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SALINE, WASHTENAW CO., MICH., THURSDAY, JUNE 4. 1914
NUMBER 36
TWO KQSDS,WIHCH WILL
WITAffi?
STAET on the ROAD TO PROSPERITY today.   The first -milestone
is a BANK ACCOUNT. "It is'a check against extravagance.   Read
W..     the autobiography of any of onr great captains of industry and
finance.   Invariably, close to the opening paragraph,, he will tell of. his
FIRST BANK ACCOUNT.   It was the first milestone in his ROAD TO
SUCCESS! • ,   *   ,
3 Per Cent. Paid on Savings Deposits
Saline  SAYINGS   Bank
Automobile and Bicycle Tires
Where
B
uy
Bicycle .Lamps and Carbide
Garden  Hose  .in  50-ft.  coils
Fountain Lawn Sprinklers
Half   circle  Lawn   Sprinklers
Gem Controlling Nozzles
Solid stream or spray
Refrigerators and Ice Cream Freezers ^
.' Lawn Mowers and Grass Catchers
Planet Jr. 2-Row Corn Cultivators
,:   HENNE'S HARDWARE STORE ,
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5I[Sl|Sj|Sl!
yputs
lile the price is cheaper and
coal is plenty,
Jfl are jgst getting in 14 caps
of the very best hard coal th^t
we can buy. This coal will
please you. May we have your
order?
COOL BROS. ELEVATOR
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TWENTY-flVE YEARSAGO
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Brighten Up Your Home
.With a new piece of Furniture, here and there.   This is the time
"of year to do it, and we have the goods, at*very low prices.
- Furniture and Undertaking
Licensed Embalmer
Lady Saslstant
"J, E WEISSINGER
Pleasing Reminiscences of George R.
Walker, Former Resident .
.   Ghehallis, .Wash., May 27,1914.
To the Editolr and readers of-__he
Saline Observer: >\
As I write this date it brings .back to
mind my thoughts joi.25 years_ .ago. today, as that is the date I.left old.*Saline. Many are the changes that have
come not only .to the writer .but also _to
Saline and its people. I will draw a
picture of-the way Saline looked in
those days and of some of .the people
who were familiar figures on the street
and did business as T remember them •
a quarter of a century ago. You will;
note death has taken a large portion
of them. .-■■'*
I will start in -with the section of
business places" as I remember "them-
and where they were located.
First was Jacob. Sturm's harness
and carriage shop on the south side of
Chicago street, where he .and his
brother, Louis, did business for so
many years.
Next was Daniel Nisslj__s grocery
and shoe store, where the writer "first
learned to do up. brown sugar, rice,
etc.; it was before the. days of. paper
sacks and it was one of the* trials of
my life to get up a package*that would
pass uncle* "Daniel's inspection and
hold the articles without leaking. Jt
was also here that tbe writer first .earn*
ed the art of fitting and selling ^hoes,.
and many are the sales that • we .niisB*
ed to the .fair ses as iri those gopd old.
days they were all'marked.-in plain
sizes. A woman would come in And
call for a 4-E when she ought to have"
a 6-EE and of. course would not take
them because there was something
wrong with the shoes, not the woman.
It is easier to sell shoes in these days,
as you can fool the women now on
sizes and make them think they are
wearing a couple of sizes smaller than
they really are.
Next was C. ParsOns, dry .goods.
Theodore Stierle and* Allie Hamlin
were selling ribbons and calico. Poor
Theodore is gone long ago, also Mr.
Parsons, and I understand Allie isa
prosperous business man in some
eastern city. He was connected atone
time in the early nineties with the
writer in business in Centralia.
Next came Mr. Thomas Eccles' shoe
shop in a little shack known as the
Burg building. Mr. Eccles was making shoes and repairing the soles
many years before the writer left Saline. His daughter, Mary, still lives
in Saline,' making dresses instead of
shoes, I understand.
