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Newspaper
Clearfield Weekly Progress
Location
Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1914
Page
5
Names and movements fill the page as residents travel to Niagara Falls and Buffalo, visit relatives in Bradford and Avis, and attend reunions and excursions. Local business visitors from DuBois, Irvona, Grampian, and Lock Haven appear, along with several family outings to Jersey Shore and Philadelphia area sites.
A long list of visitors and residents in Clearfield and surrounding towns is recorded. N L Booyer of DuBois and W C G Pentz of DuBois call on business. Miss Margaret James of Philipsburg visits. numerous Misses and Mrs travel to Tyrone Winburne Philipsburg Altoona Punxsutawney and Frenchville for visits and camping. dropsy operation on Rue Spence at Memorial hospital. E P Carr improving slowly. various motorists and relatives from Butler Kane Morrisdale Florida and others enjoy trips and gatherings.
Sunday in Clearfield featured guests of Miss Pearl Butler while Mrs. W P Livingston of West Street traveled to Tyrone to meet daughter Catherine after a Pittsburgh visit. Attending to business in Clearfield were J M Bryan from Du Bois and attorney L D B McCall from Du Bois. Grace Myers Maude Myers from Canton and Margaret Davis with B F James and wife of Ebensburg joined an automobile party from Lackawanna area who arrived yesterday. Mrs J P Gardner, visiting with Mr and Mrs R B Thompson, departed by 4:15 train to Steelton.
Miss Florence Bagley spent Sunday in Philipsburg. Dan Invin of Curwensville was in Clearfield yesterday. Ex Sheriff Don Allen of Dubois spent Monday in Clearfield. John B. McGrath of Hout yesterday in Clearfield. Amos C. Hensel of Madera was a business caller at the courthouse yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kennard of Second street spent Sunday at Camp Bonair. James Connell of Williamsport accepted a position at the Dime Ling hotel. Mrs. McClure and Mrs. Burkett of Curwensville were in Clearfield yesterday. Lillian and Dorohy Dietzel are visiting friends nearby. Miss Blanche Maxton of Pittsburg is at the homes of Mrs Alta and Miss Miriam Anderson Woodward. they returned from Colorado very rested by their outing.
Miss Anna Goss of Falls Creek visits Mrs Crispen while Mrs Harry Walker from Pine street visits Philipsburg relatives. Miss Ella Shaw and Mrs John Harder spend the day in Curwensville. Numerous locals travel for visits, a desertion probation officer conducts river business, and many residents attend picnics, motor trips, or family gatherings in Curwensville Philipsburg Curwensville and other towns.
Mrs Frank C Keanard and her daughter Esther have returned to Roanoke Va after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs W W Meare on Fourth street. She traveled with her cousin and was accompanied to Harrisburg by her brother Philip Moore of Tacoma who had been visiting his parents.
Thursday, August 13 1914 many residents from nearby towns visited Clearfield for shopping and business. Ex Sheriff Woolridge Du Bois Jack Harrington and others paused in Clearfield, while Miss Dorothy Wolf Curwensville and Miss Anna Howe Morrisdale shopped in town. Several families from Morrisdale Grampian and DuBois spent the day calling on friends and handling affairs in Clearfield.
George L. Miller died suddenly of heart failure yesterday at 13 15. He helped develop the coal industry in the region, founding Kettle Creek Coal Co in Bitumen in 1880 and leading its growth. Survived by his wife and son, the former Coch Ten Coal Co superintendent in Saline. Funeral at his Westport home Saturday morning. remains will be transported to Williamsport for burial. He was on vacation traveling to Atlantic City.
A sweeping summary lists wartime leaders across nations. It names England’s King George and Lord Kitchener, France’s Joffre, Germany’s Kaiser Wilhelm II, Russia’s Grand Duke Nicholas, Austria Hungary’s Francis Joseph, and other high command figures, noting who leads or directs but who may not fight directly. The piece contrasts nominal rulers with actual battlefield control, highlighting who is directing operations and mobilization efforts during the war.
An afternoon and an evening band program at the opera house and on the street drew about 200 visitors from Curwensville and surrounding towns. Circolo director Beyer led selections including Medley Echoes from Il Trovatore and Estudiantina. crowds parked autos at service points while hospitality from Masonic lodges welcomed attendees from Houtzdale Philipsburg Osceola Clearfield Coalport and Curwensville.
A partial OCR fragment references Austria and Archduke Eugene with mention of lands and Hungary. The text is incomplete, offering no clear event, date, or named individuals beyond these nominal terms.
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