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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1929
Page
1
The Observer presents its Sixth Annual Farm Edition as a Buying Center with firms promoting their services. Articles on scientific farming by world authorities fill the issue, funded by participating firms and written from factual content to entice farmer readers.
A new law effective recently governs grading and tagging of table potatoes. It establishes three grades U.S. Fancy U.S. No 1 and U.S. No 2 and requires proper labeling at grading premises with name and address of graders, grade, and net contents. Grocers are exempt from labeling individual packages only when selling directly from graded sacks in view of customers.
The Observer announces Mrs Samuel Craig will serve as reporter and in charge of the subscription list. She spent nearly all her life in Saline and vicinity and has wide acquaintances. The note invites support for her new role. Acetylene welding by Wiedman Auto Company.
The drama Desert Nights shot largely in the Mojave Desert required asbestos containment and cooled camera cars due to extreme heat and film shrinkage. The plot centers on a diamond mine robbery and desert survival with Ernest Torrence and Mary Nolan in support roles. William Nigh directed from an original story by John Thomas Neville and Dale Van Every.
The Forbes school PTA met Friday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs Michael Robison. Recitations include Soap Little Brother October Homesick Attic Room Washington and a Harmonica solo. A talk on Washington by Ruth Needham and a future meeting with Mr and Mrs Thomas Zahn were announced.
Commissioner Fred Luckhardt says water mains will be flushed next week on Wednesday and Thursday. If rain occurs, the work will move to the following days.
Hackley Butler spoke at the Saline Rotary meeting held last Thursday at The Tavern. Attendees included Attorney George Burke Editor C H Hemingway and Butler’s companionship from Ann Arbor. Butler delivered a rapid overlong narrative with a Europe map tour and promised a future talk titled Rotary Around the World.
A neighborhood sun rise party at Mrs. Anna Clark’s farm honored its sale and drew 63 guests including the Finkbeiners Glatz Trethewey and Tregear families plus Beutlers Crampton Johnson and Kohler. A baseball game between girls and boys entertained attendees and a picnic lunch was served self-serve style. A used car sale began but no sales occurred due to Sunday restrictions.
Local classifieds list hay for sale and wanted, animals including pigs sheep and cattle, tractors, farm tools, heating stoves, cockerels and ram sales, fertilizer discounts, rail and appliance ads, and a dance invitation. Multiple sellers such as Carl Smith, J. Camburn, A. Cole, Parsons & Dodge, Uphaus & Schroen, and Wilbur Cornish appear with phone numbers and locations in Saline and nearby towns.
The Christian Science Society of Saline holds services in the hall above Citizens Bank at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday with subject Everlasting Punishment and a testimonial meeting Wednesday at 7:30. Sunday school follows the morning service for pupils under 20. Farmer Tom Rixom harvested a large beet crop, 93 acres yielding about 1,400 tons, shipped to Blissville sugar factory, with trucks making six trips daily and finish in ten days worth $10,000.
A notice dated October 12 details correction of a prior report about an accident on the Saline Ann Arbor road with Erwin L Klager and S P Foster cited. The item also includes a sale offer of about 8 acres of corn and straw and a call for legal printing notices to be sent to the newspaper for probate settlements.
Half bed with springs and mattress listed for sale. A crystal electric washer is offered at 25 dollars. A 1926 Essex coach with 20 000 miles driven has lots of service left and is priced at 200 dollars. Terms of trade discussed with Virgil Mood in Saline evenings.
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