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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1925
Page
3
A garbled OCR note from Bell stock market page references Wednesday January 28 1925 and card rates. The fragment hints at rates or trading activity with unspecified entities. No clear names, organizations, or locations are reconstructible beyond the date and generic terms.
The rural mail system transformed farm life by bringing metropolitan newspapers agricultural journals and business letters to farmers doorsteps. Initiated by John Wanamaker in 1891 the program grew from three West Virginia routes in 1896 to 44 260 routes by 1924 with substantial cost savings from closing small offices and deadhead routes.
Illinois tops the nation with 2,637 rural routes covering 70,077 miles, followed by Ohio Missouri Iowa Texas and Pennsylvania. Pa boasts 10,000 women farmers with 8,000+ on farms and 375k acres improved. Dairying poultry and hogs are common, farms valued at $45 million, women own or operate 4.1 percent of farms.
Timely reminders from the Pennsylvania State College School of Agriculture urge seed corn ear tests, pyro tol land clearing material, manure for gardens, calf and young stock growth, and auto repair courses by mail. Notices include bids for Farmers Telephone switch operator in Indiana County with a January deadline, a singing class at Biderton, a card of thanks from Cameron Davis family, and typewriter supplies advertised by Hall's.
Washington reports a new fur resources division in the Department of Agriculture to monitor and protect the dwindling fur bearers. The piece traces trends from wild trapping to farming, noting muskrat and other common furs now drive profits, while states often lack protective laws and data on harvests. It highlights breeding, especially silver foxes, and calls for seasonal limits to hunting and stronger protections.
The silver fox leads profits for over 500 US farmers as fur farming shifts from high prices to sustainable returns. Government experiments at the experimental farm advance ranching methods, disease control, and stock management, with mink skunk and raccoon trials showing mixed success. Farming costs remain higher than trapping and states guard natural fur bearers. Ashbrook suggests restocking depleted lands with suitable fur bearers.
Descendants of the Inca search the Andes for legendary gold promised by Atahualpa to ransom him from Pizarro. Last summer a mound near Cerro Colorado yielded a mummy of an Inca chief with no gold, found by Bolivian and Argentine seekers, later sold to Buenos Aires collector Justo Ducasse.
Britain will build a colossal airship shed at Cardington near Bedford to house one of two 5,000,000 cubic foot capacity airships. The expanded hangar will measure 812 feet in length and 150 feet high, surpassing the Lakehurst facility. The plan includes mooring masts and potential India airship termini with Air Vice Marshal Sir W Sefton Brancker traveling to assess routes.
London sales start with rare works highlighted by the third folio of Shakespeare fetching a record $8,000. A copy of Humor's Antique Faces from 1604, with only one other known copy, sold for $4,500.
William J. Shanahan health instructor and physical culturist obtained a judge's permission to change his name for business reasons, adopting the new name Hugh Mupity in Lynn Massachusetts.
Mr and Mrs W B McGinley and children visit Mrs and Mrs Charles Neal of Trada City. Families and friends accord weekly gatherings and dinners across Blairsville Purchase Line and Purchase Line area. Several households report mumps among local children and various visits to relatives.
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