People and Places in Clearfield Weekly News
A round of social calls and local business visits fills a Clearfield pages. Residents and visitors including Miss Parker, Mrs. J. Host, Prof. Carleton, Dr. Kirk, Dr. Woodside, Mrs. Beahan, J. G. Borer, and many others circulate between Philipsburg, DuBois, Punxsutawney, Osceola Mills, and surrounding towns while attending to family visits, shop runs, and community events this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Overholt
Pitttrtues
H. A. Murray
Clearfield
Frank Reed
Pittsburg
Singletor Bell
J. K. P. Hall
Ridgway
Register
R. M. Heed
Oscevia Mills
John Peatz
DuBois
Boesz
William ‘Murray
Jerseyshore
Local Social Notes From Clearfield District on Tuesday
Reports from Glen Hope and Girard township mention meetings with Clearfield friends. Visitors include C E Merner, Miss Sara Hattsiek and Mr and Mrs Pooler at their Park Avenue home. Bell Telephone official E G Maher called at Abtwona. Mrs Webb Shillingford hosted an auction bridge gathering for Mrs Raymond of South Norwalk Conan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Parker
Bellefonte
Bir
Mrs. Parker
Second Street
J. M. Kelly
Catherine
Jean Smith
Curwensville
Redding
Leonard House
Flora Williams
Lee Sunderland
Grampian
Bert Ross
Abe Mirkin
Pittsburg
Mirkkin
Wereer Hospital
L. J. Jacobs
Akron
Ohio
George Tirter
Tyrone
Elvis. DeVinay
Kylertown
James Gray
Cornwath
Jamies H. Minds
Flamey
Treat
Clearfield
John G. Miland
Lena M. Huathe Erie Company
Tory Evans
DuBois
Francie Snake
Wii Frome
Fourth Street
Raymond Wihsiew
New York
W. T. Evans
Wand
Tuckwater
Aleders
Td Pooler
Park Arents
Webb Shillingford
South Second Street
Auction Bridge
Mrs. Raymond
South Norwalk
Conan
Farmers Institute Held in Brady Township
Under the state agriculture department, farmers institutes are held statewide. In Brady Township Salem, January 4, 300 farmers attended. C H Goodlander welcomed attendees as Harrison Strow presided. Prof. Raymond C Smith spoke on soil moisture and soil fertility relations. Evening programs featured poetry, music, and talks on rural schools and dairy costs. Tuesday sessions covered potato culture and silo sorting. Prof Smith led soil survey discussions and high school social issues. The program concluded with resolutions and a late closing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Agriculture
Farmers Institute
Clearfield County
Salem
Brady Township
Harrison Straw
C. H. Goodlander
J. Romer Reams
L. S. Lighty
York County
Raymond C. Smith
Frank DeLora
Miss Hazel
Ruth Woods
L. W. Lighty
Sheldon W. Franks
Smith
Lighty
Sheldon W. Frank
Wagner
Luthersburg
Village Bad Boys Become Heroes in WWI Tales
A trio of reformed youths from British schools rise as wartime heroes. Driver Drain of Barking and Lance-Corporal Fuller of Swansea, once labeled bad boys, earn Victoria Crosses for extraordinary bravery at Le Cateau and the Aisne. Their stories test old judgments as communities honor their valor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Field Artillery
France
Mons
Drain
le Cateau
Frederick Luke
Barking
Walthamstow
Driver Drain
V. C
Oj Wort
Fuller
Swansea
Reyz Welsh
Kipling
the Aisne
Chivy
Royal Welsh
Captain Haggard
Haggard
Local Laconics on snow risks and visits
Pedestrians watch roofs for snow slides shielding passersby. Miss Eliza Summers from Buffalo visits Mr and Mrs Summers on Daisy Street. Kurtz Wiser of Altoona visits relatives in town. Miss Pearl Butler spends weekend with Miss Roxy Woods and Miss Florence Woods in Gram Pian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliza Summers
Buffalo
William Summers
Daisy Street
Kurtz Wiser
Altoona
Victory for women teachers in New York schools
Albany Jan 13 Commissioner Finley ruled a teacher may not be dismissed for bearing a child while absent from public schools. Bridget Peixette, who returned after motherhood and without leave, must be reinstated after dismissal for neglect. Five more mother-teacher appeals are pending decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
John H. Finley
State Department of Education
Bridget Peixette
New York City Board of Education
Murderer Snyder Files Full Confession in Port Murder Case
Huntingdon January report says Adam Snyder, a 2 Reformatory youth, confessed to slashing Mrs. Plummer Port at her Shavers Creek Valley home, placing her body under an apple bin, and plotting to kill her husband before fleeing to the mountains after his plan faltered. He described the crime in detail during third degree questioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntingdon
Adam Snyder
Plummer Port
Shavers Creek Valley
Port
Snyder
Money and speeches mark mid year exams at Clearfield high
The mid year examinations at Clearfield High School opened this morning. Morning declamation in the assembly featured Grace Albert, James Cochran, Emma Baughman, and George Torrence. Next week’s speakers include John Flegal, Flossie Williams, Joe Thompson, and Ruth Fleming. Roy Fulton of the County National Bank spoke on Money, its history, and the three classes of money, noting how gold and currency value shift with supply and demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clearfield High School
Grace Albert
James Cochran
Washington
Valley Forgess
Emma Baughman
George Torrence
John Flegal
Flossie Williams
Joe Thompson
Ruth Fleming
Roy Fulton
County National Bank
Earthquake Toll and Historic Disasters Across Italy
Naples reports ongoing aftershocks with no current fatalities in Potenza, while a partial catalog lists historic quake deaths from Pompeii and Calabria to Sicily. The piece surveys Italy’s seismic record, including major events and total estimated losses since ancient times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Potenza
Italy
Sicily
Pompeii
Herculaneum
Vesuvius
Catenia
Calabria
Ovyec
Abruzzi
Whelmers
Aples
Rimini
Catania
Lquilia
Isecere
Progress contest invites nominations for four week trips
A call goes out to 14 000 readers and the public to inspect progress and prizes for an unusual newspaper contest. Nomination blanks are still available for ambitious local women to enter without charge, with 200 names urged for the first published nominee list. Winners receive grand four week tours, and the project promises easy, pleasant vote keeping and broad local interest.
