Penns Woods in Autumn Color Inspires Scenic Tours
Harrisburg reports deputy forest secretary John W. Kellar urges viewing Pennsylvania forests in autumn as they reach peak colors from north to south over the next two weeks. He lists species turning red, orange, and yellow and explains autumn color is due to declining leaf vitality, not frost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Penn’s
John W. Kellar
Department of Forests and Waters
Pennsylvania
Tier
Kelter
Republicans Won't Tolerate Split Tickets In November
Edward Martin, Republican state chairman, warned Monday that Republicans who vote a Democratic or Independent ticket in November may be challenged in the spring primary. He urged county and city committee chairmen to advocate a straight Republican vote in the fall to safeguard party support for the 1934 primary, which will nominate candidates for U S Senator, state offices, Congress, and the General Assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Martin
Martin
United States
Congress
General Assembly
Prohibition Enforcement Faces Local Interest Shortfalls
Grange News notes that with only four states needed to repeal the Eighteenth Amendment, many states plan to resume liquor traffic control. It argues enforcement failures by state governments and public faith in enforcement agencies fueled repeal sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grange News
The Ritz Theatre Tonight Through Weekend Film Lineup
The Ritz Theatre features final showings of I Loved a Woman with Edward G Rob inson and Kay Francis on Thursday afternoon and evening. Torch Singer with Claudette Colbert follows Friday and Saturday. Styles in Acting by Dorothy Sands appears Monday at State Teachers College. Too Much Harmony opens Tuesday with Crosby Oakie Allen Green Tashman Sparks and Charlie Chan's Quest Case hits Friday and Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I Loved A Woman
Edward G. Robinson
Kay Francis
Ritz Theatre
Clandlette Colbert
Paramount
The
Leonard Literary Society
State Teachers College
Dorothy Sands
Bing Crosby
Jack Okie
Skeets Gallagher
Judith Allen
Harry Green
Lilyan Tashman
Ned Sparkshead
LeRoy Pring
Hollywood
Crosby
Eddie Bronson
West
Broadway
Salmon
Jack Oakie
Skeets Gillagher
Oakie
Miss Allen
Oakle
Bing
Judith
Ned Sparka
Lem Spawn
Charlie Chan
Hawaii
Warner Oland
Heather Angel
the State Teachers College
Local Residents and Visitors Report Across Town and Beyond
Mrs Clarence Campbell of Cloe is seriously ill after a stroke on October 2. Mr and Mrs Walter Black visited from near Smicksburg, staying with Mrs Black s uncle Harry Hild in Lammer. Indiana visitors included Mr and Mrs John Adamson of Rayne township. Mrs Jemima White has her daughter Mrs Forrest Logue of Coudersport as a guest. Mrs Fred Kehna and Mrs Maurice Hile are in Chicago for the World's Fair and Century of Progress Exposition, where several physicians from town attend the American College of Surgeons meeting. A nicotine stain remover is now patented for women smokers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Campbell
Cloe
Walter Black
Smicksburg
John Adamson
Rayne Township
Indiana
Jemima White
Town
Forrest Logue
Coudersport
Fred Kehna
North Sixth Street
Maurice Hile
South Seventh Street
Chicago
Howard B. Buterhaugh
George E. Simpson
Public Sale At Frank Boyer Farm Elderton
A public sale of household goods will be held at the Frank Boyer Farm three miles west of Elderton on Saturday October 14 at 1 30 o clock. Sale conducted by John Russell administrator of Chrissie R Boyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Boyer
Elderton
John Russell
Chrissie R. Boyer
Irish designer of first stamp Mulready born in Ireland
Irishman William Mulready designed the first postage stamp envelope and was born in Ennis County Clare in 1786. He moved to London, studied at the Royal Academy, and became an Academician in 1815. His engraving was praised for genius and detail, including a mother reading a letter, and the envelope entered use May 6 1840. Mulready died in 1868.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Mulready
Isved
Ennis
County Clare
Ireland
London
Royal Academy School
Critie
Mulready
Detroit News
German Police Dog Referred to as Shepherd in AKC terms
The German police dog is classified as shepherd by the American Kennel Club. Text notes regional naming differences with Germany using German shepherd and England using Alsatian. It adds this breed traces to the mid-19th century with no documented wolf blood infusion, and warns against confusing it with the farm shepherd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Kennel Club
Judy
America
England
Germany
Poison Ivy Traits and Habitat
Poison Ivy, a cashew family plant, is widely found in meadows and fields and climbs over rocks and trees. It is identified by three sharply-cut leaflets with the middle on a longer stem, and it clings via many rootlets. The resinous sap on the undersides of leaves and along stems is poisonous. The plant bears small flowers in inconspicuous clusters and produces a white to yellowish stone fruit resembling a berry.
