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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1935
Page
8
Strictly public report of a film studio drama. Producer Lang confronts Natalie Dean over role creation and romance with star Roland Carlisle. Natalie reveals the studio staged the public romance for publicity and confesses she and Carlisle are engaged to others.
The article notes Sweden's boy kings trained early for ruling. Gustavus Adolphus rose to power at a young age and died at Lutzen after a brilliant thirty eight year career. Charles XI also began administration training young and received sovereignty at fifteen.
Collier's Weekly analyzes 2760 European duels from about 1800 showing only 2 percent killed and 38 percent wounded. Duels with no injuries occurred when one man missed and the other fired into the air after apologizing.
A pair of 1100 A. D. crutches made from forked tree limbs, cushioned with fiber and buckskin, were discovered in a Utah dwelling dating from about 100 A. D. The artifact suggests early Native American mobility aid usage and provides insight into ancient daily life.
The article traces early attempts to synthesize silk from silkworm by products. It highlights Hilaire de Chardonnet and Pasteur studying silkworm disease, the oak and mulberry diet, and the gum excrement forming threads. It covers 1884 breakthroughs, cellulose from mulberry pulp, neostrocellulose creation, and the inflammability ban eventual lifting.
A St. Louis Globe-Democrat writer notes a chameleon can change color instantly for camouflage and safety. Its eyes protrude and move independently, covered by eyelids except for a small hole, allowing two directions at once. The chameleon’s tongue is half its body length with a sticky tip to snare insects rapidly.
Pearson's Weekly notes that perfume and floral essential oils are strong antiseptics, often superior to carbolic acid. It argues that scents from rose, thyme, geranium, rosemary, lavender, bitter almond, and cassia offer health benefits and pleasantness for daily living.
The piece recalls early express services tracing hidden banks about ninety years ago when states allowed banks to relocate. Notes were hidden to avoid redemption in gold, and one bank named The Bank of Moroccco was found after months in an Indiana woodland cabin, per Collier's Weekly.
The lay is the axial distance for one full turn of the rope. Regular lay occurs when yarns twist in one direction about the strand axis and strands twist oppositely. Rope hardness depends on strand twist and is described as bard or goft lald.
Mohamadan social customs set veiling as a public rule, evolving from early Rome where married women wore a veil with red stripes signaling private domestic life and fidelity to the marriage vow.
A Colier’s Weekly note describes the crown animalcule, a tiny Rotifera form, as one of the most delicate life forms. It recalls a freshwater creature that reportedly dies from the infinitesimal shock of a camera click used to photograph it.
Mrs. William J. Prayer of Wellaburg W V I spent days with brother Russell Jones and family. Mrs Merl Luther Clyde spent Thursday with her elder Mrs Merle A Luther. Hardman Newling moved into part of Charles Altimus home on Chestnut St. William B Nixon, ill for some time, taken to Indiana hospital Sunday afternoon. John McDowell ill at home for past week. Visitors from Johnstown included Mrs Nettle Conrain Mrs John McDowell and son Denver McDowell Mrs Curtis Cunningham and Miss Edna Huston Mrs Lillian McKinney and daughters Louise and Mary of Lockport. Mrs Andrew Mills Mt Tabor visited daughter Mrs Thomas Price. Clark Miller ill Sunday but now about. Thomas F Miller spent Saturday in Johnstown. Harry T Johns visited sister Mrs Earl T Johns Saltsburg who is seriously ill. Attendees at Mrs Younkin funeral in Johnstown included Clark Miller and son Walter Miller Mr and Mrs James Liebold Mrs Wallace Long George Miller Mrs Walter Nixon Mrs Merl Miller and Mrs Bessie Pease. Mr and Mrs Paul Rummel Alverda weekend visitors at Lizzie Lichtenfels home. Mrs Lottie Hunter returned to Latrobe after visit with her ill mother Mrs Rhinehart whose condition improved. Condition of C W Sutton ill at home here improved somewhat.
Smicksburg residents and visitors are noted in a series of weekend activities. Chas and Lakehart Vandergrift visitors hosted J. D. Condron. Richard Dodson Jr. Rochester Mills stayed with the Dodson and Blain families. several locals faced illness and the Dodson family hosted guests in Rural Valley and Indiana. Religious meetings concluded in Dayton. shopping trips took place to Indiana. and a camera business visit occurred in Plumville.
Girty Mrs. Vira George and Lucinda George spent Wednesday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Richard George. Emma Altman and daughter Betty of near Whitesburg visited the Jamisons and related families. Several locals called in the J. T. Jamison home and with Todd Christy on Sunday and Monday evenings. A late note states that during the past five years U S births have fallen by about 75 000 annually due to depression.
Lewisville residents J. and Mrs. Davis visited Blairsville friends Saturday evening. Misa Pinley of near Blairsville weekend guest of Velma Barkley. Mr. and Mrs. McMillen and Mrs. D. L. Marshall attended Blairsville callers Saturday. W. F. Barkley near town spent days last week at the State Farm Show in Harrisburg. Gladya Mary and Frank Rowing Roy Ewing and families and Bill McGinley and families attended the dairy men supper at Clarksburg Friday evening. Luella Long employed in the J. 3. Marshall home spent a few days with her parents in Tunnelton. John Ewing of Jeannette visited his mother, Mrs. Agned Ewing, Saturday evening. Sabbath school at ten and preaching at eleven next Sabbath. Mrs. Elmer Ewing Gladys Ewing Mrs. J. G. Dixon Mrs. Harvey Fleming and Mrs. Roy Ewing spent a day this week quilting on the missionary quilt of Mrs. J. K. Divena. Samuel and Lyle Patterson and Bi McGinley were Indiana business callers Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Webster Lee were Blairsville visitors Thursday. Eleanor Ruth McGinley of Indiana spent Wednesday afternoon with her parents near town.
The United States consumes about 4.89 pounds of cheese per person annually.
A run of visits and brief leisure notes from South Bend area families. Cunning ham family moves from Westmoreland to Fiscus farm. Mrs Jill Long visits Mrs Clara Townsend. Jaine Ruffner visits Vandergrift relatives. Hobart Sheilhammers spend Thursday in Apol lo. Bob Townsend and Lester Barnet travel to Vandergrift. Annie Scott of Girty buried after Lutheran service. Jim Phipps family visit Kent with Mrs Clara Townsend. Sam Berghley visits his aunts Marta and Sadie Smith. Mrs Russel Lang visits cousin Mia. Mabel Ewing of Oliver. Oliver Hungberger visiting relatives in New York State. Dorothy Townsend weekend with Indiana cousin Mrs Clay Kunkle. Mrs Dan Ruffner and two children return from Maysville. Gene Silvis and family plus Mrs R A Silvig and Mrs Mel Silvis shop in Indiana. Mrs Bruce Kepple returns home after Indiana hospital operation. Several farmers report heaves. Neighbor women of Bea islands plan similar gay nights practice. The neighbor women of this hunt would like to do the same.
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