by Don Taylor
“In the News” is my reporting on newly discovered newspaper articles and advertising regarding ancestors I am researching. John Huber is my wife’s great-grandfather. The information in newspapers often raises more questions and research areas, but they invariably provide fresh texture to understanding an ancestor’s life.
The Saginaw News (Saginaw, MI) newspapers dated 1946, 1947, 1849, and 1955 reported:
29 April 1946 – Classified Ad – SEED CORN, early Yellow Dent. Inquire John Huber, 2770 South Center road[i].
29 October 1946 – Classified Ad – PEARS – John Huber, 2770 South Center Road, West Side, Saginaw.
5 October 1948 – Deaths – John Huber, 68, 2770 South Center Road.
11 August 1955 –- Classified Ad – TOMATOES—Reasonably priced. At Mrs. John Huber’s farm, 2770 S. Center Road.
From these ads, I learned that John Huber sold seed corn and pears. After his death, his wife, Bertha (Trümpy) Huber, sold tomatoes.
Endnotes
[i] There were several John Hubers that lived in the Saginaw, MI, area. These advertisements provide his address, 2770 South Center road, and positively identify great-grandfather John Huber.