RfieldeR Injured at Work in Altoona Eyelid Pierced
David Summers of Altoona, employed in the car shops, is in a hospital after a steel bar pierced his eyelid. He will be moved to Clearfield tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rfielder
Altoona
David Summers
Clearfield Tomora
Orchard and Garden Practices for 19th Century Farmers
Advice for orchard and garden care including removing dying trees and recording counts, using wood ashes as grapevine fertilizer with poultry droppings to limit rank growth, currants needing snow protection, monitoring mulched strawberries, and using cold frames hotbeds greenhouses or a simple root cellar for forcing rhubarb.
Union Men Demand Real Rapid Transit Parade
A large parade of several thousand union men from many trades will march in Philadelphia to press for a high speed transit system. A mass meeting will follow with union and business group reps urging installation, outlined by Director A Merrit Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ly. United. Frees
Philadelphia
A. Merrit Taylor
Blind lawyer in important case grips Indiana court
A jury trial before Judge J. Telford in Indiana County centers on Bear Run Coal & Coke Co of Sidney and J B Phelan with Michael Burns of Punxsutawney. The case, an action of replevin, involves more than 50 000 and attracts many witnesses. W M Gillespie, a totally blind attorney from Punxsutawney, represents the coal company assisted by Lex Mitchell and others. Phelan and Burns are represented by Gleason Ole and John Scert Esq of Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Telford
Indiana
Couy
Bear Run Coal & Coke Co
Sidney
Jefferson County
J. LB. Phelan
Michael Burns
Poxstawney
W. M. Gillespie
Punxsutawmey
Coal
Lex NW
Mitchel
Punxsutawney
Samuel Cunningham
William Banks
Messrs. Phelan
Burns
Glesson and
Ole
DuBois
John Scert
Gillestie
E. W. Hass
Clearfield
Western editors discuss newspaper laws in Seattle address
John H. Perry of Seattle addressed the State Newspaper Institute on newspaper jurisprudence with emphasis on the right of privacy. Publishers editors and 150 University of Washington journalism students attended as the three day program opened in Seattle January 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
State Newspaper Institute
John H. Perry
Oregon
Montana
Washington
University of Washington
Perry
Food Supply and Army Logistics Tactics
A fragment outlines feeding armies through controlled rations and designated depots, detailing wagon movements to support formations and resupply. It notes refilling rations each morning and the shift from booty rights to controlled provisioning, stressing maximal use of available forage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vader
Good. Natural Teeth Fifty Years of Age
A long miscellany on dental health cites Dr Philip Erwin of Perkasie, praising modern dentistry to prevent tooth loss after fifty. It argues teeth support digestion and overall vitality, with anecdotes and quips on appearance, aging, and the social value of a healthy smile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jolly Agus
Joh Philip Erwin
Perkasie
Nets
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Jedh Day
Terae
Clear Weld
Progress
Milas Genevieve Hert
Philipsburg
TS. J. Host
G. Webb Shilingford
J. S. Knapp
South Zorwalk
Conn
Janetta Rasmold
Sidney Kor
Bond, Md
Mrs. Renett Croyle
St Osceola
I. E. Carleton
Bradford
Mrs. E. Jimeson
J. G. Borer
G. W. Wythe
Dr. Kirk
New Millport
Dr. Woodside
Lumber City
Thomas S. Beahan, Sr
Spenamenta
T. R. Weimer
Mrs
Rex Montgomery
DuBeig
William W. Myers
DuBois Yesterwag
Alice Smith
Locust Street
W. C. Browne
Burnside
Town
Mik
Seleesley
Jersey Bhore
Ed Letdager
New York City
Charty Freedland
Max Hafler
Matt LiBarr
Ploegirvel
Skei Mitdren McGarvey
Kutee Seraw
Heer
Heber Straw
Harwinsdale
M. Pentz
Glen Hope
Tuseday
E. DP
Bilie
Girard Township
Thy Giert
Clearfield Friends
C. E. Merner
Sara Hattsiek
Gramplan3
Réeling
Charles Longstond
John H. Moore
Reed
Aml
Bruce
E. G Maleer
Bell Telephone Company
Ab Twona
Progress Office
Money
England
New York American
Shikoku
Japan
Mantal
Reggie
London
Palermo
Frescine
Palerme
Rome
Genoa
Cosenza
Melfi
Kingdom of Naples
Perugia
Macchia
Isle of Ischia
Tee
Strembait
UNION
Waited Press
Boston Cescaurant
Boston
Saul
Cincinnati Enquirer
Hewitt—Gruet
Jewett
Boston Globe
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Baltimore
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