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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1912
Page
5
A jumble of names and places including Greeneburg Armagh Pitcairn and Punxsutawney appears in a community column of visitors relatives and seasonal plans. The mix includes social calls on relatives in Windber Vandergrift Indiana and Johnstown plus a note on a church program and a school literary society event.
David B Stauffer of Stucksbars died December 16 at Reynoldsville at age 78. Surviving spouses were first wife Keela Black and second wife Martha Haney, with children and siblings named. Also listed are deaths of Miss Jennie Sturgeon, Miss Alice Prothero, Mrs S M Hosack, and Rev George S Hill. Monroe Torrence returns to Philadelphia. Gen Logan pledges support for an Indiana armory for Co F.
A rich uncle judges two nephews Christmas gifts, praising the thrifty card over the lavish gold watch. He sketches a new will, leaving funds to found an institution studying prehistoric microble disease in fossilized animals.
A fragment discusses shortening the name Christman to X-maet and the speaker’s willingness to abbreviate to V mes if his wife agrees, reflecting personal naming choices and domestic negotiation.
Mrs James Blair has returned from visiting her parents Dr and Mrs David Hall of Annapolis Maryland. Nellie McGregor Jane Earl of 1xth street visited Miss Margaret Thompson of Blake villa last week. Myrtle Smith of Five Point returned from Wilkinsburg visiting Mrs William Button. Annabel Wilson of Leech's Actual Business College spends Christmas at her North Branch Michigan home. Orville Menning of Creekside, Muskingum College student, visits parents J H Flemne. Mr and Mrs J C McQuig of Pana Illinois and Mrs William Hoover of Taylorsville Indiana visit Croy lands hosted by Mr and Mrs Harry White Jr. Nathaniel Grove and wife of West Philadelphia street entertained Mrs Joseph Sterner and Mrs Gus Petterman of Flemings Summit, Willis Houck and wife of Purchase Line, and Merle and Minnie Henry of Penn Rua.
In the Nansen Arctic expedition a desperate swim saved the two light boats as they clung to a drifting kalaks. Nansen threw off clothing and swam for the boats, then struggled back to Johansen with frostbitten limbs, both men surviving to press on toward the final march.
A Harper’s essay claims meteoric dust adds 100 tons daily to Earth, thickening the globe over eons. The text argues this could pull Earth closer to the sun, yet increased centrifugal force would counteract the drift, possibly ejecting outer planets like Jupiter farther away in the distant past.
Edwin Forrest, during a Boston engagement at the old Winthrop House, was visited by a struggling artist who left a painted portrait with a note of poverty. Forrest opened the wrapping to reveal himself as Spartacus, then told the clerk to give the man ten dollars, remarking that he was close to starvation given the painting.
The Two Garricks, George Garrick, brother of David, was his most devoted helper and laborious assister. He followed behind the scenes asking, How David wanted me. When asked how he came so soon after the demise of his namesake, he said, David wanted him.
The Pittsburg Dispatch will publish six sensational articles by Jack Rose titled My Life in the Underworld detailing murder gambling shoplifting and police wire tapping. Rose, a former criminal associate turned witness, says the series aims to reveal appalling underworld methods and aid reform. it debuts in the Sunday issue on December 29 with exclusive territory publication.
Executors offer 126 acre farm of Joseph Devers in South Bend township Armstrong county Pa two miles west of South Bend for public sale on Wednesday January 8 2018 at 1 30 pm Located in Apollo Pa for contact W F Devers or R D iss cus executors The notice mentions catalogues and sale of second hand books and new books at various prices with references to libraries and novels
A noted physician and medical experts say that consumption is less common in people who breathe deeply and exercise the lungs fully. They advise indoor workers to perform light breathing exercises in the morning and evening, opening windows to ensure fresh air.
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