23 Mar 1948
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1948
Page
1
ALBANY NY Mar 23 64 Christmas paid a return visit to Keathy Castleton yesterday A pile of show beside the New York Central Railway track melted and a mail pouch was found Postmaster Ray Kilmer said the pouch was lost Feb 20 when it was thrown from a train It contained Christmas cards
Altoona plans a civic celebration Saturday to break ground for a new veterans hospital. First spadefuls will be turned by Robert Laws, Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, and Harry R Harr Jr age 5 of Hollidaysburg. Harry’s father was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.
In Pittsburgh on March 28 two spinster sisters aged 78 and 75 died within 15 hours of each other while sitting in the same rocking chair. Emily Tate died of pneumonia and Mathilda, who nursed her, was found dead of a heart attack.
Arkansas Lady, a six year old Tennessee walking mare, gave birth Saturday at Hereford Manor Stock Farm to twin colts. Stockmen say twins among horses are as rare as quads or quints among humans and report both mother and foals are doing well.
A training specialist from the National Recreation Association will conduct a two day recreation training institute in Indiana on Wednesday and Thursday March 24 and 25. The event is sponsored by the Agricultural Extension Service of Pennsylvania State College in cooperation with the Indiana County Agricultural Extension Association. Sessions occur Wednesday and Thursday in the First Presbyterian Church with the evening session at the Laboratory School gymnasium at the Indiana State Teachers College.
In Vestal New York a 60 year old man named George Russell drowned when he returned through flood waters to save his possessions. Russell was reportedly the first flood fatality in the submerged South Central New York area and was later found by friends who had ferried him to the house and returned to retrieve him.
Washington farmers learn planting times for Freedom garden. First group includes beets broccoli cabbage and lettuce sown mid March after last frost around April 20. Tender crops like beans corn cucumbers require May 1, tomatoes peppers May 10 after frost danger ends. Soil should be moist, rows straight, seeds not dense, fertilizer trench prepared, row-end labels marked with variety and date, spacing guidelines given for common crops. Extension service advises mulch and consulting local agents for details.
Trades, visits and births mark a busy period in Vandergrift and surrounding towns. Mrs. Pearle McCune returns home from Ruth Elkin’s. Laura Ann Chambers is born at Adrian Hospital. Many relatives and friends from Indiana Blairsville Smicksburg Beaver Pittsburgh and Dayton visit. Ladies Aid meets at Blaine Coon’s. Preaching at local church Thursday night. Bruce Neal funeral held in Butler with North Point burial.
A local middle aged woman recounts three years of neuritic agony described as knife like and electric shock sensations. After using TRU-AID she reports complete relief with pains gone and improved life. The ad promotes TRU-AID as a liquid compound containing three medicines targeting rheumatic and neuritic aches, sold in Indiana drug stores.
Uncle Rays Corner explains coal tar extracts in flavorings and perfumes, noting safety proven by widespread use in cakes. It mentions coal tar derivatives in paints, green oil fuel, motor benzol, and naphthalene for dyes, plus local community notes and a Good Friday service announcement.
In Los Angeles on March 23 a UCLA geology professor James Gilluly spoke of an uplift in Southern California due to earthquakes. He estimates 20 to 40 inches per century, suggesting Mt Baldy could rise markedly over 200000 years, with more significant quakes possible this century.
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Fragmentary text discusses costs of drugs and medicines and mentions the ocean's salt covering the United States with a vast monetary figure and a thick layer. No clear event, date, person, or organization is identifiable.
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