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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1931
Page
3
Marjory, visiting a Maine coast Wishing Tower, writes a wish for a loving, black-haired man. Tony McVane alters his own wish, then meets her again, recognizing her by a scar and carrot hair. Sparks fly as their shared past resurfaces, ending in romance.
The National Intelligencer notes the August 26, 1835 opening of the Baltimore to Washington railroad. Four long trains entered the route to cheers from thousands north of the Capitol. Baltimore officials, guests, and about a thousand riders celebrated with bands and banquets at Gadsby’s and Brown’s hotels before the return trip.
The piece discusses Thomas Jefferson's import of French sculptor Jean Houdon, recounting 1784 views on Washington statue work. It cites Houdon's busts sold recently for 80000 and 245000 dollars, praising Jefferson's eye for genius and his cultural influence at Monticello.
The article recalls Nebraska’s shift from treeless plains to a forested state with 2.5 billion trees and rainfall over 80 inches. Settlers received extra land if they planted a quarter of a timber claim, leading to widespread woodlands that boosted agriculture and rainfall, turning the old desert into a bread basket.
Cher Ami became the war’s most famous bird for delivering a critical message for Major Whittley’s Lost Battalion. Despite wounds to breast and leg the pigeon endured heavy shellfire and carried the message 40 kilometers in 25 minutes before crossing the seas with doughboys on an Ohioan transport and dying in 1919 from war wounds.
Oldcat Trees in Europe Between Loch Rannoch and Loch Toy is Glen Lyon, the longest glen in Scotland, a storied landscape along 30 miles from Loch Lyon. Scots call it the Dark Croaked Glen of the Great Rocks, red with Celtic battles and crosses and home to Europe’s oldest yew trees.
Mary E Hazeltine notes in her book An niversaries and 6 Holidays that the calendar lists 1108 entries divided into 892 named persons and 229 events. The calendar includes 7 holidays plus seasonal festivals while excluding saints feast days and certain state observances.
A woman named Constance Miller waits for a promised phone call from Jim Spearman while days pass with rising hope and fear. A misaddressed or delayed letter finally reveals the truth, ending her suspense and sealing a humorously forgiving marriage outlook.
A plague survey across Africa found Prieska and its surrounding region completely flea free. Investigators queried dogs on the Karroo plains and found no fleas, suggesting nitrates in the barren land may act as a natural disinfectant.
The Mughal emperors at Agra's fort used the Anjuri Bagh central grid as a chessboard for a game called paches. Slaves reportedly served as pieces, moving per players in marble pavilions, in a space about 280 feet square.
Carrier pigeons used on forestry patrols failed to prove useful. Birds released 500 miles from home were often lost in electrical storms or returned late. One bird reached base but lost the message, leaving the flyer to walk hundreds of miles.
In early times authorities guarded the dead to prevent premature burial. The book Premature Burial notes Egyptians watched bodies under priestly supervision before embalming with antiseptics and gums. Greeks checked for life by cutting off fingers before cremation to ensure death.
The phrase But for the grace of God has been misattributed to John Wesley and others. The Dictionary of National Biography credits English Protestant martyr John Bradford, jailed for two years before burning at Smithfield. Tradition holds Bradford uttered a variation upon witnessing executions.
A scientific note explains three astronomical methods yield ages for stars between 5 and 10 million years, making Earth's age seem enormous by ordinary time standards. If human life spans one second, humanity 6 hours, then Earth’s minimum age becomes one year and the story 5,000 years.
Senator Sorghum worries echoes of speeches will resurface when he shifts to new topics. He notes that listeners remembered quoted lines and may reuse them to challenge his future statements. The exchange reflects concerns over political memory and messaging.
A fragment notes Mrs Joes claims blue blood in her veins while a humorous aside credits generations of female aides in her household with handling washing blue. The exchange suggests social pretension and family pride within a domestic setting.
Local notes describe visits by Emma Beam Thomas from Wichita to her Beam relatives, Ida J. Kingell from Washington DC, and McAfooses. Others include Myrtle Dilts, Gaylon Dorn, the Kohlhepp and Peffer reunion, Blair Smith, and multiple family gatherings. The Fourth of July saw quiet town traffic. various trips and church events filled the week.
Marion Center hosts visitors from Tyrone Berkeley and Pittsburgh with family gatherings. J A Barr and Mary Piper host relatives while postal staff and travelers head to Chicago and New England. A Tulsa guest spends time with kin and a Pittsburgh preacher speaks at the M E church. A household expert offers a dishwashing tip and a light quip about a tired father from golf conferences.
Rochester Mills residents host relatives and friends from Pittsburgh Cleveland Bradford Blairsville Akron Buffalo and Indiana over the Fourth of July weekend. Local repairs and gatherings include Merrell White Clair Dunmire George Hawk and Jacob Hart fixing the U B parsonage and multiple visits among Pifer Johnson Pardee and Richardson families.
Mr and Mrs Dick Shoup visited Lyons Park Sunday evening. Mrs C B Empfield shopped in Heshbon Monday. Miss Gladys Deemer of Heshbon spent the Fourth with Miss Rowse Palmer of Mt Tabor. Rev Gahagan of Robinson visited Mt Tabor residents G R Shoup. Mrs Guy McConnell and sons Mervin and Campbell of Heshbon visited Geo Palmer. Mt Tabor church festival set for Saturday evening July 1ith. G W Clawson shopped in Blairsville Friday. John Carnathan of Heshbon called on Luther Carnathan. Miss Dorothy Litchenfels called on Miss Jean Cline in Mt Tabor Sunday evening.
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