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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1934
Page
2
Dr Theodore Apple warns that most people lack a daily program balancing work, play, and health. Excessive work or recreation, poor rest, and worry drain vitality, while purposeful, moderate routines boost vigor. The note urges planning, rest, better diet, and outdoor activity to prevent fatigue and illness.
Unofficial returns show the Republican party with 12,593,075 votes on November 6, about 45.3 percent of all ballots and 85.8 percent of the GOP vote for President in 1982. Democrats trail with 6,536,000 fewer votes than in 1980. GOP total down 2,238,000. The year’s GOP performance marks a record for off year elections.
In Denby, Professor Ernest Leighton courts and marries Jennie-Lou Truesdale after discovering her belief that she did not attend college and that her domestic science studies earned her honors. He realizes her true nature when a guest reveals she never pursued higher education, leading to heartbreak and eventual reconciliation.
The Ritz Theatre features The Merry Widow with Maurice Chevalier and Jeannette MacDonald in a lavish musical romance. Huge sets and colorfully costumed extras accompany famous songs and on-screen performances of Villa Tonight Will Teach Me to Forget Melody of Laughter and Widows Are Gay.
A string of entertainment listings appears with NOV 29 to DEC 6 lineups including MERRY WIDOW with Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald at State Teachers College, VIGLA MITCHELL Pittsburgh girl violinist, THE WHITE PARADE with Loretta Young and John Boles, and LEMON DROP KID with Helen Mack and Lea Tracy. A charter for Roosevelt Club of Indiana is refused by Langham citing local overabundance of drinking places and proper legal form.
Local residents and relatives scattered across state lines for Thanksgiving visits. Notable mentions include Mrs. W. 5. Miller and Rev. Robert Henry of Darlington, the Kerrs of Newport, and J. W. Gem mell family in Church street. Long list of guests and weekend travelers from New York, Buffalo, Latrobe, and Pitts burgh, with ties to Indiana community churches and schools.
Miss Anne Sutton a 22 year old midget 89 inches tall and weighing 55 pounds filed a heart balm suit for 100000 against Andrew J Murphy Jr a New York former prize fighter nearly six feet tall married and father of two. She says Murphy wooed her from March to May while she was in New York and Chicago for the Century of Progress show. Murphy denies the romance and plans a countersuit for defamation. Sutton was a former art student at State Teachers College.
Mr and Mrs B H Fitzgerald of Conemaugh township hosted relatives and friends on Saturday evening November 17. A 6 15 dinner followed by vocal and instrumental music by an orchestra including D D Walker Math Walker Mrs gennie H Miller and others entertained guests from Youngstown McKeesport Indiana Shelocta Livermore and more with a delicious lunch served later.
Five persons, four taken to an Indiana hospital, sustained injuries in a Friday night crash near Clarksburg. The victims included Robert Stuchell of Wilkinsburg with a jaw fracture and lacerations, Walter Hill of Pittsburgh, Mrs. C. M. McHenry of Cloe, and Edna and Blair Barclay of Iselin, all with head lacerations. The collision involved Hill’s car hitting Barclay’s vehicle. none suffered serious injuries.
The estimated cash income in 1933 from farms in Indiana county was $1,995,500. Field crops represented 28.0 percent of this total, fruit 3.1 percent, dairy products 48.2 percent, chickens and eggs 15.5 percent, other livestock and products 8.4 percent, truck nursery and greenhouse products 3.4 percent, and forest products 0.9 percent. The cash income is defined as the value of products sold off the farm where produced.
Willian Buterbaugh six year old son of Mr and Mrs Paul Buterbaugh Locust street was struck by a car driven by Thomas Reen and taken to Dr George Simpsons office with bruises to the face and hands. Mrs Flolen Kelly 21 of Creek side Way was hospitalized after fracturing the left leg below the knee when she stepped into a ditch near her brother Paul Whites home. Mary Jane Warden 13 of Clymer was admitted to the hospital after fracturing her left ankle while walking near her home Sunday night.
Old style notice lists multiple magazine offers for Indiana County readers including McCalls and Pathfinder with special pricing and outside area surcharge. It also includes a bankruptcy clerk's notice for Alex W. Mabon and partners, setting a court date in Pittsburgh for January 2, 1935 to show cause why discharge should not be granted.
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