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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1920
Page
4
The Chinese have obtained water via artesian wells for over 1,000 years. One famed well is Grenelle near Tarts, reaching 1,703 feet depth and producing 51,036 gallons per minute. A historic well in Petsh reached 3,100 feet.
A mother places six large marshmallows on a cake, sparking a child’s mock cemetery comment. The child says the cake looks like a cemetery with little tombstones, after returning from a party.
The document lists the empire's total area as 18,128,772 square miles at war start, detailing regional extents: Europe 121,512. Asia 2,187,ACIS 215 in North America. Central America 8,600. West Indies 12,800. South America 97,800. Australasia 3,214,085.
Tellgrew states the Latin Bible, printed by John Gutenberg at Mayence around 1455, as the first book produced in type. Only about 20 copies of this edition exist, and the craftsmanship in type ink and paper surpassed all later editions for two centuries.
The article notes rice culture in the Talmud and traces its spread from India to Persia, Spain by Arabs, and into Italy by 1463. It suggests rice was grown in the Euphrates valley before 400?10, then transported to Verona, with later introduction to Italy around A. D. 1463.
A small Scottish boy entered a tobacconist and offered a penny for cigarettes. The tobacconist pushed the money back and offered a scone. The boy left, then returned with a paper bag and claimed his phon eone, and pleaded for cigarettes.
A quirky anecdote recounts Trick Halr and his younger brother Tobby who enjoyed Mr Te en’s performances. During a show Bobby laments how his hair refuses to cooperate, contrasting his own stubborn locks with a sister’s ability to remove hers and place it on a bureau.
The beech tree, native to Europe, America and Asia, yields creosote and creosote carbonate used to supplement hygienic measures that have reduced death rates from pulmonary tuberculosis.
The text notes that scripture preserves the horse’s presence in sacred narrative. It references the pala horse named Death and warns against trusting its strength, alongside mentions of horsemen and chariots such as Pharaoh’s. The horse is given a notable place within biblical pages.
A brief reflection on happiness arising from appreciation rather than possession. It notes Abaya’s insistence on cultivating appreciation and compares organ stops to expanding an instrument’s musical possibilities, attributed to W. Sylvester.
The article describes a large rattlesnake region with extensive harvest activity. Idaho is noted as a banner rattlesnake area with rocky ridges and caves. The text mentions a rattler tannery and many people involved in collecting rattlesnakes, reflecting a vast industry.
Auditors report on receipts and expenditures for the Center Townsley Road tax year ending December 8 1939. Items include cash on hand from collector George duplicate year balances paid and collected, expenditures for labor culverts bridges machinery wage stands and insurance, and final certification January 14 1920 by auditors T Davis and J Brandon.
Legal notices from Indiana county Pennsylvania announce guardian Albert A. Wigging seeks leave to sell one undivided third coal interest in Armstrong township real estate for 4488.00 to H. W. Prothero with staged payments secured by mortgage, and list associated property boundaries. Also a charter application for Lamantia Brothers to operate as fruit and farm products dealers, and an auditor's notice for the estate of Robert Ewing with a meeting in Indiana to settle accounts.
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