Progress at the Silk Mill in Clearfield Nearing Completion
The silk plush mill on the West Side shows tangible progress with machinery arriving and carpenters at work. Delays in lumber slowed interior work while six to twelve painters start soon, with about twelve workers employed by August. The complex will include five large buildings forming an E shaped layout and a 125 foot stack, making Clearfield the second largest silk mill in the state after Hazleton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altoona
Silk Mill Company
Clearfield Silk Weils
Hazleton
Themi
Marriage Licenses Issued by Register and Recorder Office
A list of couples receiving marriage licenses since the last report includes Francescan Pato of Helvetia with Maria Taiana of Tyler. Homer F. Kuarr of Troutville with Twila Dinges of Peale. Sherdian Smeal of West Decatur with Marie Lupton of Philipsburg. Ottavio Viventi with Katherine Rab bad of Fernwood. David J. Heafly of Kittanning with Leaster Falls Creek. Floyd Orrin Miller with Della Gertrude Stanger of Mahaffey. John Richard Davis of Gearharville with Catherine Lehman of Philipsburg. J. R. Winn with Eddythie Black of Winburne. E. R. Mong with Mabell C. Flick of Bellwood. Francis Campbell of Chest Township with BE Snyder of Westover. Walter R. Snell of Richmond Va with Dessie L. Snyder of Westover. J. Haag of Akron Ohio with Bery Aurston of DuBois. Paul R. Maurer of Clearfield with Amelia Neidrich of Munson. Orazio Gorgone with Concetti Scogg Hone of Osceola Mills. Alex Irvine of Baltimore with Mabel B. Neff of Westover. Hank J. Trepogney of Karthaus with Nonie Beene of Keewaydin Westover. Michael Terrelli of Sykesville with Mari Teresa Guido of Force. Arno Petrucello with Etta Bellini of Force. John Zahuranecs of Hawk Run withule Baler of Morrisdale.
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Register and Recorder’s Office
Francescan Pato
Helvetia
Maria Taiana
Tyler
Homer F. Kuarr
Troutville
Twila Dinges
Peale
Sherdian Smeal
West Decatur
Marie Lupton
Philpsburg
Ottavio Viventi
Katherine Rabbad
Fernwood
David J. Heafly
Kittanning
Leaster
Falls Creek
Floyd Orrin Miller
Della Gertrude Stanger
Mahaffey
John Richard Davis
Gearharville
Catherine R. Lehman
Philips
J. R. Winn
Eddythie Black
Winburne
E. R. Mong
Mabell C. Flick
Bellwood
Francis Campbell
Chest Township
BE. J. Snyder
Westover
Walter R. Snell
Richmond
Andessie L. Snyder
J. Haag
Akron O
Beryaurston
DuBois
Paul R. Maurer
Clearfield
Amelia Neidrich
Munson
Orazio Gorgone
Concetti Scogg Hone
Osceola Mills
Alex Irvine
Baltimore
Mabel B. Neff
Hank J. Trepogney
Karthaus
n @oinie
B. Beene
Keewaydin
Martha
Survey
Trains Celebrated in Clearfield Anniversary Noise
Twenty years ago yesterday trains ran into Clearfield on the Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad and the city celebrated with noises heard as far away as Blue Ball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clearfield
Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh
Daniel Leipold Recovering After Poisoning Incident
Physicians report Daniel Leipold is critically ill from a poisoning incident six weeks ago but expect recovery. Attending doctors say his condition has improved and he is not in immediate danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aniel Leipold
Daniel Leipold
Will Enforce New Oleomargarine Color Law
The governor signed a bill setting a color standard for oleomargarine to resemble butter in yellow tint. Sales of colored oleomargarine remain illegal with existing fees and penalties, and enforcement begins immediately per Dairy and Food Commissioner Foust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bandsley Senate
Dairy and Food
Foust
Probationers Received at West Side Methodist Church
Friday evening a reception at West Side Methodist Episcopal church welcomed more than 100 probationers with about 250 attendees. The program included prayers, solos by Miss Smith and Rev. Salter, a dialogue by Theodore Bowes and Florince Laman, and a recitation by Miss Stage. Refreshments were served in the basement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Side Methodist Episcopal Church
B. A. Salter
Charlotte Smith
Theodore Bowes
Florince Laman
Lillian Moore
Hospital to Get Its Own Exchange in Clearfield
The H and C Telephone company earned the contract to install an intercommunicating exchange at Clearfield hospital. Work will begin upon arrival of equipment with phones in the superintendent office wards and private areas. This service will aid hospital staff and the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. & C. Telephone Company
Clearfield Hospital
Altoona Firm Wins Contract for Osceola Mills Store
An Altoona firm received the contract to erect a handsome big store building for Brown Baird & Co at Osceola Mills. It will replace the frame structure destroyed by fire on May 20 and will be a substantial modern storehouse designed to resist future fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altoona
Brown Baird & Co
Osceola Mills
Initiation Night Grows Chin Camood Tribe Members
Thursday evening thirty braves were initiated into the Chin camoose tribe of the Improved Order of Red Men raising membership to about 300. Afterward a banquet was served and the 100 men present enjoyed the event.
