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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1933
Page
6
George Ade lampoons a middle class family whose relatives intrude on married life. Ralph Leans on a Brash kin network while Jessie denounces family meddling and spiritual fads, culminating in a tense breakfast and cold dinner. The piece ends with a wry moral about private rights.
Language shifts in business and advertising create new terms and meanings. The piece argues that everyday talk diverges from writing, forming a living lab where words evolve. It notes that some coinages enter dictionaries and emphasizes tolerance for linguistic change to keep language vigorous.
Paraguay in South America covers about 97,700 square miles and features extensive grazing and pastoral growth. Major exports include hides yerba mate oranges tobacco timber meat cattle and tannin extract, while imports consist of textiles provisions hardware and fancy goods. Principal cities are Asuncion Villa Rica and Villa Concepcion with under 800 miles of railways.
A Yale physics professor reports a radioactivity based method suggests the earth is at least 1.852 billion years old, while a Yale astronomer estimates about 3 billion years, highlighting divergent age calculations from campus scholars.
The Child Reader recommends real world stories over fairy tales for boys like Bill. It suggests titles by Charlotte Kuh Janet Smalley and Ladybeth Lowitz such as A Train A Boat and an Island Around the World In a Mailbag and The Pilgrim's Party to spark interest in history travel and science.
In Chambersville the Crooked Creek church hosts a well attended revival. Local residents and visitors from Indiana and Glenn Campbell share weekend visits while families like the Oberlins and Kirks keep in touch. Several errands and gatherings mark the communal weekend.
Deadwaters 8, N Bowers and family, Sherd Bowers and daughter, Mrs Norma Cochran, attended the funeral of Edward Rogers of Indiana. Mr and Mrs John Altering and family of Johnstown spent Tuesday with Mr and Mrs Harvey Moose. William Hopfield was a Brushalley caller. Mr and Mrs Carl Frank of near Nolo called on Mr and Mrs Dan Hill. Miss LaRue Hunter spent Thursday night with her cousin Ione Myer.
Plum Creek area residents engaged in social calls and meetings across Indiana Shelocta and nearby. events include D. G. C. milk shipping association gathering, a tax league meeting at Truby school house, and many visits between families at homes in Whitesburg Apollo Gastown and Spring s Church amid winter travel updates.
West Wheatfield and Currys Run communities report weekend visits shopping trips and calls among residents. Names include Harold McConnell Mrs Roy Palmer Mrs Russell Palmer Rose Palmer Louise McConnell and others. Preaching arrangements at Currys Run and a Ladies Missionary Society gathering with quilting and a picnic are listed alongside attendance at a Pittsburgh Post Gazette excursion.
A private ad seeks a woman to work part or full time as a representative in Miderton and nearby areas. Sell high class dress fabrics, hosiery, under wear, lingerie, corsets, rain coats, house dresses, handkerchiefs. Liberal commission. We loan samples and provide training. Write Mutual Fabric Co in Binghamton New York Dept AB February 15 1933 3te.
Marion Center area residents and visitors are noted in a string of social and church activities. R A Sutor visited sister Agnes Craig and friends. M E church Ladies' Bible class social at Mrs Charles Park's home. Geo Botsford and H H Wetzel in town on business. Marshall Thompson and family visited uncle J E Long. Sr C Wetzel of Marchand visited Mary W Wetzel. Mrs John Ross of Rochester Mills spent weekend with sisters Emma Simpson and Miriam McManus. Jennie Park of Pittsburgh stayed with Ada B Ginter. Helen Ginter of Indiana visited her parents Al and Mrs Ginter. A local performance of The Wet Parade drew good attendance despite cold weather. Ladies Aid met at Mrs R B Miller's on West Main Street. Otto Peterson hosted musical friends with a violin, guitar, cello, clarinet and accordion ensemble. Various locals called in Elderton, Gastown, Kittanning, Indiana, and other towns during the week. Church services scheduled for Sunday February 19 at 2:30 with Sunday school at 1:30. all welcome.
Albert Jeffries and family visited his parents Mr and Mrs Geo H Jeffries on Sunday. Samuel Scava from Punxsutawney called on Monday. Mr and Mrs G H Johnson and daughter Martha Belle were county seat callers on Monday. Miles Ranch from Marion Center visited Sunday. Esther Palmer shopped in Indiana.
A maxim notes that during a heated discussion with a friend it is wiser to concede a point than to damage the relationship. The idea emphasizes preserving personal ties over winning an argument, advocating restraint and reconciliation. It reflects a sentiment often echoed in social essays and proverbs.
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