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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1934
Page
8
The article describes angler fish with a head mounted lure and a variant lacking the lure, noting deep sea adaptations. It cites a six foot specimen with a two foot body and enormous mouth, plus live specimens at a thousand fathoms and small surface catches, suggesting even larger, uglier fish may inhabit the depths.
Bronze Age cemeteries known as cromlechs or druidical circles consist of three or more stone pillars in circular layouts. In Scotland’s Stenness Orkney, 13 stones survive, the largest at 14 feet, ringed by a moat. Stonehenge in Salisbury Plain houses the greatest collection, with circles up to 13 feet high and 4 feet between stones. total principal stones around 140.
In Essex courts tithes caused tension as harvests waned. Farmers used dodges to dodge tithe payments. Samuel Wesley at Epworth once halted a man cutting tithe corn and delivered him to the people. The Harvest Home song captured rural attitudes toward tithes.
Large quantities of human hair were imported to make hair nets for American women. Hair from China and Europe declined with fashion, nearing zero. Now limited Chinese hair continues to enter for straining oil in refineries, where existing materials prove unsatisfactory due to frailty or high cost.
Fresh water weighs about 62.4 pounds per cubic foot and displaces its weight under Archimedes principle. Objects heavier than 62.4 pounds per cubic foot sink in fresh water. Sea water weighs around 64 pounds per cubic foot at the surface and up to 68 pounds per cubic foot in stronger currents. objects heavier than 69 pounds per cubic foot sink in seawater.
The United States repaid all money borrowed during the American Revolution. France loans were taken 1778 to 1782 with interest forgiven until 1738 and little interest paid until 1790. The Holland debt was discharged between 1781 and 1705 and fully paid in the early 19th century.
The Dalmatian coastal city once served as Emperor Diocletian’s residence and hosts a vast palace complex. Measuring 216 by 179 meters, it features gates named Aurea Porta Ferra and Porta Argenta, towers, and a grand open peristyle that houses the mausoleum, baptistery, and temple. The site attracts tourists, engineers, and architects for its enduring Roman-era architecture.
Washington Star notes shipbuilding as one of the oldest arts. Egyptian drawings circa 800 B C show plank ships with sails and oars, Greeks and Romans use wind and oar with keel and ribs, Phoenicians early war galleys, Vikings sturdy yet shallow drafts. European progress shifts from oar to sail as commerce expands. Modern shipbuilding begins mid nineteenth century with iron steel use and steam propulsion.
In Sung era China during Jen Tseng's reign 1023 1063 A D a minister Wang Tan learned of a successful preventive inoculation from a philosopher at O Mei mountains Sze chuen His child received inoculation and recovered with fever vanishing by day seven pustules drying by day twelve The spread of smallpox followed routes from Insila via the Huns and O Mei border areas.
Thieves raided a Temesvar Romania farmhouse seeking money but triggered a hidden stash. They tied the farmer and his son to a barn beam, which collapsed revealing 110 pieces of Imperial German gold his uncle had hidden there. The burglars fled without finding the target.
Sailors' Snug Harbor was established by Captain Robert Hichard Randa on August 1, 1888 and today ranks as one of the richest foundations in the United States with holdings valued over 30 million dollars. Admission requires age, wornout condition, proof of service on U S flagged ships, and letters of recommendation. the Quincy Sailors' Home in Massachusetts is the only similar institution in the country.
A Quist English village, West Ashton in Wiltshire, celebrates rural simplicity. It has no railway station no pubs no policemen and no crime yet features occasional visits from a town bun and electric lights along roads churches and farms. Cottagers use oil lamps and there is no real estate office.
Instructor G M Sanders notes keen interest and aptness in the Red Rosé First Ald program conducted in the Court House by the State Teachers College department. The article lists the 43 workers who passed, with full names and addresses across Indiana County communities and rural routes.
Mr and Mrs George Johnston and son of Lumber City spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Edgar Potter. Charles Steffey visited home. Mrs Chas Brewer and daughter saw Mrs Morasco. Randall DeHaven and Robert Cumming work at Ernest. Mrs Blanch Lingenfelter ill but out. Eva Pfell stayed with Mr and Mrs Norman Little. Sue Kelley passed through toward her brother Christopher Dunmire. Mr and Mrs Potter visited George Johnston. Mrs Talmage Bates very ill. Myrtle Cravener visited daughter in Indiana. Creekside Cham bersville road completed. Many men out of work. Milton Zellofra and family with Wengel. McKee attended funeral at Wilkinsburg. Belle McHenry shopping in Indiana. Lackey ill but out. Lawrence Lambing moved to Creekside.
The exchange imagines naming a freshly finished bungalow with witty options like Seldom Inn Walk Inn and Cosy Inn. The speaker jokes about naming it All Two after completing payments. References Florida Times-Union and Imperial Type Metal Magazine appear as source textures.
The Progress and Pittsburgh Post Gazette announce a subscription offer for R. D. residents of Indiana county at 5 dollars and 50 cents per year. Out-of-county residents are priced at 6 dollars per year.
A prose account invites a small dinner party on the upgrade slope in honor of Washingtons first president. The menu features Tomato Juice Cocktail, Lamb Roast with Currant Jelly, Belgian Baked Potatoes, Mixed Green Salad with French Dressing, Washington Mounds, Cherry Sherbet, coffee and mints, with detailed recipes for each dish and a note of pioneer restraint paired with welcome cheer.
Mrs. John C. Lear visited Hollidaysburg with her brother last week. several residents and visitors are named including Mary J. Boyle and Caroline Foust. Obituaries note Mrs Nettle Harmon in Altoona. The American Legion buys the Gezick building in town for meetings. A son born to Mr. and Mrs. William Donahue. Mrs. Olive Galbraith (formerly Olive Robinson) remembered.
Mrs Alfred Ball visited the A W Boden home on Friday. Elmer Painter and daughter Irene visited Glyer Saturday. Donald Ewing of Watsons Ridge called on J Ewing and Frank Lambing Thursday morning. Alicebell Coleman missed several school days due to illness. Boss Wilson family hosted visitors during the week including A D Wilson and daughter Marie Foster Smock and son Arthur Miss Faith and Donald Ewing. Walter Walker called at the Wilson Stewart home Tuesday morning.
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