Elders Ridge Sabbath School and Local News
Sabbath school at 10 and Christian Hadeaver at 11 in Elders Ridge. Families travel to Pittshurgh and Indiana for events. Election notes from Christian Helpers class with Elsie Faith as president and various committees. WCTI meeting planned. several locals noted for visits and sick lists. Humorous parrot anecdote closes the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elders Ridge
Christian Hadeaver
Lander
Frank Thompson
R.W. Beamer
Evelyn
Pittshurgh
Annabel Ewing
Indiana
Marion Center News Highlights Local Events and Deaths
Marion Center residents report visits, births, funerals, and social happenings. A daughter named Joan arrived at the Berkeypile home. Mrs. Minnie Bates and Charles Learn funerals are noted. Local clergy hold evangelistic services. community members travel for relatives and hospitals. Social clubs, visitors, and shopping runs fill the week. a light humor quip closes the column.
Emergence of Money From Barter to Civilizations
The Detroit News explains money's origin from barter within early communities and its evolution as civilizations form standardized systems. It argues money measures service, not wealth, and prosperity depends on demand and circulation speed rather than the mere supply of currency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit News
Insects See Colors Beyond Human Vision, Study Says
The Detroit Free Press reports that insects may view colors differently from humans, especially in the ultra violet range. American Museum of Natural History experiments show flowers look distinct to insects, with some colors like pink, yellow, and red shifting, while others remain the same. Darwin's color camouflage theory may need reevaluation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
American Museum of Natural History
Darwin
Articles as media of exchange through history
The earliest record shows articles of commerce serving as media of exchange. Cattle, iron, tobacco, wheat, lead, tin, copper, silver, and gold have at times functioned as money across civilizations from Greece and Rome to Japan and Virginia colonies. Barter and coinage evolved as trade progressed.
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Greece
Rome
Japan
Virginia
Central
Africa
Bower Birds of New Guinea on Display in Chicago Museum
A Chicago Mold Museum of Natural History exhibit shows bower birds from New Guinea. Males build grass bowers with bright berries for courting dances. In the wild they abandon nothing, while nearby trees host other birds using the area for roosting and playfulness amid the observed courting displays.
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New Guinea
Mold Museum of Natural History
Chicago
Miles
Desert of agony in Arabia hailed as permanent wasteland
A fragment describes a harsh desert region in Arabia near Hoja southwest of Jebel Slama. The land is portrayed as an infernal waste with extreme heat, barren granite like floors, and a cemetery-like appearance. It mentions volcanic drift high above sea level and vast unsettled sands.
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Arabia
Hoja
Jebel Slama
Tarrant Khalbor
Gibraltar the Stronghold Portress of the World
Gibraltar, famed as the strongest port fortress, resembles a luge with rock covered by vines. The promontory guards the Mediterranean via strategic ports and tunnels. Captured in 1704 by a British fleet under Sir George Rooke, it housed tunnels, galleries, and powerful guns.
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Gibraltar
Mediterranean
George Stucke
How to Reduce Heating Costs to JOHN BARCLAY, Heating Expert
March winds raise heat bills and drafts. Experts advise tightening the Turn Damper on windy days to keep a deep fuel bed, avoid overheating, and reduce heat loss up the chimney. Install cold air returns, close unused registers, and maintain a steady fire for efficiency.
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John Barclay
Olean
N. Y
Montclair
N. J
B.T.U
Weekend visits and local social rounds in nearby towns
The report lists numerous family visits and social calls across Youngstown, Marion Center, Trade City, Punxsutawney, and Dunkirk. It notes D. B. Salter’s illness, Lysle Dormire attending the A. and P. banquet in Dubois, and Mrs. Leyi Homen returning from East Liberty with Albert.
Local social notes from Olivet and Apollo
Mrs Alfred Bair visited Mary Alice Boden on Friday. Lysie Stewart of Tarentum and Frank Long of New York joined their parents I M Long for a visit. Lois Stewart was a business caller in Apollo Saturday. Frank Lambing was in the Lambing home following the sudden death of brother William. Women’s Bible class met at the Ross Wilson home Thursday. Alfred Bair and daughter Thelma visited Apollo Saturday. Mrs Ross Wilson and daughters Evelyn and Phyllis visited J S Ewing Friday. Mrs Mabel Ewing attended the wedding of Dorothy Anderson and Russell Lange at South Bend on Wednesday March 7. Mrs John Hart of West Lebanon visited the Ross Wilson home Thursday. The Progress and Pittsburgh Post Gazette to R D readers $5.50.
