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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1939
Page
2
The notice details charges for newspaper items including card of thanks six per line at five cents, obituary and marriage notices free, poetry five cents per line, personal benefit content charged at regular rates, and paid announcements six cents per line with a 25 cent minimum.
A county wide committee led by Dr J B S DeTar and Mrs Malcolm Blakely pushes Washtenaw toward establishing a county health department. The group cites benefits such as reduced infant and maternal deaths, control of communicable diseases, safer food water and milk handling, and improved school sanitation with a proposed budget of 25 000 to 30 000 annually including state and federal contributions and an 15 000 local share.
A miscellany of local notes includes a blue racer killed on East Michigan avenue, visits and entertainments among residents, staff changes at a hardware store, and social events. Also mentions 30 years ago community happenings, church conventions, and a starlings of sparrows at the Lutheran church.
Church notices rally Sept 24 at 10 am with sermon Play the Man and 11 15 Sunday school. World wide Communion Sunday Oct 1 at 10 am. Enlistment and work emphasis through Oct 8 with calls to avoid sickness isolation and to register for God and righteousness.
Sunday services at York Baptist Church Stony Creek and Platt Roads feature worship at 10:30 with a sermon Samson a Type of Christ. Sunday school at noon, meeting at 7 PM, and prayer service at 8 PM. Pastor John E. B. Hendricks, trained under Plymouth Brethren, preaches Rightly Divided the Word of Truth.
Walter C. B Saxman is the minister. A service on Sunday at 11:00 am features Sermon The Salt of the Hearth. Church school led by Davis with junior and Epworth League activities. Midweek service Wednesday 7:30 pm with choir practice Thursday 7:30 pm.
A mix of household thoughts and domestic guidance. Grief and resilience themes echo through a note about homes and nation, followed by practical tips on preserving egg yolks, garnishes, and arranging flowers for a natural look. Includes a plea for reader ideas and names for future features.
The document blends kitchen instructions for a three layer cake and a fruit cream dessert with canning guidance using steam pressure to safely process chickens. It also reports a new oil discovery near Dundee by A V Oil and Gas Co. and a nostalgic anecdote about youth dancing the Virginia Reel.
Michigan crop reports released today show August conditions favorable and September yields for 11 principal field crops above average. Apple peach pear and cherry production also higher. grape output slightly below average due to reduced acreage.
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