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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1933
Page
8
A satirical compare/contrast of Zebulon the cautious congressman and Billjah the sharp, provocative life critic. Zebulon is praised for image over substance while Billjah wins popularity with quick wit and truth telling. The piece ridicules reliance on appearances, fame, and theatrical politics, ending with a moral about belief and exposure in Washington.
Article explains how sunlight directly affects nutrition and growth in animals and humans, linking the mineral deposition in bones to a missing element now called vitamin D. It outlines rickets as a failure to deposit calcium in developing skeletal tissue due to this essential vitamin, highlighting sun’s role in producing it.
A authenticated piano once made for Robert Louis Stevenson to endure Samoa’s tropical climate was found in a Devonport residence. The black ebony instrument features inlaid gold patterns, massive candlesticks and handles, and a sturdy screw‑reinforced frame that doubles its weight compared with normal pianos.
Mrs Rhett Brewer and son Clar ence and Leonard Elkin were visitors in Plumville on Saturday. Mr and Mrs Lawrence Johnston guests of John Charles family in Hamilton Sunday. Mrs T H Frantz a business caller in Indiana Saturday. Mr and Mrs David C Wells visited granddaughter Mrs Paul Parks who is ill in Indiana hospital. Harold Johnston of Denver left for Altoona to visit relatives. Paul Elkin and daughter of Plumville visited G H Elkin Sunday. Residents shopped in Punxsutawney Saturday evening. Mr and Mrs Dwight Fleming and family of Punxsutawney called on Mrs G H Elkin Sunday. Mr and Mrs Elton Wells of Brockway visited Marshall Merley. Mrs Agnes Elkin and Mrs Lizzie Lewis sick. A M Van Horn installed a new radio at home. Lula Walker of near Smicksburg visited sister Ola Brewer last week. Chas Griffith and Ebert Brewer worked with Earl Lewis on the farm. Lewis is still unable to go out.
Samuel Fiscus passed through here Monday and several neighbors visited homes in West Lebanon Elderton and Dutch Run through the week. Visits included Carl Fleming, O C Dunmire, J H Kough, Flory Walker, Edwin Mulberger, Tra Smith, Lester Rosborough, Wayne Smith, William Daugherty, John Boyer and Mr and Mrs Clark Kough with church services listed for Sunday February 5th at 10 30 AM and Sunday school at 9 30 AM with Lesley Turner from Vanderegrift also visiting the George Turner home.
Revival services start next Sunday night at Crooked Creek Baptist Church led by Rev Fletcher with Rev Davis assisting. Sunday school is at 10 am. Ladies of the church held an all day quilting at the pastor and wife’s home in Marion Center.
Sabbath school next Sabbath at 10 am and church services at 11 15. John Cribbs and James Repine visiting Harrisburg this week. Robbery at R D McCall store Friday night. Cribbs family and Speedy family on Indiana trip and Pittsburgh sightseeing trip sponsored by the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. Local visitors and gatherings noted with residents and neighbors. Clifford Cunningham recovered from tonsillitis. Monthly workers meeting at John Cribbs home.
Local residents gather for quilting and social visits across Atwood and Five Points. Numerous relatives and neighbors including Blystone, Fisher, Harman, Peterman, and Orr share hospital and church events, with tax justice meeting notes and community updates from Harmony Grove.
Clyde area notes multiple visits and visits between Shields Eckland Gaul and Warner families. Armagh Elderton basketball games drew locals. purchases, illness notes, and travel to Indiana and New York appear amid community life updates.
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