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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1935
Page
2
Payment in advance required for all subscriptions. Rates: three months for residents outside Indiana County, six months for $2.00, one year for longer terms. Publication date appears as Wednesday May 29, 1085.
The poem recalls fallen soldiers laid to rest beyond a Spartan mother's breast, their tents spread under native sky as the muffled drum fades. It honors enduring glory and the heroism of those in graveyards, whose memory remains undimmed by time or season.
Dr Edith MacBride-Dexter warns cancer deaths rise with age and stresses early detection. Warning signs include lumps, persistent sores, unusual discharges, and chronic indigestion. Procrastination risks personal crisis. several individuals are named as news briefs on visits and relocations.
Marlena Dietrich stars in The Devil Is a Woman at the Ritz Theatre for Memorial Day weekend with a Spain-influenced backdrop. Lionel Atwill Cesar Romero headline Black Fury in coal country mining scenes at The Ritz Friday and Saturday. George Raft returns in Stolen Harmony with Ben Bernie troupe June 3 and 4. Shirley Temple appears in Our Little Girl midweek. It Happened One Night screens for four days starting June 3. The Whole Town is Talking and other features headline Indiana Theatre listings through June 7.
The Indiana Theatre will run Prisoner at the Bar a Thrilling drama from 1:00 to 11:00 P M Monday through Thursday June 3 to 6 featuring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert at the Presbyterian Church Monday evening at 8 00 admission free with voluntary offering. A 21 member local citizen jury will preside including Judge Dr Chua E Rink Wm L Ruddock Edwin Clark and Mrs J T Stewart among others in a case of a man named George Y Hammond accused of murder after the death of his wife.
The Wiggins Calhoun reunion is scheduled for Saturday June 16 at the home of Mr and Mrs John A Wing ar near Anthony School Armstrong Township. Relatives and friends are invited to attend and enjoy the day.
Mrs Bess Kellar Smith of Craton and Mrs Harry McCreary of town visited relatives in Monessen and others traveled to Indiana on weekend. Mack Hoover of West Hollywood California visits his brother M L Hoover of East Church street. Numerous local residents and guests appear, with travels to Williamsport Cincinnati Tampa and Boston, plus a recognition for Wallace Guthrie of Church street for top agency performance.
Mr and Mrs Joseph Terpe of Marion Center celebrate their golden anniversary with a church ceremony renewing vows led by Rev Bert Jones then a park picnic and games. Attendants include Joseph Wadsworth Sr of Barberton and Hallie Holt of Marion Center.
Norma Shearer recalls a high school river boat trip planned by friends in Canada. She describes a vivid dream of suffocation and wreck, a mysterious man with a left cheek scar, and a real storm wreck that injured several youths and left a captain with the same scar, linking dream and disaster.
Gordon Literary Society lists a Friday program in Blacklick township June 7 at Gordon schoolhouse. Fringed with songs readings jokes and music featuring Frances McCrea Warren Dunlap Hazel McIntire Katherine Jacobs Leland Gibson Clair Smith Bertha Anthony and others with intermission and ext improv segments and readings by Mrs Margaret Gibson Naomi Clawson Mary Ellen Reeger and more.
In Crimson Gulch Endless Feud ends as Cactus Joe confirms all votes are counted. The City Council Board of Trade Chamber of Commerce and Welfare association declare no recount and agree to avoid further contention over who will hold the offices.
Roll Call quotes Senator Sorghum about addressing Congress after recess. He admits not having a ready line beyond his first speech and thanks supporters for allowing him to say present. The exchange highlights early points of order and party unity.
William L. Turner 77 longtime Blairsville resident died Monday afternoon. Born October 23, 1857 at Campbells Mills to James McKinnie and Matilda Lintner Turner, he lived in the county his entire life. Survived by widow Augusta Maher Turner school board secretary a son James M. Turner a trust officer four daughters Leander Haddock Akron Oh Camilla Margaret and Augusta at home a sister Ida May Turner and ten grandchildren.
A fragment from a historical paper captures a woman named Mrs Murphy being escorted home from a court hearing. The line implies she was expelled after an incident described as slapping her husband received a three month sentence or sentence-like duration.
An island cliff in Kauai creates a dramatic climate split with a desert on one side and a region absorbing 40 feet of rain annually. Trade winds rise, condense, and unleash heavy rainfall, shaping this natural anomaly. An unrelated Virginia statute supposedly grants a husband the right to verbally abuse his wife if spoken softly.
The Shoup school reunion is set for Saturday in June on the school grounds near South Bend. An interesting program is arranged and all are invited to attend. Margiott registers as Democrat Attorney General Charles J Mar Giotti, a Republican lifelong resident of Punxsutawney Fifth ward, registered as a Democrat in Punxsutawney on Monday.
The Progress and Pittsburgh Post Gazette offer subscriptions to R. D. residents of Indiana county for 5.40 dollars per year while out-of-county residents pay 6.00 dollars annually.
An old classified column explains rates for Wanted Lost For Sale and For Rent notices. It specifies one cent per word for 25 words or more and 25 cents for shorter notices. It instructs send copy with payment, counting each initial or number as a word.
The Thomas Faith farm of 167 acres on the old Mahoning road five miles north of Indiana in Rayne township. Two story frame house barn and buildings in fair condition. all tillable. good fruit trees. excellent water. underlaid with coal not sold. Farm must be sold to settle estate. Address 702 Coleman Ave Johns town Pa 21-2tp.
By order of the Indiana County Pennsylvania Orphans Court a public sale is set on a 64 acre tract in West Wheatfield Township with coal and mining rights reserved. The sale follows an 1935 order and involves historical deeds to John Penrose and Henry Brendlinger Trustees, subject to cemetery and lane restrictions. Auction administration by Hoscoe H. Cauhoun and Bugle Penrone, May 15, 1939.
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