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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1931
Page
4
The Saline Observer lists subscription price 1.50 per year and single copies five cents. It explains rates for eight months four months two months and card of thanks resolutions of condolence poetry and announcements with a minimum 25 cent charge and free publication for obstetric and marriage notices.
The Grand Rapids city manager George Welsh proposes using the unemployed to clear state reverted northern Michigan lands. The Hartford Day Spring argues the plan shifts welfare funds to the state payroll, urges preserving wild stands for tourism and reforestation, and cites high clearing costs and limited agricultural value. Governor Brucker has the plan under advisement.
A Cassopolis Vigilant piece argues that repealing the 18th amendment would revive the grain market by boosting prosperity for farmers, while prohibition keeps beer and liquor consumption high. It notes wets control major dailies and magazines, financing campaigns to repeal prohibition, and calls for action by those opposing legalized liquor.
The Saline High School weekly notes senior plans to publish a yearbook due to expense of a Washington trip. Officers include Editor Nora Gordon and Treasurers Lauren Jedele Ruth Trout. Fresh initiation includes playful mass ceremony with seniors and freshmen in various stunts, while juniors study American literature and seniors tackle physics, chemistry, and bookkeeping. Fourth and third grades report attendance, geography work, and a Jackson County Fair deficit, with Brooklyn Exponent as source.
Sunday October 4 marks Rally Day at the Methodist Church. At 10:00 a.m. a combined church and school service features scripture hymns and a drama As We Forgive. Evening worship at 7:30 includes song and sermon. Annual church school officer elections are next Monday at 7:30 and midweek prayer at 7:30.
Federated Church notes urge full attendance for Rally Day activities in all departments. The pastor B Kircher invites every member and the congregation to attend 10 a.m. Rally Day service 11 15 a.m. Sunday school rally and 6 4 p.m. junior and youth rallies.
The Christian Science Society of Saline holds Sunday services above Citizens Bank at 4:30 PM with Sunday School to follow for youths under 20. A testimonial meeting is planned Wednesday at 7:30 PM and the lesson sermon topic is Unreality.
An old advertisement promises dramatic fat loss and health boosts from Kruschen Salts. It urges readers to weigh themselves, buy a 50 cent bottle, take half a teaspoon daily, and report rapid results, claiming leading druggists sell the product nationwide.
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