Philipsburg Opens Evangelistic Campaign With Rev Nicholson
Philipsburg to host an evangelistic campaign in October led by Rev W P Nicholson of Scotland. The Ministerial Association announced the plan at its recent meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Nicholson
Scotland
Philipsburg
Ministerial Association
Children’s Aid elects officers at convention
At the recent convention the Children’s Aid Society elected officers with Mrs Frank Reed named president and E. S. Lindsey chosen for the role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Children’s Aid Society
Frank Reed
E. S. Lindsey
Banquet Follows Lodge Meeting at Clearfield No 314
At a Clearfield lodge session No 314 F and A M a routine agenda led to a fine banquet celebrated by attendees. The event followed the closing of formal business and received hearty approval from those present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clearfield Lodge
Real estate boom hits Clearfield County with $42,500 Moshannon tract sale
In the week’s deeds filed at the Register and Recorder, H. & C. Telephone Co offices on Second street sold to Asbury W. Lee and John W. Wrigley for $10,000. The largest disclosed deal transfers lands and buildings on the Clearfield side of the Moshannon near Philipsburg from George B. Mock to Philipsburg Beef Co. for $42,500, with title to the Flats tract and main building now held by the beef company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Register and Recorder Reed
H. & C. Telephone Company
Second Street
Mary McGaughey
Asbury W
Moshannon
Philipsburg
George B. Mock
Philipsburg Beef Cour
Mock
Beef Company
George R. Mack
Philipsburg Beef Company
Chester Hill
Wrigley Improves Locust and Front Streets Residence
John W. Wrigley has added a concrete curb and gutter along Locust Street and built a new concrete driveway from Locust Street to his house. The curb, praised by the borough engineer and installed by Paul Ferguson, will improve storm water flow and street appearance as grading follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Wrigley
Locust
Front Streets
Locust Street
Th Borough Engineeer
Paul Ferguson
Wrigley
Children's Day Observed At First Church
Tomorrow the First Presbyterian church observes Children’s Day with a program including Welcome by Edna Hartsock and Margaret Buck, songs and speeches by Lenore Piper Evelyn Dimeling Helen Ward and Kenneth Schickling, a dialogue by eight girls, a baptism, and graduation exercises with Bible presentations. Next Sunday Lutheran Methodist and Baptist churches plan similar events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
Long—School
Edna Hartsock
Margaret Buck
Lenore Piper
Evelyn Dimeling
Helen Ward
Kenneth Schickling
Childrnn
Song
Marlon Buchanan
Song—School
Fire department selects Clearfield delegate for next year’s convention
At a Friday meeting the Clearfield fire department chose Joseph Philips of the Third ward as its delegate to the Jersey Shore convention. He was tasked to work toward holding next year’s convention in Clearfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fire Department
Jersey Shore
Joseph Philips
Third Ward
Clearfield
Mrs Gabber Speaks Seven Languages Fluently
The Birmingham Age-Herald notes Mrs Gabber’s remarkable linguistic ability as she speaks seven languages fluently and almost simultaneously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guages
Birmingham Age-Herald
Pretty Busy Is He Making Good Detroit Free Press
A clipped Detroit Free Press column notes the subject’s constant busyness. It questions if productivity matches perception and asks how he manages time to share progress or achievements. The tone is observational and mildly humorous about public figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
Want to Be Admiral Three-day Navy Cadet Exam in Altoona
A three day examination of candidates for a cadet vacancy at the Naval Academy in Annapolis is underway in Altoona. Congressman Patton is authorized to fill the vacancy and the Blair County civil service secretary conducts the examination.
