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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1935
Page
6
In a drug store a young wife Mary uses a rear phone booth to call her husband John who is in the front booth with another woman, a flashy blond. The old druggist Doc Putnam realizes the impending affair and exposes the deceit, delivering a moral cure as the couple departs with a wary but grateful look toward him.
A 5000-year-old written brief from Egypt, likely from a dispute between an heir and an executor, was uncovered in a Berlin museum. The artifact illustrates early court submissions and the long history of legal proceedings in ancient society.
A Pathfinder Magazine writer describes the Himalayas as a system of parallel ranges with vast icy masses feeding major rivers. It notes Mount Everest at 29,002 feet, Everest’s lofty height, and lists major peaks across continents. The range’s climate variety supports diverse animal life.
The Montreal Herald notes over 200 knitting wools with varied uses from heavy jumpers to baby wraps. It explains wool fiber is light, highly elastic, and that a woolen garment's strength matches a gold wire of the same thickness, underscoring wool’s remarkable tensile capacity.
A Missouri Farmer writer notes cockroaches originated in tropical jungles and now inhabit man dwellings across continents. They travel with human migration, damaging food and goods on ships and common in city buildings and farms, often moved in empty egg cases.
The passage discusses tautology as needless repetition and contrasts it with pleonasm used for emphasis. Examples include "All the members agreed unanimously" and "graphically portrays" where redundancy appears, noting the term graphic implies vivid portrayal and duplicates meaning.
Prof John Harvey Furby explains in the Missouri Farmer that caterpillar cocoons differ by species. By collecting several kinds of cocoons in fall and storing them through spring, a observer can identify which moth or butterfly will emerge.
A discussion of life tokens as a deep rooted superstition tracing health and prosperity to a familiar object from childhood. It notes that as long as the token remains intact, the person is believed healthy and content, while signs of degeneration raise concern per Collier's Weekly.
The report notes mourning doves' crop contains up to 7500 weed seeds, while a firekey carries 5000 insects in its stomach. A lighthawk is observed consuming about 400 insects per meal. Winter diets include weed seeds for several songbirds and waxwings.
Forest Fire Wardens of the Gallitzin District who have controlled forest fires in Indiana county for ten or more years prior to January 1 1935 will receive certificates for faithful service from the Department of Forests and Water. Names include L B Rankin Walter Sherwin H Frampton Ralph A Harrison Omar G Shoup Milo M Luther Chas Ayers Jr Alton Strong H W Smeaton A D Tyger H H Stephens Gee L Rudosh L Lear Rollie Forsha L Colgan BE B Griffith. A few wardens have twenty or more years in state service J H North H B Fulton B Reed Geo H Jeffries District Forester Chas 0 Zerby to receive 22 years. Certificates will be presented by Inspector Walter C Neal at training of fire extinction crews. Wardens with over twenty years have seen changes from constables to commissioned wardens and improved training and equipment. They are not salaried state employees and are paid only when fighting fires. The Gallitzin District fire area has shrunk from 247 acres per fire in 1916 to about 14 acres in recent years.
JERICHO Ray Lichtenfels Jr spent the weekend at Johnstown visiting family and calling on a sick sister who is improving. Several area residents including Frank Rebn of New Florence and R A Lichtenfels made recent calls. Grandma Marsh remains bedfast since January 7 1934 and will be eighty nine in April. Mrs Joseph Hall hosted Brethren Sunday school ladies with a social gathering and lunch. Greenburg and Youngwood visitors joined the Wakefield family week end at the Boyle home. The Saint Clairs plan to move here and occupy the Della Boyle cottage. Democratic meeting attendance included William Brendlinger and sons and others. Ida Boyle is ill at home, Charles Robinson is improving after grip. American Legion held a jamboree lasting late into the night.