Language growth shapes Latin and Romance tongues
Latin, like all languages, evolved with growth and locality into Romance languages. From 200 BCE to 500 CE, Latin flourished, especially near Christ. Roman culture peaked then, later revived in the 12th century. Clerical scholars revived Latin literature, preserving its original form.
Tannin Sources in Leather Making
The extract tannin from wood and bark is used to convert rawhide into leather, making it durable and pliable. Bark yields more tannin than wood, with oak and hemlock as primary sources, and chestnut once a major source before blight reduced supply.
Largest Indian reservations in New York state
The Alleghany reservation in Cattaraugus County spans fifty square miles, making it the largest. The next largest spans parts of Cattaraugus, Erie, and surrounding areas. The Onondaga reservation near Syracuse houses several hundred Indians employed in the city.
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New York State
Alleghany
Cattaraugus County
Cattaraugus
Erie
Orondaga Reservation
Syracuse
American Trees in German Park Lengthy Historic Plantings
In Weinheim's Count von Berekheim park Germany the black walnut hickory pecan and sugar maples stand among American trees planted in 1765 making them the oldest of their kind in Germany Harbke village Brunswick near Helmstedt hosts a similar American tree collection from the same era.
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Count von Berekheim
Weinheim
Germany
Harbke
Brunswick
Helmstedt
Shady Hollow social notes and church event listed
SHADY HOLLOW Mrs I G Weaver and daughters Betty and Jean were Saturday callers in Apollo. Several families visited relatives in nearby towns. A home coming service is planned at St Jacobs Lutheran on Sunday October 15 at 10 80 o clock. People welcome. Harold Reefer moved to a new home near Girty. World’s Fair trip noted. Tax Justice League to meet Friday October 20 1938 in South Bend township with Mrs Nita Elwood presiding. Numerous local callers and Sunday visits mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. G. Weaver
Betty
Jean
Apollo
Margaret McGaughey
W. R. Thompson
Clair
Flora Morrison
South Bend
Daniel McGaughey
Wayne
Mount Union
L. M. Henderson
Helen
Mildred
Marjorie
Dwight Parks
Sam Umbaugh
8. J. Henderson
North Washington
St. Jacobs Lutheran Church
Harold Reefer
Keppel House
Girty
Ira Davis
H. M. Kimmel
Weiner
Arthur Morris
George Deemer
L. E. Deemer
Steele Henderson
Robert Jamison
Wilbert Turner
R. J. Sierling
Tax Justice League
South Bend Township
Nita Elwood
Armstrong County
Tax League
Mildred Henderson
Sam Ambaugh
Indiana
Pearl Spang
Esther Shutt
Vandergrift
J. C. Schrecengost
F.A. Coleman
Vandercrift
Jamison and Smith
Alfred €. Silvis
Thelma, Clark and
West Lebanon
Steele ‘Henderson
Lois
James L
Shady Hollow
J. R. Jamison
Virgil Coulter
Muddy Run
Emma Scott
Gilmore Rupert
Sykesville
Anne Rupert
Helen Smeltzer
Gladys Cravener
Kittanning
J. T. Jamison
Mary Ellen
M. D. Anderson
Personal Brevities From The Progress Readers
Attorney and Mrs Harold Mc Camey and daughter of Pittsburgh were weekend guests of his parents in Church street. Court ney C Getty of Detroit and H N Wissinger of near town visited relatives here. Mrs Hiram Strong of Swissvale renewed a Progress subscription. H Smith, former Indiana county resident now in Oswego Kansas, visited a sister here and drove 1212 miles in 28 hours. J H Wissinger and daughter Betty of Laurelton Indiana visitors midweek, en route from Chicago Century of Progress Exposition. Wissinger oversees the Laurelton State Village dairy, a state institution for girls, at Laurelton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold McCamey
