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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1931
Page
4
The Saline Observer lists post office entry as second class matter in Saline, Wisconsin. It sets subscription at $1.50 yearly and 25 cents per line for cards of thanks and condolences, with 6 cents per line for poetry and announcements, and notes free birth and marriage notices while other personal or business benefit items are billed at regular rates.
Michigan widens the bad check statute to treat first and second offenses as misdemeanors with increasing penalties and a felony upon a third offense. Judges gain discretion for the first offense, and penalties rise to six months or 250 dollars on the second, and up to a year or 500 dollars for a third.
General Butler’s vigorous stance on prohibition is praised as necessary for America’s economy and enforcement. The Brighton Argus editorial agrees with Butler over Joy and warns against changing course midstream, fearing a flood of drinking if prohibition ends.
Editorial argues that bank closings in recent years were not caused by frozen assets but by panic and heavy deposit withdrawals. It explains liquidity issues, asset liquidation, and the role of confidence, then sketches school news from the local junior and senior classes with classroom updates and student happenings.
A moral tale urges students to imagine how others view them and to treat people as they wish to be treated. It warns against taking advantage, cheating, or profiting by others' work and calls for honesty, fairness, and respect for others' rights in all dealings.
The Ann Arbor program launches October 21 at Hill Auditorium with John McCormack, followed by the Boston Symphony under Serge Koussevitzky on October 27. Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Menuhin, Grainger, Ponselle, and the Detroit Symphony appear in later dates. A bootlegging raid at Worden Lake left Charles Wilson wounded after a noncompliant confrontation.
Last Sunday at 10 a.m. the Federated Church drew a large audience for communion. Sunday school attendance remained strong and the three young people's group grows. Next Sunday promises a great time with 11 a.m. school, 6:45 p.m. activities for Intermediates Juniors and Young People. Use your phone to invite others to attend.
The note cautions no church service announcement for next Sunday unless bells ring at 9 am signaling 10 am services. It promotes Allied Campaigners meetings in Masonic Temple Ann Arbor October 11-13 at 2 36 and 7 30 pm with speakers Dr Dan Poling Ira Landrith Oliver Stewart Norma Brown Raymond Rubins and Robert Ropp. Meetings are free and the events are presented as a national reputation opportunity.
The Christian Science Society of Saline holds services Sunday at 10:30 a.m. in the hall above Citizens Bank with Sunday school afterward for those under 20. A testimonial meeting is planned Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. The lesson sermon topic for Sunday October 1 is Are Sin Disease and Death Real, with cited Bible passages from Romans and a passage from Science and Health.
Dayton resident Mrs Betty Luedeke reports using Kruschen to shed ten pounds in seven days. She endorses the daily half teaspoon in hot water before breakfast, noting an 85 cent bottle lasts four weeks and offers a money back guarantee if unsatisfied.
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