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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1933
Page
8
A medical professor in Budapest pretended to be a patient to confirm a cancer diagnosis from a Vienna consultant. The ruse led to a two week death sentence, but the professor survived only a few days beyond the predicted period and died shortly after.
The piece contrasts independent and personally conducted trips abroad. It explains that conducted tours are pre arranged by a tour company with a set itinerary and a tour manager, while independent trips offer flexibility and are coordinated by a tour company for steamship, hotel, and sightseeing bookings.
The work sold 10 000 copies in its first week and 300 000 in the first year. Half a million copies were distributed in the United States in five years. It was translated into many foreign languages and the total sales since publication exceed 12 000 000, with about 7 000 000 of those lacking royalties due to pre copyright law foreign sales. The copyright expired near the author’s death in the late eighties under the old statute.
The Montreal Herald notes various levies past and present, including William Pitt taxing clocks and timepieces, leading to scarce items and the rise of Act-of-Parliament Clocks. It recalls a Napoleonic era half powder tax that spurred wigs’ decline and mentions Lord Randolph Churchill's proposed cartridge tax dropped after farmer protests.
Spaniard Don Pedro Vial traced the Santa Fe trail by 1798 while other riders marked it before 1821 when William Becknell led the first pack train. Becknell reported to Congress, prompting the 1825 council with Osage chiefs and a treaty granting the United States a perpetual right of way along the Santa Fe trail.
Collier's Weekly notes that seismographs show an average of twenty five earthquakes daily worldwide, with fourteen strong enough to be felt by a person. Land damaging quakes occur about once every eighty two hours, indicating ongoing seismic activity.
Madrid residents consumed 78,580 tons of bread 87,000 tons of vegetables and 190 million eggs last year. More bread potatoes and meat were eaten than in 1931 while ham game and canned foods declined.
A scientific study of fourteen thousand persons identified six thousand seven hundred fifty nine instincts. The findings indicate these natural propensities arose without experience or instruction and were inherent to individuals. The report appears in Mer's Weekly.
Hon Clyde Marchand hosted a Friday chicken dinner for veterans from McKeesport Braddock and nearby areas at the Kelly Sumter home. Guests included John Warner of the locale and numerous relatives traveling from Johnstown Altoona Meadville and Indiana. Evangelist Hill spoke at the Evangelical church Sunday evening with attendance noted as potentially larger.
Lawrence Brewer of Pittsburgh visited his parents Mr and Mrs Ebert Brewer while several relatives from Plumville Dora and nearby areas joined Mrs Sara Elizabeth Elkin for a Saturday gathering. Arthur Hazelett from near Penn Run vacationed with his mother Lula Hazelett. multiple guests and relatives visited in turn, including Meadvill e and West Fairfield connections. The item closes with a moral line about truth guiding reason.
Clarksburg notes Sabbath school next Sunday at 1 15 and church at 2 30 Mrs Jennie Sandles spent time with her brother M Kier Miss Lois Cribbs a student nurse in Indiana hospital spends vacation at home Miss Mildred Krider and Or veta McClelland of Punxsutawney visited friends there Mr and Mrs William Hullenbaugh Sabbath with Wallace Claw son in Moneen Alice Jewell left Monday for a month at a camp near Indiana Lenore Parks confined at home after a foot operation Mrs J G Moorhead and Mrs T Q Smith spent Friday evening at the Alex Cunningham home Mr and Mrs J B Fryar Indiana shoppers last week Mr and Mrs Willis Miller and son Richard and Mrs C C Walker spent Wednesday in New Kensington Miss Mae Dawson Conn of Newry town and Valeris and Ward Brown recently called at Foster Parks home Two brothers of Mrs James Moorhead visited Gales Moorhead Miss Hattie Keeley Vandergrift spent past week with her niece Mrs Harry Coleman and this week with her sister Mrs J Kennedy Mary Elizabeth Jewell and Harold Borland of Indiana Sabbath callers at A R Jewell home Mrs A D Love Vandergrift spent days with sister Mrs F J Parks Miss Cynthia and Mabie Cribbe and Mrs Lloyd Gulick Indiana recently callers at Indiana home Mr and Mrs Jay Grumbling Blairsville and Mrs Anderson Blairsville and Miss Blanch Hurst Pittsburgh were Sabbath callers at the Sandles home.
Marion Center Rey and Mrs F A Webb and Mrs Leila Work of Manor visit town Friday. Brookville men Bruner and Cummings stay with Homer Jeffries as Work family travels to Grinnell and Grinnell's relatives. They plan a stay in Michigan visiting Harry Work. En route they spend a day at the World's Fair in Chicago. Mrs Guy Terpé and Richard and Mrs Ue Hall spend ten days at Mahaffey camp meeting. Mrs Ada Mundorff and Mrs Bani Hodges visit Ebensburg and Punxsutawney. Samuel Brilhart of Mast Mahon ing township dies after a stroke. Mrs Jennie Mulberger and sons motor to Chicago for Century of Progress. A H McCreery and wife were in town on business. John Long Sr visits Rimnersburg for a couple weeks.
A long list of residents and visitors call on friends in town including Alverda Bh F Dumm, Mr and Mrs Nelson South Fork and Gomer Smith family Muriel, Indiana visitors, Brooklyn job seeker Sarah Woods, Elizabeth Adams Barnesboro, Oden Smith Penn Run, Blanch Good Lilly, Paul Rummell Robinson, Arch Repine family, Alma Vazer Nanty Glo, John Elliott family, Samuel Mitchell Revloc, Grant Long from Orange NJ, Dr George Martin Clymer, Sam Keith Turtle Creek, and others. A union hall event for United Mine Workers and Sacred Heart church benefits is planned. Social visits, travel, and family news pepper the notes along with a local wether roast at Harry McDonnell’s.
The South Bend beat highlights club gatherings at Lizzie Painter’s Plumville home and visits among local families including the Silvis, McCutcheon, and Ramner households. It notes Martha Townsend’s hospital recovery, two elderly local passings, and a novel noiseless electric fan invention.
An Indiana County reader promotion offers the Post Gazette at 5.50 per year for residents not served by Post-Gazette Carriera. The newspaper is advertised as mailed to homes the same day of publication with other club bargains on page 2.
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