Busy readers note community news from Clearfield area
Anna Wier of Huntington visits sister Carrie in Fourth street. Guerney Smith and family move to new home on West Front street. Marian Wright returns from Creeka DuBois. Several locals travel, visit, or attend funerals. lists of residents with travel and family updates across Curwensville Grampian Punxsutawney Tyrone and DuBois. Residents attend events, shop, and report health and travel news. local business and legal notices appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mins
Anna Wier
Huntington
Carrie! Not
Fourth Street
Guerney Smith
West Front Street
Marian Wright
Creeka
DuBois
Henry Moulthrop
Frank Wow
New York City
Margaret McDonald
Milo Lawhead
Pleasant, Grove
Minnie Snake
Ther Hameron
Local Notes from Punxsutawney and Nearby
Landlord A M Bloom of Penfield transacts in town. Mrs David Hichens of Woodland visits East. Fred May returns to work at Ross Woods after neuralgia. Mrs Hagin Ganoe of Daisy street operated for appendicitis and rests well. Mr and Mrs Harry Keim visit DuBois friends. Frank Brown and George Brooks travel to Punxsutawney. Miss Helen Louise Maynard of Williamsport visits aunt Mrs George Reed for tonight’s organ recital. Harry McHeary of Grass Flat, a jeweler, hospitalized with severe pneumonia. Mrs Oliver Babcock and Miss Martha Shillingford of Chicago plan to visit next week at Old Toy Road home. Hahn and Morrison, in New York and Philadelphia, buy spring hats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Bloom
Penfield
David Hichens
Woodland
Fred May
Ross & Woods
Hagin Ganoe
Daisy Street
Harry Keim
DuBois
Frank Brown
Punx
Chicago
Web Shillingford
Old Toy Road
Hahn
Morrizon
New York
Philadelphia
Buyiling
Ladies Bible class hosted by Mrs Swift in Woodland
Mrs S S Swift presided over a Tuesday evening gathering of the M E Sunday school Ladies Bible class at her home with business, refreshments, and a pleasant social time. Local news notes include a sled party from Clearfield, James Palmer named postmaster, and the deaths of infant Rose Mitchell and infant Bowles. The M E Ladies Aid met at Mrs Alex Dugan’s home. Master James Baird is ill at home as srkosis preparations for Lincoln and Washington birthdays proceed.
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S. S. Swift
Ladies Bible
M. E. Sunday School
Charles Bowles
M. Ex Ladies Aid Society
Alex Dugan
James Baird
Srkosis
Lincoln
Washington
New Lincoln Letters Reveal Early Lincoln Drafts
Revealed letters show Abraham Lincoln writing to Major Richard M. Carline at General John C. Fremont’s circle in 1680s hints at 1860s presidential hopes. One letter, dated Springfield on Aug 6 1680, discusses Seward Chase and McLean as potential nominees and stresses confidentiality. A second letter from May 1300 outlines party dynamics in Illinois Indiana and Iowa, noting delegates and possible support while forecasting quiet strategy. Lincoln’s wartime thoughts echo in an anecdote about war scares and the Ohio Ridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Lincoln
Chicago
Tiscoin
Hichard M. Carwine
John C. Freimont
Springfield
Gaya
Merch
Seward
Alinois
Chase
Bates
Fudge McLean
Harrison
Taylor
Aurie
A. Linconn
Mtola
Indiana
Ohio
Sttiundo
NM. Allen
Vincennes
Iowa
Jesse K. Chibois
David Davis
A. Lincoln
Lincoln greatest orator gets award verdict hint
Lord Curzon of Kecheston delivering a lecture on Parliamentary Eloquence suggested he would award the prize to Abraham Lincoln as the master piece of modern British eloquence. He did not specify which Lincoln address but appeared to have the Gettysburg Address in mind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Curzon of
Kecheston
Oxford University
Americas
Abraham Lincoln
Lord Curzen
Lincoln
Potash Supply Sought For Next Spring Fertilizers
In a bid to boost fertilizer content Reed fertilizer manufacturers agree to use their current potash stocks to supply fertilizers with two to three percent potash next spring. Officials believe sufficient supply is on hand domestically and urge farmers to utilize available perish in amr farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amr Farmererd
Lincoln Nominated at 1880 Republican Convention in Chicago
An 1880 account recounts Abraham Lincoln being nominated at the Republican National Convention in Chicago after a dramatic scene with John Hanks and two rails. The piece notes key figures like Dick Oglesby and John M Palmer, and mentions Cameron’s backroom efforts and Lincoln’s eventual 231 plus votes before Masse was named VP.
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Americaa Press
Abraham Lincolm
Chicago
Lincoln
Nepubiigan
Teecamur
US Syd
Dick Oglesby
Oglesby
Trinols
Lindy
Ogtesby
John Hanks
Abraham Lincoln
Sangamon
Ile
Join Hanks
John M. Palmer
Abraham Lincold
Republican Party
Mincie
Herndon
Everriki
Lamon
Gerndon
Decatur
Simon Cameron
Pennsylvania
Cameron
Hs Pennarlesnia
Friends of Cameron
F Ligegin
Lincoln Headquarte
Tremont
Reiger
Who Will Succeed Secretary Gritchfield in Pa
Speculation swirls on Capitol Hill as Governor Brumbaugh plans to reorganize the Department of Agriculture. Six candidates loom for the February 27 vacancy, including Algernon L. Martin of Lawrence backed by many state board members, and Edward Caruthers of Washington a Western Pennsylvania agrarian leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brumbaugh
Department of Agriculture
Algernon L. Martin
Lawrence
Farmers’ Institutes
State Board of Agriculture
Harrisburg
Capitol, Hill
Brambaugh
Norman E. Critchfield
Critchfield
Agricultural Department
H. A
George H. Huntchinson
Buntingdon County
Fonmer
Gowerror
Subscriptions key in local contest campaigns
The piece urges letters to out of town friends to boost votes for contestants and notes subscriptions bring rewards. It highlights active ladies using midis in campaigns, appeals to former residents, and promotes the grand California trip prize as a strong incentive for participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clearfield
Clearfield County
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