' Next caine Maher __ Davis' hardware
store. These two gentlemen were not
what you would call old~ timers there,
as they had only been there a couple
of years or so when the writer left.
Next came Charles Burkhart's dry
goods store, the same" place I understand where George and his* brother,
Fred, are now. George was'a clerk Tir
Mi'S'fath'-r's store ht that time'Siha* Frietf
was a little fellow in'kri'ee't_tiu's_rs"'g6-
ihg t6 scho*ol.r '* '-'■' '""•'-' •"* -' :
!:Next*"''in' the old McKinnon building, was 0. M: Kelse^, with/h grocery*
_tbck.-"' "Ort, as We called'hito1, "started
with Fred Gauntlett a1? "a" p'artnef, but
he'wa's *alon_ at' the' time'1 'the^ writer
left. '* -'•" ' ' "**'! ", '" * '
' Across the street on the next Corner
was the-dtug and'jewelry- storje' ot'fife
Nichols Brothers! 3 Mart 'iteynbldk' was
clerk at the time. The Doctor and the
writer, with several others1, "used 'to
board with Mrs' Shepherd "in 'lhe oW
Gillett house, "and' riiany" a1 ri'de the
Doctor has." given■' me when he was
making:'hii c&uht'ry calls.
'Next"was Etf. Aldrich's dry good.s
store."' B[e had not been "in business
long at the tfni.*j'wr.te,''but was "get;
ting his share of 'the tra'de, fts" h'e had
his charming daugater, *'jbess," as
she was called, in the store and iff
those days lady clerks were riot a8
plenty as today,    *"
Next came Charles and-Mart King
in the grocery business. The writer
always felt a personal interest in the
boys and their success, as we were all
clerks together at Nissly's before they
embarked for themselves. - -   -
My best recollections'were that-Abe
Alber had an ice cream and confectionery store in the next building and the
next -was. a meat market run 'by the
Woelper Bros., and the last little store
in the block was George Ehnis' tailor
shop. I understand George is still
making clothes.'
Starting ou the same street on the
other side was Fred Weissinger's furniture store, in the building that was
known as -the Gauntlett- building, as
atone time Richard Gauntlett had a
shoe shop there.
-'Then came Brainard -Mason'in the
drug store, with Elmer Rouse as clerk,
Apross the alley was-Johr^Hull in the
•hardware store, -where my old friend,
Gay Harris, spent so many years in
faithful ^servicefor J.W. --.-      - -   .
Next was J. H. Bortleji with his con-
iectioriery and barber shop.: John was
the firs.t barber the writer ;can -remember of Saline having. '
" Next was the Harmon House, with
Anson Harmon as the popular and
smiling landlord; also the owner of
Texas'Jim, the trotting mustang that
won fame and.money as a trotter.
? Next was the Davenport' building
where a Mr. Oppenheim had a dry
goods stock in same and W. H-. Davenport & Son had a little bank around
the corner in a little-.brick building—
the first bank'Saline-afforded,
John Schafer had a saloon on the
opposite corner and a pool room was
in the next building, but cannot recall
who ran it at the time. Then came
Dr.^Unterkircher'a Office in the Dr.
Watson building. , ' .      ;.., '
Then the old American* house, that
John Giilen and -family occupied so
many years. And near that was David
Sears' shoe shop, where the writer
used to take shoes to be repaired when
they were returned by customers for
not wearink long enough.
' Then the old Presbyterian church
on the corner. I understand it has
given way long Igo to a beautiful
pew brfck church, built in Bev,
J.eitb's time,
Mr. Frank and bis family were in
tbe bricjt store, known in tbe early
days as. the Haines building. Then
Game Charles Clarke's furniture tfnd
undertaking establishment. Many a
ride on the old hearse the writer has
had with Mr. Clarke atteriding funerals, when he worked for BV W. Mills,
as Mr. Mills furbished the team for
the hearse,
George Lindenschmidt ran the meat
market in a new brick he built a year
or so before I left. *
Across the way in the Wallace block
the writer has lost some" of the occupants. Grove Parsons had a gent's
furnishing store, he was running for
his father and Ashley. VanDuzer had
a barber shop in one. The Observer
office was over the city fire house and
A, J, Warren ran the paper.
