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Newspaper
Clearfield Weekly Progress
Location
Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1914
Page
5
A local column lists numerous residents and visitors over the holiday weekend in Clearfield and nearby towns. Names include SBiyder, Javeersom, Seubead, Weber, Stigler, Carrigs, and many others, with travel, visits, and family happenings noted across multiple communities.
A crowded list of residents and visitors notes Christmas and New Year movements. George R. Bieter and A. D. Bigler went to Florida for ten days of business and pleasure, while Prof. Redding and Prof. Case returned from holidays to resume school duties. Numerous townsfolk are mentioned in social rounds, visits, and travels involving Jersey Shore, DuBois, DuBois area, Arcadia, and nearby communities.
Wednesday 1914 items note Miss Marie Alien visiting Clearfield friends and Miss Margie Cole returning from DuBois. Mrs Daniel Livingston sails for Philadelphia to winter with her daughter Mrs Thomas Martel. John Webster Gailey returns to Cardiff after a stay. Prof Beisel returns from Pittsburgh and resumes work at the high school. S O Chase and Hazard Chase depart from Jersey Shore for Altouna then Buckwalter College to resume studies. Mr Bisby a classmate of William Reed attends locally. Mrs C LeBarrie visits Pine Street Guards Fegan Goshen Township remarks.
A flood of visitors and locals including Mrs Sadie Emerick from State College and Miss Lucile Kepter from Hawthorne pause in town for short visits. Others such as J W Newcombe of Hoty Miss Catherine Moore of Hiledate Jatt and J Frank Fry Mahaffey call on business or family, with several planning hospital or travel to Erie and Pittsburgh for hospital care or work.
Franklin and Marshell academy visits his parents. Miss Olive Shirey of Bigler was a Clearfield shopper yesterday. Miss Rebecca Dale returned from a visit with relatives at Grem pian. Bixby of Pittsburg visiting William Heed. W. B. Stevenson of Mahaffey in town today Emery. Owens of Kerrmoor attended in Clearfield today. Dr HH A. Collins of Winborne spent morning in town. Mrs GC W caviar West Fifth avenue ill with quiesy improving. Dev Currier of Grampian a business visitor. J H Woodward returned from business trip east.
The American Cultivator advises winter garden care with mulch protection for strawberry beds using clean marsh hay, clearing rubbish to deter pests, and avoiding mold and spores. It urges early spring plowing, selective pruning, and year round composting to enrich the soil and prepare for fruiting season.
The Department of Agriculture warns New Jersey, Middle Atlantic, and Southern farmers that seed potatoes carry a white label certifying freedom from powdery scab after federal inspection. Do not use table potatoes for planting as they may carry disease and trigger quarantines. Certified seed stock from quarantined districts is safer and often superior in quality, though Maine seed supply is low and prices are down.
In Harrisburg on December 31, Dr. W. Grant Chambers, dean of the University of Pittsburgh School of Pedagogy, and Dr. Nathan C. Schaffer addressed the closing sessions of the State Educational Association convention. Officers were elected, reports read, and routine business completed as educators concluded the meeting.
Congress reviewed federal control over railroads under ICC in a year of wartime policy. House passed key bills on immigration reform water power leasing and dam measures, with Senate inaction. War era acts shaped currency, tariffs, and internal taxation while nominations faced heated Senate fights.
Neutral nations including Italy Holland Norway Sweden and Denmark join the United States in condemning British seizure of neutral ships and cargoes. London commentary urges a firm, positive refusal by Britain in response to U S protests over captured cargoes.
Washington observers report no official New Year welcome tonight marking a rarity after years of public community celebration. Officials and society members plan private dinners and gatherings as the year ends.
Geremiz Acitelo, whose sentence was commuted last week by the board of pardon, was moved to the Western penitentiary this morning on the 5.15 train by Sheriff McCloskey to begin life imprisonment.
Bek Bas returns after bricklaying contract with foreign workers. Rev M C Flea will begin revival on New Year's Eve. Grover Higgs moves to Clear Seed. J H Caliwell reduces free gen campbell station duties. Loraize Ferguson, nurse, visits home then returns to hospital. Merlin Mills recovering from burns. Ice harvest begins for Brick cow company. Harry Goldthryad and wife visit Chester Owens' farm. Dotty Hill ill with diphtheria but improving. Jobo McDivitt improving at age 85. Mrs Hulthas and others join Hultiban Christmas gathering at merchant Hultiban's home.
The following is the first annual report of John A. Stock, desertion and probation officer, appointed January 12, 1914, for the period through December 31, 1914. It lists cases reported to court, dispositions, removals from county institutions, sessions, adoptions, and a financial statement showing amounts collected under court orders, disbursements, and balances, noting that roughly 75 percent involved desertion and non-support and the rest other causes such as assault.
Fort Smith Arkansas city board of commissioners creates the Municipal Economist office to devise ways and means to reduce municipal waste and increase municipal revenue. The post to be known as the Municipal Economist and serves the city with financial planning and revenue strategies.
An unreadable obituary fragment mentions an interment at Lanneburg and lists survivors. It references a death at a hospital around Wednesday and lists two. Other names appear garbled, including Jonverrew and Howard Laniels.
Fragmentary text outlines a clash over anti-prohibition interests and legal action. Mentions Arizona, former attorney Geo. P. Bullaté, and attempts to test state constitutions at the supreme court level amid pirate forces and a Soka setting.
Fragmented reflections on beauty across ages and races, mentioning Helen of Troy Cleopatra and other historical figures. Includes a quirky dialogue about social clubs and coffin fund societies. Concludes with a meditation on life experiences as lasting bricks in life’s architecture.
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