Parson Enables Cough Drop Fund With Sermon Cue
A colored parson uses a humorous sermon line to promote a cough drop collection for contributors. The minister jokes the cold is cured by the aid, framing the fundraiser as a community effort.
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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1933
Page
8
A colored parson uses a humorous sermon line to promote a cough drop collection for contributors. The minister jokes the cold is cured by the aid, framing the fundraiser as a community effort.
Minnie Clark returns home near New Morence after visiting friends. Pittsburgh callers visited Friday. A public sale is set for John Clark’s farm on Saturday January 21. Various locals from Penn Run Strongstown Indiana Hellwood Belsano Rossiter and nearby areas were noted visiting relatives and guests through the week.
Local notes from Lewisville recount visits among the Ewing family and friends. Misses Helen and Gladys Ewing visited Ellen Stewart, while Ethel Houser and Naomi spoke with Mrs. William Fleming. Frank Calhoun and his sons from Livermore visited A. A. Calhoun and Sabbath school attendees are invited next week at 10 15. The St Clair Gospel Band is scheduled for Sabbath at 11 15. Quote about criticism appears from Imperial Type Magazine.
In a rain soaked dam project, Paul Bassett dismisses Claire’s party as the storm looms. Dorothy Wayne, Abbott Wayne’s sister, reveals her strong bond to the dam and a mutual awakening with Paul as moonlight returns and Claire’s engagement to Paul’s rival becomes known.
Samuel Crowther notes in Nation's Business that large fortunes rarely endure beyond two generations. He cites the Astor fortune as an example, while Vanderbilts Goulds and steel and auto magnates fragment. Old money survives mainly with Indian princes keeping wealth in specie, bankers fading over time.
The George T. and Francis Gaylord Smith Hall hosts ivory Chinese objects in Chicago. A curator explains that Chinese physicians once used a carved woman figure to locate patients’ complaints when the patient could not reveal her body. The display includes chopsticks and highlights early Chinese table manners.
A Vancouver Province quotation on monkey tests notes the female gorilla shows no intelligence in contrast to the male. It asserts the female is single minded as housekeeper and dominant, and questions whether her focus is right or wrong.
New York hosts ginkgo trees imported from Japan, not native to the city. An American sea captain reportedly introduced the species about 72 years ago, with a specimen in City Hall Park planted from Stamford, Conn. The city has transplanted full-grown trees rarely due to cost. The Chinese tree of heaven, an ally import, has grown in the area but now faces threats from a spreading disease.
Beetles, though diverse, are less changed than bees, butterflies, and moths in modern evolution. Beetles relied on plants long ago, with fixed structures and habits when bees and butterflies began their development during mammals' era.
A Detroit News note explains that most moths and butterflies overwinter as chrysalis caterpillars or eggs, but some, like the mourning cloak, remain as full grown adults. These can appear in late November or February when mild weather lures them from shelter in woodpiles and similar refuges.
A compact note urges prompt action, praising tackling one task at a time to finish work efficiently. It emphasizes starting now to avoid delays that hinder progress and concludes with a call to steady, focused effort.
Rochester Mills residents reported a surprise birthday for Mrs. Sadie Lewis with many local and out of town attendees. The issue lists visitors from Deckers Point Dixonville and Dubois, callers, sick list updates, and upcoming Lime Kiln club banquet plus church services on Sunday.
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