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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1936
Page
8
Washington Township observes visitors and social calls as residents travel to Five Points and nearby towns. The list includes Mr. and Mrs. Blystone, Mrs. Har man, and families visiting relatives. several households report guests, moves, and birthday celebrations. Also noted is a chicken pox outbreak among Five Points teachers and a subscription detail for The Progress and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
George Frarrinan hides his boxing bout by staging a study session while Aunt Emily witnesses a pool hall incident where a man is knocked unconscious by her umbrella. Dusty Davis forfeits to him after the old crusader objects to pugilism, leading to a surprising route to the semi finals with Norman Green delivering tickets. Local notes from Mount Union list residents visiting, working, and moving.
The Saint Louis Post Dispatch notes a printer named who condensed the name Aktleselskabet Cugee vs the Sucurees et al into Aktilisk using a careful eye and brief whistle. The report questions which proper name Aktelisk calls to mind and cites the 04 UL 204 citation as context.
Mr and Mrs Max Shields and son Robert visit North Braddock relatives. Harold Thomas and family host parents. O G Wolf and son Glenn and wife return from Harrisburg. Frank Terpe and son Donald visit Wm Dormire. S M Shields and son James spend Sunday with Elmer Peffer. Frank Beck and daughter Mary Jane visit Mollie Beck and George Gaul. Thomas Sutter returns from CCC camp in Cin mahoning. Loyi Homan recovering at home. Miss Louis Dunmire visits grandparents Grant Hamlet. Rosanna Shields spends Saturday with Jacob Bartholomew near Marchand. Jennie Shields holds quilting with several attendees. George Gaul returns from Johnstown trip. Quay Shields and Wm Walker from CCC camp at Home visit parents. Elmer Shields, Lewry Shields, and Jennie Gourley spend Sunday evening with Don Shields.
A junior sponsored circus event is planned at Brushyalley High School. Weekend visitors include Mrs. Dillian Auld from New Florence, Mr. and Mrs. Royden Cunningham who visited Tarentum, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hutchison, Guy Smith of Mt. Tabor shopped locally, J. V. Clawson and wife called on the Nf. Mack family, and Everett Wagner made a business call in New Florence.
South Bend notes list Waneta Delphine Club gathering Thursday afternoon with Janet Townsend. Other items mention Mrs Morrison's stroke at her daughter’s home in Thompson, Albert Kunkle in Pittsburgh McGee hospital, visits and moves involving Wilda Anderson, Sadie Smith and relatives, and attendance at the Coleman sale near Elders Ridge.
The funeral for Mrs John Boston was held in Dilltown on Saturday. The item lists various local visitors and residents including John E Stewart Clyde McGinnin and Mrs W S Elkin serving on a civil court jury in Indiana this week. Names such as Elvie Stewart Prof J E Weaver and multiple households are noted as guests and callers in nearby towns with several brief town visits and a life quote about trucks surpassing trains at railroad crossings.
A playful kitchen banter centers on a June wedding themed dish misstep. One partner laments the dish lacks flavor while the other suggests a missing ingredient was added, turning a humorous culinary quarrel into a lighthearted domestic moment.
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