Swinging Doors Tragedy on Eighth Avenue
Lillie, a young woman, confronts a past of swinging doors and a troubling debt. On Eighth Avenue she purchases a diamond ring with cash from an unscrupulous jeweler, then hurries home to Eddie who is desperate to flee a danger. She casts the ring from her hand into traffic as she seeks a final route from her troubling life at the Domestic Help Wanted agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eighth Avenue
Hogan's Saloen
Lille
Lillie
Eddie
Mme
Jake
Wighth Avenue
Guide Domestic Help
Labor the Grand Conqueror of Nations
An aphoristic note proclaims labor as the true conqueror, enriching and building nations more surely than battles. The quotation credits Chanuing, highlighting work as a lasting source of strength and progress.
Shrine of Burns Draws World Tourists and Locals
Tribute pours over Bobby Burns shrine areas in Ayrshire as fans and scholars flock to the birthplace at Alloway and nearby landmarks. The Auld Brig of Doon and the haunted kirk near the river Ayr anchor a region famed for literary heritage and tourism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Burns
Scott
Mnglind
Derbyshire
Burns
Arr Nes
Alloway
Robert Burns
Tamea Shanter
Ayr
Twins in Class Mean Trouble for Teacher
A New York Sun item describes Evelyn and Elinor, identical twin kindergarten pupils, whose near‑perfect likeness confounds their teacher. The twins' indistinguishable hair and features trigger mishaps as each loses a tooth, revealing the daily challenge of telling them apart and naming the correct child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn
Elnor
Mey
Jay
Winor
Elinor
Yoyvelyn
New York Sun
Windsor Chair Legend In Royal Taste And Jefferson Drafts
Catherine Shellabarger notes Windsor chairs rose to vogue after King George I admired its spindle back and ordered a set for Windsor. American icon Thomas Jefferson favored the chair with wide arms used as a writing desk and a double seat, linked to his early Declaration of Independence draft.
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Windsor
Catherine Shellabarger
Brooklyn Wagle
George I
England
George
Thomas Jefferson
English Poppy Fields Across Norwich and Nord Sea
The text paints a vast poppy landscape in England near the North Sea, spanning miles between ruined chapels and villages around Norwich. It extols inland windmills dykes and golden poppies, calling the land a tranquil garden of sleep and serene fields.
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England
North Sea
Aml
Norfolk
Norwich
Ifolland
Maelind
Dt Jis Inland
Division of Virginia Division in Western Virginia
The division of Virginia shows western conditions starkly different from the east where rugged terrain limited slavery and economic patterns diverged. In 1776 a Congress petition proposed Westsylvania due to mountains acting as a barrier, and civil war pressures helped separate West Virginia from Virginia.
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Virginia
Congress
Westsylvania
Ciovil
West Virginia
Jungfrau Mass of Flowers From Interlaken to the snow line
The piece speaks of abundant wild flowers seen from Interlaken and in sheltered gardens and greenhouses. It lists alpeurosen aziulens forget me-nots foxgloves Whistlebloom wnaem ones genthins clover and cormtow ers and mentions bach elor buttons as a possible name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interlaken
Eleelers
Dick Maynard Wins Franklin Medal At Harhurst College
Longtime Harhurst College chemistry professor and dean Dick Maynard is honored with the Franklin Medal as alumni gather to celebrate Dr Frankie Franklin’s retirement commencement. classmates recall Maynard’s wartime exploits and steadfast wit, while Franklin pins the medal signaling a lifetime of scientific dedication and coast to coast service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haarhurst College
Franklin
Frankie
Harhurst
Marhurst
Chicago
Robert Lansing
Texas
Dave Larrowe
Michigan
Thomas T. Larrimore
Panama
Doctor Franklin
Dick Maynard
San Francisco
Maynard
Baltimore
Lfe
Ime
Helina
Alexander
New York
Fellows
Flo
Doctor Alexander
Bnack
John Matden
Graham Close
Erance
India
Indiana News Roundup Collected Local Notices
Local residents and visitors are logged with multiple indiana area calls and travels including Frank Kring in the Court House, Miss Rose Ross and Wa Patterson from Indiana State Teachers College, and trips to Bedford Cresson Harrisburg Detroit and Las Vegas. Notables include Gov Pinchot inauguration attendance by local figures and the death of Frederick Lyle Wegley in Las Vegas New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Kring