Pittsburgh
Rey
J. A. McCamey
Church Street
Courtney C. Getty
Detroit
8. J. Getty
West Church Street
H. N. Wissinger
Near Town
Hiram Strong
Swissvale
Progress
H. Smith
Indiana County
Oswego
Kans
Smith
Indiana
Oxford
J. H. Wissinger
Betty
Laurelton
Chicago
Community Notices and Public Jersey Cattle Sale
Vandergrift and surrounding towns are cited with social calls and visits among families including Spang Shutt Schrecengost Coleman and Jamison households. Public Sale of twenty registered Jersey cattle will be held October 18 at the Clyde McConnaughey farm near Trade City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey
Clyde McConnaughey
Trade City
Plumville
Pennsylvania
Clyde McCqnnaughey
Raymond Nulph
Administrators Notice for Nora Stephens Estate
Letters of administration granted for the estate of Mrs. Nora Stephens late of Cherryhill township. Creditors and debtors are asked to present claims authenticated for settlement or make prompt payment. J. M. Glassford is the administrator of Indiana Pennsylvania, October 11, 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora Stephens
Cherryhill Township
J. M. Glassford
West Church
Indiana
Testamentary Notice for Annie I Mullister Estate
James W. Mack attorney announces letters testamentary granted to Parmners Bank & Trust Company of Indiana Pa as administrator of Annie I Mullister late of Covade North Mahoning township deceased. Creditors must present claims duly authenticated for settlement and all indebted to estate to make payment as directed. September 20, 1983.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Mack
Annie I. Mullister
Covade
North Mahoning Township
Parmners Bank & ‘Trust Company
Qi Tndfana
Indiana Ps
Wanted Lost For Sale and For Rent Notices Column
Classified column explains rates for notices and requires payment with copy for insertions. It notes one cent per word with 26 word minimum, and 26 cents for shorter notices. Instructions emphasize counting words and sending cash with the payment.
Auditor's Notice of Indiana County Estate Distribution
An auditor appointed by the Orphans Court of Indiana County will settle the estate of Giovanui Fico, late of Indiana Borough, deceased. The audit will be at the Savings & Trust Company Building in Indiana on October 24, 1933, at 10:00 AM, for all interested parties to attend. HADDOCK, Auditor. September 27, 1934.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvester H. McFarland
Sylvester. H. MecFarland
Indiana
Court of Common Pleas
Cansée
Anna Viola McFarland
Sylvester HH. McFarland
J.N. Langham
W. Earl Long
I J. N. Langieam
Eugene Wilson
Sheriff's Office
Willian J. Pierce
Notich
Orphans’ Court
Indiana County
Bert Deabenderfer
Susanna Smith
White Township
Philadelphia Street
H. Vernon Writonman
Jack
Sayings & Trust Company of Indiana
Nancy J. Moorhead
Borough of
Pennsylvania
Thoreday
Wiornon Nritchman
Peeler & Felt
John M. Lowry
Annie K. Lowry
Indiana Borough
Peeler & West
Indiana Theater
Borough
Gibbert
Parnell
Haddock
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Indiana Progret
Spe
Newapaper Publishers’ Association
Indiane Postettice
Ena
Bell
Albert
Moorhead
Ralph Moorhead
Post Office Department
Indiana Progress
Yenna
Lame Bode
Mississippi
Mississippi River
WNU
Srimage
Kay Francisco
Claudette Colbert
Indiana Theatre
Lucky Devil
Bill Boyd
Rusty Rides
Tim McCoy
Jas.w
J. Arthur ‘Robinson Funeral Home
Seventh ST
Pluries
David Weamer Toom
Weamer
Indiana, PA
R. V. Kerr
North Oth
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