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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1957
Page
3
The page blends lore about Bottomless Lakes in New Mexico with unrelated fitness promo lines. Readers encounter a historical note on the lakebeds, plus an aggressive DIATRON weight loss advert promising guaranteed results and money back, with dates and a Saline address for orders.
A new Saline store to open at 109 W Michigan Ave in the former C F Smith location. The Saline Food Center will offer meat and groceries and is owned by Robert Leonard of Saline and Bernal Alber of Ypsilanti. The building is fully remodeled. Fire calls included a 60 by 40 foot barn loss at 1866 Samer Road with $5000 damage and a roof fire at 300 Saline Ann Arbor Road injuring several youths. Milan and Whittaker departments aided. The American Legion hosts a Halloween Ball with prizes and music by Keith Edwards and his orchestra. A crash about one mile south of Ann Arbor injured three Saline youths. school notes include Girl Scout brownies and wheat pricing news.
A petty larceny case at the Tecumseh fair involved two bed spreads from the A. E. Hagen booth. the suspect lived in Bradford Ohio and the bedding was returned. Over 100 reservations were made for the International Harvester excursion to Chicago with an expo on a hundred years of progress. Over 20 years ago Mildred Hoeft and Robert Jewell wed in Saline. The report also lists thefts, fashion notes, and local business updates.
The Agriculture Department reported U S wheat under the International Wheat Agreement sold more than 40 million bushels in the 1957 58 season last week Japan was the main buyer with 550 000 bushels sold under the pact Total exports for the week reached 713 000 bushels plus 232 850 cwt of flour equal to about 539 000 bushels of wheat
The agency reported dealers paid more to producers in 50 markets while home delivery prices rose in 47 markets. Housewives in 25 major cities paid just over 25 cents per quart for home delivered milk, up from under 25 cents in September. Producers earned $5.72 per hundredweight, 14 cents above September.
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