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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1931
Page
6
The distributors offer a one week trial of Kieffer's Tonic Tablets promising doubled pep and steadier nerves if no improvements occur. It claims benefits for rundown or anemic individuals and advertises stomach conditioning. Money-back offer requires returning the package to the druggist near the P.R.R. Station.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette notes scientific tests aimed at proving whether the American continent moves toward or away from Europe. It says statesmen have sought such a discovery for some time, marking a long-standing curiosity in geophysical debate.
Communion services were observed at Armagh Presbyterian. August preaching suspended. Rev. Nicholson to attend Bible school at Grove City College. Many local residents host, visit, or travel to relatives and camps, with multiple trips and family gatherings noted. Trespass notices advertised for sale at the Progress Office.
In a tropical park greenhouse, Sue, a 21 year old with soft curls, sketches bananas mistaken for figs while warming under the sun. Pen, a fellow artist, shares the space and wonders about her age and motives as they plan to meet again for artistic critique.
The Cantiere Navale Odero della Foce in Genoa, one of Europe’s oldest shipyards founded in 1407, built famed war galleys for the republic and later ships for Napoleon. Now in Genoa’s industrial center, the yard will be demolished for new housing.
A poem describing the cinquefoil plant known as five finger and its golden flowers in pasture scenery. It recalls a fairy tale where kindness is rewarded with a handful of gold, as told by J Otis Swift and printed in the New York World Telegram.
The Port Said consular district in Egypt includes Port Said Suez and Ismailia with populations of 108 592 40 309 and 25 194 respectively. Arabic is the native language while Europeans speak French Italian Greek English and Maltese. Trench is common in polite society among educated classes.
The piece notes uncertainty about eye and hair colors of early presidents. It cites Andrew Johnson as the sole clearly dark-haired, dark-eyed president per George Fort Mitton's The Age of Hate, based on an authentic source about a reward notice. The same notice oddly swapped descriptions for two apprentices.
A London Tit-Bits excerpt records two motorists discussing a country guest and a room’s wall text. One notes a Bible verse about safety, while the other recalls the host’s motto that the landlord won’t be responsible for valuables unless left at the office, highlighting old-fashioned proprieties.
The article explains that rapid readers use their eyes efficiently while others waste energy. It describes an invention that records eye movements as a moving picture, enabling operators to identify reading faults. It notes the eye makes several pauses per line and impressions occur during those pauses.
The piece notes elephants form clan like families on the African veld. A hunter's shot that wounds a single elephant can trigger a protective response from several herd members. If one is down, others lift it with tusks. two companions support a wounded elephant with broken shoulders. The herd also flees en masse when a second shot ends another animal.
A 1-A literature class discusses Alden not marrying Priscilla sooner in The Courtship of Miles Standish. A student remarks that he wanted to enjoy himself as long as possible, sparking a playful classroom exchange.
J A Fisher returns to Dayton from Greensburg visit while members of the Fisher and Harman families host and visit. Indiana Y M A baseball splits at Atwood defeating Five Points 110 to 7. Multiple guests visit, including Misses Virginia and Mildred Fisher and others from Greensburg Punxsutawney and Laramore. Harmony Graysa Lutheran services scheduled with Sunday School at 1 30 and preaching at 2 30.
Mrs Elsie McConnell and family visited her parents Mr and Mrs Geo Palmer over the weekend. Clyde Palmer is on the sick list. Mrs Shaeffer and sons Carroll and Robert of Pittsburgh stayed at their Mt Tabor area summer home. Miss Mose Palmer visits friends in Derry. Mrs Carl Sunberg near Homer City spent days with her parents. Mrs Geo Cling, recently ill, is improving. T M Woods spent Sunday afternoon at Geo Palmers. A note reflects on the approaching 1932 World Series and season preparations.
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