Potato Club Yields Highlight Indiana County Fair
The Farm Extension notes reveal the average yield of 289 bushels per acre for club members, with top earners listed by name. Ribbons, seeds, and dinners mark the Century of Progress events, while Leland Pfeiffer claimed the horseshoe title and will advance to the state contest. A potato weighing day is set for Elbel's Farms in Banks township on October 16 at 1 30 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. P. Lang
Penn State
Lionsaint
Homer City
Rotary Club of
Indiana
J. W. Warner
Clarence Stake
Miller Stewart
Noble Shaffer
Lewis Doyle Stutzman
George Smickle
Raymond Rhine
Harold Evans
Clair Evans, Jr
Quindela Rhine
Albert Pizarchik
Brushvalley
Lions Club
Rotarians
Potato Club
Leland Pfeiffer
Hast Mahoning Township
Indiana County
Roy Pfeiffer
Ray Henry
Norman Steffy
Pfeiffer
Cockport
Elbel
George Elbel
Banks Township
Rossiter
Warner
Farm Bureau Dinner Here on October 27
A list of attendees for the Farm Bureau dinner on October 27 includes numerous residents and area representatives from Blairsville Blacklick Broad Valley and surrounding townships. The rosters name individuals from Rossiter Homer City Penn Run Rochester Mills and Indiana with multiple rural route designations and counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Blairsville
R.D
Henry Kim
Blacklick
B. Flenniken
James Cornell
A. Woodward Smith
Canoe
Blaine Wright
Rochester Mills
Walter Philippi
Joseph Martin
Punxsutawney
Rit
Clay Bonner
Rossiter
Center Two
Bessie Smith
Marion Center
Grant
J. D. Muman
E. 8
Elder
H. G. Stanley
Rocheater Mills
Walter Braughter
Queen
Clyde Houck
Cly
Frost chronology for September and October during years
Froste dates kept by Frank H. Daugherty of East Locust Street list October and September frosts across years. Notable entries include October 13 1942 full frost, September 29 1980 heavy frost, September 19 1929 very heavy frost, and October 27 1926 many? ic a note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Daugherty
East Locust Street
Daugherty
Seven Charged With Road Thefts Held for Court Trial
Seven men were held for trial in Westmoreland County Criminal Court after a Greensburg hearing. The defendants face charges for a series of road thefts across Indiana Westmoreland Armstrong and Cambria counties over several months. Names include Paul Armand Kenneth Showars Elmer Hudson Jerry Harris Richard Sheriff and Paul Sullivan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westmoreland County
Greensburg
Indiana
Westmoreland
Armstrong
Cambria
Paul Armand
Kenneth and Clark Showars
Youngstown
Elmer Hudson
Jarry Harris
New Alexandria
Richard Sheriff
Cokeville
Blairsville
Paul Sullivan
Ayonnore
Thieves Take Eleven Cents From Local Hardware Store
Thieves forced entry to A. W. Mabon & Sons hardware store early Monday through the rear door. The cash register held eleven cents, the only money taken. An attempted break in at Daugherty Drug Store failed when iron bars protected the rear door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Mabon & Sons
Daugherty Drug Store
China Grows Much Rice Exports Less than China
The article reports global rice production and trade, noting China yields about 26 million tons annually and exports are minimal by policy. India supplies over half the world’s rice, Japan 14 percent, with France Indo China Java Madura and Siam behind. The United States harvests around 575,000 tons mainly in Louisiana Georgia and the Carolinas, with substantial exports despite small imports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
India
Japan
Asia
Ita
Africa
Europe
United States
Italy
Louisiana
Georgia
Carolinas
Monarch and Viceroy Butterflies Mirror Each Other
The Monarch and Viceroy resemble each other in tawny orange brown coloration and black markings, aiding protection through mimicry. The Viceroy is smaller with an extra black bar on the hind wings, but in flight the similarity is striking, helping predators avoid both species.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lnst
United States
Fossil Finds in Europe Asia and Africa Across One Million Years
Fossilized remains of primitive men found in Europe and Asia in rocks about one million years old. Similar bones discovered in Tanganyika Africa from the same period show differences from European Asian forms. A lower jaw with modern like chin and crowded teeth appears with mastodon teeth in upper Pliocene strata.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Asia
Tanganyika
Africa
Swift-Sailing Canoe and the Proa Vessel Types
The article explains proa as a term for diverse vessels from sam pan to square-rigged ka pal. In Western usage it denotes swift sailing craft with a rounded weather-side and flat beam, a twin-hull setup with an outrigger on poles to prevent heeling, and a main hull bearing the mast and a large triangular sail.
