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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1933
Page
6
A nostalgic piece extols a magic supper using crushed canned pineapple as a dessert. It praises pineapple as nutritious for growth, noting minerals and vitamins, and recommends two slices or a cup of crushed fruit daily for children.
A Thursday shower at G B Smith's for Mrs Clarence Varner featured many gifts and a pleasant lunch. Faces present included Mrs R V Clawson Mia Harry Deemer Mrs Russell Palmer Mrs Laura Bracken and others amid social calls by locals and visitors from nearby towns. Announcements noted births and visits, with brief mentions of families such as the MacK and Lichtenfels clans and a birthday party for young Guy Zerfoss.
Richmond reports a meeting of County Sunday School Association officials in Indiana with Rev W B Tobias and others present. Juneau visitor Lee Stiver. a son born to Mr and Mrs Stephen Hudzalck. Anne Richardson visiting Indiana friends. Wilbur Stiver, Hold Gray, and Mrs Harry Segar plus family figures in local visits. Several households, including Jeffries and Cochran families, noted visiting on Sunday and Monday. A humorous magazine line from Columbus Dispatch ends the item.
Sir James Jeans reports to the Smithsonian that the sun loses about 260 million tons per minute across each square centimeter of its surface as 1 500 calories per second radiate into space. Earth also loses mass, while the source notes no known mechanism to replenish solar mass, suggesting a long history of net loss over billions of years.
A Montreal Family Herald note explains a Christian token traceable to the first centuries and its revival in Presbyterian practice after the Reformation in Scotland. Missionaries spread the token to Canada, where ministers kept tokens as a mark of identity and communicant status.
The passage lists firsts linked to Port Royal and Digby gut in early Atlantic history. It credits de Monts with founding the first fur trading venture on the continent after arriving at Port Royal, Champlain with building the first road to Port Royal and launching North America's first shipyard and ships, Louis Herbert as the first farmer and apothecary with a memorial tablet unveiled in 1980, and notes the 1608 limekiln and smith's forge for charcoal production marking early industrial activity.
Tapestries are woven from colored wool threads over warp threads stretched on a loom, either vertically or horizontally. The process uses a broche rather than a shuttle or bobbin, with no needles involved, making the weaving itself an integral part of the finished textile.
Massachusetts Congressman Gardner recalled a boyhood tale of a pirate ship capturing an Indian merchantman owned by his great-grandfather. The mariner could not specify the exact loss, saying he never knew how large an interest the great grandfather held in the vessel.
The concept of a Lemuria continent is no longer accepted. Haeckel named a vast past area covering Africa, Indian Ocean, and the Malayan archipelago to explain lemur distribution. Discoveries of lemur remains in America and Africa undermine the hypothesis.
James visits a rural farm and helps milking at night. He carries a lantern and compares it with the farmer’s lamp, noting his grandpa has a bigger lantern and many more cows. The scene mixes curiosity and family pride.
Mr and Mrs Grant Rearick hosted friends in Gastown and Marlin Crownover welcomed visitors. Several families called on relatives and neighbors across Plum area. Florence and Janet Ramer found a bag on Plum Creek bridge and returned it after learning Curt Frailey’s loss.
Frank Ewing is superintendent with John Ewing reading scriptures and Ellen Stewart delivering the closing prayer. Sabbath school starts at 10 15 and church services at 11 16. Local visitors include Earl Graham from Saltsburg and several Blairsville and Indiana pairs. A surprise party honored Miss Sara Mceely of Heilwood Saturday evening.
Sunday school next Sunday at 1 15 preaching services at 2 30 Mrs C C Walker wintering in Florida and others ill or visiting relatives in and around Glarzburg. Local names include Wolfe Cunningham Fulton McCall Park and Henry families with flu hospitalizations and recoveries. Pine Flats W C T C meets Friday at 8 in Pine Flats Baptist church. Rev Austin to preach Sunday night January 29. The owner of a cheap watch sought repair after dropping it.
Blairsville residents and visitors are listed with several hospital and home updates. Jamey Riddell and Mrs Riddell remain ill at home. Mrs Clark Cline is ill locally. Mrs Annie E Kinter has died in Nan tyglo with funeral held there. George and Helen Peterson and others visited relatives. births announced for Mr and Mrs Harry Montgomery and Mr and Mrs Melvin Swank. Church revival continues in Bolivar with community members visiting and hosting over the weekend.
Miss Dorothy Dichtenfels of Mt Tabor spent Wednesday evening with Miss Rose Palmer. Arthur McConnell of near Black Lick visited on Saturday evening, calling on his daughter Mrs Roy Palmer. Mrs Foster Johnson visited sister Mrs Dick Rhoup last week. Mrs C B Empfield and Mrs Roy Palmer shopped in Bolivar Friday. Mrs G W Clawson called on her parents Mr and Mrs G W Palmer last week. George Palmer Jr was a caller in Heshbon last week. Mrs Susan Carnathan visited at Mrs Russell Palmer’s home. Roy Palmer visited brother Guy McConnell near Black Lick Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Glenn Lichtenfels and Miss Elsie Lichtenfels were guests of Mr and Mrs Will Lichtenfels Wednesday evening.
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