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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1933
Page
3
A historic overview explains how the tuberculin skin test and chest X rays detect tuberculosis long before symptoms. It credits Clemens Pirquet for large scale skin testing and Wilhelm Roentgen for the X ray discovery, noting their roles and the 1895 landmark report.
Dixonville residents report visits and travels including Mr. and Mrs L W Jacoby with grandson Donald McAdoo visiting Emeigh on Sunday. Attendees at a Bible school meeting in Clearfield county and evangelistic meetings at a Baptist church continue through Thursday. visitors include Ruth Sterner Revloc Philip Spantarelli Wm Watson Merle Bennett Clymer D Edwards Pittsburgh. Unemployment League unit 10 at Indiana executive board meeting. Morrison Clark Lookport church attendance. Otis Wilson Henry Barr and C O Napp visiting Dr M M Palmer Homer City. Mrs Smiley Kellysburg visiting sister Mrs John Kellar.
Miss Hazal Williams spent the weekend with home folks. Miss Louise Patterson of Commefloore visited in the J A Gibson home. Miss Marie Graham, a Green township teacher, stayed with Mr and Mrs W B Lochard. Miss Henrietta Parry has recovered from a recent accident and is around again. Mrs A H Williams on the sick list is improving. Pine Flats W C T U will not present Mothers Day program at 7 30 Saturday May 13 at the Baptist church. Rev Austin will preach at the Baptist church Sunday morning April 14.
Clyde school closed Thursday April 27 after a successful term. Bethel U P Missionary Society met at Mrs A P Clark s home last Friday night. W B Kettles returned home after surgical operation in Pittsburgh Presbyterian hospital. Dorothy Lichtenfels visited G F Lichtenfels and C H Findley s daughter Mrs J K Mack Friday evening. J S Wagner and Mrs Kenneth Dick were Johnstown callers. Kenneth Neeley visited Johnstown Monday. Anna Beck Robert Coates and Sherman Applegate of Turtle Creek visited W B Kettles on Sabbath. Mrs P L Rehn celebrated her 70th birthday with friends Tuesday afternoon.
A busy weekend story list from OCHERRYRILL area includes visits by Mr. and Mrs. Mike Grey and daughter Leata to the Engle home, Fred Gance family and Harry Lunn of Heilwood visiting Culver friends, Miss Catherine Engle with Miss Dorothy Overman, and a Trell wood high school seniors play drawing a large crowd. Roy Decker ended a successful term at Swamp school Friday as locals, including Minnie Stephens party and John Overman family, shopped or called on Indiana visits. Continuous social visits feature Eleanor Tate and brothers in Indiana, plus Stewart Hadden, Wesley Tyger, John Engle in Salisbury business calls, and Mrs. Howard Brown of Manor traveling in Indiana on Saturday.
The article catalogs renowned historic churches worldwide and in the United States. Notable Old World sites include St Pauls London Westminster Abbey Canterbury Cathedral Melrose Abbey St Mark Venice Notre Dame Paris St Peters Rome and Kyoto’s Hongwanji Temple. US examples include Trinity Church Wall Street St John’s DC Old North Boston St Marys Newport Philadelphia Christ Church Philadelphia and other historic houses of worship.
Path finder Magazine reports plant disease spores, tiny and invisible, carried by planes and a dirigible to 18000 feet. Spores are collected using nutrient plates on flights, then isolated in labs. Data show upper air movements could spread disease across thousands of miles prompting spraying even where no outbreak exists.
The Veterans Administration was created as an independent agency under the President on July 3 1930 to consolidate and coordinate all agencies handling relief and benefits for former military members. An executive order on July 21 1930 established the Veterans Administration and merged the Bureau of Pensions, the United States Veterans' Bureau, and the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers into the Bureau of National Homes.
Excerpt notes patterns of speech showing repetition of words like simply adorable obnoxious and hectic in a casual urban setting. The piece cites the ICanSNA City Star and reflects on linguistic emphasis in social interactions. It reads as a playful commentary on phrasing in contemporary dialogue.
An article in the Montreal Family Herald links St Marys church Edge Hill Liverpool to the Napoleonic era. A captured French frigate brought to Portsmouth yielded organ parts later acquired by Edward Mason founder of St Marys, who assembled them and erected the organ over a century ago.
A Nigerian electric catfish uses its electric organs to stun larger fish. When hungry it ambushes by brushing past the target and delivering a shock. The startled predator flees while the catfish finishes the meal.
A discussion notes the English vocabulary around 700000 to 800000 words with many terms deemed nonce or obsolete. It asserts the war added fewer than 10000 new words, highlighting how dictionaries avoid rare or offensive terms while expanding lexicon.
The Whistler portrait of Mother was placed in the Louvre in 1926 after long delays. It marked the first work by an American artist to hang in the French great gallery, with Whistler selling it to France in 1801 for a then high price and receiving the Legion of Honor. Whistler died in 1903 and the painting was stored at Luxembourg before its Louvre relocation.
Speaking of Coins notes that the term bogus, meaning counterfeit, is an American word with a storied past. A trial report in 1857 linked it to Borghese, a famous counterfeiter who spread fake currency across the West and Southwest, with his name shortened through mumbo-jumbo to Bogus.
American Meld reports 200 bird references in the Bible with 118 general terms not tied to species. Among named birds the dove appears 85 times, the eagle 32, raven cock and hen 12 each, owl 11, pigeon 10, sparrow 7, stork 7, pelican 5, quail swallow vulture four, ostrich bittern peacock cor orant three, crane partridge osprey kite cuckoo hawk heron nighthawk ospwing two, swan gier engle once.
The Australian National Museum reports kangaroos that dwell in dense northeast Queensland forests. These arboreal marsupials exhibit larger forelimbs, smaller hind legs, and longer tails. They jump from high perches and descend tail-first with notable speed, according to Detroit Free Press descriptions.
The Indianapolis News notes a rumor that the author of America was a Boston clergyman and classmate of Oliver Wendell Holmes. It says the writer’s name was once concealed as Smith but Samuel Francis allegedly uncovered his true identity. It cites 1882 as the year America was written, set to God Save the King, contrasting with Henry Carey of Sally in Our Alley fame.
The richest U S presidents include Washington Hayes Theodore Roosevelt and Hoover. Hoover is often seen as the wealthiest while Roosevelt ranks second with a substantial private fortune. Washington earned largely from land holdings though estimation is hard. Blayes Taylor Polk and Buchanan are also listed as wealthy presidents.
Linus McHenry and George Latimer traveled to Samerset county to purchase a jack. Marlin Sylvis and family with George Black visited Homer City on Tuesday. Mrs Davis returned home from Indiana. Joe Taylor and Paul Brown also spent time in Indiana. The Myers Literary Society was well attended and several locals called on friends Friday and Sunday at Creekside and Homer City.
A kitchen shower was held for Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Oberlin Friday night at the Oberlin home. Guests received many useful gifts. Indiana visitors A G Shank and H B Downey called on local friends, while Paul Jeffries and Sam Scava also visited relatives in the area. Cora Doty and Mrs. Sara Smith toured Marion Center and Gypsy connections were noted.
The offer advertises a 65.50 yearly Post-Gazette subscription available only to Indiana County R.F.D. residents or those not served by Post-Gazette carriers. It notes home delivery on the same day of publication and points readers to Page 2 for additional club bargains.
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