Court House
Indiana
C. W. Sehring
Rose Ross
Wa Patterson
Indiana State Teachers College
Leroy Bee
Bedford
A. F. Barber
Lewis Straw
W. Sebring
Cresson
Amanda
Grace Kring
H. F. Garman
Emeigh
D. J. Bougher
Barnasboro
D. S Brilhart
ER. J. Wooster
H. R. Bee
Clearfield
R. H. Dunlap
BR. 0. Lytle
Norman Johns
Gov. Pinchot
Harrisburg
Ord Tonkin
R. B. McCormick
Ford
West
Frederick Lyle Wegley
Las Vegas
New Mexico
Baline, Jr
Frederick, Jr
Agnes
Margaret
Progress and Pittsburgh Post Gazette Joint Ad Campaign
A 1931 joint promotion announces The Progress and Pittsburgh Post Gazette as a combined newspaper offering for a $6.00 subscription by R F D and nonagent towns, with orders to The Indiana Progress in Indiana Pennsylvania. The note contains worldly quotes and jokes from various papers, including remarks by Mayor Hefferman and satirical lines about Prohibition and romance in American life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progress
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Parsons
Post Gazette
Indiana Progress
Indiana
Local social notes from Smicksburg and nearby towns
Sunday visitors and neighbors from Smicksburg Punxsutawney Dayton and Indiana are listed with calls visits and shopping trips. Families mentioned include the Pierces Walkers Haires Calhouns Walkers Stiteler Crawford Elkin Condron Smeltzer Edmunds Fulton and Dickey with trips to Punxsutawney Detroit Royal Valley Marion Center and Dubois.
Rock slide at Niagara Falls reshapes cataract contour
Niagara Falls New York January 20 the world famous panorama shows a new sight after a weekend rock slide stripped away large portions from the brink. chunks of rock and ice piled at the foot between Luna Island and Prospect Point raising fears for Prospect Point and Luna Island and prompting an aerial survey to assess safety and erosion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
Luna Island
Prospect Point
Reservation Commission
Weekend Visits and Local Social Roundup in Indiana Area
Betty Marshall and Marie Adams of Indiana State Teachers College spent the weekend at F. C. Adams home. Clarence Hines on the sick list is improving rapidly. A kitchen shower for Mr. and Mrs. Merle Long at Allen Martin's drew many gifts. Gladys Smith of Cherry Tree visited her home. Mrs. Jennie Stephens attended the W C T U Victory luncheon in Indiana on January 16 at the Presbyterian church. Mrs. William Shaffer of Sharpsburg is visiting her daughter Mrs. Zenas Hines. Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Smith called on friends in Marion Center. Hazel Dick visited Mary Stephens last week. Mrs. Vinta Rhine and son Floyd called on Mrs. I. N. Bitterbaugh. Several residents suffer from severe colds in the area. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Cook and family of Pittsburgh visited Zen as Hines on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. James Huston of Ebensburg called on W. W. Huston Sunday. Matilda Gibson, on the sick list, is improving slowly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Marshall
Marie Adams
Indiana State Teachers College
F. C. Adams
Clarence Hines
Merle Long
Allen Martin’s
Gladys Smith
Cherry Tree
Jennie Stephens
W.C.T.U
Presbyterian Church
Indiana
William Shaffer
Sharpsburg
Zenas Hines
F. B. Smith
Marion Center
Hazel Dick
Mary
Stephens
Vinta Rhine
Floyd
I. N. Bitterbaugh
Plum Creek social notes and visits from Friday
Miss Edith Buckley spent Friday with Mrs Israel Miller. Emabel Steele attended the show at Kittanning on Wednesday evening. Mr and Mrs R B Miller spent Friday with friends at Port City. Minnie McAdoo spent the past week with her brothers John and Irvin Keeler. J F Kimmel Myers Kimmel Edgar Kimmel and Rev Dodge attended the dairy meeting at Indiana on Friday. James and Lester Balentine spent Wednesday night with Bob Kimmel. Mrs Edgar Kimmel and children Carl and Ruth spent Friday with the Thomas Bleakney home. Glenamae Calhoun, Rural Valley high school student, weekend with Harvey and Mrs Calhoun. Laurence Frailey of Apollo visiting Frailey homestead. Mrs John Keeler and daughter Virginia visited Jacob Clark home Saturday. Melvin Silvis and Murray Ramer visited Ralph Ramer home. In Lansing Michigan a medium says Conan Doyle sent him a message of a business boom this year.
