Alfalfa Gains Ground in Indiana County Farms
Farm Extension News reports alfalfa expansion across Indiana County with widespread adoption and emphasis on lime, drainage, fertile soil, inoculation, and careful seed choices. B J Walter notes mix with timothy and clover reduces winter risk, and Penn State seed tests back source reliability. Guidance includes bulletin 295 Varieties of alfalfa in Pennsylvania and Alfalfa in Pennsylvania circulars available via County Agent J W Warner.
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B. J. Walter
Penn State
Trade City
Penn Run
Pennsylvania
Indiana County
Walter
Walter Dss
Pennsylvania State College
J. W. Warner
Court House
J. B. R. Dickey
Public Sales Near Elders Ridge and Brushvalley Farm
Auction notices detail multiple farm sales on March 14 18 and 21 1936 at Elders Ridge Brushvalley and Center Township Route 58. Listings include horses cattle hogs sheep hay grain farm machinery vehicles and feed with terms to be announced day of sale. Names T B Evans G P Paylor and auctioneers R W George G B Hiple.
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Elders Ridge
Olivet
Fordson
Co. M. Colieman
R. W. ‘George
T. B. Evans
Brushvalley
Vans Roundtop
B. Evans
Indiana
R. D
G. B. Hiple
Ligonier
R.D
A. C. McCoy
Center Township
Edgewood
Ibomer City
Guernsey
McCormick
G. P. Paylor
BR. W. George
Pomona Grange Meets Here On Thursday March 26
Pomona and Success Granges plan a joint meeting at the M E church in Indiana on Thursday March 26. Lunch and dinner will be served for 35 cents per meal. The program opens at 10 with a business session and welcomes, then a lecturer’s conference at 1. Afternoon and evening programs include readings, vocal and instrument numbers, plays, discussions, and an address on Farm Credit. The session closes with closing of Grange and a fifth degree ceremony.
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Pomona
Success
Schryock Grange
Lisle Kunkle
Success Grange
J. Arthur Warner
James Heilburn
D. K R. Hill
Harry C. Kunkle
Howard Park
Ralph Ross
J. W. Warner
Savan Grange
Farm Credit and Credit
F. P. Weaver
Department of Agricultural Heconomics
State College
Marion Center Grange
Alma Mikesell
Marion Center
Grange
E. B. Dorsett
Pennsylvania State Grange
Indiana County
Indiana ‘Hotel
Warner
Somerset County
C. C. McDowell
Joe Fisher
Jenneretown
A. E. Windiah
American Stores Co
Johnstown
Maine
Mach
Clark C. Pollock
Bert Blakley
James Patterson
Ward Overdort
Doyle Stutzman
H. McCall
Harry Kimmrel
Funeral Home Opens at Elderton in Former School Site
Clarence P. Clark has opened a modern funeral home at Elderton on the site of the former Elderton school, which burned down several years ago. The new facility replaces the old building and serves the local community.
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Elderton
Clarence P.clark
Custer Faces Orders in Last Battle at Little Big Horn
In June 1870 Montana General Custer, leading the Seventh Cavalry, faced Terry's strict orders to conform unless he found sufficient reasons to depart. Advancing ahead, he chose to attack when scouts found a hostile village near the valley. His decision, guided by the word unless, led to the death of 800 cavalrymen at Little Big Horn.
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Tham
Montana
George Armstrong Custer
Seventh Cavalry
A. H. ‘Terry
Terry
Gibbon
Custer
Grant
Indiana
Washington
Little Big Horn
Western Newspaper Union
Armstrong Grange Plans March Meeting Program
Armstrong Grange No. 1645 schedules a March 18 meeting at Parkwood School with orchestra by Mathew Walker. activities include roll call, poems, brief talks on potatoes, home gardening plans, and a potato race with Ethel Mull as manager.
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Armstrong Grange
Parkwood
Mathew ‘Walker
Roll Call
Annabel Craig
J. R. Patterson
W. L. Brown
A. H. Wiggins
D. D. Walker
Rockies
Clarence Brown
Clair Weiss
Walker Wiggins
F. C. ‘Craig
R. A. Fouts
D. J. ‘Blakely
Ethel Mull
Round ‘Table
L. ‘Calhoun
A. B. Gray
D. J. Blakely
Personal Brevities From Cherryhill To Rural Valley
John Rice of Cherryhill transacted business in Indiana today. Mrs George Adamson and daughter Mrs Reed Stuchell of Plumville and Mrs Maude Adamson of Beyer visited the Progress office. J E Potts and M Harmon of Creekside were in county seat on business. Harmon recalled a March 2 snowfall accident near Beyer, his car overturning thrice but injuring none. A motorist fled the scene and license numbers were not obtained. Immigration laws have excluded about 1,000,000 aliens since late 1930.
