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Newspaper
Clearfield Weekly Progress
Location
Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1914
Page
2
The United States Department of Agriculture issued a circular on army worm identification and control as Clearfield reports wide crop damage. Pests threaten wheat oats corn timothy blue grass with fields destroyed on East End and West Side near the A A P railroad.官
The piece warns that dough from children or domestic animals is contaminated. Prompt action to prevent worms from infesting a field is better than later efforts to kill them in the grain. Once caterpillars infest a field, destruction measures may start or destroy the crop.
The Legislative Committee of the State Grange met in Harrisburg to draft a platform for the coming campaign. Worthy Master William T. Creasy addressed the assembly outlining goals including equalized taxation, charity appropriations, repeal of a local read law, highway department reorganization with local road aid, local self government, enforcement of expense account rules, minimum salary pledges for school districts, full State road tax funding up to 25 dollars per mile, and support for initiative referendum and recall.
The Lawrence township school board met in Judge Bell's office and elected teachers for the coming year. Schools listed include Pleasant Dale, Wolf Run, Plymptonville, Paradise, Mt. Zion, Center, Driftwood, Clover Hill, Pine Grove, Mitchell, Mt. Calm, O Shanter, Glen Richey, Waterford, Hillsdale, Keystone, and Pine Ford with named instructors such as Ellen McDowell, Edith Arthurs, Amed2 Hommel, Ade Fuls ton, Bernice Read, James Morrison, Lucile McCorkle, Mary Whitehill, Helen Ogden, James G. Weber, Mary Schrot, Mary Weizer, Dela Ogden, Eliza Thomas, Ruth Mapes, Melville Straw, Grace Mackie, Hettie Caldwell, Olive Moore, Oral Davis, Beth Ogden, Mary Nelson, Alma McCracken, and Hulihen.
An orange tree can produce up to 20 000 oranges while a lemon tree rarely yields more than 2 000 lemons.
Gifford Pinchot and William Draper Lewis, Washington party candidates for U S senator and governor, toured central to northern Pennsylvania districts in August reaching about 120000 people. They visited 440 towns, met workers at mills at 6 am, rode working trains, and held open air mass meetings. Counts of supporters ranged from 1200 to 7000 per stop. counties visited included Pike, Monroe, Northampton, Bucks, Lancaster, York, Adams, Cumberland, Perry, Juniata, Snyder, Union, Northumberland, Mifflin, Huntingdon, Luzerne, Lackawanna, Columbia, Montour, Susquehanna, Wyoming, Bradford. next stops Dauphin, Lebanon, Berks, Lehigh. The tour aims to show broad opposition to Penrose and his machine.
The Western Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb seeks names of school age deaf and dumb children in Clearfield. Supported by the state, it educates such children free of charge. Readers may contact W N Bert in Pittsburgh or the Progress with information.
A Paradise social roundup notes Charlie Polkinghorn and Grace Carns visiting. King Shaw and Lily Bronn wed at West Side parsonage. Misses Ilelen and Mary McDowell return from Philadelphia with a Carter's green picnic. an automobile party from Coalport visits Mrs. G G Irvin. The town hints at a new paper The Awakening of Paradise and lists contact names and 10¢ weekly rate.
Harrisburg July 20 with three thousand men at work repairing roads the state highway department launches a $1,125,000 program funded by automobile taxes and registrations. More crews will join as emergency repairs are expedited, aided by favorable weather. Initial tasks cover holes, ditches, culverts, and general shaping, under the maintenance division led by engineer George H. Biles. The division holds $85,748.51 for state aid maintenance, with about $11,000 authorized in Clearfield Center and Indiana counties this year.
A Boston physician asserts Ngh-heeled shoes ease headaches and recommends silk stockings for sore eyes in the i-Daston Transcript, presenting a curative fashion based remedy from contemporary medical opinion.
New York reports boxing gate totals show a decline from historic highs. The article reviews past heavyweight bouts in Paris Reno San Francisco and elsewhere, notes major prize shares and fan interest, mentions Coffey backed by Richard Croker for a Johnson clash in Ireland, and praises George Chips comeback while contrasting McCoy and Chip’s styles.
In York and nearby venues fans noted Murray losing to Coy while Chip afterwards knocked out Murray from a near helpless start. The column lists town residents visiting relatives and friends, with mentions of Dorothy Humphreys in Grampian, Mrs Ela Dean of Ohio, and several locals like Mrs. Michael McMahon, Paul, Miss Marie Smith, and Miss Nora Wall visiting town or vacationing.
International News Service reports Terre Haute Indiana hosts 725000 Knights of Pythias members for a week long encampment to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first lodge in 1864. Major General Arthur J Stobbart of St Paul oversees events as delegates converge from 8000 lodges and 6000 Uniform Bank members. Chicago and Milwaukee crews attend. prize drills expected.
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