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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1935
Page
3
Swiss stories call edelweiss vanity Edelweiss bride’s flower of Europe. The plant grows high on Alps cliffs and thrives in gardens. yet in the wild its fuzzy coat and starry white blooms reflect romance. Safeguarded by Swiss law, the flower symbolizes purity, literally noble white.
The Goths, a Teutonic people near the Vistula basin in early history, likely originated from Sweden per tradition. They entered Roman history in the third century, expanded south, remained warlike and unsettled, and from the third to seventh centuries clashed with the Huns, conquering large parts of Roman territory before Roman influence receded and Gothic identity faded.
The baker’s dozen originates from medieval England when bakers faced penalties for short-weight. To ensure fair quantity, they added a thirteenth loaf, guaranteeing twelve paid pieces plus a safeguard loaf. The extra piece, called the advantage moat, gave rise to the term baker’s dozen still used today.
The article traces Abraham Lincoln’s first American ancestor named Lincoln who settled in New England and notes the last male Lincoln descendant dying there. It cites two Lincoln visits to New England in 1848 and 1800, one for a Whig political mission and the other to visit Robert Lincoln in school in New Hampshire.
Pathfinder Magazine notes that various animals can regrow parts such as legs, tentacles, tails, jaws, claws, and even heads, with limited abilities in warm blooded species. It highlights young birds growing new parts, especially fingernails, as a notable example.
The oldest known marriage proposal, found by German Institute of Archaeology scholars in Anatolia, records a widow asking for a son from Shuppilallumugh to marry and place him as king of Egypt, dated to ancient times.
The Indianapolis News reports on the New York Stock Exchange as a voluntary association of about 1100 nonincorporated members with a president secretary and 40-member governing committee. It traces its roots to 1792 under a cottonwood tree, notes irregular meetings at the Tontine coffee house, and chronicles relocations from 1817 to Wall Street sites, including 48 Wall and William streets. Seats rose from about 2000 in 1871 to 34000 in 1882, then fluctuated, with membership transfers via sale and a seat carrying member debts to others.
A brief look at spaniels as a unified family with deep history. References trace back to Chaucer and Henry VIII records. Calus’s Treatise catalogs them, with the aquatic spaniel as a classification heading. The Cocking Spaniel becomes popular in 1870 for woodcock hunting. noted for usefulness, versatility, and toughness.
A large conch shell blast announces Bermuda fish peddlers as they tour neighborhoods to alert households within a mile. Winter favorites include spiny lobsters and large crawfish caught at night, with rockfish and hamlet popular for chowders and varied island recipes.
The West Highland white terrier is a small dog standing 8 to 12 inches high and weighing 14 to 18 pounds. It has a long shaggy white coat about 2 inches long, a dense undercoat, erect small ears, dark hazel eyes set wide, a black nose and mouth, a strong compact body, and muscular legs.
A Peargon’s Weekly note states that the spine’s cartilage discs compress under daily weight, causing slight shrinkage from morning to evening. In adults, the height difference can be half an inch or more as the discs expand during rest.
The Chicago Tribune explains the positron as a distinct particle opposite in charge to the electron. It notes both have equal weight, with the positron bearing a positive charge and the electron a negative one.
Lesson describes Ruth chapter by chapter focusing on Naomi's Moabite exile and return to Bethlehem, Ruth's loyalty, Boaz as kinsman redeemer, and Naomi's reward through Obed. Emphasizes themes of family faithfulness, living religion, and making religion attractive for all ages.
A progressive man is defined by a constant urge to improve something somewhere. He fears deterioration and resists familiarity with inferiority, believing it corrodes effort and moral vigor.
A moral note urges parents to model the values they teach, stressing that children imitate actions more than words and that parental behavior should reflect stated beliefs.
Dilltown and surrounding area see a flurry of visitors and family gatherings over the weekend. Residents like W H McLaughlin and H E Woodring hosted guests from Rachel West Virginia and Connellsville while Agatha Glovack and Helene Glovack from New York City visit their home near town. Church services, camp meeting at Belsano, and dinners at the Elkin home punctuate a busy period for local families.
Canton residents and visitors from Vandergrift Johnstown Leechburg New Kensington Yatesboro Sagamore Indiana and Five Points gathered in Elderton last week for Bible school visits and club meetings. The D I Club met at Mrs. Guy Fleming’s home and the G T club met at Mrs. Harry Sheaffer’s.
Olivet W C T A held a lawn picnic at the T C Bair home Tuesday evening with attendees including Mr and Mrs Frank Stear and daughter Erma from Bentleyville and visits by Mrs Mary Watson Bell of Saltsburg Mrs Floyd Parke and Virginia Harvey of Elders Ridge and Hubert Long of Irwin. Miss Nancy Stewart was in South Bend on Monday.
The West union and uonvet Y. P. C. U. hosts an annual social at Mrs. Winger’s home on the Stewart Shirley farm two miles south of Shady Plain. Honorary members lead next Sunday’s meeting and full attendance is urged. Nearby residents Boyd Hamilton returns from Oklahoma to visit his uncle John Campbell. W J Craig hosts a recent call. Mrs Harry Millen with Mrs Meade Millen shopped in Indiana Saturday. Bert Blakley made a business trip to Indiana Monday. The Progress and Pittsburgh Poets Gazette to R D readers, $5.60.
A kitchen shower for Mrs. Lawrence Painter was hosted at Clyde Painter’s home on June 22 attended by a long list of family and friends from Rochester and nearby towns. The event featured games, music, and a luncheon at 11 30 PM, with many useful gifts and thanks extended to all.
Sabbath school at ten, sermon to follow. July 14 visitors from Indiana stopped by the McGinley home. Local youths volleyed at the Webster Lee residence. Allen Fails family spent time in Ohio with relatives William Fails. Arthur Shields returned from a visit with Wm Wauga man in Uniontown. Janes Urey visited Richmond relatives. Bergmans held a reunion at Elmer Ewing’s. Latrobe and Blairsville friends hosted by Frank Barkley. visitors from Beaver Falls, Cleveland, and town called on J L Diven. Twila Mae Lee visiting Blaineville. Helen Ewing and Twila Wainwright from Indiana celebrated the Fourth with parents near town. J S Marshall and family visited Creel Hood. many others from Elders Ridge, New Kensington, Blairsville, and town joined a July Fourth picnic at the McGinley home. The Kiner family spent the weekend at their summer home there.
Government projects at Arthurdale near Reedsville West Virginia provide fifty subsistence homesteads for stranded miners. The program cost nearly one million dollars to date and reflects New Deal era relief efforts. Minor curiosities aside state that Hiawatha was a real Indian with two wives, none of whom was Minnehaha.
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