips becomes editor while Hawkins retires after more than a half century in publishing and owning nine Michigan papers. Mrs Harriet Wheeler votes first time since suffrage in Tecumseh citing Hoover as alignment.
O. T. Hoover reported a spent bullet broke the windshield on the driver’s side of his car while he was driving Sunday. No hunters were seen in the area.
A short excerpt from J. G. Holland's Bitter-Sweet praises Providence and divine blessing on a Thanksgiving Night. The speaker thanks the Lord for light and darkness and asserts trust in God’s will, inviting gratitude for health and sorrow alike.
A short meditation on traditional Thanksgiving customs contrasts modern fast living with the older focus on health and happiness. It cites a 1779 account from Julianna Smith describing Uncle Simeon’s dinner, extensive baking, scarce ingredients, and a large family gathering in the Dining Hall with stories of grandmothers and charity.
News Review of Current Events reports the Vestris sinking off Virginia with 111 dead and 215 rescued, raising blame questions about Captain Carey. It also notes a San Antonio air crash killing nine, Etna activity, Hoover’s goodwill tour plans, Coolidge Armistice address reactions, and political shifts in Romania France and England.
The text lists the 1928 Nobel Prize in literature to Me and Sigrid und Set of Norway and notes Henry Berg son a French philosopher. It mentions chemistry awards carried off by Germans Prof Heinrichs Wieland and Prof Adolf Windaus with a note on the 1928 peace prize to be elected by a five member Oslo committee.
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