05 Apr 1933
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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1933
Page
1
A Scribner's Magazine writer argues real trials reveal strong prisoner safeguards and that justice adapts to modern science. The piece mocks sensational crime fiction and critiques defense attorneys who wield science, poison gas, and mud to attack a defendant's reputation.
The Venice like canal subway beneath Hamburg stretches about 500 miles and acts as an unusual urban transport network. Gas from stagnant air limits gasoline boat use, so most boats are punted. workers wear masks and sightseers clad in rain gear to guard against moisture in century old tunnels.
The article notes that ancient Greeks had a ball game resembling football and Romans played with an inflated bladder. When football arrived in England there were no player limits and goals miles apart, and several English kings tried to suppress it to protect archery for national defense.
The Gulf stream and Arctic warming are linked to a warm Arctic era when Norse explorers are said to have found Vineland along North America's coast. Greenland's forest past, inferred from plant fossils, contrasts with its current thick ice cover.
Purdue foresters note that woods deliver about 60 percent the heat of coal by weight, with a cord of seasoned hickory equal to a ton of coal. White oak, hard maple, beech, elm, hackberry, and ash also rank high. Dogwood burns with a blue flame, and splat wood has lower moisture, raising heating value.
The text argues the President is inviolable during office and cannot be legally arrested for any crime. It notes arrest is possible only by mistake or voluntary submission, with impeachment and removal by Congress as the constitutional route, after which he may be arrested as a private citizen.
The Arctic tern undertakes a vast 11,000 mile annual migration from polar daylight to polar daylight. It spends six months of continuous daylight above the Arctic Circle, then journeys to the Antarctic zones for another long day, with only brief darkness during tropical crossings.
Missouri baker mailed bread by parcel post and learned it lacked postage. A late call confirmed insufficient postage, then the next morning the War weighed and found postage sufficient after the bread dried out overnight.
The piece notes the quotation Bred In the bone from Fable XIV of The Two Fishermen by Pilpay or Bidpal, its Sanskrit origins, and early English translation. It discusses how anemia arises from conditions that impair health and deplete body reserves, affecting blood and all body cells, with local and general infections, cancer, Brights disease, and nutrition disturbances as common causes.
Ballad singers at the fair of St Germain whitened their hair, a custom that began with performers and spread to vulgar people before becoming a fashion among the upper classes.
The United States Department of Agriculture defines honey as the nectar and saccharine exudations of plants gathered, modified, and stored in the combs of honey bees for purposes of preventing adulteration.
A tale describes a caravan of driverless buses traveling 700 miles across the Arabian desert from Bagdad to Beirut. The fleet relies on the sun and stars to mark its course with steering wheels and throttles set for the journey.
Five giant teeth and bone fragments from a mammoth, believed to have roamed the Philadelphia region 25 000 years ago, were discovered on a Blackwood New Jersey golf course. The find sheds light on the area's prehistoric fauna and prompts interest from local archaeologists and historians.
Mysterious caves on Marble Mountain in the Sangre de Cristo range are thought to conceal ancient gold mines. In London, 128 female operators manage about 4,000 long distance calls each day across 60 languages and dialects.
A scholarship dated 1643 from Lady Mowl son of London to Harvard College is noted as the oldest scholarship awarded in the United States. The article mixes brief items on Isaac Newtons mother, Bronx Park Zoo, Dutch inn sign, Sardinian herb, civility, wooden shoes, and trade with Russia. It reads as a collage of historical notes and curiosities from various topics.
Mary Coy has returned home after a few days with her sister Mrs Carl Gance in Heilwood. Several locals including Mr and Mrs Jesse Ober and children spent Thursday evening at Dave Ohber's near Strongstown. Dozens of names appear as visitors and callers to homes in Maple Grove with trips to Indiana and Pittsburgh noted.
A crowded social page lists visits by Mrs. Hallie Holt to Indiana, Hastings siblings and John Hastings, and Clair Ginter. J O Barr with family at his mother's home. weddings and engagements of Samuel L McLane and Irene Meanor Jackson. numerous visits to Brookville, Penn Run, Blairsville, and Pittsburgh. a baby born to the Wingrove family. upcoming Presbyterian church events and plays by Blairsburg ladies. and a local joke about a salt salesman.
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