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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1923
Page
3
Classified typing error filled notice lists subscription rates for The Indiana Progress in Indiana with prices for nine months, six months, and three months all requiring cash in advance. The fragmentary text notes communications and payments to the newspaper.
A Pennsylvania notice lists Simon Fisher of Washington township and other estates. It details specific cash bequests to Elizabeth Nesbitt Ada Gibson Nora Gibson Edna McElhoes and several others, with remaining funds to be divided equally among named heirs. Executors are named for each estate and codicil adjustments redistribute a 300 bequest to Elizabeth Nesbitt.
Indiana county residents face a marketplace risk as unscrupulous nursery agents peddle low quality stock. Paul Thayer of Pennsylvania State College urges buyers to verify agent credentials and firm integrity, noting many reputable firms rely on traveling agents. Local nurseries are best when visited. otherwise seek state or national reputations for true stock. Public sales list auctions at Israel Paul farm Brush Valley and Latimer farm Indiana with cattle horses plows and farm gear. Also reports arrests of three foreign residents for bootlegging and a local resident's illness and recovery update.
New postmaster R. B. Kunkle named for Homer City, a veteran of World War I and longtime resident, following appointment by officials. Other notes include improved condition of Ernest Livingsign of Mapleside after apoplexy, and a card of thanks for support during illness and death.
A Philadelphia clinic issue on child truth telling explains that lies by children arise from imagination, fear, habit, or ignorance and offers corrective approaches. It stresses parents model honesty, avoid excessive punishment, and address causes. The report also notes an engagement announcement for Miss Margaret Swan to Harry C. McCreary in Charleroi with Swan family links and Indiana Normal School ties.
Eight districts of the Indiana County Sabbath School Association attended a quarterly executive conference at the Presbyterian church. Reports were encouraging and plans set for the next quarter including noming vacation Bible schools in February and March focus. A ten percent membership drive is planned for April.
Rev Dr EB M Gearhart former Zion Lutheran pastor now at Grie Luther Memorial says Brie is the only Indiana city not observing Sunday closing laws. He urges voters to enforce the laws. Theaters pool rooms bowling alleys and saloons stay open on Sundays. athletic contests except boxing are held. County high school principals plan inter county debate soon with May 26 set for inter county track meet at Normal athletic field for boys and girls.
J Ron McMichael suffers a fracture of the large bone above the wrist when the engine kicked while cranking a car on Thursday. It marks the fifth injury to the same arm this week, with reports of multiple fractures or sprains in recent days. In other notices, properties on East Maple and Oak streets change hands, prices $6500 and $7000, with possession set for April 1. A motor trip to the South is planned by Truitt and companions for February. Armstrong township reports Clark Peddicord fracturing his right arm after engine kick while cranking last week.
A historical note describes Henrys reign when pin makers were shut down and a parliament act barred sales unless double headed. The repeal three years later acknowledged the failure to supply pins. It also notes white Bermudan houses built from coral stone, cut with knives, and whitewashed to contrast with greenery.
The piece explains how at 200 fathoms sunlight fades to starlight, while deeper waters hold light from phosphorescence. It notes that fixed marine forms often emit light behind mobile light emitters and describes abyssal fishes moving among phosphorescent sea-pens and corals with brilliant, varied colors.
In Santiago Mr Harry A Franck notes upper class pretensions as families, unable to afford the usual summer jaunt, seclude themselves at home for months. He recalls a trusted man who says he was invited to a family home-coming party despite the family staying inside for years.
A pigeon with a leg band arrived last June at a base near London exhausted and knocking on a bedroom window in hunger and impatience. It has since demanded daily meals at the same hour, a small shelter was built, but efforts to capture it for band examination have failed.
A fragmentary survey notes various delicacies including chickens tongues and unhatched fowls in Chinese cuisine, lamb wine of Tartars, sloth on Demerara island, and strange meals of Livingstone’s guide. It asserts mice are eaten in Africa, cites Muabari in Liberia, and recalls famous cat lovers like Samuel Johnson and Edgar Allan Poe, while praising cats as sacred in Egypt and warning cats as humanity’s safeguard against rats and plagues.
A whimsical note asserts bees tacitly invented six sided cells for efficient packing and strength. It claims hexagons best fit space and withstand pressure, noting bees maintain exact angles without measuring.
A glowing portrait of Rabbi Wise by Joseph Fort Newton in the Atlantic Monthly praises his intellect, moral power, and prophetic daring. Wise is described as a vibrant, athletic orator who fights for a free pulpit and a just social order, admired and feared as a national leader.
Boston Art Museum curator Lacey D. Caskey reports a solid gold fba llon bowl weighs the same in oriental and Greek money, suggesting Seventh century Greek origin. Inscription credits the sons of Cypselus and mentions Heraclea, Olympia, and Periendas as a renowned wise man.
The article blends two historical notes Gehenna the biblical valley of Hinnom and its treatment by ancient kings with a feature on South Africa’s Cape Town marine drive a 125 mile road carved from rocky coast and hailed as world class. It also mentions a science case in London where Sidney Vine faced a noise charge with an audiometer analysis.
An article notes that girl scouts in Japan take a loyalty pledge to God. It explains the difficulties in introducing scouting in Japan and that the International Council in England decided Japanese members must observe the ten Scout Laws and the spiritual part of the promise. The piece highlights the link between loyalty, faith, and scouting principles.
South Bend updates report Frantz Alshouse and Leland Hann on post office matters amid ill health and arrivals. New gas well on W P George land drilled by American Gas Co. Virgie Alshouse worked as a waiter in Apollo with Mrs. Herman Snepshield. mother visited from elsewhere. Congratulations to Mr and Mrs L E Deemer on birth of a daughter. Blanche Shetler returns to her mother's near Blanco. Carl Silvis employed at Apollo Mills. H L Hanna on steleist. May Stewart recovering from illness. Zion's Valley entries note Lula Dunmire visiting Minnie Painter, Mrs C T Briggs visiting relatives near Pittsburgh, Grange hall chicken and waffle supper at Girty, and social visits among local families.
Mrs A F vowel and daughter Elda of Bowdertown visited Mrs C A Ginter on Wednesday. Miss Anna Brandt works for Joseph Rhoadhouse in Commodore. Mrs Harry Kerr and daughter Esta spent a few days with Indiana friends last week. Mildred Lewis, Grant school teacher, spent weekend at home. Ethel Huey, Glen Campbell High, stayed with her parents Elmer and wife, with Clara Sunderland from Glen Campbell. Joseph Spicher and Will Heilman of Bowdertown called in town, visiting the White Front. A number from here attended the teachers institute in Arcadia Friday night.
Saltsburg news reports Mrs R C Hill seriously ill with poor hopes of recovery and a long list of visitors from New York, Pittsburgh, Indiana and nearby towns. An obituary honors Silas Richard, infant son of Mr and Mrs A W Hazlett, who died January 26, aged 16 days. Taxable appeals announced by Indiana county for 1923 assessments with specific township dates and notes on non real estate appeals. notices from H R Wilby, Clerk. Also includes probate and administration notices for William Robert Mowrey estate and unrelated fragmented legal items.
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