Brothers rally for crippled Wilbur Avery in Charlotte
Ten months after Wilbur Avery fell from a tree in Charlotte and broke his back he faces a likely lifelong disability. His elder brother, a nursing student from Hinsdale Illinois, has selflessly cared for him and community generosity sparked a large free will offering on Wednesday the 9th. The Linden Leader lauds the brotherly effort and widespread giving as a bond of humanity.
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Wilbur Avery
Charlotte
Hinsdale
Linden
It s cheaper to live a dime and dollars contrast
A humorous note contrasts costs of living and death with prices for services. A live man shaves for 25 cents, a dead man for 5 dollars. a wool coat costs 25 dollars, a wooder coat 100 dollars. theater taxi 1 dollar, cemetery 5 dollars. a hired man plants corn for 2 cents an hour, but for planting he earns four times that.
Old Time Sailor Rug Seller Preys on Unwary Shoppers
Fraudulent rug dealer targets communities with imported pieces offered below cost. Despite frequent warnings from progressive newspapers exposing scams, some customers still buy the wares and fall victim to the deception.
Taking a Chance on Careful Driving and Theft
A moral urging warns against careless driving across Michigan with auto crashes and deaths noted on a Sunday. The piece cites a $344 theft from Producers Elevator, with Frank Beach cashing a stolen check from Joe Glaser. It ends by comparing higher education to high costs.
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Michigan
Producers Elevator Company
Williamston
Holt State Bank
Frank Beach
Joe Glaser
Glaser
Mason News
Warning to Arabs And Moral on Marriage in British Rule
The piece recounts Arab executions in Haifa for killing Isaac Mammaan, and mocks moralizing on mental fitness in marriage under a British mandate. It notes Pittsburgh’s river improvements and freight gains, then warns that violent emotion risks physical injury per Dr. C P Emerson.
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Britain
Haifa
Michael MacDonnell
Isaac Mammaan
Allah
C. P. Emerson
Notable Voices from 1929 News Commentary
A collage of remarks by leaders and thinkers on industry prices science and health. Samuel Insull Jr urges price cuts and persuasive sales to boost gas demand while Lamont and Swope report strong business and rising orders. Curie accepts a Radium Institute gift funded by American women. Tilney warns headaches require careful care amid evolving science. Ramsay MacDonald urges evolutionary labor reform.
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Samuel Insull, Jr
Midland United Company of
Chicago
American Gas Association
Mr. Insull
Saline Woman's Club hosts annual guest night banquet
The Saline Woman's Club held its annual guest night and banquet at the Saline Methodist church on Tuesday night October 15 with about eighty five in attendance. A program featured Miss Katherine Briggs singing, readings by Rev Crosby and others, and a verse on memories of Saline. A future Welfare Club visit was announced for November 21 at Mrs Fred Robinson's home. Also noted is a vandals report of a Peerless sedan found in a barn near Pinckney and the sheriff notified.
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Saline Woman's Club
Methodist Church
Vesta Mills
Schofield
Martha Dietiker
C. R. Parsons
Rev. Schofield
T. S. Nurndberger
R. S. McCord
Minnie Buckman
G. T. Alexander
Saline Woman’s Club
Mary Morden
Katherine Briggs
Mrs. Brown
William Hart
Reuben Crosby
Miss Mills
St. Vincent
Louis Shehan
Dunber——Pinckney
Dispatch
Just Suppose It Had Been Empty
Ohio mother recalls using Foley's Honey and Tar to treat her son's croupy cough and worries what would have happened if the bottle had been empty. The remedy is advertised as a trusted family cough medicine sold by Wheeler's Pharmacy.
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Ohio
Foley
Sonny
Wheeler's Pharmacy
Greyhound appoints Saline supervisor for lines
Greyhound lines appoint J Booth as supervisor of operations in Saline territory. He will split time between city work and line duties overseeing coaches drivers ticket agents and inspections. Saline sits on the Chicago to Detroit route with five daily trips each direction as part of the coast to coast system. Miss Josephine Clarkson, 75, of Macon Tecumseh, dies after long illness leaving two sisters Martha Clarkson and Mrs Bia Pennington.
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Greyhound. Lines
Saline
J. Booth
Grehound Lines
Booth
Greyhound Lines
Chicago
Detroit
O. S. Caesar
Josephine Clarkson
Macon
Martha Clarkson
Bia Pennington
El Smellum Cigars Promoted in Odd Ad Parody
A quirky ad style piece markets El Smellums to women, contrasting with earlier peanut ads. It claims Senora Petrovaneski from Mexico smokes six daily with no cough, urging readers to start now and praising smooth flavor and desire to trade for cars.
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Senora Petrovaneski
Fall Coats for Tots Stress Style Contrasts
Fashion notes highlight fabric contrasts in children’s coats for fall. A sample coat features two delicate shell motifs on a contrasting background. A divorce suit is filed in Haton County, suggesting domestic strain and a break in a happy home.
Poultry equipment yields quick pay for raisers
Modern poultry house gear aids both large and small operations says H H Steup of the Poultry Tribune experimental farm. Proper tools boost egg production and curb disease losses, with water heaters feed hoppers and time switches highlighted as keys to higher output. Four hunters were arrested for hunting violations near here Tuesday. nine rabbits found with three men from Toledo and a fox squirrel seized from Maumee man, with fines and additional charges noted.
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H. H. Steup
Poultry Tribune
Steup
Here
Harold Barrow
Olen Taylor
L. Q. Hardesty
Rudy Binn
Toledo
L. A. Lebowsky
Maumee
Ohio
Mr. Barrow
Alister B. Straun
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the Saline Observer
SIM
R. Wilson
Saline, Mich
John W. Holland
Western Newspaper Union
RUG Sellers
Pittsburgh
Constantinople
Church of St. Sofia
Great Britain
Hell
Ohio River
Mississippi
Galapagos Islands
Galapagos
Keats
Alexander
Napoleon
Mr. Lamont
Gerard Swope
General Electric
Madame Curie
Warsaw
Rockefeller
Ford
Mellon
George F. Baker
Frederick Tilney
Columbia University
Canada
Ramsay MacDonald
Socialist Party
King Festures Syndicate, Inc
Christ
Divine
Thos. M. Bridges
Bridges
Bridges Furniture Store
Ken Morey
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