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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1935
Page
4
A U S Army tank recently demonstrated a speed of sixty miles per hour on rough terrain. The vehicle is equipped with five machine guns and a heavy seven gun system.
Mrs Emma Henry Mott, 66, a native of Canoe Township and long-time Rossiter resident, died November 27 at her son W J Mott’s home in Huntington West Virginia. Survived by three sons Blair P H and W J Mott of Huntington, a brother George Henry near Rossiter, sisters Mrs S L Stiver and Mrs Fred Simons of Youngstown Ohio. Burial held at Rossiter Friday.
A sequence of obituaries and notices records William Dixon of Blacklick township dying of pneumonia aged 60 after illness and poverty. Evan Davis of Green township dying of a heart attack. Rebecca Speedy formerly of Conemaugh township. Mrs Exzena Williams of Green township. and Mrs Margaret Riggs Showalter, with details on survivors, churches, and burial sites across Saltsburg Warren and Johnstown communities.
Deaths reported across Indiana county include Ida B King 76 widow of A B King of North Ninth Street funeral Tuesday at home then Oakland cemetery. George A Dodson 37 son of John B Dodgson born December 30 1897 Indiana. Sherman W Wilt 56 Johnstown carpenter died at Mercy hospital. Andrew Bain 51 native of Scotland coal miner in Aultman. William Lukehart 82 plasterer Blairsville with services at home then Blairsville cemetery.
Harrisburg December 3. Motorists must switch to lower headlamp beams within 500 feet of an oncoming car or face a ten dollar fine under the Motor Vehicle Code amended by the 1935 Legislature. The old hymn Let the Lower Lights Be Burning is cited as a reminder.
Farm Calendar covers seed potatoes storage at 34 to 38 degrees F and ventilation after digging. Chickens need vitamin D to prevent leg issues. add concentrate daily. Dairy cattle: winter quarters require comfortable, well lit stalls with proper feeding. Apple thinning yields about $3.17 per 12 bushels Wealthy, roughly 26 cents per bushel. Clean gardens to prevent winter pest buildup.
Dr Worith MacBride-Dexter cautions against speeding both in life and on the road. He argues that intense work, stimulants, and high gear living strain the body, urging moderation and adherence to safe limits to avoid serious penalties from nature.
A forestry field day will be held Wednesday December 18 at Ben Walker’s farm near the Kintersburg CCC camp in Rayne Township. Frank T. Murphey of Penn State extension will discuss woodlot improvement and timber estimating with a log sawing contest. Bring sandwiches. coffee and milk supplied. Fires will be lit if cold.
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