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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1921
Page
4
The school opens with basketball practice on Tuesdays and Fridays and a call for more participants. A girls glee club forms with eighteen voices and meets weekly, while English, history, science, and philosophy topics fill class discussions. Memorial notes, classifieds, and student anecdotes reflect daily campus life and hope for the new year.
A sunset scene follows Old Peter guiding cows to the barn while Phebe tends the kitchen. She serves doughnuts and ponders Bob’s preferred cake, debating hickory nut versus angel food as Peter joins at supper. The light, romance, and rural routine evoke a warm domestic moment.
Saline Sluggers led by Mike Schill edged Schuylerville 2 1 in indoor baseball Friday night. The club invites new members via George Schmid Jr with Thursday night sessions set as regular. Next Monday marks basketball practice with about 17 players, including Lauren Schleh joining the visiting U of M team.
The Saline Observer lists pricing terms for single copies advertising and notices. Cards of Thanks and announcements require payment per word with poetry billed per line, along with standard rate details for entertainments and other paid content.
Washtenaw county will contribute 342 380 toward the soldier bonus fund with state tax collections this year. Its total share is 361 022, while Wayne county provides the largest state bonus at 1 001 436. Osceola county adds 827 to the statewide total.
An historical note explains fires and high insurance rates, citing one fire per minute and a daily death toll of about 41. It urges cleaning chimneys and rubbish to reduce losses, urging public action by individuals.
President Burton of the University of Michigan sought permission to buy land for relocating 26 houses from university land to a new building site and sell them to the public. The governor rejected the request, arguing the university lacks authority to engage in real estate. Supporters say the move would save taxpayers thousands.
James Sykes, a Westfield New Jersey butcher, recalls a rat presumed dead for about three months. He placed RAT-SNAP behind a barrel. months later his wife found the rat, dead and odorless. Sold by C. C. Wheeler and J. Muir in three sizes with a guarantee.
Michigan estimates about 25 000 tuberculosis cases based on Michigan Tuberculosis Association statistics. In Framingham Massachusetts one death yields nine active cases, and Michigan deaths through July 1 1921 total 2635 implying the 25 000 figure. The 15 to 40 age group bears the heaviest burden with 70 percent of deaths. The Christmas seal sale from Thanksgiving to Christmas funds the campaign.
The Christian Science society of Saline holds Sunday 10:00 a.m. services at the hall over Citizens Bank with the subject Are Sin Disease and Death Real. A testimonial meeting is Wednesday at 7 30 p m and Sunday school follows the morning service for pupils under 20. Reading room hours are Wed 2 to 5 p.m Alimony defined as matrimonial reparations.
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