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Newspaper
Clearfield Weekly Progress
Location
Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1914
Page
8
The Washington party platform denounces Penrose and corporate influence, pledges Progressive reforms including nonpartisan tariff, civil service merit, local option for liquor, constitutional revision, anti monopoly measures, labor protections, and public oversight to curb machine rule in Pennsylvania. It calls for defeating Penrose and reorganizing state government to favor corruption-free reform.
Gen. Huerta the es provisional President of Mexico charters the United Fruit Company steamship Patia to sail from Kingston to Santander with his family and party. He deposits $200000 in a bank and plans to voyage next Sunday amid reports of political asylum and financial moves in the Caribbean region.
A brief, reflective note contrasts a husband who kisses his wife goodbye with the notion that such small gestures are priceless. It hints at how such moments contrast with the friction leading to divorce, highlighting enduring affection against costly separations.
George McCracken transfers land in Ferguson to J B Watts. Andy Partilla transfers land in Sandy to Constantine Parlilla for 1130 dollars. Transfer records indicate property movement and involved parties.
Washington July 27 An indefensible water power bill approved by the president but designed to give waterpower interests control of actual and potential water power in navigable streams of the United States without compensation to the public is under consideration in the house of representatives. It is the Adamson amendment to the general dam act, pushed by a bipartisan group led by Underwood and Adamson on the Democratic side and Stevens of Minnesota on the Republican side. Gifford Pinchot, president of the national conservation association, says the administration endorses the amended form and calls it a surrender to power interests. He says it does not protect consumers within states from extortion and would take back public rights after the fifty-year grant, forcing government to take over key electric plants to regain control and barring amendment unless conditions are violated.
The Times editorial argues France must be protected along the Belgrade frontier and urges united action with allies to prevent Austro-Hungary or Russia from overpowering France. Japan likely to aid England in event of European war. Malta reports ships preparing to sail and troops on alert as Britain mobilizes reserves. Austrian troops called to return home as July 30 dispatches note broad mobilization signals.
Cap'n Dan Powers, known as the oldest raftsman in Pennsylvania, lives in a one room log cabin west of Marysville, Perry County. Born April 10, 1829 in Suwata Gap Lebanon County, he began rafting at age 7 and has guided over 3,000 rafts on the Susquehanna between Lock Haven and Marietta. He earned sizable wages for hazardous work and later turned to farming, once owning 2,500 acres, though losses diminished his estate.
The Luietan church Ladies Aid held a outing to dlin gin Springs on Tuesday departing at 1 PM and returning at 6 PM with a served supper. William Thompson led 72 children to Camp Golden Rod for Daisy Thompson’s birthday, spending the day with lunch, games, and a return home in the evening. A July 23 to 25 trip to Crecked Run for huckleberries involved specialists from Clearfield and Woodland, though the berries were scarcer. despite rattlesnake scare remnants, the group enjoyed a hearty camp experience and thanked Crooked Run Hunting Club for the welcoming camp.
New York reports Austria maintains a formidable aerial fleet per an issue of Flying, the Aero club of America organ. It lists 86 airships from 19 to 300 feet, gas capacity 118,090 to 400,600 cubic feet, including a rigid type used by Germany and several non-rigid models from Hallborn Kortling and French Astra origins.
A New York Evening Post note highlights population growth in Alaska and upper Canada as encouraging for booksellers. A speaker claims Norway is “the booksellers' paradise” due to few amusements and long, dark nights.
A brief 19th century style vignette where a five year old girl named Grace explains to her mother she was not yawning but practicing a new kind of a smile as she was told it was bedtime.
IC Bloom of New Milloo and John Rafferty attended a Democratic gathering in Curwenshire yesterday. Florence and Mand Maratha planned a vacation in Chantavera. Carrie Hampton visited Miss Laura Bail in West Fifth Street and returned to Johnstown with Mr and Mrs Grant Ross and Dr Ward O Wilson. Huntington residents spent a week on West Front Street. Mary Wright visited Carwensvill and Reed Street. L N Suddath inspected the Bell Telephone line in Clearfield. Cornelia Schillen vacationed with parents on Gulich Avenue. she travels with nurse Heinsel.
A historical note warns that chronic ulcers of the stomach stomach irritations and other GI tract conditions are a serious cancer precursor. It stresses that any sudden or gradual swelling or mole like growth should be removed and that removal of chronic irritation is the only known preventive for cancer.
In a remark attributed to Mr. Snowden the speaker muses that if Adam had lived longer and labored honestly, and his wife had shared his longevity, Adam would not have earned the same sudden wealth as some. The line implies assumptions about thrift and life expectancy shaping income and happiness.
There are two ways of buying stocks. One is to buy outright Gillis. Yes, the other is to buy for wrong. Parck.
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