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Alfred Bair
Mary Alice Boden
Lysie Stewart
Tarentum
Frank Long
New York
I. M. Long
Lois Stewart
Apollo
Frank Lambing
Lambing
William Lambing
Ross Wilson
Thelma
Ai Apollo
Evelyn
Phyllis
Ewing
Mabel Ewing
Dorothy Anderson
Russell Lange
Anderson
South Bend
John ‘Hart
West Lebanon
Blairsville Social Roundup Sees Local Visits and Calls
Blairsville residents and neighbors make rounds visiting kin and friends from Blairsville to Livermore and Indiana. Trips include Alice Glessler and Melissa Kennedy visiting, and J S Kennedy with Walt Kinter and others calling on McGinley and Kennedy households.
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Lewisville
Alice Glessler
Blairsville
Melissa Kennedy
R.D
Livermore
Leonard Dixon
R. D
Marshall
Luella Long
Gazette to R. D. Readers Five Fifty
Robert Hess of Indiana spent the weekend with grandparents Mr and Mrs Geo Jeffries. Joseph Weaver assistant superintendent of schools from Indiana visited local schools Friday. Bartholomew, Pardee, Work and Spon found work at McIntyre. Sara Lewis visits sister Bertha Baun in Indiana. Nathan Work from Creekside and Clark Pollock of Fennelton guest here. Thomas Potts and Hughes attend Punxsutawney horse sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hess
Indiana
Geo. Jeffries
Joseph E. Weaver
W. M. Bartholomew
Punxsutawney
Loyd Pardee
Paul ‘Work
Arthur Spon
McIntyre
Sara Lewis
Bertha Baun
Nathan Work
Creekside
Harvey Little
Wyatt Hellman
Fei Charles
Cherry Tree
Harry Weaver
Work
New Kensington
C. H. Lewis
Frank Potts
H. Hughes
Steve Hudgick
Marion Center
Robert Hill
John Hurd
Ernest
Clark Pollock
Fennelton
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Foster Sinock
Ross Wile
James Ewing
Christian Helpers
Fiste Faith
Elsie Faith
Margaret Wray
Jean Wean
Charlotte Rosensteel
Irene Painter
Martha Uenderson
Margaret ‘Wray
R. W. Beamer
Smith
Smock
Rossmoyne
A.W. Ditty
Jeonard Elkin
Dee ‘Hazelett
T. H. Frantz
Pittsburgh
Paul Elkin
Elizabeth Elkin
CG. M. Bell
McGees Mills
J. T. Hoover
Charles Elkin
Wella
J. B. Long
Clay
Mary
Brady
N. Manor ‘Street
James Casper
Wells
Home
Anna Mabon
Meredith Hastings
Martha Obertin
Rochester Mills
Minnie Bates
Plumylle
Charles Learn
Nathan L. Strong
Brookville
J. C. Bovard
W. C. Bovard
Mamont
A. M
Barrett
Robert ‘Adams
Jon BE
H. Cochran
Jessie Neville
Jessie Barnett
John Hoover
J. Q. Hoover
R. BE. Earhart
Johnny
Ella Earhart
Dayton
Henry Spencer
Ford City
EE. H.cochran
Weed
Hay
Moorhead’s
Moorhead
Broadway
New York City
Covode
Mrs. Ad. White
Doramay and
Ruth
Youngstown, Ohio
Gurn Wachob
Lee Kuntz
Betty
J. H.miller
Elizabeth Menth
J. C. Work
Lewis Downey
Martin Fennel
Fairview
Edward Hugas
William Gaul
J. A. Gaul
Sadie Warner
Wm. Shaffer
Lester Sutter
Wm. Dormire
Trade City
Stephen Bracken
Dunkirk
George
Perry Strange
Clarence Carhaigh
Walier
D. B. Salter
Lysle Dormire
Dubois
Leyi Homen
Albert
Ethel Swabb
East Liberty
Olivet
The
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Pittsburgh Post- Gazette
J. C
W. HE. Fleming
Kennedy
Melissa
Donald
Walter Kinter
Coal Run
W. B. McGinley
Dwight Barkley
Wight
Greensburg
Velma Barkley
W. ¥. Barkley
Near Town
Lee Edwards
Jean Kennedy
J.G. Kennedy
Lucinda McCann
Eleanor ‘Ruth McGinley
Lysle Patterson
Donald Neal
Roy McGinley
R.D. Reeger
Clarksburg
Richmond
Neon Les Desea 54
Eevee Bare
Geo. D.leydic
Ross & de Gaetano
Philadelphia
rae +t
the Progress Pathfinder
Poultry Tribune Country
American Home Household Magazine
Pictorial Review
Sports Afield Delineator Magazine
Parents’ Magazine
Silver -Screen
McCall’s Magazine
Popular Science Monthly
Market Growers’ Journal
Woman’s Home Companion
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Boys’ Life
Scout Magazine
Indiana County
Indiana Progress
Pennsylvania
Poultry Tribune
Country Home
the Progress
Post Office
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