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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1934
Page
2
A health warning urges moderation in sun exposure as summer enthusiasm leads to painful sunburns. Dr Theodore Appel notes heliotherapy is a controlled medical practice for diseases, while casual tanning causes avoidable harm. Readers are advised to temper zeal for sun and seek gradual tanning to protect tender skin.
The Mercantile Appraiser's List of Indiana County is printed on Page Six of The Progress for public perusal. Merchants must pay mercantile tax, and readers are urged to report missing merchants to Mercantile Appraiser R. C. Smith in Indiana, Pa, to ensure inclusion in tax records.
The Ritz Theatre screens Joan Crawford in Sacha McKee for a last Thursday showing. The weekend features The Trumpet Blossoms with George Raft and Frances Drake, plus Stand Up and Cheer with John Boles and Shirley Temple. Joe E Brown in A Very Honorable Gentleman arrives July 4, and Hollywood Party with Laurel and Hardy wraps the July 6–7 engagement.
Sixty members of the Anderson family gathered for the 24th reunion at the Fair Grounds on June 20. Officers were reelected including President Allen Fajis and Vice President Raymond Palle. Readings by Cora Sandles and Clara Lockard highlighted a day of games, dancing, and entertainment led by Taylor and Preston Craigs.
The Indiana Theatre lists weekly screenings including Sadie McKee with Joan Crawford and Franchot Tone on June 27 28, Trumpet Blows with George Raft and Adolphe Menjou on June 29 30, Stand Up and Cheer with Warner Baxter and Madge Evans on July 2 3, Very Honorable Guy with Joe E Brown and Alice White on July 4 6, Hollywood Party with Jimmy Durante and Laurel and Hardy on July 6 7, Witching Hour with Judith Allen and Tom Brown on June 29 30, Honor of the Range with Ken Maynard on July 2 3, Smarty with Jean Blondell and Warren William on July 4 5, and Great Flirtation with Elissa Landi and Adolph on July 4 5.
The 16th Flock reunion is set for July 4 at the Purchase Line community building. Mrs J D Rager of Blacklick celebrated her 76th birthday with relatives and friends calling, cake with 76 candles, and a large dinner. The Roas and Carney reunions are planned for Indiana Fair Grounds on upcoming Sundays. Householders at Penn Run and Work families at Rochester Mills held recent gatherings as well. A 1930 census note cites 1.6 million farm workers in other occupations and 450,000 urban agricultural workers.
Natalie and Dick face a money crunch as Natalie's mother needs a winter escape. He vows to support them, doubles his sales efforts, and they secretly raise 2200 with Natalie's clever deception. They plan a quick wedding once funds arrive and Florida becomes their future home.
Indiana milk producers request state Milk Control Board permission to sell milk at 10 cents a quart regardless of butterfat tests 3.8 to 4.3 percent. They claim threats of arrest for not raising to 12 cents, cite issues of income and consumer affordability, and urge a public hearing at the Court House with consumers invited.
Paisley, a historic textile town near Glasgow, became the original center of the famous Paisley shawls in the nineteenth century. Harness work shawls flourished, with streets named Lawn and Gauze reflecting the industry. By 1885 Paisley produced shawls worth about 1 million pounds annually.
The Jockey club of Egypt operates on the Gezira and Heliopolis clubs in Cairo and the Alexandria Sporting Club, maintaining about 1,200 Arab ponies plus Arab horses and countrybreds. Bedouins travel far to race, with pony values rising to 2500 dollars in big races. Racing runs year round in Alexandria, Heliopolis, and Gezira under class divisions guiding thoroughbred derivations.
The article traces possible meanings of Toronto from the Algonquin term and notes interpretations like a place of plenty or timber in water. It recalls Toronto as a red man trading and strategic site, its fort by the French near today’s exhibition grounds, and Governor Simcoe naming it York in 1793 before reverting to Toronto in 1884.
A fragment from Ander Magazine argues that men profess to rule at home but in Greenland women perform most labor while men take an extra morning nap. The piece contrasts American attitudes with a supposed hive of female labor and domestic routines.
Blacklick families and friends spent Sunday at various locales including Cokeville and La Jose. Subscriptions to the Pittsburgh Press earned several a Century of Progress trip. Church Bible classes met at J. C. Nippes with a rain ruined lawn party moved indoors.
Protect your crops from trespassers with Progress Trespass notices to aid prosecutions. Advertises trespass notices including Paper Trespass Notices six for 25 cents Muslin Notices three for 25 cents with optional postage. Addresses Indiana Progress Penny in Indiana.
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