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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1931
Page
6
A New York Herald Tribune piece recalls Charlemagne’s gift of independence to Andorra and praises the mountain republic. It notes a Spanish road gang’s invasion, the Andorrans’ scythes and shepherds defending their valleys, and the desire for better roads yet pride in their historic freeman stance.
Gumachain reports a 12 by 15 inch engraved wood cut poster for Pierre Baudeau a Paris merchant. The border features cupids and grotesques selling silk stockings hats and other items with a magpie mark and medallion referencing Rex et regina. The poster marks silk stockings entering popular use with Philip II of Spain and the treaty of Cateau Cambresis.
The caul, a membrane around newborns, was regarded as a good omen and a preventive charm. Scots spoke of it as haly or selv how meaning holy hood. Believed to guard against disease and drowning, cauls were bought for protection. Brand cites many authors on caul superstitions including St Chrysostom’s critiques in early church times.
In the Pyrenees between Biarritz and Andorra, goatherds awaken with homemade pipes. A lad and a maid announce their arrival, housewives bring crocks or pitchers, and the goatherds milk the animals into which the milk is poured. The milk is a certified local specialty unknown in the West markets, prized across Europe as music and utility.
Time Sky Lark's Song Nature Magazine notes debates on skylark song duration. Observers, including Noble Rollin, timed many songs to find variations by time, month, and individual bird. The reported range spans from one to 19 minutes, with an average of 2 minutes 22 seconds.
A fragment reports Little Leona sent for milk. at the store the clerk assumed a charge and questioned the girl about her father's name. The line hints the mother calls him John while the real name was different, cited by Indlungp ols News.
Mr and Mrs Frank Russell and son Wayne shopped in Altoona Saturday. Families and friends visited Castanea, Earthus, Indiana, and Lock Haven. John Thompson broke a leg in the railroad yards Friday night and is hospitalized at Spangler. The Sunday Bible class met at the M B parsonage and Rev. McCurdy hosted about sixty five people. Wedding bells rang as Carolyn Winslow and Alex Dunsmore wed at the bride’s home.
Sheloc ta Annie Morock is taken to an Indiana hospital for foot injuries from a recent auto crash. H O Kimmel reports a cow struck by a hit and run driver Sunday afternoon. The Y P CG U held a church social Wednesday night. Mrs Allshouse visits friends in Pittsburgh. L B Richardson in Plumyitle Thursday. Arnold, badly burned on hands and face, shows improvement. B W Sheaffer moves to winter home. The Y S G met at Annie Sell's home Monday. Women Missionary meeting held at C D Edwards home Saturday. Clair Millen and wife of Apollo spent weekend with local friends. Robert and Arthur Sharp hunted in the area last week.
Local residents from Wilkingburg New Alexandria Deckers Point Nicholtown and nearby areas visit friends relatives and neighbors including Mrs Farnsworth Mrs Trimble Rev Bowser and others. The Hellwood high school hosted a Freshmen party and a call for Christmas gift subscriptions to The Progress rounds out the notes.
George Fisher and family of Pittsburgh plus A C G Fisher of Indiana visited Edward Fisher Sunday. Indiana visitors Dr and Mrs Elgin came Thursday. L W Jacoby attended Heber Smith’s funeral in Glen Campbell Monday. Merle Sheesley of Deckers Point called Friday. Section men on the railroad work every other day. Rev Tampt returned from evangelistic meetings. Mrs Baheo and children returned from a two week visit with her mother at March and C O Napp was in Indiana on business Friday. Bernard Pollock was accidentally shot while hunting Saturday and is in Indiana hospital. Eleanor Tate visited her brother Eugene and family Saturday. The Progress and Post Gazette, a good newspaper combination, can be sent to R F D readers for $6.00 a year. Send all orders to The Indiana Progress, Indiana, Pa.
A scientist winner of a Nobel Prize in Physics developed a metal for hairsprings that resist rust and magnetization. The Elvnvar alloy promises reduced repair costs, eliminating the need for temperature compensating devices as elasticity stays stable with temperature changes.
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