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Newspaper
Clearfield Weekly Progress
Location
Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1915
Page
4
The remark suggests Bryan may have believed a speaking career would yield more money than a cabinet role. His departure from the president on the eve of a national crisis could lessen his appeal at chautauqua gatherings.
The Progress voices support for four million voters who broke from the National Republican organization in 1912. It records the Washington party county committee action and vows to assist in rehabilitating the Republican party in Clearfield county while remaining an independent newspaper. It pledges to back Republican candidates meeting its standards of rectitude and efficiency.
The article reports on Leo Frank, a Jewish superintendent in a Georgia factory, being sentenced to death for the murder of a young girl. It notes the parole board refused commutation and alleges a biased trial influenced by intimidation and prejudice.
The piece describes Grado as an important port on the Venetian lagoon, rivaling Aquileia. It notes Grado's fishing industry supporting about 3,560 residents, its picturesque layout, and its growth as a watering place, with Grado and Aquileia’s historic rivalry tied to Venetian power and empire decline.
A poetic reflection on war’s aftermath questions the cost of violence and greed. It laments the fallen fighters and birds, mothers, traders, and bystanders, mourning the bloody, sorrowful landscape left behind. The verse recalls ruined cottages and the long, mourning aftermath.
A Kansas City Journal and Cincinnati Require excerpt shows a man entering a clothing store claiming a suit bought two weeks earlier is already rusted. The dealer defends a guarantee it would be like iron, highlighting tension over quality and customer expectations.
Fragmentary text notes a lease along a waterway near a creek and finery items. The readable portion mentions a Tarim and proof of a proposal or agreement but lacks clear specifics or names. The passage appears as a miscellaneous line from a historical page.
Fragmented text shows a painting contractor Frank Shipley at a Clvid parsonage with a church Ladies Aid social planned at Lutz's, plus garbled phrases about timing, judging, and a comical misprint. Names and places are partially readable but many words are garbled beyond clear meaning.
Fragmentary history from 1913 outlines Mary Phagan’s murder at the factory during Confederate Memorial Day. It details the arrest of Frank, prior suspicions on Conley, differing witness statements, and the controversial defenses surrounding the crime and disposal of the body.
Fragmentary report notes distributions by life insurance organizations in the United States and Canada totaling amounts in 1914. Source text incomplete but cites Beretnaang and New York figures with references to insurance payments in the county.
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