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Newspaper

Indiana Progress

Location

Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Feb 11, 1920

Page

5

Ida recollects aunt's brood of lit head chickens tale

Ida recalls her aunt speaking of a brood and notes a neighbor moving next door with five children. She observes the children following their mother across the yard and tells her mother about the lady with her brood.

Ida

Victoria tower at Westminster holds centuries of state papers

Fragmentary note recalls the Victoria Tower at Westminster took twenty years to build and stores 140 rooms filled with state papers. A stray line credits General Grant and a quip about soldiers tiring of beans, ending with a garbled signoff to Johnnie Wosking.

Garpenters Strucl Westminster Prem General Grant Johnnie Wosking Arkan Thomas Pat

States With Spanish Names

A list notes state names of Spanish derivation with altered forms such as California, Colorado, Florida, Nevada, and Oregon. It presents playful derivations like hot furnace red feast of flowers snowy cov ered wild muarjorain, suggesting how origins influence spellings. The piece reads as a linguistic aside rather than a formal etymology.

Colorado Florida Nevada Oregon

Towboat Navigates Narrow French Canal Anode Power

A双ended electric towboat moves along a shallow French canal using propellers at both ends. It is powered by historic batteries or by power drawn from an overhead line, enabling flexible operation in constrained water.

Rudeness compared to violence quoted from Johnson

A quoted remark argues that rude talk is as wrong as physical harm, stating a man has no more right to utter unkind words than to strike another. The line criticizes social disrespect and moral accountability.

Johnson

Good Roads Meeting Set for Elders Ridge February 19

A good roads meeting is scheduled at the Elders Ridge Vocational School on Friday evening February 19. T. R. McDowell, field representative of the local federation, will preside and discuss transportation issues affecting residents and farmers in the area.

Elders Ridge Elders Ridge Vocational School T. R. McDowell

Grip sweeps through village as lines fill in

In South Bend a siege of grip grips the community while notices report the interment of Mrs. Mary McGupmick near Pittsburgh in South Bend cemetery. Aice Moorhead visits her brother James Moorhead in West Lebanon. F. and Patterson of Leechburg plan to stay at the Wray home. Glenn Faith drives for Dr. Harmon of West Lebanon in recent days.

Grip Mary McGupmick Jasper Pittsburgh South Bend Aice Moorhead James Moorhead West Leban Ois. F. &. Patterson Leechburg Fyill J. E. Wray Glenn Faith Dr. Harmon West Lebanon

Brushvalley Social Visit and Pine Township School Event

Frank McCrea and daughter Martha of Pittsburgh visit his parents while others from Johnstown White township Altoona Seward and Pine township gather. A Pine township Dineton School entertainment slated for Saturday night February 21 features a program arranged by Miss Cartie Ei Roberts with multiple musical numbers readings dialogues dances and songs.

Frank McCrea Martha Pittsburgh G. T. McCrea William Miller Johnstown Joseph George White Township Harry Stewart Seward Gacary Davis Altoona Wiliam Davis Dineton School Pineton Pine Township Cartie Ei. Roberts Sara Stelfey Little Colt Jerold Miller George Steffey James Tyger School Thomas Logan Robert Kitt Grace Roger Jane Colmer Hanna Joys America

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