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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1936
Page
7
By virtue of writs issued out of the Court of Common Pleas of Indiana County there will be public sale at the Court House Indiana Pennsylvania. Details to be announced.
A detailed 1936 legal notice describes several parcels in Indiana County Pennsylvania and one in Saltsburg Homer City and South Mahoning Township. It covers properties including 53 acres with a two story dwelling and outbuildings, Lot 5 in S S Lucas plan, a Lot No 144 with a two story dwelling, and multiple other parcels linked to executions in Fi Fa proceedings, naming defendants and heirs in each tract.
This legal notice describes multiple parcels in Indiana County Pennsylvania bound by streets alleys and existing property lines. It covers two or more lots with two story and one story structures and notes prior deeds and vesting interests. It explains sale conditions including ten percent down, balance due by the second Monday of March, and sheriff's sale procedures.
Water is the cheapest material used by hens in making eggs and constitutes about two thirds of the egg. Experiments show water consumption and egg production rise or fall together with hens fed warm water in cold weather laying more eggs. Maple syrup sap run prep and wood hauled to the sugar house. utensils cleaned and inspected. Rural groups plan Washington's Birthday programs with readings or pageants. Extension demonstrations show disease-free seed outyielding diseased seed by 62.2 bushels per acre. Forty-two of 44 Keystone Ten-Ton Tomato Club members used locally grown plants. many started under glass. Plans for rural chorus contest entries now with county sericultural extension associations. two songs per group including Sweet and Lovely by Yoseph Barnby.
Private nurseries cannot meet nationwide demand for forest tree seedlings. County Agent Warner urges early applications for spring 1937 orders of State stock, including White Pine to Hemlock, with a minimum one thousand trees or 500 of two species. Private nurseries cost more and order deadlines vary.
The Indiana County Potato Growers Association directors ordered a car load of certified Michigan Russets and certified Irish Cobblers from Maine for early spring delivery. Cobblers arrive early for planting, Russets around May 1. Price is 1.45 dollars per bushel in two bushel bags. Orders due by February 22. Irvin Rebin and Clark Pollock offer additional Russets from local farms.
Oak Tree youths plan a 4-H Pig Feeding Club with corn potato and flower clubs for spring. A kickoff meeting is set for Thursday evening Feb 13 at Mahoning school one mile west of Oak Tree. L C Madison from Penn State Extension will discuss pig feeding and management. all 4-H members parents and hog enthusiasts invited.
A state notice from the Department of Public Instruction, Harrisburg, read to the Indiana Board of Education, shows Indiana High School faculty lead all districts with 71.8 percent of teachers as college graduates or higher. New Brighton ranks second with 64.7 percent.
John Belainger of Indiana had about 500 dollars in damages to his car after a collision on Route 6 two miles north of Johnstown early Monday. Driver of the other vehicle was J P Killep of New Florence, described as an allopery highway incident.
Pennsylvania Game Commissioners urge continued feeding of wildlife as winter hunger bites. Citizens including 4-H, Scouts, farmers, letter carriers and housewives praised for bread crumb and grain donations to deer, game birds and other wildlife amid snow and sleet. CCC camp heads urged to extend feeding efforts beyond camps to reach distant areas.
Armstrong Grange No. 1645 schedules a February 19 gathering at Parkwood School with a program including Battle Hymn of the Republic, Washington and Lincoln readings, a Lincoln biography, patriotism discussion, a donation class, music, a Washington Lincoln Kelley event prompt, a short talk on ideals, a surprise by Agnes Craig, short play suggestions, and song Beautiful Grange.
The account highlights Haroun al Raschid of Bagdad as founder of a vast hospital network funded by the caliph. It notes free care, a large physician payroll, extensive drug supply, and early mental asylums, praising the system’s efficiency in its era and contrasting it with modern medical costs and equipment.
Announcement reveals the engagement of Misa Hilzabeth McCartney Lowry of South Sixth Street to John Blair Shumaker, also of South Sixth Street. The marriage is planned for early June. Lowry is Horace M. Lowry’s daughter, longtime editor and publisher of the Indiang Times, and Shumaker is the son of Mrs. Margaret Shumaker of South Sixth Street.
Mires Woodward writes of the Whirligh a famous British beetle known for dancing on pond surfaces. The five whiril gigs alert for danger dive with a bubble of air, glittering like quicksilver, as males display armor and courtship to attract mates.
The Washington Star notes that from earliest records to later eras, principal export goods served as media of exchange. Items such as cattle in ancient Greece and Rome, iron in Rome, tobacco in colonial Virginia, wheat and grains in many states, and metals like copper, silver, and gold have functioned as a medium of exchange. Tron bars remain in use in central Africa barter.
The Chicago Tribune notes crude petroleum varies in appearance and odor by source. It explains chemically petroleum is mainly hydrocarbons unlike animal or vegetable oils which are glycerin and fatty acids. Mineral oils lack digestibility and cannot be converted into soap.
Bible scholars debate Nimrod’s title mighty hunter before the Lord in Genesis 10 9 with some scholars taking it literally as a hunter of beasts while others see metaphorical hero or warrior meanings The Detroit Free Press notes Nimrod’s romantic association as hunter is a modern reinterpretation with varied scholarly opinions.
Paresia Paresis may attack the brain or spinal cord or both and develops gradually. The victim shifts character, becoming extreme in traits. An economist may become a waster and a quiet person may grow loud. Immoral tendencies emerge with headaches backache and dizziness. Later speech thickens and handwriting changes.
In Tintagel England a stone memorial hall is said to have been erected to King Arthur. The legend places Arthur leading Christian kings of Britain against Kent Saxons in the sixth century. Tintagel is a remote wind swept village on Cornwall's northwest coast.
A Toledo scale company notes rural families consume an average of 4,571 pounds of food annually. The article follows every ounce as it moves from origin to table, passing over scales several times in its journey.
Antelope are among the swiftest animals yet a four foot rise or rock blocks their path. They can leap long distances on level ground but struggle with high obstacles, revealing limits to their jumping ability.
A playful 1936 local advertorial lists Bob and Betty hosting an at home party with many shop names and products. It touts car parts from Linglaw, Frigidaire appliances, cosmetics from Breth and Hallen, greeting cards from J. D. Johnston, coal from St. Clair-Rinn, dairy from Indiana Dairy, and education from Indiana Business College. The piece closes with notices of tire, furniture, paint, and plumbing suppliers and a copyright line.
Residents hosted visitors from Pitcairn Blairsville and Strangford at the Davidson and Brendlinger homes while Miss Mary Ellen McAnulty left for Johnstown to train as a nurse. West Wheatfield reports 86 World War veterans with an estimated $20000 bonus. revival services run Feb 9 to 24 at Bollvar Methodist Church, led by Rev Harold Dayla and singer Ming Edna Davis. Charles Miller’s condition remains steady and Mrs Henry Brendinger shows slight improvement. Gazette to R D readers 5 50.
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