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Edith Buckley
Israel Miller
Emabel Steele
Kittanning
Aening
R. B. Miller
Port City
Minnie McAdoo
John
Irvin Keeler
J. F. Kimmel
Myers Kimmel
Edgar Kimmel
Rev. Dodge
Indiana
James
Lester Balentine
Bob Kimmel
Carl
Ruth
Thomas Bleakney
Glenamae Calhoun
Rural Valley High School
Harvey Calhoun
Laurence Frailey
Apollo
Frailey
John Keeler
Virginia
Jacob Clark
Melvin Silvis
Murray Ramer
Ralph Ramer
Barbor and Moorhead Families Active Around Robinson
Local residents visit relatives in Indiana and Dixonville as W R Moorhead recovers from a side injury at Indiana hospital. Wayne Barbor spent time with his father at the Indiana hospital, while Michael Nelson of Robinson is treated at Memorial hospital Johnstown for a leg injury from Garfield Smokeless Coal Company mines.
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Robinson
Michael Nelson
Memorial Hospital
Johnstown
Garfield Smokeless Coal Company
Meade Douglass Elected Director of Patrons Mutual
Meade Douglass of Cherry Tree R D 2 was elected a director of the Patrons Mutual Fire Insurance Co at the annual meeting held Wednesday afternoon. All other officers and directors were reelected, including President J. Mulberger Home R D 1 and Vice President Ladd M Reitz Brookville R D 3.
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Helen St, Bernard
Helen ST. Bernard
Plum Creek Valley
Lowry Littie
Norman Lightcap
Indiana Hospital
Emmett McMillen
Sam Potts
Joe Potts
Mae
Clark Jamison
Arthur Weaver
Harry Rankin
Harry Wadding
J. M. Rankin
Floyd McMillen
W.a Tt U
Nicholtown
Walter Muman
M. A. Spicer
Chas
W. Lowman
Vincent
Gee
W. Oaks
C. A. Conner
Hillsdale
Glenn Mumau
I. H. Mnumau
Zane Donahue
Bila Warner
Irvin Speedy
Rhoades
Arnold
Thomas Montgomery
William ,Calhoun
Nannie
Lottie Spence
A. P. Calhoun
John Carnahan
Florida
James Calhoun
Mary Olive
Grange
Women’s Missionary Society
Floyd Ray
Hefferman
Youngstown, O
Florida Times Union
Brown Sugar
Times-Union
Atlanta, Ga
Troutman’s
Indiana, PA
Indiana County
Troutman
Smicksburg
Clover Pierce
Plafyville
Jno. Lewis
de Ferretto
Punxsutawney
J. G. Walker
Flora McGaughey
Dayton
S. §. Calhoun
Howard Haire
Detroit
Mich
J. P. Haire
Leslie Coleman
BH. Dinger
Irye Gahagan
C. Uncapher
Kate Walker
Hlmer Elkin
B. B. Crawford
Dave Lindsay
J. B. Troutman
Christine Fulton
Laura Mae Stiteler
Press Marshall
Dollie
Robert Elkin
Clark Walker
Paul Stiteler
P. A. Sweltzer
Rural Valley
H. B. Bence
Harry Roney
Trage City
Geo. Seanor
Thelma Stear
Samuel Condron
M. A. Smeltzer
Royal Valley
David Edmunds
Lola Fulton
Christine
Maxine
Robert
Park Dickey
Dubois
Mra
Dickey
Kenwood
Plum Creek
Lansing, Mich
Conan Doyle
Pathfinder
Clymer R
Alfred st.Clair
O. V. Barbor
W. H. Barbor
W. R. Moorhead
Btrong
W. W. Moorhead
Dixonville
BE. T. Barbor
Laura
Wendell Barber
Richard Bagley
A. R.moorhead
Ethel Queaker
Laura Barbor
Evelyn Barbor
Laura Barber
B. T. Barbor
Melvin
Clair
Wayne Barbor
Ridgway
W. H. Barber
Austin Slenker
B. T. Barber
Queen Quality
Wilbur Coon
Matrix Shoes
Phila
Nuno Bush
Marion
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