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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1920
Page
6
Hamilton Bell in Asia Magazine describes ancient reverence for forest and mountain retreats as sacred spaces for contemplation. The Buddha and Brahmanic traditions use nature as a means to inner truth, with Nirvana sought under bodhi trees and in groves, deer forests, and bamboo thickets.
The phrase comes from old logkeeping practice. Latitude entries were abbreviated as Ded. Lat. which corrupted to dead. Thus dead reckoning refers to the mariner's deduced position from measured courses and distances as logged before standardized guides.
Shantung leads peanut farming in China with about 500 million pounds produced annually and exports around 266 million pounds of shelled and unshelled nuts. Before the war European imports dominated, while 1915 saw China export 40 000 tons of peanut oil valued at Rs 000 000, with half sent to America. Domestic use is vast for food and cooking. peanut cake aids feed.
The piece notes vivid country talk with a Dorsetshire quip about phonetic phrases. It reports forty members of the Vittsburgh Motorcycle Club visiting Indiana as the endurance route’s last check point, covering 546 miles from Pittsburgh to Reading and back. The Indiana to Pittsburgh leg took one hour and thirty minutes as the best time.
Public sale scheduled for June second at 1 o'clock by the undersigned at the residence of So. Bee in Lovejoy Green township. Items include a sewing machine tables chairs rockery couch book case dresser beds and wedding carpets rugs canned fruit and jellies Ford mack and other articles. Mrs Anna Vy Leach.
Countywide interest grows for a July 5 hospital extension fundraiser at Brushvalley fair grounds. Proceeds aid the Indiana hospital expansion, with a full day of events including fast horse races, basket picnic, attrac tions, trap shooting, two ball games, a visiting girls team, a local girls team opening, music by a band, and an evening festival. Proceeds from refreshments support the Philomathean Literary Society. Brushvalley promoters urge county residents to attend in the farm country hub with good roads for holiday automobile parties.
The nation’s birthday will be celebrated at Brushvalley with a big home-coming basket picnic in Truby’s grove on Monday July 5. A full day of hourly events starts at 9 30 with a grand parade and a series of races followed by further amusements through the day and evening.
McCreary Ralph W. McCreary son of Mr and Mrs Harry McCreary and Miss Frances Speedy daughter of Mr and Mrs James Speedy of Conneautville were married in the First United Presbyterian church of Indiana Thursday evening at 6:00 oclock Rev P G Stieger of Lancaster and uncle of the groom assisted by Rev C G Morrow of this place witnessed the ceremony The bride was attended by her sister Miss Helen Speedy and the groom by his brother H Clay McCreary Edith Buchanan played the wedding march and Anna Simpson sang before the ceremony Ushers were Dr Lisle Speedy and Ruly Wuench
Multiple couples from White township, Altoona and surrounding areas tied the knot in ceremonies conducted by local pastors. Among the unions were Charles J. Ribblet and Flora Learn, Carney and Borland, Ayers and Simpson, Dorsier and Conner, and George Risinger with Florence Risinger. Couples plan residences in Altoona, Blacklick, and Pittsburgh areas. several brides held teaching roles or worked in local businesses.
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