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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1933
Page
6
Tension rises as Peru occupies Leticia after a 1928 treaty. Colombian leaders vow to defend Leticia as a lawful Colombian town and a $10,000,000 defense fund awaits, while international amity questions treaty value.
Vandergrift butcher Mr Miller and several townspeople appear as callers at Bert Ginter and nearby businesses across Monday to Friday. Indiana and Starford figures, including Bert Ginter, A M Donahue, Earl Lydie, Stella Lydle, and Miss Mayme Barr, are listed among visitors and professional callers with others traveling to Ohio for visits and a temperance address.
Entries note gatherings and visits across Watsons Ridge and Avonmore communities. Mrs Poster Smock attended a class with Mrs O B Harvey. Revivals draw attendees including the Ewing and Townsend families. Pittsburgh callers and Sabbath visits around R Hine and Fassett homes are recorded. The piece closes with a wry line on married men who flirt with waitresses.
Observations published in Ibis by A te Butler describe the Egyptian plover in the upper Sudan area. When disturbed the birds flatten and the mother buries eggs and chicks in sand to shield them from enemies and sun. The parent cools the offspring by sprinkling water and resumes incubation as soil warms.
A traveler describes Turkestan’s vast steppe regions between the Caspian area and Mongolia. Five major nationalities Turkomen Uzbeks Aryan Tadjiks Kirghiz and Kazaks populate the land and Bukhara stands as an ancient holy city famous for mosques bazaars and handwoven rugs. Local traders barter in rapid speech near waterbags made from goat skins and shaded by trees as Kazak yurts dot the outskirts.
Sound libraries hold trains, pigs, birds, yet kissing remains elusive. When needed, actors must kiss on camera and at the mic for realism. Engineers find that what works as a joke to one viewer fails for another, making genuine lips the only dependable cue.
The Pan American union is the official international organization of all the republics of the western hemisphere formed to exchange information and foster commerce intercourse friendship and peace. Each nation contributes to the budget based on its population. governance rests with a board of Latin American diplomatic representatives in Washington plus the U S secretary of state.
Traveler's view notes Carthage fell in 146 B C and was repurposed as a quarry for Africans and European merchants. Recent decades saw marble blocks removed by the Tunisian railway. The 50 mile aqueduct remains the only lasting monument to its former grandeur and still holds impressive allure.
In northern Africa small towns along desert routes once depended on camel driven water. Goatskin containers limited supply. Now auto trunks with about 20 tons capacity move water across sands to settlements. Natives, previously frugal with water, can use it more generously due to trucks.
Central American peoples have long used vivid color fast dyes from native insects and lagoons. Cochineal insects fed on nopales produced bright reds and purples, while guarded Indian secrets kept dye formulas safe for centuries. The arrival of chemical dyes diminished the traditional industry but cultural pride remained in the colorful textiles and crafts.
Andorra is described as autonomous and self governing yet not a republic. It covers 191 square miles with about 5,000 residents, six parishes in Urgel diocese, located in the eastern Pyrenees between France and Spain. Tobacco cultivation is the chief occupation and Catalan, French, and Spanish currencies are used under strong French influence.
A quoted reflection argues that most scholars and literary workers desire only a small core of essential books. It claims discontent stems from imagined obstacles, urging realization of true minimal needs to reduce needless worry and ease professional life.
The excerpt argues many beliefs are false noting iron is not truly white, gold shines after polish, diamonds need cutting, and opals are soft in clay. It also corrects the view that pigs are dirty, explaining they are clean in nature but soil their confines due to their digging feet.
The article extols Wells as a beautiful cathedral city in the British Isles, noting its moat ringed bishop’s palace and the swans that swim there. Visitors ring a bell to be fed, and Torhill offers the best view, earning Wells the description of a precious jewel in an emerald landscape.
A correspondent catalogs collective nouns for animals and offers examples such as swarm of bees, nest of rabbits, litter of whelps, dawn of hares, troop of monkeys, gaggle of geese, school of porpoises, wisp of snipe, aye of plans ants, team of oxen, covey of partridges, bevy of quails, pace of asses, noting readers may tire of the long list.
Creekside news recounts ill and recovering residents including David Bothell gravely ill, Norman Spence improving, and Mrs. Best returning from rheumatism. Visitors from California Indiana and Punxsutawney, a Friday hall dance, and a council meeting planned for next Friday. Local residents recount family visits and health updates as weather slows state gond work.
West Pika resident Mrs Martha Beerer remains ill with friends writing in for progress. Edgar Kimme and Dr W Fleming attend C H Plennig at home. Creamery telephone group met at T Q Kimmel’s. Mr and Mrs Martin Crownover visited Ralph Ramer home. Wilbur Wimmer from Maryland spent time with parents. Tax meeting at Ruby School House well attended. Charley Vorster shower given at J Kimmel home with many gifts.
Mrs Glenn King and Mrs Bert y Rummel were callers in Cherry Tree on Monday afternoon. G D Patrick of Commodore was a caller in town on Tuesday. G W Sprinkle of Cherry Tree was a caller in town on Thursday. Blain Short of Indiana was a business caller in town on Thursday. Mr and Mrs G L Price and family of Indiana spent Sunday with relatives here. Mrs Elizabeth Rummel spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs Anna Fleming who is ill. Mrs Calvin Rummel spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs Mary Ruggles.
A light exchange unfolds among girls where a man calls his partner a decided blonde and another quips she was with her when she decided. The playful banter centers on perceptions of color and decisiveness with no further context.
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