Illness Brings Chelsea Sterling Home While Secret Plans Unfold
In a domestic scene Mrs. Sterling quietly tends Ches as illness sidelines him. Miss Tulane arrives to help, while Sally orchestrates a day of visitors and a tennis plan, hinting at hidden schemes and light hearted mischief within the household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Slater
Ches
Jimmy
Tulane
Martin Schaitle
Ann Arbor
Dorothea
Grace Myrick
Ypsilanti
John Feininger
D. J. Stark
Northville
B. D. Hammond
Detroit
Dexter Boulevard
Everett Davenport
Harry
Walter Farber
Cof ‘Flint
Fred Ewikhart
William Dell
Nina
Gertrude Jackson
North Lake
Oldest Organ in World Tells of St Savin’s Ancient Church
In The King's Highway, Ethel Bilbrough visits St Savin's village church and abbey. She notes the eleventh century organ, its crumbling pipes, and carved heads on the front panels. A peasant guide recalls grotesque faces with a protruding tongue used to hold attention during services, claimed as the oldest organ in the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel M. Bilbrough
Pyrenees
Cther
St. Savin
Napoleon's First Balloon Attempt
A young Napoleon, refused entry to the balloon car at the Champs de Mars, drew his sword in fury and slashed the balloon so the ascent could not occur. The episode marks his first known attempt to ascend in a balloon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon
Champs de Mars
Aeronaut
Earth
Bonaparté
No Royal Road
An opinion note from the Houston Post critiques the human struggle to master life’s challenges through steady effort, arguing that defeat in life’s games is often inevitable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Road
Houston Post
A Short-Lived Romance in an Office Affair
A spark between Kitty Tulane and her employer Mr. Sterling unfolds amid routine office duties and a limp romance involving a stenographer, a wife, and a premium tease of luxury. Kitty discovers Sterling’s marriage while dreaming of another life as she writes names in her notebook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert W. Chambers
Kitty
Kitty Tulane
Thomas
Slater
Pshaw
Gertie
Mr. Sterling
Mrs. Sterling
Sterling
Mariner
Katherine Tulane Slater
Katherine Tulane Sterling
Miss Katherine
Prince
Review Notice for Washtenaw Road District Assessment 1920
The Washtenaw County Road Commissioners announce a review hearing on September 29, 1920, at 2:00 PM in Saline for Assessment District No. 3 to improve the old toll road between Ann Arbor and Saline. Lands within Ann Arbor Lodi Pittsfield Saline and York townships, plus county lands, are liable for benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Road Commissioners
Washtenaw County
Saline
Ann Arbor Street
Michigan Avenue
Chicago Road
Lodi Township
Ann Arbor
Pittsfield
Lodi
York
County of
Washtenaw
Pittsfield Township
Clark Street
Clarke Street
Maple Street
Mills
Ann Arbor Township
Michigan
Georg W. McCalley
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Chester
Sally
Sy Dwight Tingle
Scott
McClure
George Steele
Erma Heininger
Frank Cammet
Emma Burrow
Ferman
Charles Clements
Fred Jerry
C. GC. Dell
Battle Creek
Herman Hutzel
Grass Lake
Mrs. Charles-Wolf
Mr. and
Mrs. Oversmith
Imo McAllister
Co. D. Finkbeiner
Samuel Buehler
Fred Hartman
C. A. Curtiss and Son
Y2liss
Lansing
John Curtiss
Donald Burkhart
George Burkhart
Brr
Herman Gall
Herman Heininger
Erma
John Andress
Lewis Ernstanson
Floyd
Jennie McMichael
Dexter
Charles Tower
Lawrence Arnet Ard
and Airs
L. G. Rogers
Mrs
Reuben Rogers
William Westphal
Herman Thinkman
Ernest
Nellie Schmidt
Kalamazoo
James Law
Edward Law
Stroit
Arthur Derr
Ann “Arbor
American Legion
Muir’s Hardware
Wheeler’s Pharmacy
Saline Observer Office
Bryan Oil Corporation
It. J. Leach
J. W. Sibley & Company
Investment Securities
Penobscot
Cleveland
Cincinnati
St. Louis
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