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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1933
Page
8
The article humorously explains spider behavior and anatomy as it relates to predation and silk production. It contrasts spiders with silkworms, notes their independent nature, and recounts a Kansas City Star quote about spiders spinning and ballooning.
Boston Herald notes bulldogs descend from dogs used in bull baiting, once legal in many countries. The breed favored low-set, hard to gore dogs, courageous to endure fights, with upturned noses for breathing as bulls swelled, and short teeth to limit bull damage.
The Staplehurst rail crash in 1865 left Charles Dickens with severe nervous shock after the train derailed near Maidstone. He escaped injury in the car he rode, helped remove the dead and dying, and received official thanks from the railway company.
The Detroit News notes that birds of prey possess the keenest sight and can rapidly adjust focus as distances change. The eagle can spot a ground object from high altitude and adjust its gaze to time its dive precisely to avoid collision.
The first Windsor chair built in Philadelphia in 1763 marked American origins. Early models featured arms around the back with a spindled extension top, later evolving to bent wood arms and backs. American Windsor chairs used simple legs and rungs without split backs, unlike English styles with cabriole legs.
The first postal cards appeared in Europe in 1869 and the United States issued its first on May 1 1873. Current postals began in 1914 and although many types exist they are rarely used. Cards are printed in sheets of 48 and cut to size, with large users receiving full sheets.
The article notes the outside diameter of standard deep sea cables is about one inch with a total weight near two tons per nautical mile. Shore end types reach three and a half inches diameter and about thirty tons per nautical mile.
A century of effort culminates in the Cathedral of La Pas completion ordered by Marshal Santa Cruz in 1895. Five thousand attended the inaugural mass as the 215 foot dome rose above the high altitude edifice. Indian carvers and labor helped craft wood and stone details across the 13 000 square foot floor and 45 foot step from entrance to altar. The structure sits 12 000 feet above sea level, the world’s tallest building at that altitude. Civil strife and economic depressions delayed work while the walls witnessed much history.
The Polish Corridor is a land strip from Poland to the free city of Danzig that outlets to the sea for Poland while separating East Prussia from the German rear. It was created by Versailles and has since become a persistent fear for German interest, likened by the Washington Star to a hypothetical Canada New York strip severing New England from the U S.
An authority notes that 1.4 to 6.4 percent gasoline in air creates an explosive mix, while higher gasoline percentages burn without explosion. Complete combustion requires about 16 pounds of air per pound of gasoline, and explosion power depends on compression, typically reducing volume to one third. Final pressures range from 15 to 75 psi at the end of compression.
The oak has long represented endurance grandeur and sacredness across civilizations from Hebrews and Greeks to Romans Britons and Gauls. Romans dedicated the oak to Jupiter and awarded civic crowns of oak leaves for unselfish deeds. A biblical line mentions Jacob hiding gods and earrings beneath the oak of Schechem.
A Tit-Bits Magazine writer notes animal sounds affect hunter reactions. Silent elephants are less terrifying than roaring ones, lions roar, rhinoceroses squeal, while the giraffe stays silent and is rarely seen as dangerous.
Erosion erases Byron's Cave near Plan on the Gulf of Spezia. The grottolite site hosted Byron who swam five miles to Lerici, where Shelley lived in April 1822, the same month Byron's daughter Allegra died. Weeks later Shelley died at sea and his body surfaced near the cave.
A plant wound leads to swelling and numerous galls. Most galls arise from animal parasites, especially insects. Oaks willows roses and goldenrods show high gall incidence. Insects on oaks produce dyes tanning chemicals and ink ingredients.
Sunday callers in town included James Seger and Virg Comb from near Rosalter and Mrs. Bert Bee visiting from Indiana. Numerous trips to Pittsburgh and Johnstown are noted, with relatives visiting, weekend stays with friends in Windber and New Castle, and hospital updates for Rev. C. H. Fuller.
Olivet reports Miss Alice Wilson visiting with the Wilson Stewarts last week. Alfred Bair and wife and daughter Thelma traveled to Indiana on Saturday. Miss Montgomery, formerly with Mrs. Mabel Ewing, returned home to Kellysburg on Sunday. Walter Ewing and son Raymond visited the J S Ewing home Sunday. Walter Walker made a business call in Elderton Saturday evening. Mrs Ross Wilson of West Lebanon visited A W Boden home recently. Mrs Jennie Henry of Aspinwall visited friends nearby. R A Walker editor of the Saltsburg Press and Misses Mary and Lou Anderson of Oakmont spent Saturday evening with Walter and Sara Walker.
Sunday afternoon saw Iva Duncan host a caller at Goldie McHenry’s home while Arthur Reed and his wife, with two guests, visited Linus McHenry. Indiana shoppers included Mrs. Roy Seers and daughter Maxine Mia. Several gatherings occurred at Cecil Learn’s and Mrs. George Black’s homes, with Walter Learn and Nioma Hineman among guests. Linus McHenry and Goldie, along with George Latimer and Wilda Davis, attended Grove Chapel services. Myers Literary society drew a good crowd.
Local brief lists church services in Atwood for children’s day at 8:00 p m and records visiting relatives and neighbors from Vandergrift Creekside Saltsburg Willet Harmony Grove and Five Points along with social calls and local sports results including Heilwood versus Five Points and Marion Center tied at one one
Community life column records visits and social calls across Cherryhill and nearby towns. Names include W D Johns, Mrs Jane Browns, Lottie Brown, William Glassford, O D Asking, H R Grumbling, Homer City, John Engle, J R Duncan, Marianna, Sara Glenn, Stephensome, Walker of Johnstown, Judson Party, Co B Barr, Edward Shaffer, Mrs B H Williams, Pine Flats, Heilwood, Cherryhill. A line of counterfeit currency remark ends the snippet.
A parade of visitors from Pittsburgh Punxsutawney Vandergrift Philadelphia Cleveland McKeesport Johnstown and nearby towns attended Mrs N A Wood's funeral. County officers from District No 9 joined a district convention at Blacklick Presbyterian church with chairs and leaders from Indiana Blairs ville Penn Run and Zellen ople. County Congress of Women's Clubs met in Indiana with numerous local members.
Mrs J W McIntyre of Clearfield visited her parents Mr and Mrs Alex Cunningham. Mrs C Neal visited her daughter Ruby a teacher in Dormont. Mrs John Henry and sons Billy and Bobby visited her motel in Dunlo. Eleanor Walter of Salinburg spent a week with grandparents Mr and Mrs J R Learn. Mrs J B R McCreary and children Flora Elizabeth and John of Marion Center visited. Ruby Neat and Aoan Cunningham of Dormont spent the weekend here. W I Henry worked as a indentena shop per on Saturday morning. Mr and Mrs H E Walter and family of Saltsbury were visitors at the J R Learn home.
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