Directors and officers of the organization listed
Robert H. Sommerville serves as President with James H. Minds and others as directors. E. W. Hees is Treasurer and Harry A. Read Secretary and General Manager. John Br. Bixler is Editor. Membership terms show One Year, Six Months, Three Months, One Month with payment figures and free postage inside the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H. Sommerville
Dimmee
James H. Minds
A. &. Moulthrop
A. B. Masser
John W. Barnett
E. W. Hess
Harry A. Reed
United States
Official Directory State Senator and local officials list
A June 9 1917 entry enumerates many Clearfield County officials including State Senator Joseph Alexander Assembly members Heat Curler Gram man A S Mountthrop and Louis McDermott Morrisdale President Judge Alison Smith Frothonotery John H Moore Register and Recorder R M Reed County Treasurer Miles Wrigley Mahaffey District Attorney James W H Kelley Sheriff Ed H Woolridge County Surveyor Thos Moore Curwensville County Commissioners J S Richards W C Langsford L Bowaman County Auditors A G Woodward T E Moore G W Bell County Coroner Dr J J Pollum Dry Boss Jury Commissioners Harvey T Smith Curwensville T Jett Bell Bella Landing School Superintendent W E Tobias Borough Officials Chief Burgess A H Woodward etc MONDAY JUNE 9 1917
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Joseph Alexander
Medera
Assanblymen
Curler
Gramman
A. S. Mountthrop
DuBois
Peter McDermott
Morrisdale
Alison
Smith
Clearfield
John H.moore
Clear Register
Orphans’ Court
R. M. Reed
Cleantiel
H. Woolridge
Thos.Moora
Curwensville
J. S. Richade
W. C. Langsford
L. Bowman
Harvey T Smith Curweneville
T. Jett Bell
Bella Landing
W. E. To ‘Bias
Burgess
A. H. Woodward
C. B. Roseberry
J. D. Conmelly
John H. Urey
H. 5. White Ae, Jr
Earl McHenry
John Altley
Constables
Thos
W_ Moore
Thos. Reilly
Keep Clearfield Clean and Upkeep City Standards
Opinion piece urging Clearfield authorities and citizens to maintain cleanliness and infrastructure. Questions whether council and street sprinkler usage match the high standard set by residents and merchants, calling for action to reduce dust and improve the urban environment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
She Cty
Clearfield
Dusty streets spark council action on sprinkling plan
The Progress urges the city council to provide proper sprinkling for paved streets, noting dust complaints from central city avenues and access routes to trains. It hopes the council will assign the street sprinkler to its proper duty, earning gratitude from residents irritated by dust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talaed
Clearfield Urged to Build Local Baseball Leagues
A message urges Clearfield to organize strong baseball programs amid low local enthusiasm. Citizens, led by John Wrisley, are called to action to nurture youth teams, rival neighboring towns, and counter other counties that boast baseball activity. The piece praises Wrigley’s efforts and notes political and civic tensions affecting support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clearfield
John W. Wrisley
Mr. Wrigley
Fragmented Forest Field Snippet From Frost Affected Plum Tree
A weathered note mentions men fearing frost hitting a federal plum tree. References a petty case of larceny by a Philadelphia girl. Fishermen report snakes deer and bear in Cleasfield county woods, until someone falls upon a ding in the forest.
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Cleasfield
Angier
Crime note hints at saloon as reception site
A Wisconsin State Journal snippet quotes a detective noting a peculiar aspect of a crime. The chief rejects the idea that the crime had any reception or social setting in a saloon, leaving the connection unclear and unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pralife
Wisconsin State Journal
Tax Notice Demands Back Tap Owes in Clearfield Borough
Clearfield Borough residents urged by Lewis Brown collector to settle back taps immediately. The notice calls all debtors to visit the collector to resolve overdue charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clearfield Borough
Lewis Brown
Oscar Mitchell Named Candidate for 46th Judicial District
A political notice announces Oscar Mitchell as a candidate for judge of the 46th Judicial District under the Washington Progressive party rules. The announcement specifies qualification under party rules and designation as a judicial candidate.
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Oscar Mitchell
46Th Judicial District
Washington
Review of the Past Week Trade Patterns
New York reports show weather aiding distribution nationwide while a sugar recession unsettles wholesale markets. European selling pressures caused a New York Stock Exchange decline, not reflecting domestic mercantile conditions. Wheat and cotton outlooks improve with rains. iron, steel, and leather trade show mixed activity. rail earnings rise, bank failures worsen, and most commodity prices edge downward with selective gains.
