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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1931
Page
1
Mrs. Bert Orr returns from Indiana hospital. Numerous visits and callers record a busy week with families from Vandergrift Dayton Punxsutawney and beyond. Harmony Grove Lutheran services noted and local residents hosted guests over the Fourth at Sagamore and near Apollo.
Creekside residents visit friends and family for the Fourth including Clem Clark family from Leechburg Abijah Steffey and Philip Fisher visit. Grace Johnston at Bell's Landing. Hospital return for Mac Stuchell. Hol Brewer welcomed a baby boy at Indiana hospital. Farewell for Mrs J M Johnston who moved to Clearfield county. Park work continues by R F P Getty. Local social calls, travel, church, Grange notes and health updates.
A hometown roundup lists numerous Lewisville area residents and relatives visiting for July 4th celebrations. Names include Glenn Marshall, Martha Speedy, Lucille Tomb, Frank Bleakney and family, Misa Ruth Warner, Arthur Lowry, Dale Wolf and families, along with numerous local households hosting gatherings and reunions in Elders Ridge Shelocta Vandergrift and nearby towns.
Mrs George Kilpatrick of Pitts burgh visits her mother Mrs Annie Good. Mr and Mrs Emory McIntire spent the Fourth with local friends. Mr and Mrs Taylor Carnahan welcome a new arrival. Wallace Rising and family visited Lee Millers. Porter Miller spent the weekend at home here. Camp Fire Girls held a regular meeting Tuesday evening. Ruth Warner works in the Carnahan home. An intermediate Y P C U was organized Sabbath evening. A number from here attended the Fourth of July celebration at Indi Milva Douglass spent Saturday at her home here.
Sylvia Randall, a No 4 district school teacher, wrestles with a demand for full attendance on May 7 denied a major public event. A new principal, Gene Henderson, inspires her efforts and a growing attraction as he shows concern for the students. A last minute field trip to a Colonel Strombergh picnic twists into a reveal of his influence and Sylvia’s motivation to please.
A recently unearthed vase in Italy, once thought an ancient Phoenician forgery, bears supposed Egyptian hieroglyphs. Egyptologists call the markings meaningless, suggesting Phoenician traders fake signs to fetch higher prices among Italian connoisseurs around 700 B C.
The Balm of Gilead, derived from a tree in Gilead, was famed as a highly valued salve in biblical times. During the Crusades, Saladin and physicians were credited with possessing miraculous balms, a knowledge likely preserved by Arabs and spread by Muslims influencing early medical science.
A Washington Star quotation highlights Senator Sorgum noting that extensive study of public opinion makes lawmakers slow to vote. He cites the need to balance popular sentiment with principle, explaining caution grows with each subject examined by a informed public.
In Brockton Enterprise reminiscences, two men recall past sayings about marriage ending hunting trips. One notes his wife’s keen nose for dog hair and the need for diplomacy to keep a tie or two. The exchange frames a humorous view of travel, pets, and domestic life on a business trip.
One of Belgium’s finest sights, Han grotto lies above Han-sur-Lesge reachable by tram to the Faule rock. Visitors ascend, explore wonders carved by centuries, and exit by canoe into daylight framed by greenery, leaving a lasting Arabian Nights like impression.
The three main classes of poetry are epic dramatic and lyric. Epics are long narrative works about heroes. Lyrics express the poet’s sentiment. Dramas emphasize action.
The term anthracite comes from Greek anthrax meaning coal and denotes nearly pure carbon hard coal. Do not say anthracic coal. Bituminous is an adjective and should pair with coal. bituminous coal is soft coal that releases volatile matter when heated.
Thieves struck in Maple Grove stealing a roll of roofing and a stove from the church. Local residents and visitors are listed, including Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Phillips of Ambridge, Mr. and Mrs. Arch Cur now and children Arch Jr Edith James and Johnnie of Blairsville, and several others visiting Conrad Sleppy and Sleppy family gatherings around Indiana, Blairsville, Belsano and Johnstown during recent days and July 4 festivities.
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