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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1930
Page
2
Doctor Theodore B. Appel warns against judging health by looks alone. A well groomed person may have hidden heart issues and die suddenly, due to factors like overeating, stimulants, and lack of regular exams. Prioritize medical guidance and preventive care over eye appeal.
Weddings in Washington include Blair Hall and Leena Custis Wat king Hall widow of Edward Hall a Pennsylvanian banker. Other unions listed: Melvin Shank and Elizabeth Brett. C. McHenry and Irene Verna McClure. Anthony Taribissi and Filomina Taribissi. Ward Reefer and Lottie Rearic. Also notes on prosecutions, a deer hunting fine, a spike buck found near Homer City, and a stolen Chevrolet coach at Sample Run.
The Ritz features Pax Movietone comedy Up the River with Spencer Tracy Claire Luce and Joan Lawes, plus Sweet Kitty Bellairs with Claudia Dell. The Eyes of the World opens for two days, Army Band performs in Indiana, and Relief Night supports Salvation Army.
Genesta, famed magician who thrilled Blairsville audiences with a water barrel escape at the Richeleu Theatre, drowned in Frankfort Kentucky Saturday night while performing his signature stunt. He entered the barrel as usual and told attendants to chop it open if he did not surface in two minutes. After two minutes the barrel was crushed and he was found unconscious and later died despite revived by artificial respiration. He reportedly admitted it was his first failure to escape.
Twolick Social Club in Clymer hosted a dinner meeting with H C Alexander deputy state president of the National League of Mason ic Clubs and Roy A MacGregor deputy from Pittsburgh as principal speakers. About 60 members dined at the Clymer Presbyterian church. Local speakers from Indiana included W C Chapman Frank Neff J D Johnstone and Winfield King. A separate note advertises a shooting match at Edgewood near Indiana on November 22 with a Jas H Blakley store hosting. Guns and ammunition supplied by entrants. various game prizes listed.
GRANDMOTHER RANKIN, small and alert with snow white hair, tries silver slippers in a shoe shop. She dances in them at a Landers dinner dance, twists an ankle, and learns loneliness despite many grandchildren. Doctor Clinton treats her, and she tops a wedding wearing silver slippers, finding happiness in youth’s memory.
Dorothy Coffeen argues parents should stop shaping a child’s destiny to fit their hopes. Instead they should adopt passivity in guiding a child to discover their own desires and abilities, avoiding directing them into a parent chosen path.
A collage of stories features Lady Townshend and a workingman’s witty chat about pride in one’s job, plus a poem about time and work. It also includes public notices and a large classified sale listing for Studebaker cars and shop equipment at a Derry, Pennsylvania auction on November 14, with details on terms.
A humorous poem contrasts a proud alley monarch with human progress from 1900 to 1929. It cites silk stocking sales, concrete road mileage, telephone density, and traffic codes, ending with a modernized Mary had a little lamb tale about a sleepless kept lamb.
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