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Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Patton
Altoona
Blair County
Civil Service Commission
Japan stands on treaty rights in California land dispute
Tokyo asserts California alien land ownership law breaches the 1911 Japanese American treaty and the US fourteenth amendment. Mass protests rise as Tatsuo Yamamoto says Japan may delay participation in the Panama Pacific exposition while gauging public sentiment and awaits arbitration outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Japan
United States
California
Tatsuo Yamamoto
Agriculture and Commerce
San Francisco
Brogan
Japan's Note Focuses on Fourteenth Amendment Issue
Washington officials study Tokyo’s outline claiming the anti alien land law violates the fourteenth amendment. The note also argues that houses are inseparable parts of real estate, a new point though less compelling. John Bassett Moore reviewed the dispatches for the state department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Japan
Tokyo
State Department
John Bassett Moore
Wilson
Dinner for Guthrie and Chinda prompts journey to Pittsburgh
Secretary Bryan after a cabinet meeting headed to Pittsburgh to attend a farewell dinner for George W. Guthrie the new ambassador to Japan. Viscount Chinda the Japanese ambassador departed earlier the same day to join the event in Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Chinda
Washington
Pittsburgh
George W. Guthrie
Japan
Viscount Chinda
Taft Arrives in Washington for Visit
Professor William H. Taft arrives in the capital to spend several days as a guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Boardman and Miss Mabel Boardman. Planned entertainments accompany his visit though he prefers no formalities. The Boardman house near Dupont Circle hosted Taft before and during the White House tenure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William H. Taft
Capital
W. J. Boardman
Mabel Boardman
Boardman
Dupont Circle
Duluth Lumber Workers Strike Seeks 10 Percent Wage Raise
In Duluth Minnesota on June 7 more than 1500 lumber workers on strike organized a union. Five mills in West Duluth and West End remained shut awaiting compromise. The strikers' executive committee was instructed to stick for a 10 percent wage raise for all mill workers.
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Duluth
Minn
West Duluth
West End
Print Paper and the New Tariff
Senate finance subcommittee studied the wood pulp and paper schedule of the Underwood tariff bill. John Norris of New York, chair of the paper committee for the American Newspaper Publishers' association, urged no countervailing duty despite Canadian pulp wood limits. Norris argued U S measures against Canada hurt American operators and consumers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Finance
John Norris
New York
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Senate
Johnson
Maine
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Hughes
New Jersey
Norris
United States
Ways and Means Committee
Pirates Rob Steamship Robert Lebeaudy in West River Trade
The French steamship Robert Lebeaudy was attacked by pirates near Hong Kong. Pirates seized $30,000, a passenger was killed, and the engineer and several crew members were wounded. Other attacks suggest piracy is rising in the south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hongkong
Robert Lebeaudy
Professor Hansen Heads West Search For Siberian Forage Plants
Professor N. B. Hansen of the South Dakota agricultural station leaves Washington en route to Siberia to seek forage plants profitable for cultivation in arid western lands. He has previously introduced many forage plants to dry farming areas abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siberia
Washington
N. B. Hansen
Agricultural Experimental Station
South Dakota
Deaths of a Day noted in several cities
John P. Donohoe former national commander of the Union Veteran Legion died in Wilmington Delaware at seventy five. Mrs Hannah Moe aged seventy one mother of Christian Moe also died. The Norwegian and Danish vice consul at Philadelphia passed away in that city. Rev Dr Joseph Carey rector of Bethesda church Saratoga New York and archdeacon of the Troy archdeaconry died in Saratoga born in New York City December 2 1540.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Donohoe
Union Veteran Legion
Wilmington
Del
Mra Hannah Moe
Christian Moe
Philadelphia
Joseph Carey
Bethesda Church
Saratoga
N. Y
Troy
New York City
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Ralp Miller
Lawrence Township
August Bronn
Isabella Peters
George W. Speck
A. Bowman Weaver
Sewer Pipe, Company
W. M. Boyce
Elizabeth Straw
William Boyce
Juliette Wall
Brady Township
Ada Wall
Greenwood Township
John E. DuBois
A. Jackson
Thomas G. Lightner
Albert F. Swank
Irvona
John Langdon
James Gattenella
Gulich Township
S.C
A. W. Lee
Harvey E. Neff
William J. Seabrook
Mary E. Patchell
William C. Stryker
Thomas R. Harter
W. H. Reeser
Boggs Township
D. L. Ely
D. L. Ely Et al
William H. Reeser
J. E. Mons
George W. Johnson
Helen L. Todd Et al
John Milo
Catherine Milo
S.H. Aurand
Annie Henderson
George R. Bigler
Pittsburg and Susquehanna Railroad Company
Decatur Township
G. R. Bigler
Christian Dungey
Cornelius Allen
Thomas Ewing
Aliie Vaugh
Curwensville
Prof. Taft
W. G. Noyes
Walter C. Noyes
United States District Court For
Federal District
Connecticut
Vermont
Noyes
Canada
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