Harry Haller was ' one -of Saline's
first resident dentists and his* office
was Over Nichols' drug store.
Rev. Caldwell was the Presbyterian
minister and his esteemed wife and
charming daughters made the old parsonage a very pleasant place to spend
an evening, at which the writer was a
frequent visitor. -
E. W. Ford and-son. Flave, ran the
lumber yard near the depot, where according to Observer announcement,
Flave has long ago taken over the
business .and added many other lines.
George J. Nissly was Saline's busy
man. He was running the large poultry j ard and in a lot of other enterprises that were  always  helping   to
benefit the town.    When George-died!
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SCHOOL LlfE
Many Affairs of Interest to Students
.  and Alumni Take Place This-
Time of Year.  -
From now on -many pleasant functions, marking the close of the "school
year, will occur. Tomorrow night the
Toastmasters' club entertains, with
the following program:   -
"PROGRAM
• . .       ••*.-■      *T -
TOASTMISTRESS—Lilli.n R. Alber
MUSICAL DIRECTOR—M.llini Ftldk.mp
VIOLIN SOLO
V.it. C.I.
TOAST
TOAST
TOAST
THE BLACK CAT
Haul Hall
THE TOP NOTCH
Wilur T-_.r '
THE SMART SET
Hum Wlllra.t
VOCAL DUET : '*; .;'„_,
" MUi Ed« Clark, Miss Grace Riehar.t.n
TOAST •        REVIEW OF REVIEWS
SlcUa W.it.hil
TOAST      -       -      THE INDEPENDENT
MUa Edjlht Skinm.
TOAST -        -THE NEW WORLD
* -   Mill Grace Percy   . "   '
VOCAL SOLO      ' ....
Hareld Miller    '
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We furnish the Cream
You furnish the Scream
Our cream has that delicious flavor which "clings"
—goes with you—stays with you—makes you long
for more.*
: Received fresh every day, and always cold, frozen,
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, 5c a big dish    10c a bigger dish
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Wafers
Cream Veal with Green Peas
Mashed Potatoes
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Olires
Radishes
Bread and Butter Sandwiches
Salted Nuts
Fruit Sherbet
Punch
Coffee
Cake
The following events will take place
on the dates mentioned:
June 4, school.hall, 8 p. m.—Rural
Eighth Grade Commencement.
June 5, school hall, '8 p. m?—Toast-
masters' Club Banquet.
June 7, M. E. church, 7:30 p. m.—
Baccalaureate Address, by Rev. West.
June 12, school hall, 8 p. m.—Junior Reception.
Jjme 16, opera house. 8 p. m.—Operetta by the Grades.      .
June 18, opera house, 8,p. m.—Commencement Exercises:
Address by Prof. N. A, I^ap'ex-
June 19, school hall, J^p/m.—Aiftift-
ni Banquet.        ••••■,•'■-
through an   e^or.  \%e.
Vrthur* Nissly,  the pifesid
,e n UT-flg ot
Ar&ur"Nis.ly, the president of the
class.''of 19^4, 'was omitted from the
class rolk The class has" nine members;
'Arthur Nissly, President.
Vivian Mack, Vice*President.
Bernard Mason, Secretary arid Treasurer. "...   ...
Vesta Cole, Valedictgr^^
Hazel Cook, fjjpjf^^a. %
■Mto-M&Sfe ' '   *
■ts.ws-.a K!aete*f.  *
SWWftBrt Bflrkhart.
Walter Toller. *■
Saline lost a valuable man.
'E. A. Hau'sei' W.'branching _ out in
the bnyinfe'df:. stocky Sate Bordine and
Bill DereritUBger' were buying for him.