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New York
Dun
New York Stock Exchange
Eluier
Cafe 7
Rinth Stanfacd
Commodities list from Chicago market report
A dense catalog of farm and staple goods with assorted units and origins. Items include butter creamery, cheese, produce like apples prunes evaporated California flour wheat corn oats cotton hay hides leather steel copper lead tin beef pork lard rice rubber sugar tea potatoes and wool, listed with assorted sizes and origins.
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California
Chicago
Philadelphia
Pittsbergh
Lake
New York
Para
Formosa
Japan
This Week's Events Across Cities and Nations
A busy schedule lists events from June 9 to June 15 including Miss Glatys Mason walking from New York to San Francisco, polo series opener in Westbury New York, Hibernians convention in Louisville, building owners meeting in Cincinnati, MEchanical Engineers tour to Germany, Police Chiefs conference in Washington, Vienna suffrage talks, civil service assembly in New York, Arbor Day Peace Day and Flag Day observances, American Academy of Medicine meeting in Minneapolis, capital punishment repeal in Washington state, printer Arthur Robinson sailing to compete in England and Germany, and a royal visit expected as King Christian and Queen Alexandrina of Denmark may arrive in England.
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Glatys Mason
New York City
San Francisco
Westbury
Supreme Lodge
Order of Hibernians
Louisville
National Association of Building Owners and Managers
Cincinnati
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
New York
Germany
International Society of Poice
Washington, D. C
International Women Suffrage Alliance
Vienna
National Assembly of Civil Service Commissioners
United States
American Academy of Medicine
Minneapolis
Eprinter
England
King Christian
Queen Alexandrina
Denmark
Queen Alexandra
Blease Sought In Raid At Home In Bed
South Carolina Governor Cole L Blease faced a raid as police moved on a poker game at the Commercial club where arrests were made. Blease was reportedly at home in bed and not present at the scene, amid controversy over lynching and a pardoned chauffeur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
B Cing
Columbia
Cole TL. Blease
Catchart
Blease
Grand Army encampment set for Chattanooga in September
General orders announce the forty seventh national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic to be held in Chattanooga Tennessee September 15 to 20. Alfred H Beers commander in chief urges veterans to visit Missionary Ridge Lookout Mountain and Chickamauga while in the area.
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Chattanooga
Bridgeport
Conc
Tyne
Grand Army of the Republic
Tenn
Alfred H. Beers
Missionary Ridge
Lookout Mountain
Chickamauga
Telegraphic Ticks
Creditors of Marty K Thaw's bankrupt estate will meet June 2 in Pittsburgh to elect a trustee and reopen the estate as Hartridge's 2009 claim remains undecided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marty K. Thaw
Piterburgh
Clifford Hartridge
Oregon to Lead Parade At Panama Canal Opening
Secretary Daniels wrestles with petition from 60 000 Oregon schoolchildren urging the battleship Oregon to head the parade through the Panama Canal at the formal opening. The ship sits at Bremerton navy yard awaiting guidance from the president and exposition officials.
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Western State
Washington
Nays Daniels
Oregon
Panama Canal
Bremerton Navy Yard
Daniels
Panama Bars Chinese Naturalization Decree Signed
President Beligario PorraS signed a decree prohibiting in the future the naturalization of Chinese in Panama. A 1911 census recorded 2 813 Chinese on the isthmus with 483 native born or naturalized. About fifty became naturalized within the last two years.
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Porras
Panama
Jane
Beligario Porras
Republic of
Obscure War Veterans and Officials Mentioned in Obituary Snippet
Fragmentary obituary snippet mentions William Penny a day of the Mexican War aged eighty one, Frank E Ward longtime railroad manager, and Colonel Cody among others. The text blends ages, occupations, and deaths including Knoxville Tennessee ties and Navy department figures, with disorder and unclear sequence.
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William Penny
William & McQuail
Frank E. Ward
Quincy ‘Railroad
Also Mentioned on This Page
Progress
Progressive Publishing
Oagan
Clearfield County
Official Directory
A. G. Woodward
T. E. Moore
G. W. Bell
J. J. Pollum
Congress
Palmer
Indianapolis
Boston
Caton
Clearfield National Bank
Corsair
Clearfield National
Clearfield National Service
Walt Oregon
Agentine Strickland
Strickland
Electrical
Department of the Navy
Coleonel Cosy
Knoxville
Fane
Wiliam
Cody
Cibeng
Clearfield Hardware Co
Clearfield Trust Company
the County National Bank OF
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