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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1931
Page
4
Jane Ryder, alone in a dreary apartment on her twenty-fifth birthday, longs for roses. A neighboring man’s gift of roses sparks a playful misread, leading to a small shared celebration with Mrs. Cready’s roomers and a hinted romance that blossoms by Christmas.
Historical farm horse counts show 8,400,032 horses in Canada in 2020 and 3,205,028 in 1930, a decrease of 105, highlighting a long term decline in riding and agricultural horses.
The article recounts 1781 when Carlos III authorized founding Los Angeles. Don Felipe de Neve led a military escort from Monterey to San Gabriel Mission, then moved west to the plaza where the city began. The 12 ranchero families from Old Mexico formed the original population, naming the city La Ciudad de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles.
An encyclopedia article traces boomerangs and similar devices across cultures. It notes return and nonreturning forms in Australia, ancient Egyptian mentions, northeast Africa variants, a returning Indian instrument, Sikh chakra disks, and other Indian and Gujarat Trichinopoly versions.
A Detroit News columnist recalls a man who lunches with another woman behind his wife’s back and defends it. When confronted, the wife turns the comparison around by saying the difference is the price. She argues she saves it while he pays it.
Summary of remarks against women's suffrage as cited in Lucy Stone Pioneer of Woman's Fights by Alice Stone Brackwell. A legislator quips a man tired at home does not want to kiss a school board member or overseer of the poor. Another claims 12 women voting would stop births or yield all girls. Kansas City Star.
A boy named Pragk visits new tenants at their old home and expresses regret over moving, saying he would have born a bond with a baby if they had stayed longer. The mother had been friendly with the tenants, and the infant's arrival drew Prauk's tender curiosity.
In a domestic tale Dr Ward tackles a difficult patient Enid Walker turning selfish habits toward growth. He persuades her mother and heals the rift by guiding Enid toward empathy and a hopeful courtship, with Savage and Ward joking about Cupid as the plan unfolds.
A short story fragment centers on Marjorie who fears the dark. An aunt questions seven year old Robert about influencing her sister noting, She is five years old and has ideas of her own. The boy denies any influence, asserting Marjorie’s own ideas drive her fear.
A compact reflection on how a man’s pride in his work shapes his identity. It emphasizes steadiness, diligence, and personal responsibility as the true measure of a professional, regardless of occupation.
The reader asks about the distinction between barbarism and civilization. The response notes that in barbarism the husband must pass, and in civilization it is the wife.
The Boston Post reports Mindoro hinterland mud baths near hot springs draw Manyan tribespeople. Bathers soak in mud for skin conditions, often staying a week, then rinse in rivers as outer skin peels. Nearby crocodile baths are bamboo cages on rivers with guards and eye jabs for approaching crocs.
The Roman ballista resembled a catapult and served as a siege weapon. A trough in a framed device used twisted animal skins as springs to launch missiles, including logs, beams, or stones. It could be elevated and traversed, equaling heavy field artillery in function to demolish walls and target personnel.
French troubadour Adan de la Hale lived 1238 to 1288. Born Arras he studied at Vaucelles abbey near Cambrai. He joined Robert II count of Artois in 1272 and later served Charles of Anjou in Egypt Syria Palestine and Italy. At Charles court he wrote Jeu de Robin et Marion often cited as the earliest French play with secular music.
The Literary Digest warned against fiction of Alaskan mosquitoes invading the lower 48. It argued Alaska’s warm water in summer hatches the insects and that they could not endure severe cold, with a note on imagined effects such as displacing Kodiak bears and forcing migrations.
The penny in the slot weighing machine was invented by George Weaver of Ruth who died penniless, leaving a pal with about £16,000. The police whistle was invented by Joseph Hudson, who in 1884 created a shrill device and secured a contract for 21,000 whistles. London Answers now makes 600 whistle types from his firm.
The copperhead is not a rattlesnake and has no rattle though it vibrates its tail to mimic noise. It grows to three or four feet and is generally less likely to strike from a coil. The hoop snake myth is debunked while rattlesnakes are noted for coiling before striking.
A girl named Mary, age eight, moves from Livingston to an Indiana town with factories and whistles. The locals remark on time as whistles blow, while Maury realizes the clock cannot tell true time by the whistles.
A furniture firm credits a young outsider with lifting sales during a low mood. Walter Smith obtained options on vacant storefront windows and had them display the firm’s goods with placards, drawing thousands in sales. Durrow, initially furious, later acknowledges the young man's business insight and plans.
Mrs Brown of Plumville visits daughter Lizzie Pointer. Numerous local families and visitors from Van dergrift Johns town Parkwood Mt. Union Scottdale Edgewood Vandergrift and Shady Plain spend weekends Mondays and weekdays with relatives. Reunions and callings include Painter Slaughter Christy and Wray families with brief mentions of travels to Zions Valley and Dayton.
Vandergrift resident Paul Ralston called at the W. W. Huston home last Friday. The Short reunion was held at Merion Center park on the Fourth of July with attendance including Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Smith and family Olive Parrish and Ellis Smith. Mary Stephens visited Leona Pine at Brushvalley and Mrs. Herbert Cook and two daughters Mrs. William Shaffer of Sharpsburg called at the Zenas Hines home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. C. Adams and Mrs. Jennie Stephens motored to Beaverdale on the Fourth of July.
Sabbath school at 16 00 and apusee at 11 00. families including Hood, Mayhood, Rosensteal and others spent the Fourth with friends in New Kensington Apollo and West Lebanon. Church members and relatives visited S R Hine A Ashbaugh and Ewing households in Indiana State College and Johnstown areas.
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