Greedy Boa Constrictor Killed at Balboa Gun Club
A six foot boa constrictor at Balboa Gun Club entered a cage with game birds and devoured many small birds. The creature became trapped in the cage, unable to leave through the entry hole, and members arrived to find it still imprisoned and subsequently killed it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balboa
Termites Known as White Ants Attack Wooden Structures
Termites, commonly called white ants, baffle homeowners with hidden damage. They target wooden objects such as houses, trees, and fence posts, gnawing from the inside until the structure collapses. Likely introduced from Africa and tropical islands, they are found in large numbers in those regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Tropics
Iron Horse Spectacle: A Century Ago Rail Race Echoes
A fragmented reminiscence recalls a grand railroad display from about a hundred years past. The narrator contrasts historic iron horse progress with previous expansions and newer wagons, praising the melodrama and romance of early rail feats and legendary names tied to that era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iron Horse
Presidents Buried in Their Birth States Across the Union
The mothers of many presidents host the most burial sites. The list includes Adams, Jefferson, Madison in Virginia and Massachusetts, with Adams, Monroe, Tyler, and others buried in Virginia, Ohio, New York, Tennessee, Kentucky, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Illinois, New Jersey, and beyond. The tally shows Ohio and Virginia each house five presidential graves, the most of any states, followed by other states with multiple sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Ohio
Virginia
John Adams
John Quincy Adams
Quincy
Masa
Thomas Jefferson
Monticello
James Madison
Montepelier
James Monroe
John Tyler
Richmond
Andrew Jackson
James K. Polk
Nashville
Tenn
Martin van Buren
Kinderhook
N. Y
William Henry Harrison
North Bend
Zachary Taylor
Springfield
Mitard Willmore
Buffalo
M. Y
Franklin Pierce
Concord
N. H
James Buchanan
Lancaster
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Greenville
Grant
New York City
Rutherford
Notable American Inventions List From 1791 Onward
A long feature notes American invention leadership with a catalog of epoch making tools and devices. It cites inventors like Whitney Morse McCormick Goodyear Bell Edison and Wright among others and dates spanning 1798 to 1903.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Washington
The
Republic
Whitney
Fulton
Morse
McCormick
Colt
Ericsson
Goodyear
Howe
Hoe
Shales
Glidden
Westinghouse
West Machine
Robinson
Bell
Edison
Dragon Fly Misconceptions Debunked by Washington Star
The dragon fly cannot sew ears nor sting humans due to lacking a stinger. It feeds on insects using strong jaws. Eggs hatch in still water. larvae live underwater and feed on insects and tiny fish. Mature larvae crawl ashore, shed the shell, and the adult fly emerges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Octopus plural forms and language roots debated
The note contrasts octopus plurals octopods and octopodes, tracing to Greek roots octo and pus and noting zoological term octopoda. It compares with Latin datum data Latin genus genera Latin index indices Latin plural phenomena Greek and lists similar pluralization patterns.
Chain Letters Origins and Legal Status
Scientists trace chain letters to ancient Assyria where prayers were inscribed on bricks and cast to those ill fortune aimed at. The practice relies on superstition and fear. In the United States distribution is illegal as an offense against the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assyria
United States
The Gold Standard Primer on Monetary Backing and Purpose
The gold standard is defined as an agreement backing each unit of paper money with a fixed gold reserve or promise. It aims to inspire confidence deter abuse and enable cross region and cross country balance settlements through a banking system backed by gold.
Local Social Roundup From Portage to Martinsburg
Portage residents Mr and Mrs Norman Sebring visited Clair Sebring home Sunday. Several families from nearby towns reported weekend visits and calls including Johnstown Mahaffey Wilkinsburg Canoe Ridge Revloc and Jer sey Shore. Attendees filed from Baltimore Chicago and Martinsburg enjoying frien ds and family gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Sebring
Portage
Clair Sebring
L.irwin
Johnstown
Clara 'McPharson
J. HB. Wooater
Wilk
Insburg
Harlin Bee
Canoe Ridge
Newt ‘Drenner
Revloc
Gertrude Barnes
Misa Ida Murray
Glen Campbell
M. J. Jamison
McKeesport
Clyde Bee
S8randson
Clarence George
Famly
Garman
Grace Harkness
Florence Madden
Baltimore
Lee Williamson
Jersey Shore
Harry Peterman
Carl Smith
Jane Peterman
J. N. ‘Beck
Paul Cramer
Billy
S Slater
Murray ‘Boyce
Near East Ridge
Hdn. Porter
Martinsburg
Poorman
Pleasant Gap
Arthur McCloskey
Local Social News Highlights from Clarksburg Area
Mrs Merle Hunter and children spent the week with the William Repine home. Various visitors and relatives were hosted across Clarksburg, Saltsburg, Homer City and nearby towns including David Shirleys golden wedding, and weekends with families in Punxsutawney Tarentum Pittsburgh and Johnstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Hunter
William Repine
J. Y. Clawsons
H. G. Coleman
Miss Kinder
Rothrock
Saltsburg
