Clearfield Taxes Higher Than DuBois Despite Lower Valuation
Clearfield County's 1914 statement shows total county and borough valuations and levy totals. The county valued property at 19,228,369 with taxes totaling 76,926.59 county, 57,718.09 county home, and a state component of 204.00. borough taxes amount to 27,272.36. Clearfield Borough pays more taxes on a lower assessed valuation than DuBois, with detailed combined figures for county, county home, state, and dog taxes. Local social notes mention a July 25 dance hosted by Mr and Mrs Galvin Parks with attendees including Mr and Mrs John A Wisor and Clair Young. various residents visit kin and attend shops. several small items about the community and a coal miner injured at Coalport are also noted.
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Clearfield County
Clearfield
DuBois
Galvin Parks
John A. Wisor
Jess Wisor
Clair Young
John Wisor
Fred Wisor
Lower Woodland
Goss
Wm. Rowles
Rowles
Lottie
Viso
Wednesda
Sadie Wisor
Thursda
Krebs
Wm. Wisor
weePatdey
Cloe Wisor
Oscar Hull
Brue Ball
Pam Palmer
George Wisor
Harry Goss
Permits granted for bridges and walls in several counties
State water supply commission approved thirty one applications for bridges fills and walls in Harrisburg Aug 3 including bridges over North branch of Little Mahoning creek near Juneau and over Silver run near Rossiter in Indiana and Cambria counties and a wall along Two Lick creek in White township Indiana County Also disapproved two applications Queens Run Fire Brick Co for a wall on west branch of Susquehanna at Lock Haven and Charles Hamm for wall on Allegheny river north bank at Warren
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Harrisburg
State Water Supply Commission
Queens Run Fire Brick Company
Susquehanna River
Lock Haven
Charles Hamm
Allegheny River
Warren
Feffernon County
Perry Township
Puntsitawney
Jefferson County
Rose Township
Brookville
Coder
Indiana County
Canoe Township
Little Mahoning Creek
Juneau
Silver Run
Wilson Run
Rossiter
Cambria County
Vetera
Barr
Cambria
Lilly
Washington Township
Bearton
New Salary Schedule for Rural Carriers Sets 1200 Cap
Washington announces a new salary schedule for rural mail carriers aligning with the act setting a $1200 annual maximum. Compensation now weighs travel time and service, using a standard 24 mile route and one parcel post daily at maximum weight or equivalent. The postmaster general calls the order a move toward efficiency and reducing the large gap between receipts and expenditures in the mail service.
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Washington
Community Notes From Clearfield This Week
Community members visit and travel around Clearfield with multiple attendees: Mrs. Harry Green and others shopped, calls and visits occur on Tuesday through Thursday, and a new baby brings joy to Arthur Barger as families gather. Local motor trips include Mr and Mrs Peters and others traveling Wednesday evening, with visitors and relatives from nearby areas noted at Lackulont Park and to sisters in town.
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Harry Green
Clearfield
Lloyd Coulter
Ora Conrad
Tuesda
Sadie Wisor
Thursda
E. Dugan
Jas
Palmer
Lucy Palmer
Oliver Peters
C. S. Peters
Arthur Barger
Maxes
Barger
D. E. Young
Inquisitive Blind Man and Amateur Golf in Prank Dialogues
A blind man asks how to call a dog in the dark as a humorous exchange. A drummer on a dog biscuit with a bone draws a comical image. An ambulance officer questions signaling a car sighting while another man explains yelling fore. A parson and Sam Shine debate clothing for church with quips about recognitions.
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Puck
Chip to Challenge McCoy for Title in Brooklyn Bout
Former middleweight champion George Chip, after losing to Al McCoy in San Francisco, seeks a rematch. McCoy won the title by knockout in one round. Chip doubts his chances but plans to fight in Brooklyn late in August to contest the crown.
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Petroskey
San Francisco
George Chip
al McCoy
McCoy
Chip
Brooklyn
Chip-McCoy
Thieves Busy in Clearfield Borough Again
Robberies in Clearfield grow as thieves attempt to break into William Powell hardware on South Second Street. A door was pried, a hole cut to reach the lock, but a lever pad lock thwarted entry. Glass cases at W W Howe jewelry on Market Street were torn open but failed to enter. A $100 reward is offered for the thief at Howe's, with calls for a night patrol. Several refrigerators were robbed last evening.
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Clearfield
William Powell
South Second Street
Ross& Woods
W. W. Howe
Market Street
Howe’s
Stunned by Lightning at Winburne Grounds
Three boys sheltered in the Winburne baseball grounds ticket office during a Sunday storm were struck by lightning. The bolt appeared to hit the nearby wire fence. two boys regained consciousness within an hour, while the third remained unconscious for several hours.
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Winburne
State forestry commission to frame rules for forest reserves
Harrisburg reports the state forestry commission will draft regulations for supervising auxiliary forest reserves next week. Land listings for supervision await examination and reporting. under 1913 forestry laws lands may be put under state control until timber matures with 10 percent of timber sale proceeds going to the county. A low taxation plan supports tree conservation efforts.
