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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1933
Page
7
A sermon-like meditation urging the congregation to begin the New Year with God, recalling Samuel’s Ebenezer, Peter’s repentance, and the need to face future risks with courage. It contrasts Pollyanna optimism with sober, constructive faith and ends with a prayerful call to walk with God into 1933.
Creeksid e Philip Kunkle Silas Fleming and David Bothell are on the sick list. Floyd Kunkle has returned home from the Indiana hospital and is getting along nicely. Mrs John Elkin and four children of Manor have returned home. Sr A Ralls has left the station here and will locate in the Ha at. Frank Rolls is our new station agent. Clarence Kunkle is a flu patient. The dance held at the hall on Friday evening was well attended. The Grange of this place will install their new officers this evening. Mrs J J Walls and family have moved to Indiana. Some of the Crashside folks attended the New Year s celebration at L Dixon Fairman s on last Saturday. Fannie Byers is on the sick list. Charles Steffey and son Abijah spent Christmas at home. Mr and Mrs Milton Zellefra have moved to their home near Kittanning. Wm Hendricks is spending a couple of weeks with his sister at Manor. Mrs Stewart Prell and Miss Grats McHenry were shopping in Indiana on Saturday. Schools have reopened again with a good many children ill. Mr and Mrs Wilmer Fairman spent Christmas with Mr and Mrs Frank Wilson. Mr and Mrs Leonard Clark from California spent the holidays with Mr and Mrs H A Clark. Mary Allen Frick has been on the sick list. A humorous note quotes publicist remarks about soldiers kissing and other chatter from Richmond Times Dispatch.
A satirical portrait traces Julius, a domineering self styled genius in politics law and society. His brutal charisma, wealth and inflated self image spark revolts among underlings at Goble College and legal circles. The piece ends with a mock obituary style tribute to his outsized ego and imagined fate.
The long running smoke abatement issue in 17th century London drew John Evelyn to publish Pamfila? diarium on the nuisance. The pamphlet, dedicated to King Charles II, blamed brewers lime burners and other trades and urged moving offending trades five miles from the city. The king showed interest and commissioned a bill, but politics stalled it before statute.
Two nations competed for supremacy in the fur trade in early Canada. The French advanced via the St Lawrence and Ottawa valley, while the English moved north through Hudson Strait and James Bay. The Hudson’s Bay Company, chartered by the Governor and Company of Adventurers, established posts under uncertain boundaries, leading to clashes and bloodshed in encounters between the rivals.
Agricultural experts warn U S rivers wash away over 500 million tons of soil each year. Yet rivers also expose valuable alluvial deposits of gold and platinum by eroding rocks, making mineral access easier downstream.
Primitive man carved dug-outs from tree trunks as relics of British ancestors or still used in the Celebes. The form appears in Marquesas, Manchuria, Africa, and peaked in cedar Red Indian canoes, now largely replaced by motorboats. Flint chips yielded uniform, symmetrical sides without drawing or scratching.
Long feared Sargasso Sea dates back over two millennia with mentions by Aristotle. Phoenician mariners spoke of weed fields menacing ships and a Cadiz merchant’s 15th century voyage driven by east winds into weeded calms. The area lies between Florida and Africa near the 28 north, 0 west parallels.
Historic Island Dominica stands out as the largest Leeward Island and a pest free paradise. Columbus noted its rugged beauty during a stop on his voyage to Spain. He later described its uneven surface to Queen Isabella. The island hosts the town of Fogean and the famous naval battle between Rodney and De Grasse occurred offshore in its vicinity. Lime juice is Dominica’s principal export.
A National Geographic excerpt notes Styrian peasants in Austria eat by products from iron smelting arsenic. Small doses are gradually increased until daily use is claimed to enhance complexion appetite and breathing for mountain climbers, as cited by Melville B Grosvenor.
A Boston man visiting the White House shook hands with President John Tyler and soon contracted influenza. He told friends he caught it from the President, giving the illness the nickname Tyler grippe from a pun on grip. The term was once common but is now rarely heard.
Ralph William Chilton of New Kennington and Elzabeth Stewart Miller of Springdale wed in Homer City on January 3, officiated by Rev. Robert Henson Ling. The groom, a collector worker, is son of George Willant Chilton. The bride is daughter of John S. Miller of Springdale.
Several couples were married in late December in homes and churches around Blairsville and nearby towns. Miller and Berenbrok wed at Blairsville Court House with W Ralph Cummings officiating. Bracken Plowman, Dill Bracken and Viola Plowman tied the knot in Clymer. Shields Getty united in Dixonville. Deyarmin Zack wed in Brushvalley, and Ramer Berkey joined in Shelocta with Twila Berkey.
KDKA and WBXK set a new mark delivering 2937 Christmas greetings and Canadian government messages to traders, trappers, missionaries, explorers, RCMP members, and fur company employees in the Far North amid a four month darkness period. The Louisville Courier-Journal notes a local quip about tobacco use by women in the North.
Marion Om are Mrs Mary Brady returns from visit with daughter Mrs L B Wells of Home Adj Anna L Wark returns to Birmingham Aly after weeks at home Five Griffith brothers host New Year dinner at old homestead now occupied by Wm Griffith Others Hon Chas Griffith Frank R Griffith Dr Harry P Griffith N Clarence Griffith and Howard Forsythe visit J O Barr near Brookville They are joined by Barrs son John Win Cope wife and daughter Dr J M Stewart and daughters Ruth Dorothy and son William visit Arizona for Dorothy health Miss Dorothy ill for a year Hardware store reopened under David Ober Hunter Wissinger wife and daughter Betty visit from Laurelton State Village Punxsutawney visitors Guy Terpe and Paul McCormick commerce trip
The column lists Indiana visitors and weekend visitors including Mrs Millie Murdick, James Camp ball, Mr and Mrs 8 A Moose, Kermit Artemus of Johnstown, and Mrs Emma Menry. It includes a blunt Bureau of Animal Industry alert that 1922 dog licenses expire January 15 and 1938 licenses must be obtained, with fees of $1.10 for male and $2.10 for female, plus 3 cents return postage if mailed. The notice urges licensing of all dogs over six months, proper tagging, and safe containment, stressing cooperation over prosecution.
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