A Kindness to the Fish
A ten year old student asks why fish are placed in brine before drying and sale. She answers with sudden clarity that they are used to salt water, reflecting a small classroom moment from a geography lesson.
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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1913
Page
7
A ten year old student asks why fish are placed in brine before drying and sale. She answers with sudden clarity that they are used to salt water, reflecting a small classroom moment from a geography lesson.
In Howarton Post memoir style a passerby recalls seeing a boy chewing tobacco. The man answers that the boy Johnny chewed an almost new plug his father left when he died, and he felt it would be a sin to waste it.
A college girl engaged to the speaker corrects his grammar during courtship. The Boston Transcript and Atlanta Constitution quotes show playful banter about blessings and courting troubles as the couple meets amid proposals and linguistic fixes.
Indiana County Pomona Grange schedules a three session educational program at Cash Creek Hall on Saturday March 29 1993 with morning afternoon and evening meetings. Topics cover farming roads culture language child development and teacher roles with speakers Blose Rank Rickard Hutchi son McGirk Matthews and many others including Martha Learn Pearl Blose and Murray Knupp who signs as teacher and organizer.
A southwest Pennsylvania correspondent urged protection of foxes to State Zoologist H A Surface, citing foxes as natural destroyers of mice and grubs that damage crops. Surface agrees, noting foxes’ insectivorous value and possible legislative action to protect foxes, skunks, and other beneficial wildlife.
On Thursday March 3 1913 at 1 00 o clock P M an auction will be held with details readable in the notice. Public notice lists time and day for bidding and location as provided in the damaged text.
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