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Newspaper
Clearfield Weekly Progress
Location
Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1914
Page
3
Mrs D J Olyphant opposed equal suffrage while Frank Stephens supported votes for women at Tuesday sessions. Both speakers argued passionately on whether suffrage benefits women and society, with Olyphant emphasizing nonpartisan, homeward influence and Stephens asserting equal rights.
Ex-senator Ed Bailey and his companion John Brooks were killed when their car turned turtle near Medford Long Island. No witnesses. they were found by a telephone lineman pinned beneath the vehicle.
John D Rockefeller marks his 75th birthday in Tarrytown with a simple schedule including a 7:80 breakfast, reading birthday messages, lunch at 1, an afternoon nap, 18 holes of golf, overseeing work, a dinner with Mrs Rockefeller and her sister at six, and an early bedtime.
Captain Lorenzo, attacked Monday by his trained lions, dies from wounds in Mt Clemens Michigan. He is survived by a bride of a month. The Register and Recorder office announces new desks, appreciated by R M Reed and staff. Marriage licenses issued to Clare Van Houter and Margaret D Bedell of Dubois and Peter Zorriskey and Mary Hali brant of Madera.
Finlay Ohio July 8 H Long bruns and Charles Armstrong oil well shooters were blown to atoms when 200 quarts of nitroglycerine they carried exploded in an automobile. Investigators found no trace of the men or the car only a fragment of an axe. The blast wrecked nearby houses and shattered thousands of glass panes. Two children in a house were knocked down and stunned.
New York July 8 Testimony at the reopened coroner inquest in the Mrs Louis Bailey murder includes Gaston Boissannault claiming Mrs Carman said Dr Carman met women outside and kissed a nurse in his office and that after gathering evidence she would separate rooms and not seek a divorce for their daughter. Ellswood Bane testified seeing a woman with a dark skirt cross the Carman lawn after the shot that killed Mrs Bailey. Mrs Carman has been arrested charged with the murder.
Victor Murdock of Wichita Kansas will replace Dr Cadman as tonight's speaker at the Clearfield chautauqua. The big tent in Lower Witmer park draws crowds as Edward A Mead presents a recital and Disraeli in The Servant in the House. Cinderella plays at 2 15 p m performed by Avon players with Anna Oppenlander staging a Mother Goose scene.
Generally fair tonight and Thursday, with slightly cooler conditions in the north portion.
William Stiver aged 84 years 10 months 8 days died Sunday night at 9 35 at the home of Martin Spotts Tyrone after a long life. He served in Civil War Company F Second Pennsylvania Cavalry. Survived by children Joseph Stormstown J L Hollick Philipsburg Mrs J M Spotts Tyrone Grant Martha Furnace Robert Bellwood. Funeral services were held at Tyrone home with interment at Martha Furnace.
Patrick Gilday, president of district No. 2 of the I M W of A, and James Percival, U M W of A district No. 2 vice president, left for Lilly and Gallitzin to negotiate an end to the long running strike at the Piper mines affecting about four hundred workers.
The Clearfield Y M G A opens a ten day camp July 21 to 31 joining DuBois and Punxsutawney groups. Camp leader E B Hagaman and a full staff coordinate daily activities from reveille to tattoo with swimming, athletics, Bible study, and camp fires for all attending boys.
A Boy Scout style camp notes boating and swimming but with supervision. Aquatic meet and various races will feature canoe and boat events. Boys are urged to participate in athletics and a baseball league will form. Evening stunts and campus games are planned with hikes and overnight tent trips. Photography and cooking remain key, with visitors and parents welcome on Thursdays.
Allen C furner nephew of Governor Turner inherits Mrs Stew estate after caring for her and her ill daughter whose death followed. Lithographer Tener noted. Real estate transfers list multiple deeds under Clearfield and surrounding counties with values from 50 to 4500 dollars. Gideons drive reports 46 60 from Presbyterian church in Clearfield.
A July 8 ceremony in Saltillo honors General Carr with a fast and toast. A Mexican official, Manuel Go Yaidro Fabela, minister of forest nations, urged unity and affirmed allegiance to the constitution. Lieutenants and principals were present, while details of a surrounding surround remained classified.
Rumor says J Frank Snyder and his wife will move back to their field and settle on the street. The news is welcomed by Snyder’s many friends who anticipate their return.
A clash between East Pittsburg Westinghouse strikers and workers left a foreman with a fractured skull after a brick was thrown by William Strang. Matt Berger was injured as three strikers were arrested and others sought. Strikers reportedly discussed recruiting workers from outlying farms to keep the plant supplied.
In Ayr Scotland on July 3 two suffragettes attempted to plant a bomb at Robert Burns birthplace. A watchman surprised them. one was arrested and the other escaped. In Chester England on July 8 suffragettes burned Broad Heath railway station after a raucous court session. Mrs Pankhurst arrested again and jailed at Holloway.
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