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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1926
Page
1
A brief item from Saline notes Mrs Wiggins near the town on a day just before yesterday. The report mentions no further details.
The Saline Woman's Club met November 16 at Mrs. Luther Briggs’s home. Members voted to donate 25 dollars to the University of Michigan social service department for crippled children. Papers were read by Mrs. Earl Dietiker and Mrs. George Hart. The next meeting is November 30 at Mrs. Fred Sellen’s home. Members urged bringing sewing accessories to make warm clothing for children.
The Dieterle family mourns as their youngest son Howard James, born January 11 1926, died November 16 from meningitis. He is survived by his parents and four brothers Ernest Raymond Verne and Kenneth. Private funeral services were held at 10 am at the residence with Rev Adolf Lederer, burial at Oakwood cemetery. Also noted are two Livingston County women who have hunting licenses and, with husbands, are in the upper peninsula after deer.
Public auction to be held on premises 13 miles east of Lodi town hall on Ann Arbor and Pleasant Lake road. Sale starts 12 oclock, Monday November 29 1926 with livestock including 3 horses 59 ewes 42 lambs and various pigs and farm implements such as a nearly new Massa Harris binder and multiple plows wagons and tools. N C Davenport and George J Klager act as auctioneers with Henry Bredernitz Clem Lloyd Fairbank as cashier.
The Dieterle family expresses heartfelt thanks to friends and relatives for floral offerings and kindness during bereavement. Special appreciation goes to Rev. Adolf Lederer for comforting words from Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dieterle and Children.
Saline residents are urged to mail Christmas greetings and parcels early. A Washington bulletin outlines rules: prepaid postage, clear ink addresses, sender’s return, strong containers, avoid seals unless labeled, and no tags. Parcels up to 84 inches combined length and girth, or 70 pounds in some zones.
Methodist church lists Sunday events for November 28 including morning worship at 10, Sunday school 11 15, Epworth League 6 30, and evening worship 7 30. Thursday features a 7 30 Thanksgiving service with music, the President's proclamation read, and Rev S T Dunk of the Federated church preaching. Annual union service invites villagers and nearby residents.
About twenty ladies and guests gathered at the M E church League rooms for a Child Welfare program led by Mrs. Roy Rogers. Papers were read and discussed by several members, poems by Edgar Guest were read, and tea and cakes were served. Next meeting is planned for January at Mrs. Rosa Woodbridge's home.
The Saline Library Association holds its annual meeting in the library room Friday evening December 10 for election of officers and other business.
Michigan State College agricultural engineers develop a low cost sheet iron silo on an octagonal two by four frame to store shredded fodder and destroy corn borers. A 10 by 39 foot unit costs about $100 and can be erected on the ground with a gin pole. The method avoids scaffolds and allows husking when fodder is wet.
The Willing Workers club gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. EB. M. Gilbert on November 11 for their annual dinner. About 85 members and guests, including Rev. and Mrs. Wittbracht, attended as ladies entertained the husbands and descendants through multiple generations. Miss Chase spoke on nursing, medical aid access, and global and local conditions, sharing study abroad notes and humorous travel anecdotes. The December meeting will be with Mrs. Hattie Mehler and roll call will feature "Something About Christmas."
On December 2 1926 at 10 a m sale on the Kempf farm two miles south of Ann Arbor South Main street will feature five registered and 15 high grade Holstein cows three yearling heifers five heifer calves plus one team 3400 pounds and one light team. Goods include 385 White Leghorn hens 30 pullets 1300 bushels oats 350 bushels black barley 500 bushels ear corn 6 tons timothy 15 tons alfalfa farm tools tractor truck and two Delzavél miler units with lunch provided. Mark Green proprietor James Finnell auctioneer.
The potato industry has kept pace with population, yielding about 824 bushels per person. October reports show an acre yield of 1096 bushels in 1926, with a five year average of 106.9 bushels. Improvements in seed selection fertilization cultivation and crop rotation are linked to higher production.
Complete stocks at lowest prices as Dietiker's For Sale Barred Rock cockerels Herman Alber phone 110 For Sale Guenther & Wild phone 190 F23 For Sale O S C boar eligible to register Harold Miller phone 187 Fe t For Sale 2 ton Mason Road King a real boy See it Hutzel Sche nkring's For Sale 30 extra good fine wool young ones Terms A CO Miller phone 19 For Sale C melody Buescher sax ophone cheap William Schmid phone 252 For Sale 4 good Chester White bears price right Wilbur Cornish phone 195 F21 For Sale Purebred Buff Orpings ton cockerels Robert L Hammond phone 195 F13 Try our Solite High Test gasoline Wiedman Auto Company.
For Sale items include a Rosenthal corn husker a McCormick Deering 44 roll husker and 19 Delaine sheep with ram. Services advertise monuments radiators plumbing eye exams battery plants water systems and ash handles. Local buyers and sellers like Hutzel Schnirring LeRoy Heilman and Henry Schroen feature contact details and listings.
The Macon Poultry Association offers a 50 dollar reward for the arrest or conviction of anyone stealing poultry within four miles of Macon. Also advertised are for sale houses and farms in Washtenaw county areas Saline Clinton Ann Arbor and Lakewood plus properties in Washtenaw County. A. C. Lange lists real estate on East Henry street and urges buyers that purchases are investments. The notice invites locals with legal printing needs for estate settlements to send notices to the newspaper via probate judges.
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