Elders Ridge events list Sabbath school at 10:00, church at 11:00, and C. B. at 7:30. Robert Baker, Kenneth Harvey and Carl Faith joined an auto show in Pittsburgh Friday night. Rev. Craighead visited Mrs. D. A. Rosensteel Sunday. Virginia Harvey and Elsie Faith called at Saltsburg Friday night. Miss Clark of Elderton, Vocational school student, attended services. The missionary meeting was held at Mrs. D. A. Rosensteel's home Wednesday afternoon.
Local residents like Floyd Reed and Flora States visit family in Butler and Clairton while others attend funerals in Trade City and Clairton. J B Hunter tours a Pittsburgh auto show and dances are planned near Braebreeze airport. families gather at quilting parties and visit relatives across Fairview, Punxsutawney, Marion Center and Georgeville.
Mr and Mrs Willis Mineigh moved from the Ford Smith farm to Diamondaville. Georges Adams and son Tommy and Stanley Zuray of Heilwood called in the Sloppy home. Elmer Detwiler spent Friday night with his son Jess and family. Glenn Coy and wife announced the birth of a son at Indiana hospital on Jan 19. Buddy Jacobs and Waldo Brown were Nanty Glo callers. Isaac Sleppy and wife visited Indiana. Glenn Coy ill with pneumonia is improving. Robert Adams made a business call in Heilwood on Tuesday. Wilmer Henry and wife were Indiana callers Thursday. Nettie Sleppy visiting her son William and family near Penn Run.
Mr and Mrs Frank Kirk were Saturday evening callers in Indiana. Mildred Buggey is home after a week in Indiana hospital for observation. Louise Banks has scarlet fever but is able to be up and around. Mr and Mrs Harry Over and son Dickie of Girard Ohio visited their parents in Indiana over the weekend. Mr and Mrs Carl Millar and children Raymond and Elizabeth of Vandergrift called on their parents Sunday. Mrs F E Kirk was an Indiana visitor on Thursday.Chas Brady was in Indiana on Thursday. Miss Josephine Cummings was a recent caller in Indiana.
Clarksbury area residents A C Lydie and family from New Alexandria visited George Lydie over the Sabbath. Mabel and Cynthia Cribbs shopped in Indiana on Saturday. Mrs. Harry Coleman visited in Salisburg. Mrs. Jennie Sandles suffered a minor arm injury from a fall. Harold Cunningham and son of Salisburg Extension attended Carrie Hicklicks Sabbath visit. Mrs. Frank Getty of Salisburg visited Mrs. Paul Lowman. Sabbath school is at 10 and church services at 11 16.
A short biblical verse from Acts 19 36 cautions that certain matters cannot be spoken against and urges quietude and restraint before acting rashly in the face of controversy or tumult.
Local residents and visitors are listed with social calls and visits across Indiana and Vandergrift areas. Highlights include J B McIntire at Howard Rankin, Reid Blystone on Vandergrift trip, and multiple visits to and from J S Blystone, Harman, Park, and Fisher households. A chilly 10 below was recorded last Thursday.
Harry Russell of Grisemore was a caller in town Tuesday. Mrs Richard Kimmel and son James of Indiana visited at the home of her brother James Dunlap. Arch Repine and Mrs W H Helser were Indiana callers Wednesday. Martin Napp and wife of Stafford called on friends Tuesday. Mariel Wilson of Indiana spent time with her mother Mrs George Wilson. Muriel Smith, a student at State Teachers College Indiana, visited her parents Mr and Mrs Gomer Smith. James Johna of Mentele was a caller Monday. George Williams of Rossiter spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs John J Williams. Mrs Ada Johnsog ill. Mr and Mrs Dan Long D J OBrien and D H Martin were Indiana callers Saturday.
The Progress and Pittsburgh Post Gazette offer subscriptions to R. D. residents in Indiana county for $6.50 a year and $6.00 a year for out-of-county residents.
A mother questions her daughter about confessing sins as she opens a closet door. The girl insists she has kept the matter private to prevent a family scandal from becoming public.
The report dismisses circulating claims that the new silver dollar bears the word Gimme instead of In God We Trust. Officials reaffirm the traditional motto remains on the coin.
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