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Harrisburg
Thhe State Forestry Commission
Forestry Commission
Labor Day Busy Day Promised in Greatfield
Greatfield issues notice to nearby towns of round‑the‑clock entertainment on Labor Day with hourly events. Mothers line up Thursday to enter a baby show with prizes for prettiest infant. Baseball fans may attend two games at 10:30 and 2 PM. more amusements to follow, per the paper.
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Greatfield
Mineral Spring Post Office Established in Clearfield County
Hon. Charles E. Patton receives a 1914 letter from the Post Office Department announcing authorization to establish a Mineral Spring post office near Woodland, Washington, D. C. The order is effective upon postmaster qualification, with the First Assistant Postmaster General holding jurisdiction.
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Charles E. Patton
Post Office Department
Mineral Springs
Woodland
Washington, D. C
D. Be, Young
Pennsylvania
Clearfield County
Mineral Spring
Gener
Returning to France from Clearfield Textile Company
Julien Crozier, a member of the Clearfield Textile company, leaves tonight for New York to sail for France. He is a former corporal in the French army and will rejoin his regiment on returning home.
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Clearfield Textile Company
Julien Crozier
New York
France
M. Crozier
Six Small Smiles and Fragments of Press Snips
A trio of brief humor clippings from Boston Transcript Houston Post and Vagrant present light quips. A motorist clashes with a farmer over hay and farewells a carriage while noting the horse’s appetite. The divorce remark mocks publicity. The bread and brandy exchange quips close the set.
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Farmer
Boston Transcript
Quips and quips on warmth and wit in old papers
A collage of humorous quotes from 19th century papers touches on warmed puddings and cider like folk wisdom. It notes a jailbird boasting thirty nine hundred chickens and a trout season quip about a seated angler.
Court Hears Pathetic Case of 15 Year Old Margare t Hoke
In Pike township Judge Bell presides over a juvenile court hearing for incorrigibility by Margaret Hoke a 15 year old girl. Witnesses testify to inappropriate associations and family strife while the judge warns he will press criminal charges against any young men found to have improper relations with her. The girl is placed in sheriff custody and the case awaits further action. In a separate matter Judge Bell amends an order in a wife desertion case to empower a probation officer to pursue alimony from missing husband Davis Moristirate.
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Bell
Margaret Hoke
Pike Township
Margaret
Curwensville
New Jersey
Hoke
C. M. Davis
Moristirate
Stock
Davis
Steuben Statue Dedicated Today in Utica
Utica marks the dedication of a large bronze statue of Baron Frederick William von Steuben, honoring the German patriot who aided Washington. The ceremony recalls Steuben’s Valley Forge service and ties to the local German community. Also noted are dog taxes totaling about two hundred dollars, suggesting around two hundred taxed dogs and an implied larger canine population.
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International News Service
Utica
Frederick William Vo Steuben
Frederick the Great
George Washington
Baron Stein
Washington
Steuben
Congress
Valley Forge
Baron Steuben
Clearfi
Barn Destroyed by Lightning Near Mt Zion
A Milton Richner barn near Mt Zion was struck by lightning Sunday afternoon during a storm. The fire destroyed the barn and most contents including lumber, grain, hay, straw, a gasoline engine, threshing machine and implements. One horse was burned and a colt severely injured. Neighbors saved the house. insurance covered only part of the loss. Separately, William Goss’s residence at Clearfield and Fourth streets West Side was struck, causing plaster damage and a stunned owner but no injuries.
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Buteir
Meade Lick
Richner
Milton Richner
Mt. Zion
Gosa
Strack
William Goss
Clearfield
Fourth Streets
West Side
Mr. Goss
Osteopaths Convene in Philadelphia for AOA Session
Two thousand osteopaths gather in Philadelphia for a five day session of the American Osteopathic Association marking forty years since Dr. Still founded osteopathy. Dr. Percy H. Woodall of Birmingham Alabama presides as practice grows to seven thousand practitioners with tours to Atlantic City planned.
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International News Service
Philadelphia
American Osteopathic Association
Percy H. Woodall
Birmingham
Als
Bellevue- Stratford
Atlantic City
Among the Stranded Mrs Sarah Cummings
Mrs Sara Cummings of Clearfield a teacher and summer traveler in Europe faces travel disruption as tours cancel itineraries and tourists seek return to America. Her vessel sails toward New York with anxious friends wondering when she will return amid difficult conditions and ongoing delays.
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Sarah Cummings
Europe
Sara Cummings
Clearfield
America
Bilas Cummings
New York
Naval Battle Reported in Unconfirmed Wire
An unconfirmed report claims German and English ships fought near Kiev with eight German vessels and two Russian ships lost. Howard Emery of Cherry Street visited relatives in Sandy Ridge on Sunday.
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London
Kiev
Howard Emery
Cherry Street
Sandy Ridge
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