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John Rice
Cherryhill Township
Indiana
George Adamson
Reed Stuchell
Plumville
Maude Adamson
Beyer
Progress Office
J.E. Potts
M. Harmon
Creekside
Potts
Harmon
Washington Township
Thomas Brash
Isobel's Choice at Barrett Crossroads
Isobel, admired in Barrett, chooses between Ben Hutchins the strong local and Ted Carroll, a refined civil engineer from Frisco. A covert test of courage ends with Ted leaving, revealing they belonged to different ages and never would be happy together.
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Isobel
Barrett
Here
Ben Hutchins
Ben
Ted Carroll
Ted
Frisco
Hugle Hill
Country Club
Sed
Andy
Dowbt
Ben Hutchings
Wayland Crossroad
Ted Darling
London Physicist Plans to Halt Noise in City
Dr G W Kaye of the National Physical Laboratory in England leads a noise study for the ministry of transport. He outlines future flats with sound muffling materials, doubled walls and floors, and sound absorbing ceilings. Air conditioning and ducting may close open windows, with doors and windows tightly fitted.
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London
National Physical Laboratory
England
Tor
United States
Ministry of Transport
New York Times
Kaya
St Elmos Fire Described By Charles Yalmon In Mercury
Charles Fitzhugh Yalmon explains St Elmo s fire as electric discharges seen at mast tips church spires and ridgepoles during storms or snow and dust events. The violet corona can form along high voltage lines as charging leaks into the surrounding air.
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St. Elmo's
Charles Fitzhugh Yalmon
American Mercury
The Astrolabe and its use in navigation
The astrolabe is an instrument for measuring celestial altitudes likely invented by the ancient Greeks. It became common in navigation in the fifteenth century after about eight centuries of limited use, later displaced by the quadrant and sextant.
Huaca Huaca Sacred Object and Spirit Place Defined
The term Huaca Huaca refers to a sacred object among ancient Peruvians. It signified a force of nature or a local god, distinct from Inca great gods, serving as a totem and also denoting the abode of a spirit or charm.
Vandergrift Social Roundup and Local Visits
Vandergrift residents spent Sundays visiting relatives across Kittanning Elderton and Apollo. Shoppers from Wagler's Run Stony Point and Shady Plains joined on varied Sundays. A funeral in South Bend drew local families. In national news twenty people were lynched in 1935, five more than 1934, despite law interference in many cases.
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Geraldine
Goldyn Rupert
Eleanor Klingensmith
D. BH
Cravener
Hazel
Wilmer
Elmer
Wilbur Henderson
Ruth
Lois
Pittsburgh
Kenneth Smeltzer
Indiana Hospital
Howard Cravener
D. E. Cravener
Nick Rupert
Elderton
Anna
Mab‘al Rupert
Hazel Cravener
Rev. Stevens
Vira George
D.W. Wood
James
Russell
Alma
Allen
Joseph Klingensmith
Stony Point
Mabel Rupert
D. A. Rupert
Walter Rupert
Glenn
Eleanor
Nevin
Leroy
Wagler's Run
Daniel Wray
Billy
Alva
Francis
Shady Plains
Rupert
Rupert's and Mrs. Wray's Parents, Mr. and Mrs, F. W. Stepp
Joseph Houser
Raymond
Arlene
Mra
Houser
Chambersville
Hiram Rupert
Blair
Sykesville
Anne Rupert
J. T, Jamison
Mary Ellen
Clair
J. R
Pearl Little
Louise Hoyer
A. M
Robert, Jr
Merle
Apollo
J. C. Schrecengost
Maxine
Kittanning
Harps, Catgut, And Modern Surgery Across Ages
Ancient physician Rhazes used catgut harps strings to sew wounds, tracing back to Sushrata around 900 B C. Modern sterilization at 300 degrees for an hour, with water-free fluids, keeps catgut, silk and linen threads infection free. A 100 bed hospital uses over 7 miles yearly, Pennsylvania hospitals about 2500 miles, among 29,000 plus medical supplies in use today.
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Rhazes
Sushrata
General Hospital
Pennsylvania
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Farm Extension News
Pomona Grange
de. B. P. Weaver
M. E. Church
Gcremendous— Oes
Rifles Oe
Elmo Scott Watson
Armstrong Grange Program
First National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Aa, S
BE. Ackerman
Whitman Co
Hlezer Edwards
Anna ‘C. Smith
Julia Keppel
Harry Johnson
Phillip Shamberger
Louis Shamberger
Vandergrift
Misa
Rhazes of
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