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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1933
Page
6
Time Magazine reports on a British Refrigeration Association claim that air charged by apples can influence nearby produce. Elderly apples allegedly emit emanations causing potatoes to fail to sprout or form dwarfed sprouts while bananas ripen faster, suggesting a communal apple effect in storage.
The Swastika or Svyastika is a symbol of unknown origin linked to sun-worship in India and may represent sacred fire, the sun in rotation, or a lightning flash. Appearing as a cross in a circle or cross with right-angled arms, it appears in Christian heraldry as the fylfot and in ancient art worldwide, bearing meanings of benediction, health, and good omen, and now seen as a symbol of friendship.
The Washington Star notes seven presidents died in the capital, including John Quincy Adams Zachary Taylor Abraham Lincoln Woodrow Wilson William Howard Taft William Henry Harrison. Harrison died April 4 1841 a month after inauguration Adams died February 23 1848 Taylor July 9 1850 Lincoln April 15 1865 Wilson February 3 1924 Taft March 8 1930.
The Constitution prohibits twice being placed in jeopardy, but the 1922 ruling by Chief Justice Taft allowed double punishment for the same offense. Five Washington citizens were convicted in state court and then federally charged for the same act, and the opinion sustained the dual convictions.
England leads in English language publishing with 13,988 new titles last year versus 9,035 in the United States. In 1921 England released 14,688 volumes to 10,807 in the U S. Library use and purchases drive a yearly 60 million English language books read by a population smaller than Americans. Circulating libraries remain popular. figures exclude British empire editions in Canada Australia and elsewhere.
A faded manuscript can be restored by dampening the paper with clean cold water then brushing with a flat camel hair brush dipped in a solution of sulphide of ammonia. The writing will immediately appear plain and readable.
The crocus, Mediterranean to Asia, yields saffron from orange-yellow stigmas used as medicine, flavoring, perfume, and dye. Commercial saffron crocus plantings stem from Persia, Spain, France, and Sicily. Crocuses bloom after snowdrops with varied colors. they require a snowy location to open fully.
Presidents lie in diverse sites across the country. Adams and Adams Jr rest in Quincy Massachusetts, Monroe and Tyler in Richmond Virginia, Jefferson at Monticello, Madison at Montpelier, Jackson at The Hermitage Tennessee, Van Buren in Kinderhook New York, Polk in Nashville Tennessee, Taylor near Springfield Kentucky, Fillmore in Buffalo New York, Pierce in Concord New Hampshire, Buchanan in Lancaster Pennsylvania, Johnson in Greeneville Tennessee, Benjamin Harrison in Crown Hill Indianapolis, Cleveland in Princeton New Jersey, Arthur in Albany New York.
A report notes the saying that a Philadelphia lawyer can unravel problems. It cites Andrew Hamilton's 1735 defense of a newspaper proprietor in criminal libel, a landmark case that established free press and free speech principles. It also mentions a Salem Observer quote from March 13, 1824 about Philadelphia lawyers.
The President receives a 75000 per year salary with a 20 percent voluntary cut to 60000. An annual 25000 appropriation funds traveling expenses, often largely unused, leaving a treasury balance. Congress also provides a separate White House upkeep appropriation. The President’s salary is untaxed but income from outside investments is taxable.
Mrs. Washburne of Livermore Maine raised seven brothers with high public service. Cadwallader Washburn and Washburn, Jr. served as governors of Wisconsin and Maine respectively. Elihu Washburne became secretary of state and later minister to France. The old cradle from their youth remains in their hometown.
A cunning fox evaded the Muskerry hunt near Derry by fleeing across country to a barn then climbing a sloping ladder to the roof. From there the fox watched the hounds before jumping down and escaping across Janeway. The master of the hunt drew the hounds after they lost the scent. This trick had not been seen before.
The Sentinels of the Republic, founded in 192%, aims to conserve constitutional rights and oppose infringements. Reported membership exceeds 9,000 with headquarters in the National Dress Building in Washington DC.
Tradition credits Lycurgus with founding Sparta's laws and institutions and shaping a political system that valued public voice. He traveled to Crete Ionia Egypt and perhaps others, reformed the constitution, limited currency, parceled land, and promoted a citizen assembly. Some historians view him as myth or deity rather than a ruler.
A Detroit News writer notes Tasmanian apples grow from the stump rather than the limbs, producing fruit on a bushy six foot tree. The industry ships upward of 3.5 million bushels yearly, with orchards along rocky hills and harvests of up to 20 bushels per tree. Fruit growers with ten acres in southern Tasmania earn a comfortable income.
A Detroit Free Press excerpt cites a University of Michigan pamphlet noting Indians showed deferential respect to all living things and opposed ruthless destruction. It says natives extended plant distribution and doubted eternal hell due to timber waste and forest longevity concerns.
Across states, to practice medicine a doctor must graduate from a reputable medical school, pass a licensing exam, and register annually with a local officer. Thirteen states require a hospital internship year. Admission to medical schools needs at least 60 semester hours beyond high school in a two year program, excluding military and physical education, in a council approved college.
American engineers recount building a three mile high road between Eucalyptus station on the Antofagasta Bolivia railroad and the Caracoles tin mines. They camped at elevations from 12,000 to over 17,000 feet, twenty miles apart, creating Bolivia’s first modern motor road.
A long catalog names major and minor parties historically linked to the United States including Republican Democrat Prohibition Nationals National Peoples Socialist Labor Silver Anti-Masonic Anti-Federal Anti-Monopoly Equal Rights Farmers' Alliance American Know Nothing Abolition Constitutional Union Industrial Independents Liberty League Labor Reform Liberty Abolitionists Greenback Silver Republican Social Democrats Union Reform Union Labor United Labor Whigs Liberalists Federalists Free- Soil Farmer-Labor and Jobless.
Local notes recount visits by John Bowes, O. G. Stull, J. C. Wertz, and others across Kittanning, Pittsburgh, Indiana, and Punxsutawney. Typhoid cases appear. Miss Barrett, aged eighty, improving after a lip fracture. Community events include protracted meetings, missionary play, and quarterly conference led by Rev. R. C. Miller.
West Wheatfield notes list Ross McWhoes of Heshbon visiting OC Binp field home. Mrs. Carl Sunberg of Indiana guests of her parents Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Palmer at Mt. Tabor. Callers at G. W. Palmer home include Mrs. Foster Johnson Milton Wood Susan Carathan and Mrs. CG Empfield. George Palmer Jr. has been ill. Dorothy Lichtenfels recovered from mumps. Norman Palmer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Palmer, was sick. Mrs. G. W. Clawson visited her parents. Mrs. Dick Shoup visited Clarence Wood.
Mrs Anna B Graybill visiting the Rehn home fell ill Wednesday afternoon and was moved to her daughter Mrs tary Myers in Johnstown after Sabbath. Farmers from Clyde attended a meeting in Ohio on Friday. Bethel Women's Missionary society met at Bertha Mack's home and hosted lunch. Traffic near Clyde last Sunday caused congestion with several vehicles ditched and injuries including an Indiana state patrolman with a broken leg and internal injuries.
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