■'Adim'^'Jpey-'and, son, Orrie,- were
running the'Schuyler mills; .also a
fiitle s'iw mill was run in connection
awhile in the winter, when they had
sii'ffic'ientwat'er. - Friis & Minnett were
at the old Saline mills and I understand they are still in business.
S. M. Bixby owned the York mills,
- - » •        -    s_ -:i«-.-l •'__«■   '>'W-*_»
but: cannot remember  much   ahout
.!>. !    ivuu -i    r--;)",*il~«'r      ■!:. ' i     3 '.■'»'
nun, as he was a new coiner..
' There are a great many more I could
mention, bat time and space will not
permit! "i.waa-inspired with the
^h'oughtof this write-up after reading
someaPt the old menibries that Walter
Nissly inserted in-his ads nearly every
-week. .My sister/Ida, ami sel_ reafl
them ^h"mu(c^^t|*;est,* ^s.*flearty aj}
pe,pldme.n;o,qe8 are {^miliar to me,
As I paiflg \o Saljne wfieri a little boy
there were no such things in those
days as electric cars, electric lights,
city water or any-of the modern conveniences. _	
^.fear.this would not be domplete if j stand or fall.   Let us see to it, that no
j day passes without seeking His judg-
Presbytcrian Church News
Pastor—Rev. W. H, Hoftjaau,
Subject Sabbath, iftftjftjug, "Pioneer
PJW^S^.^eir Influenoe on Ameri-
9m WMQXy" *
¥*.. V,' 8, 0, E. at 6:80; subject,,' 'The
P-nfity Verse"—Matt. 5:8.
Prayer meeting Thursday evening^
subject, "The Saviour ot,Children."
Union service in the M. E. church.
' Remember, that one is Our Master
Christ Jesus;   before  Him   we
om men cement
BOOKS—Fancy and Fiction
Fountain Pens
Jewelry
Souvenir Spoons
Perfumes,
Papetries
Watfches
Gut Glass
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Etc.,
Wheeler's Pharmacy i
I failed to mention C. H. Carven, as
Charles at that time was the, obliging
and gOod natured drayman, who did
our freight hauling from the depot.
D. A. Bennett was the agent, that
swore and stormedaround if you were
a little late or a little -early in calling
on him. That was a part of a railroad man's duty, though, tob'ecranky.
He was all right as a singer,.also, and
was leader of the Presbyterian choir.
If you will notice, a large portion "ol
the names X mention have passed over
the divide, and.it goes to show what
changes 25 years? time will make.
I hope some day ta come back to old
Saline on a visit, at least, but don't
suppose will ever snake it my. home
again, as am too much of a westerner
to go back and' be satisfied. • -
Very truly yours,
ment ,upon our personal conduct, and*
be energized with His approval;
Mr. and Mrs. George V. Cook have
made a .great transformation in their
residence property, putting a stucco
finish on the outside, added, a, new
porch and -other imnr^y^ments.
When completed it will be.o«e af the
Bhow places of Sa\ija&
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Chamberlain's Volte, Cholera and
* arrhoea Remedy.
Every family without exception should
.keep this preparation at liaiid during
ithe hot weather of the summer months.
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea jtemedy is worth many tituej ife.
cost when needed and is almost ^jjj^iii
to be needed hefore the'slMiraelji^ o_{-e-*r-
It has no superior' fyr. jrfe "psJqjasw for
.which it is in^ende^.   ^y rt»o\^." j?or"
George R-.WAU__.ifc- sale-b^ i^-^ej^l'
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Fine for dusting. Contains a secret Oriental. Oil which imparts a rich "satin" lustre and preserves finest finishes. .Makes
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you can secure this real working theatre—
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and: big book of fanny jingles.   All for a
few cenls^_ptherw-se theatre costs you SI.
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-    -      The Busy Hardware on the Corner
If you fail to read the ads
you often miss the chance to
save quite a little money.
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