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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1937
Page
2
Readers are invited to share ideas for household tasks and better ways to cook and handle chores. The notice asks for suggestions and notes that names may be used if desired. The quote emphasizes subtle promotion versus loud self advertisement.
A fragmented collection of canning instructions describes making tomato relish with onions carrots celery peppers and boiled tomatoes then boiling and canning in hot jars. It also covers beets cabbage horseradish pepper salt sugar vinegar and pears with lemons and ginger boiled to thickened mixture and sealed in hot jars.
Practical advice covers bulb depths for tulips crocus and other flowers plus home canning and food tricks. It also includes methods to revive dry popcorn store moisture in towels prevent lint and make a honey peanut butter sandwich spread. Various tweaks for houseplants flowers and cooking are listed with simple steps.
A newspaper proposes a Good News Day to publish only positive stories. It notes Ruth Skentelbury leaving Ann Arbor for New York and sailing to Naples on the Rex to teach for three years in Merzifon Turkey, with colleagues Dr and Mrs Clark and Miss Mary Ward.
Theodore Potter recalls the 1838 parade and barbecue when Detroit began the line to Ypsilanti. Gen Cass Gov Mason and John D Pierce spoke as a brass band played and a roast ox fed a hungry crowd. The event inspired future transportation progress in the region.
A collection of aphorisms about learning from Chesterfield Cicero Eddy Pope and Proverbs. It reflects on the value of study, cautions against shallow knowledge, and urges ongoing learning to bless mankind. The ending line muses if the pyramids were a government project.
Michigan State College researchers led by C H Jefferson tested three floor seals to stop wear. They found that a penetrating seal that also seals with one or two coats best guards wood and linoleum, while surface films wear away and plain oils need more material. A home test uses a carton drop to compare penetration versus surface stay. Then apply a thin paste wax and buff for finish.
Five million extra bushels of apples on trees in Michigan this fall create a surplus for growers but a chance for housewives to buy low price fruit. National crop 202 million bushels, up 72 percent from last year, spurring uses in cookery cider and preserves. Hootman and state committee urge canning apple sauce for winter and spring use.
Rev. Roy J. Miller presides over Federated Church events including morning worship at 10 with the sermon Three Ways of Looking at Facts, 11 15 Sunday school, 6 30 Christian Endeavor led by Arthur Erskine, and 7 30 evening worship with the sermon Obligations and Privileges. Dorcas circle meets Wednesday at 2 at Maude Rankin home. Bunco afternoon. Next Sunday morning ends with a Baptist meeting to select delegates for Wayne Association on September 15-16 at Northville.
Morning worship at 10:00 with a sermon on Religious experience. Sunday school at 11:15, superintendent in charge. Epworth Leagues meet at 6:30 for organization and plans for the year. 7:30 evening devotional on The Humanity of Jesus. Officers meet Wednesday September 15 and are urged to attend.
St James Evangelical Church announces English service September 12 after Trinity with sermon The Widow of Nain at 10 a.m. and Sunday school at 11 a.m.
Divine services at 10 a m Sunday school at 11 English services every second and fourth Sunday of the month. Everybody cordially invited. Wanted woman or girl for general housework Mrs I W Bidwell 262 Lafayette Street Milan Phone 31 Read the liner ads today
Local notes report Miss Lorna Lange spent the weekend visiting friends in Byron and Chesaning. Dorothy Little has fully recovered from illness and will return to school. Social visits include Mr and Mrs D J Stark and son of Northville with Mrs J W Cole.
NE subscriber John D. McDougall cites a Hillsboro ND grain client A J Sundberg who shipped top quality wheat. Sundberg recalls traveling away from his wagon for 41 minutes at a field dinner, leaving only the wagon tongue as grasshoppers devoured the horses and wagon.
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