Local notices and social events in Ann Arbor area
Detroit visitors and university happenings fill a page of community notices. Social calls span Hertler and Wheeler families to Bradds and Fries in Ann Arbor, with Michigan football fans and a Toledo theater booking. Also details fairs, club meetings, and rail or road travel across Michigan towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben, Uphaus
Anna Harmon
Ann Arbor
A. L. Westphal
Bernard Boettger
Ann. Ar
Many Michigan Wells Deemed Unsafe by Analyses
State laboratory analyses in Lansing show many rural Michigan wells contaminated. Samples from six counties, submitted by farmers, reveal 64.5 percent of wells unsafe in one county and 19.1 percent in another. Experts urge modern septic tank disposal and note deeper wells more likely to be safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
State
Lansing
Agricultural Engineering
Michigan State College
Agricultural Engineering Department
Should Sunday School Teachers Be Paid for Attendance
A movement in Michigan debates paying Sunday school teachers for absence from regular day jobs to attend a state convention. Fostered by Rev Fergusson, a proposal suggests a $36 monthly salary with a $1 rebate per Sunday absent, but many argue volunteers should be funded by the church rather than wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battle Creek
Michigan
Morris Fergusson
Local notes and harvest news from thirty years ago
Weather smiles on fall conditions as J H Barr and Son press jelly and sorghum. Hogs fetch up to 3.40 per hundred. wheat ships ten carloads at 90 cents. Local shoppers switch meat markets to cash sales. new daughter born to Mr and Mrs William Glover. Pundits muse on doctors busy or not and a tale of a woman who helps fund public monuments in Ypsilanti.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Barr & Son
Fred Gillen
Chelsea
William Glover
Sweal
Lindenschmidt and
Schmid
Ypsilanti Sentinel
Felch
New York
Ann Arbor
Ypsilanti
Fifteen Years Ago Snow Storm Prompts Moves and Meetings
Fifteen years ago last Thursday night a snow storm hit as families noted moving plans in Saline. C H Lehreen and family planned a move to Ann Arbor while Mrs J M Bock of Owosso visited for her mother Mrs J A Klein’s illness. A mothers meeting in the school hall, urged by Prof W L Walling and led by Superintendent W B Arbaugh of Ypsilanti, drew praise for promising improvements in Saline communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Arbor
BE. C. Michener
Fuiay
Henry Cornish
Fred Layher, Jr
Grant
Cornish
George J. Kinger
Saline-Ann Arbor Road
A. B. Cole
Cole
Mervin Bevington
Lola
Leto Coluh
de Teronsti
Hicksville
Ohio
John Beery
Blissfield
W. H. ‘Berkey
Cassopolis
J. H. Pinkstone J
Swanton
Walter Ford
Brooklyn
University Press ‘Club
A. J. B. Society
Henry Matthews
Ann Arbor Society
Witherell
Lean Street
Tecumseh
W. T. Gridley
C. H. Lehreen
Irving LeBaron
George Kelsey
Frank Kelsey
Charles Martin
Carthage
Missouri
J. M. Bock
Owosso
J. A. Klein
Christina Burrow
McKay Street
Alto Miro
Hart
W. A. Stoop
D. C. Post
U. S Navy Department
Washington, D. C
D. Kleuter
W. L. Walling
W. B. Arbaugh
Ypsilanti
Walling
Safine
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Liberty
Citizens Bank Saline
Mich
W. E. Dietzker
Salnie, Michigan
Fred Hertler
Detroit
Macon M. B
Ailice Wheeler
Alpha Omacrom Phi Sorority
Chiris Frey
Donald Marsh
Bea Ver Falls
Pennsylvania
Grace Wheeler
Truart
Liberty Theatre
George Ehnis
Monroe
Chris Braun
Ohio State
Virgil Brown
Milan
Edward Feuerbacher
Federated Ladies’ Aid Society
Nublic
R. J. Redhouse
R. Wilson
Manchester
Crosby
Washington
Macomb County
Romeo
Simpson Park
North Branch
Royal Oak
University of Chicago
Washington College of Maryland
A. S. Hall
Paul E. Fitsworth
Washington College
Miss Jesse
Mrs. Carl, Brown
Walter Braun
Elva Whitfield
Walter Wiedman
Pioneer
Clinton
Henry Ford
Fordson
Lena Smith
Charles Hanson
California
King’s Daughters
University Hospital School
Alica Wheeler
William Orr
U. of M. Hospital
Mr. Orr
Pure Foods
Rural Water Supply
Berrys
Con Er Po
Berry Brothers
Lionoil
H. Gross & Sons
Liberty ‘Theatre
Hills of
Kentucky
Rin-Tin-Tin
Louise Lorraine Rex
the Marvelous Dog
Black Beauty
Wonder Horse
Rex
Mollie
Johns-Manville
Lumber Department
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