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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1933
Page
8
Heating expert John Barclay offers guidance on efficient fuel usage for coal fired furnaces. He explains that a proper fire bed level and good draft yield steady heat, fewer refueling trips, and less unburned coal. He also addresses steam boiler water loss causes and thermostatic regulators for hard coal systems, with price ranges and dealer advice.
Hongkong, a paradoxical Chinese city never fully Chinese, emerged under British control. The island station Victoria covers part of the island with mainland 300 square miles, forming the crown colony of Hongkong with a mixed population and a busy free port trade in sugar, flour, rice, and tea.
The London zoo curator argues Sir Walter Raleigh introduced the muskrat to England via a gland odor and its pelt, but four centuries needed for the animal to thrive. The muskrat’s rapid breeding then showed agricultural damage patterns unseen in its New World origin.
Ancient myth says Hercules defeated the Libyan giant Antaeus by lifting him off the ground and strangling him while in the air, a forerunner to the modern airplane spin. The tale notes Antaeus was bound to the earth and built a temple with skulls of slain foes.
The piece traces the evolution of Mr Mrs and Miss from Master and Mistress in the sixteenth century. It notes Miss as an abbreviation of Mistress and describes how Mister likely served as a title for skilled tradespeople seen as higher status than laborers.
A Southwest Pueblo legend recalls a sun test between sisters Uretsiti and Naotsiti. Naotsiti, taller, challenged her sister with a contest where the sun would strike first, making that line’s children valuable and the last strike rendering the other line’s offspring worthless.
Peak name Mount tainler dominates Washington landscape as a single peak covering 100 square miles. It rises to 14408 feet, larger area than any other peak in America, seen up to 200 miles away though not tallest in the region.
Sabbath services start next Sunday at 10:00 with no preaching. The column lists numerous weekend visits and gatherings among Clarksburg residents and nearby towns, including Mildred Krider at her home near Punxsanntawney, the Lydies in New Alexandria, Stitt relatives in La Mina, and frequent Sunday visitors around Indiana, Brackenridge, Apollo, and Elders Ridge, plus ongoing church activities and a singing school led by Ashbaugh.
Mount Tabor residents report weekend visits and calls among neighbors. Miss Elsie Liehtenfels of Clyde spent the weekend with her parents. Mr and Mrs Ira Marsh and family visited Smyth home along with the Lichtentels clan.
The dialogue features Bobby asking about peeping through a keyhole while Tam is with his sister. Hojack asks what he does with razor blades and Skookum mentions shaving with them in a crude, informal exchange.
Mapled Grove reports Emerson Rumsey Jr. underwent a successful operation at an Indiana hospital. A flood of Indiana visitors and numerous local families including Adams, Thompson, Slippy, Farr, Waltemire, Ober, Uncapher, Patterson, Lambing, Lucus, Greene, Jacobs, Wallemire, Jeffries, Lowry, Rittenhouse, and others appear in a long chain of social calls, visits, and business callers across Indiana, Helwood, Nantyglo, and nearby towns.
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