Character as barrier and reputation as defense
The writer compares a highway barrier near Michigan Central crossing to human character, noting decency and charity protect community moral fiber. She urges self-scrutiny and personal effort to build a strong reputation, warning against judging others harsher than oneself. The note ends with a fact about the General Sherman Sequoia, weighing an estimated 6,167 tons.
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Michigan Central Crossing
Jackson
Lansing- Jackson
No. 1
Charlotte Republican-Tribune
General Sherman
Local notices and scenes from Saline county fair
Residents report fine cattle at the county fair and a busy season at Saline Valley Farms. Many moves and visits occur as families relocate, travel and attend events from Ypsilanti to Detroit, with weddings, licenses, and Labor Day traffic shaping the week.
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Loch-O-By
Bridge- Water
Theodore Stroup
Michigan
Saline Valley Farms
Ohio
Wisconsin
Gerald Irelan
East Henry Street
Adrian
Julius Hisele
Chelsea
Carl Moehn
Harold E. Wild
Saline
Claris Marie Struble
Ypsilanti
B. Spitler
Dorothy
Washington, D. C
Verna Mangan
Grand Rapids
John Powers
Nathan Richmond
Huntington Park
N. Y
Sim. R. Wilson
Prout
Herbert Prout
Stevens
Miami
Florida
George Washburn
Charles Kern
Washburn
The
Saline School
Hudson’s
Detroit
Motorists urged to slow for school zones and buses
Lansing August 31 1940 one million children are back on streets as Michigan launches safety drive. The State Wide Safety Committee led by Dr Eugene B Elliott Oscar Olander Murray D VanWagoner and Harry F Kelly calls for safer driving to cut auto accidents and promote citizenship.
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Lansing
Michigan State Wide Safety Committee
Michigan
State Wide Safety Committee
Public Instruction
Eugene B. Elliott
Oscar Olander
Murray D. VanWagoner
Harry F. Kelly
Methodist Church Service and School Schedule
Dr Fred HE Lendrum serves as minister with morning worship from 10 to 11 and church school from 11 to 12 overseen by Arthur Wilson as superintendent.
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Arthur Wilson
Federated Church Announces National Day of Prayer Service
The Federated Church led by Rev. Roy J. Miller schedules a morning worship at 10 o clock on Sunday September 8 for the National Day of Prayer with a sermon titled Our Appeal to Christ. Sunday school follows at 11 15 led by C Graydon Everett with Mrs Hazen Jewell as primary superintendent.
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Roy Dechert
Hollis Carr
Ralph Brown
California
Lloyd Donahue
Schenectady
N. Y
Maude Rankin
Curry
Detroit
Ruth Carson
Carson
Edward Pervinkler
August Dechert
Rainbow Division
Methodist Aid
Earl Fosdick
Walter Brackel
Ann Arbor
Fanny’ Friis
Walter Cook
Mary Morden
John Wurster
Clarence Wurster
Jacob Lehman
Chelsea
Edward Dieterle
Orrin Briggs
Edward
Tecumseh Hospital
Charles Tower
Geraldine
Louise
James Hauk
Springfield
Ohio
Don Ford
Alwin Burkhardt
Alwin Gross
Portage Lake
James Meng
Sharon
Harry Friis
Minneapolis
Betty Clay
Yellowstone National Park
Petersburg
St. Thomas Lutheran Church
Freedom
Carl Lederer
Leigh Townsend
Josephine
Delaware
GCG
C. O. Woodbridge
John Dieterle
Sebastian Finkbeiner
Lawrence Korte
Judith
Suzanne
Dearborn
Saline
Edwin Hering
Athens
George Russell
C. G. Everett
R. P. Everett
Lakewood
Easton
Tecumseh
Arthur Cook
Clarence Cook
Frank Snodgrass
Birkle
Christ
C. Graydon Everett
Hazen Jewell
St Johns Lath Church Bridgewater Service Schedule
Divine services at 10 a m Sunday school at 11 English services on the second and fourth Sundays of each month. Everybody invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s Lath
Bridgewater
M. C. Philipp
Adlerika Gas Relief and Laxative Includes Five Carminatives
The advertisement promotes Adlerika as a stomach gas remedy using five carminatives to soothe and warm the stomach for quick relief. It adds three laxative ingredients for balanced cleansing of both bowels and claims availability in a silver color bottle at local drug stores.
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Adlerika
Meader Urged For Washtenaw County Prosecutor
In a 1940 campaign appeal George Meader, a longtime local lawyer, seeks the Republican nomination for Prosecuting Attorney. He argues the office should not exceed two consecutive terms and contrasts his candidacy with prior incumbents who sought third and subsequent terms.
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Washtenaw County
Ann Arbor
George Mehader
George Meader
Meader
Prosecutor
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Kroger
Big Ben IZ
Fancy Gem Country Club
Kroger’s
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Country Club
Finer Pork & Bears
Fancy Peaches
S. Avondale
DelMonte Coffee
Maxwell House
Percy F. Pink
Fuality Sra
Graham Grackers
Euaranteeo Brands
Sam Lambarth
F.O. Wiedman
Wm. Davis
Herman Klumpp
Edward Alber
Fenton
Mr. Ford
Ford
Lee Smits
C. C. Bradner
Rev
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American Legion Auxiliary
Wiltrude Hilsman
Tema Moehn
Helen Tanner
Luella Dell
Thelma Burkhart
Amanda Hartman
Trafic
National
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Illinois
Army
Charles McCartery
McCarbery
Prospect Street
John Allen
University Hospital
Lucy Fairbanks
Esther
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Seattle
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Matt Blosser
Manchester
Man Chester Enterprise
United States
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Charles
Des Moines
Iowa
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Nebraska
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Wyoming
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Will Rogers
Shrine of the Sun
Salt Lake City
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Big Horn Mountains
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Wolfram Leipe
Jim Shedd
Bob
Dave Vaughn
Earl Sinnamon
Toby Wagner
Bill Gray
Leidheiser
Vermilion
Claire MacArthur
Sodus
H. A. Holmes
Dora
Bliss Curtiss
Louisville
George
Bobby Cook
A. Ramby
Harold §. Kinsley
Labor Day
MacArthur
Eugene Crittenden
Holmes
Howe
Ind
Waldo Gross
Sonia
Dan Hertler
Henry Leutheuser
Eugene
Bobby
W. L. Rundel
Macon
Max McHenry, Jr
St. Paul's Church
Harold Yochum
Ernst Brenson
John L. Ernst
Arthur Heininger
Julius Walker
Clinton
Dan Haeussler
George Marshall
Grand’ Haven
Oscar Staebler
Harold Schoen
New Baltimore
Charles Schoen
Stella
Dexter
Norman Bohner
Carl Wenk
Dorothy Hildinger
Federated Church
Roy J. Miller
Robert B. Maclachlan
Saline Valley Farms Dairy
Guernsey Milk
Tanner’s
Crisco
Wheaties
Monarch
Roman Cleanser
Candy Baas
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