This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 5 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1942
Page
3
A long list of visits and family announcements across La Porte Indiana to Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor notes people visiting, returns from travel, hospital stays, and weekend gatherings. Church anniversary and Legion Auxiliary events are recorded along with civic notices, educational updates, and wartime volunteer orders.
City ledger details current tax collections, delinquent real property, and various municipal expenditures. Includes income from investments, cemetery operations, and transfers to the Perpetual Care Fund. lists departments such as General Government, Public Works, Water, and Parks with line items for salaries, supplies, maintenance, and utilities. City Clerk is Lottie Wallace.
Mr. and Mrs. Gottlob Finkbeiner entertained their son P. F. C Clifford E. Finkbeiner home from Camp Pickett Virginia with gifts. Colleagues and relatives drove to Columbus Ohio then returned by train to Saline to send the troops back. The piece closes with a political ad and a Peru fact, noting a total amount of 41 306 71.
Mrs. Mary LeBaron visits son Tracy on Crane road for a few days. Ciruce LeBaron dines with cousin Mrs. Alger Allison and family. Mrs. Bruce LeBaron spends Monday with sister-in-law Mrs. Zach Gauntiett in Milan. Grant Allison of Tuttle Hill road calls at brother Alger Allison’s home Thursday.
Mr and Mrs Joe Elliott visited Mr and Mrs A G Richards on Saturday. Joe Fleury returned from Detroit after a two week stay with his son and family. Jerry Richards of Ypsilanti spent the weekend with grandparents Dr G Richards and wife. An estimated twenty thousand persons die yearly from cobra bites in India.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.