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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1916
Page
10
The Indiana Association promotes expansion of adult Bible class organization led by Frank Finsthwatt of Cherrytres Pennsylvania. It argues that organized classes gain permanence, shared management, extra teachers, increased membership, and active service, with notes on farm prosperity and land values to illustrate broader economic context.
Austin reports prairie dogs are deemed a public nuisance under a special session act of the Thirty fourth legislature now in effect. Landowners have two years to eliminate the pests, with county commissioners to enforce compliance and sheriffs authorized to destroy remaining pests at five dollars per day, billed to landowners as a lien if unpaid.
In a sailors' home an elder retells a voyage where a brutal pirate captain ruled with a cutthroat crew. The wrecked ship mutinied, a white captain tried to kill, and a survivor recalls the bloody defense, a severed scar, a later eerie sight of the captain’s ghost. The tale ends with the captains haunting question about the dump.
The high demand for acetate of lime in guncotton production triggers a land rush across Pennsylvania. Chemical makers flood timber tracts while rivals from New York and Pennsylvania, with mills in Lock Haven and Johnsonburg, compete. A major deal closed for 5,000 acres near Bradford, plus large purchases in Washington and Maine.
Amite City La Soda a famous big-footed boy leaves the side show circuit for interstate highway work. He attracts high contracts as a valuable asset in building modern roads. Owing to his enormous feet he commands steam roller wages. A shoe factory fitted him with No 19 shoes. He pecks dirt and gravel by walking. His fortune is said to grow with his feet.
Harry Godfrey killed a large snake in Denver and found a bulging spot in its skin. Skinning the creature uncovered a small gold bracelet with a stone setting engraved F. M. A to B. G. R. Des Moines Iowa June 4 1903, linking the snake to a mysterious sender.
The Illinois county audit shows year ending January 4 with detailed balances and disbursements. It lists delinquent taxes, exonerations, warrants issued to county offices, public works, schools, and memorials, plus salaries for commissioners and officials.
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