Washington First to Proclaim Thanksgiving Day
A review of Thanksgiving origins tracks the Pilgrims and presidents. Washington proclaimed the first national day in 1789, urged gratitude for Providence and liberty, and set a pattern later revived by Lincoln with Sarah Josepha Hale’s advocacy shaping annual observance.
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United States
George Washington
Sarah Josepha Hale
Godey
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson
America
Bradford
Washington
Congress
New Republic
Foreclosure Sale Notice for Pittsfield Property
Mortgagee Huron Valley Building and Savings Association will sell at public auction the Pittsfield Township Lot 132 in Darlington and Lot 174 in Darlington all in Washtenaw County Michigan. Sale date February 5 1938 at 10 00 AM at the southerly Huron Street entrance Ann Arbor Courthouse.
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Washtenaw
Huron Valley Building and Savings Association
Pittsfield
Washtenaw County
Michigan
Towit
Darlington
Michigan Corporation
W. E. van Ameringen
Ann Arbor Trust Bldg
Ann Arbor
Stuffing Method From A Historic Recipe Card
Step by step stuffing guidance for bread cups using bird fat butter onions celery sweet pepper parsley and various herbs. Combine four cup portions with sage thyme and marjoram, salt and pepper, then sew shut the neck cavity and secure the stuffing.
Mortgage Foreclosure Sale on Ulysses Darling Property
Foreclosure notice for Ulysses G. Darling of Ann Arbor lands secured by a mortgage to Huron Valley Building and Savings Association dated 1925. Total due includes principal 2050.28, interest 682.40, attorney 2762.68 plus costs. Sale set for February 5, 1938 at 10:00 AM EST at the southerly Huron Street entrance of the Washtenaw County Court House in Ann Arbor.
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Ulysses G. Darling
Pittsfield
Washtenaw County
Michigan
Huron Valley Building and Savings Association
Ann Arbor
Office of the Register of Deeds
Huron Street
Court House
Circuit Court
County of Washtenaw
Darlington
the Register of Deeds
Mortgage Sale Foreclosure Notice in Saline Michigan
Notice of foreclosure on a mortgage dated October 13 1923 held by Herman F Hutzel and Amelia C Hutzel now assigned to Harold A Lambarth. Property in Saline Washtenaw County Michigan described as Lot 8 Block 4 Village of Saline. Sale at Ann Arbor Courthouse December 30 1937 at 10 am.
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William S. Harwood
Christian Lambarth
Office of the Register of Deeds
Washtenaw County
Michigan
Harold A. Lambarth
Ann Arbor
Saline
Determination of Heirs in Briggs Estate
Public notice from the Probate Court of Washte naw County Michigan. Judge Jay G. Pray orders a hearing December 17, 1937, on Luther M. Briggs petition to determine legal heirs and rightful heirs to Dexter H. Briggs real estate. Notice to be published in The Saline Observer for three weeks. Nora O. Borgert, Register of Probate.
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State OF Michigan
Washtenaw
Ann Arbor
Said
Jay G. Pray
Dexter H. Briggs
Luther M. Briggs
Saline
New Self-Supporting Arch Barn Erected in Michigan
On Roy Wonser’s Mulliken farm a 36 by 54 foot arch barn with 18 arches per side was built using laminated rafters from green timber. The design aims to save costs, improve strength, and provide full loft space while accommodating dairy needs and machinery.
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Roy Wonser
Mulliken
Mich
Wonser
Agricultural Engineering
Michigan State College
H. H. Musselman
Doomed Army Faces Rising Accidents This Year
The text warns about military forces facing increasing death risks from accidents in the current year, highlighting concerns for personnel safety and readiness amid ongoing operations.
Michigan Stock Show Preview for 4-H Leaders in Chicago
Michigan prepares for the International Live Stock Exposition in Packingtown Chicago starting November 27. Nearly 700 livestock entries 150 grain and hay exhibits and 50 4-H youths will represent the state. Michigan State College coaches lead crops and livestock judging teams with students from Graydon Blank Reed City Gerald Brian Fenton Grant Nichol Mc Gregor John Stone and others. The intercollegiate contest features judging classes across beef sheep hog and horse breeds with more than 20 college teams expected. President Roosevelt’s recent world duty remarks are likened to Wilsonian proclamations before World War I.
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Michigan
Chicago
Michigan State College
H. R. Pettigrove
W. A. Freeman
Graydon Blank
Reed City
Gerald
Brian
Fenton
Grant Nichol
McGregor
John Stone
Chardort
Ohio
Agricultural College
Joe Shull
Rochester
Max Huff
Hudson
John Aldred
Muskegon
Garmon Cropsey
Marcellus
Harold Perry
Caro
Louis Webb
Hast
Lansing
Agricultural engineers prove tandem hitch easier on horses
Despite evidence that tandem hitches spare horses, nine of ten farmers still hitch four abreast with four horses. The remark asks why farmers stick to the larger teams and ends with a light prompt about handling rambunctious calves.
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Sara Josepha Hale
Carl H. Stuhrberg
An Asewens
Ann Arbor Trust
Big Portage Lake
Winston Baughn
Washington, D. C
Norman Miller
Jack Miner
Kingsville
Ontario
Pinckney Dispatch
Roosevelt
Wooodrow Wilson
Willard Solte
Niere
Reda
Kquserold
Ray
Mecalls
CNEGE
Jou Obreeder's Gazette
Omccall’s
McCall's Magazine
Woman’s World Stories
Farm Journal
Col OiHome
Ohome Arts Needlecrz
Ohousehold Magazine
Oleghorn World
Omother
Opathfinder
Rhode Island
Plymouth
American Pouttry Journal
DiBreeder’s Gazette
Blade & Ledger
Icountry Home
Jicapper's Farmer Jfarm Journal
Good Stories
Ohome Arps Needlecraft Fame
Reil and
Rawalae
DiPontery Tribune
Owoman’s
Ptet Et
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