State Police Report Highlights Wide Range of Services
Major Mare reports Michigan State Police covered 697,974 patrol miles visiting over 2,000 towns. Fines and court actions totaled 75,600 in federal courts and 600,000 in state and county courts. The force seized liquor and bootlegging, aided disaster areas, protected highways, raided gambling dens, and investigated for the attorney general, with 204 officers facing increased pay to recruit and retain personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Robert J. Mare
Sleeper
Am agEre
Unalysee
Coopers
Specters
Heard
Mayer Maria
Rural Red Cross Aids Communities With Public Health Plans
Rural communities under eight thousand population receive guidance from the American Red Cross Rural Service. The program aims to improve health, wealth, and happiness through public health instruction, education for all ages, and social activities. Community organization, libraries, and first aid courses are expanded, with clinics and recreation facilities increasing in larger towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beneat
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Red
Vite
Red Cros
United
The Opening of School Aligned With Public Welfare
A public school opening is essential for community welfare and national citizenship. It urges concerted effort from parents and faculty, emphasizes regular attendance and orderly plans, and highlights funding and accountability while stressing cooperation to achieve the best educational year for Alma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MocGinnis
Mike
Alma
What can a newspaper do for a town
A Chamber of Commerce speech lauds newspapers as a town’s lifeblood. It urges boosters to support local papers as the merchant’s channel to patrons, a record of progress, a voice for advertising, and a unifier that spurs industrial, social, and moral advancement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Burns
Chamber of Commerce
Police praise fuels praise for state patrol in forest fires
A Gaylord writer, M A Corey, thanks the State Police for patrol and guard service during recent regional forest fires. The force aided extinguishing fires and maintaining a sharp lookout to prevent serious damage, with patrols through the area helping to keep conditions safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M A. Corey
Gaylord
For Those With Goat Carrots Are ee Far Thiewing
A quirky note from a clipped page hints at a new Tarzan film project and mixed industry chatter. The fragment mentions Steind ext werk ardy as part of the unrelated garbled text.
Possible Origin of Loafer in Sey York Tale
An odd tale suggests a Dutettoan elf in Sey York inspired the word loafer. A tall American man clashed with his daughter Hy over rite and weed, leading to a remark about a “flegon for nothing” and a line about water. The speaker wonders how the term loafer arose and why the man was called this.
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Sey
York
Kidney Pains Steered to Health by Dean’s Kidney Pills
An Albany resident recounts severe kidney pain and nightly urination relief after using Dean’s Kidney Pills from Murphey’s Drug Store. The ad cites FosterMilburn Co. as manufacturer, urging readers to try the remedy. Also notes a Democratic county convention set for September 14, 1920 at the Opera House in Ithaca to elect delegates to the State Convention in Lansing.
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Anenaee
Jacob, Crome
East End
Dean
Murphey’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Mfr
Buffalo
N. Y
Adved
Gratiot
Opera House
Ithaca
Lansing
St. Atuellat
Robert Burns
Archie McCall
Louis
Michigan
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Wuld
Po Hce
Magellan
Ruy Patetro
Ferdiand Magelian
Five Shires
Seville
Spain
Cushing & Benedict
Wormer Sharma
Nalla Axmi
Strand Theatre
Homer
United States
Canada
J. M. Montigel & Son Hardware and Implements
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