Arthur Kinter
Ada
Wm. Repine
David Shirley
Near
Indiana
Dunmire
West Lebanon
Irene Dunmire
No. 5
George Kennedy
Wm. Berkes
Minnie Nau
Tarentum
Paul Lowman
Harold Borland
Johnstown
A. R. Jewell
Wm. Hullenbaugh
Raymond
Slickville
Allen Love
Vandergrift
Jeannie Sandles
Marie
Pittsburgh
C. W. Hart
Derry
Elrick
Jennie Sandles
Meade Lowman
Homer City
Improperly Set Steel Traps Kill Grouse
Harrisburg reports show several grouse trapped in steel devices set for fox and other animals. Two hikers found nine dead on one ridge. The Game Commission will prosecute improper trap setters and deploy protectors and deputies to curb the offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Game Commission
Commission
Indiana Hospital Earns Spot on Surgeons Preferred List
Indiana Hospital remains among institutions approved by the American College of Surgeons in Chicago this week. The local facility has enjoyed the distinction for several years, underscoring its continued status on the preferred hospital list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Hospital
American College of Surgeons
Chicago
Grace Fath Weds Charles Quigley in St Bernard Ceremony
Miss Grace Fath daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Fath White township married Charles Quigley of Pittsburgh Monday morning at St Bernard Catholic Church town with Rev Father Brady officiating. Fath wore blue crepe with steel grey and red roses. attended by sister Bertha Fath. Walter P Shepard Jr was the groom's attendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Fath
Joseph ‘Fath
White Township
Charles Quigley
Pittsburgh
Bertha Fath
Walter P. Shepard, Jr
Local Marriages Tie West Wheatfield and Apollo Couples
Lichtenfels Henry Lichtenfels of West Wheatfield weds Hazel Penrose of the same town at Robinson on October 3 in a ceremony by Justice Jerry Lear. Townsend Hasselton Townsend of Apollo and Harriet Withington of Vandergrift marry in the Court House on October 3, with W Ralph Cummings officiating. The grooms are farmers and auto salesman respectively. brides’ parents are listed as Penrose and Withington families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lichtenfels-Penrose
Charles Henry Lichtenfels
Hazel Laura Penrose
West Wheatfield Township
Robinson
Jerry Lear
H. H. Lichtenfels
Leslie Earl Penrose
Dale Hasselton ‘Townsend
Apollo, B.D
Harriet Roberta ‘Withington
Vandergrift
Register and
W. Ralph Cummings
Court House
James W. Townsend
Apollo, R.D
Robert M. Withington
McKnight and Ondrizek Tie at Falls Creek in October
McKnight Melvin Theodore of Falls Creek and Anna Lois Ondrizek of Strongstown married at Falls Creek with Rev. Milton G. Conger officiating. The groom, a salesman, is son of Mr. and Mrs. George C. McKnight. The bride is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Ondrizek. They will reside in Detroit Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Theodore McKnight
Falls Creek
Anna Lois Ondrizek
Strongstown
Milton G. Conger
George C. McKnight
J. F. Ondrizek
Detroit
Mich
Maurer Henry Ray N. Maurer
Ebensburg
Goldie Elizabeth Henry
Indiana
George Thornton
Cyrus 8. Maurer
G. W. Henry
Haag and Sutter Tie Forern Wedding in Punxsutawney
Charles Frederick Haag and Marion Virginia Sutter, both of Punxsutawney, wed October 6 at Zion Lutheran Church with Rev. A. J. Pfohl officiating. The groom farms and is son of Frederick and the late W. J. Sutter.
Couple Married Friday at McConnelsburg Record
A wedding occurred Friday in McConnelsburg. The bride is employed at Indiana Silk Mills and the groom works for Gulf Gasoline Company in town.
Honor Guests At Hopewell County Basket Picnic
County Commissioner Charles B Mabon and his wife from Phillipa Nebraska will be honored guests at an old-time basket picnic tomorrow at Hopewell church in Blacklick township. Mr Mabon born and raised in Blacklick near old Hopewell expects greetings from friends and relatives now living in Hamilton County Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piente
Hopewell County
Charles B. Mabon
Phillipa
Nebr
Hopewell Church
Blacklick Township
Mr. Mabon
Old Hopewell
Mra
Milton Johnston
East Oak Street
Board of County Commissioners
Hamilton County
Rural Valley Child Grows Prize Pumpkin Seventeen Pounds
George Rimel Jr a four year old from Rural Valley reaped a prize pumpkin harvest seed planted by his grandmother. A 38 foot vine yielded eight pumpkins with one measuring 45 inches in circumference and weighing 28 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Rimel, Jr
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Clyde McConnaughey
Blaine Coon
George Peffer
R.1
Irvin Hehm
Marchand
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Alverda
Ebby Smith
Mentele
H. B. Steffy
Barnesboro
Clarence McHenry
Howard Park
John Ortner
S. W. Shearer
Harry A. Nichol
John F. Pounds
West Mahoning
C. F
Alton
Dayton
B. B. Crawford
Merrill Travis
H. M. Barrett
Marshall Haskell
West Wheatfeld
Ernest H. Mack
Huff
Wagner
Robert Hood
New Florence
J. Mack Hood
Himer Dick
Young
John G. Henderson
Lloyd Rosensteel
Edri
Glenn Caleman
R. W. Beamer
Clarksburg
Quigley
Withington
McKnight
Ondrizek
Dungan Haddock
Ernest R. Dugan
East Pike
Misa Althea Ruddock
North
Edward G. Robinson
Kay Francia
Claudette Colbert
Leonard Literary Society
State Teachers ‘College
Dorothy Sands
Bing Crosby
Warner Oland
Heather Angel
Thrifts
Buchheit
Sandy
Mac Thrift
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