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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1931
Page
3
Hundreds seek Kieffer's Tonic Tablets as a fast acting reviver promising new pep within a week or two. The ad highlights quick energy return, no stomach upset, and a money back guarantee if not delighted.
Trespass notices offered at the Progress Office with 3 for 250 on muslin and 6 for 25c on paper. Add 3c for post age.
Mrs. Sarah W Campbell of Washington D C visits her son M W Campbell and daughter Mrs S A Johnston in Armagh. Families from Campton and Bedford Springs travel, plus reunions at Penn Run. Several locals visit, hostesses entertain, and Sunday school gatherings occur as extended kin and friends journey between Armagh Johnstown and nearby towns.
Dr and Mrs Charles Kimmel of Derry spent days in the Paul McFarland home. Miss Lucille Rearick stayed with the Paul Kimmel household recently. Mr and Mrs Jacob Miller visited their daughter Mrs Charles Beatty in Piderton. Wide r ton town lit electric lights as residents attended services. The Sechrist children spent the weekend with their mother Mrs J N Blose. James Caldwell visited nearby from Indiana. Viola Ramner visited friends in Girty and South Bend. Mrs Shomo and children were recent visitors at the W C Bleakney home.
The story follows Robert Maxwell and Jane Lind who fall for each other under an August moon and declare engagement. They acknowledge favorite names as a playful premise, later meeting again in January where they confess genuine affection and reveal Julia and Laurence as their true preferences. Final engagement announced to friends.
The Plimsoll line became a universal safety standard for ships, praised for saving thousands of seamen. Samuel Plimsoll rose from poverty to parliament, fought shipowners, and secured a law requiring a hull mark for safe loading, earning him the title Seamen's Friend.
The article traces camera etymology from the Renaissance toy of a dark room with a small lens, where an inverted scene was projected. It explains the Latin and Greek roots leading to chamber and camera obscura, and notes the invention path to permanent images using a camera.
The piece argues scapegoating is neither natural nor ethical as blame falls on the innocent while the guilty evade punishment. It notes superior figures may shift responsibility to others to shield themselves, a cowardly tactic that harms those less able to defend themselves.
A visitor to Wales travels to Denbigh near Chester to see St. Asaph's workhouse where John Rowlands, born there, later became Henry M. Stanley. The piece notes his birth in a gloomy workhouse and his rise to fame, including locating David Livingstone in Africa, framing Denbigh as worth a visit for Stanley and the region's own merits.
A party at Norwich Great Hospital for aged men and women recalled a medieval custom requiring inmates to bring a coffin when admitted. The coffin later served as a cupboard in the cubicles and wore out with deaths. Now residents contribute £1 to provide shrouds instead.
The Garfield monument stands as the highest structure in Lake View cemetery, Cleveland. Begun in 1885 and dedicated in 1890, it cost 295000 dollars and reaches 180 feet high with a 50 foot diameter tower. Five exterior panels depict Garfield life scenes and the stained glass allegorically portrays his funeral. A second casket holds Mrs. Garfield, who died in 1918.
The Gymnasium Carolinum in Osnabruck marks its 1125th anniversary. Founded by Charlemagne, it gained university status in 1630 via Papal decree, but Swedish occupation later expelled the Jesuits and restored it as a high school.
Resident and visitor movements fill the column with greetings at homes in Youngstown Blairsville Monaca and nearby towns. Gas company work on the Kepple place and threshing completion noted along with church and club activities. Several brief calls and visits list notable names including Andersons Lockards Wassen Klingensmiths and Millens across Johnstown Altoona and Uniontown.
J B Flenniken, a well known farmer dairyman and auctioneer in Indiana County for 31 years, seeks the County Commissioner office. He cites long service as township school director and treasurer, and roles with road supervision and Tax-Justice League. He pledges to serve county interests with no promises beyond that. The piece also notes social visits and local gatherings in the area.
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