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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1934
Page
2
Wednesday August 4 report lists timeframes of service or duration likely tied to a local notice or calendar entry. The fragment suggests a timetable or renewal cycle with three distinct periods. No additional names or places are clearly readable in the text.
Dr Theodore B Appel urges moderation for adults planning vacations and notes camps for youth in Pennsylvania. Many families overdo night life and stimulants, exhausting parents while camps and outdoor life offer health benefits. Rest, fresh air, and good food with reasonable activity are advised for physical recuperation. Buck Run dwelling burned by overheated stove. Cherryhill township, Buck Run, Friday morning. Contents destroyed. Yan fishing licenses written. 727 licenses issued to date.
Madge Evana, lead opposite Warner Baxter in Grand Canary, headlines a Ritz weekend showing. The film follows a young doctor who discovers a new yellow fever serum amid a perilous path to acceptance, as Paris Interlude and Circus Grown also play midweek and weekend engagements with Cary Grant and Joe Brown headlining a lively roster of romance and spectacle.
Five men were jailed or questioned in a counterfeiting sweep as Indiana and Clearfield authorities traced a flood of fake bills. Investigators linked a Camden source to the notes and pursued an alleged ring, with suspects named Philip Boroway 39 New York City William Malnek 43 Garfield New Jersey and Stenny Borghardt 28 Brooklyn.
Pete Shero, 36, of St. Benedict, was held on involuntary manslaughter charges in the Edwards Bay fatal auto crash that killed three year old Ronald Edwards of Edensburg on July 28. Shero, accused of driving on the wrong side, collided head on with Clair Edwards’s car on the Alverda Nicktown bridge. He posted $1,000 bond ahead of a preliminary hearing after passenger John Jasper, injured, could leave Spangler hospital.
The program lists Stamboul Quest featuring Myrna Loy and George Brent on Thursday August 9, Grand Canary with Warner Baxter and Madge Evans on Friday and Saturday August 10 and 11, Kiss and Make Up with Cary Grant and Genevieve Tobin August 13 and 14, Personality Kid with Pat O'Brien and Glenda Farrell August 12 and 14, Back Page with All Star cast August 12 to 14, and Great Plantation with Elissa Lands on August 15-16.
A large crowd attended the annual homecoming at Fairview United Church Sunday. Visitors included Vain Lowmaster of York Pennsylvania and Mrs Hilda Stevens from Commodore. The Lowmaster reunion is set for Saturday August 11 in the grove on the old Lowmaster homestead. Local residents hosted gatherings and visits with relatives from Indiana and Richmond Virginia. A kitchen shower for Mr and Mrs Merle States was held at Mrs Adams States home with many gifts for the newlyweds.
James C. Pee of the Indiana post office retires after nearly 30 years of service. He estimates he walked about 117000 miles while serving patrons, working 15 years 11 months 9 days without missing a day. He used only 10 of 75 sick days, aside from a wife’s death day, and credits walking with his strong health and high regard from patrons.
Mr and Mrs J Wilson Wiggins and Laura A Lowman of Armstrong Township Indiana County were married August 2 1876 at West Lebanon Pa Their family includes nine children twenty one grandchildren and thirty seven great grandchildren A August 6 reunion at Rustie Lodge drew over forty relatives and friends with a noon picnic and meals The gathering listed many relatives from Pittsburgh Marseller Lewistown Coraopolis Indiana and other towns A birthday party for Mrs W Brown drew over a hundred attendees and other notes include Blairsville store fire damage estimated at 3500 and a housekeeping tip about hot water for washing clothes
The Mexican hairless cat once thought domesticated by Indian peoples of the Americas neared extinction. A 1900 discovery in a New Mexico pueblo described a brother and sister pair valued at $1000 each by the Chicago Cat Society. The cats weighed about 10 pounds, were mouse-colored, and showed delicate flesh tint on neck and limbs. They were affectionate and intelligent, with a seasonal fur pattern.
The British Mandate for Palestine was adopted by the League of Nations council on July 24, 1922 and took effect September 29, 1928. It endorsed the Balfour Declaration’s aim to establish a national home for the Jewish people while preserving the civil and religious rights of existing non Jewish communities.
While digging a sewer in New Plymouth New Zealand a mechanical excavator uncovered parts of a forest believed buried ages ago. At the trench bottom a piece of tortura timber with bark so well preserved it looked freshly stripped from a live tree.
Science magnifies the human voice 12000 times yet conscience remains unheard. For sale extra fine pulverized raw lime in bulk or sack. Will deliver if desired. When writing for delivered prices, give your location. Smiecksburg Lime Co. C A Wingard Treasurer Gmicksburg Pa 82 7tp
Assessed valuation totals and per capita taxes for 1938 including school tax levies, penalties, and liens. It lists receipts and disbursements by function such as instruction, auxiliary agencies, transportation, fixed charges, debt service, and capital outlay with balance on hand and auditing stamps. Ends with official certification of accounts.
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