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Newspaper
Clearfield Weekly Progress
Location
Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1915
Page
5
A roundup of daily goings on in Clearfield includes A A Kane leaving for Bucknell commencement and return to lead the high school in September, society socials at the Lutheran church, and travels of residents visiting relatives and attending events across nearby towns and campuses.
Fragmented OCR text mentions a chief of vive sheers and local community actions, but readable details are limited. No clear event dates or named organizations are retained. The piece appears to be a stray local item with multiple garbled phrases and missing context.
A fragmentary 1915 local item notes Andry Dah visiting Winburne, Mr and Mrs Frank Rowe planning a trip to the Panama Pacific Exposition, Mrs Lex Brown hosting a bridge afternoon, and several residents whose activities and moves are briefly described amid damaged text.
Old Jupiter virus and mud raise gloom yet hope remains as supervisors tackle the Old Mill. Farmers praise Mother Nature and back to nature sentiments rise. Mt Zion neighbors Nelson and Kishner advocate bareheaded sun days. Rivalry over strawberry sizes surfaces, yet harvests threaten to overwhelm baskets. Children’s Day set for Sunday the 26th with MS Zion Sunday School planning a full program.
Grampian Hepburnia and Oakland ball teams played on the former grounds Saturday. Oakland won by a score of & to 7. Miss Lena Wall visited her relatives, Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Wall, Sunday. Lydia Spencer, living in Patton, is staying with Edward Spencer. J S Flemming moves into H B Clary property. Mrs L S Spencer visited Bells Landing. Mrs Hattie Cleaver visited McGees Mills.
Local notices report Joseph Dunlap and family departing for a Dugan reunion at Woodland. Mrs Stott and son returned from a visit to Altoona, while Mrs J M Witherow and son Melville visited her mother. Mrs Charles Rainey came home from Indiana County. Parley Stall and son Malter planned a Curwenaville business trip yesterday. Mrs Homer Sr and children visited Glen Campbell friends. Rose Thaine and Della attended the 3 5 convention anteg toriay. KN Wootterk sniped with in Mtsterday while training children for Children Day. Mr V L Gash of Ebensburg will give Temperance Lecture in the Lutheran church Friday evening June 18.
Miss Ruth Straw leaves for town as Miss Amanda Giteadan from Grey Campbell motors to attend. A church gathering is set for Thursday at Fruit Hill, with Dacite Miss Erosgia hosting the event and June 2 scheduled for the morning service.
A Providence Evening Bulletin reprints a critical piece attacking German wartime propaganda. It lists alleged fabrications about Belgium France and the Lusitania and asserts Britain and Germany manipulated public opinion. The tone condemns Prussian deceit and praises American restraint amid calls for accountability.
Local notes report warm weather and busy social life. John and Mary Butler attended a Sun day school convention at Bigler while Pearl and Isaac Lamadue joined the event there. Miss Virgie Butler of Dearfield visits family. A Spring Valley festival drew attendees and Salem Childrens Day exercises proceeded despite threats of a storm. Several residents, including John Wisor, Hye Goss, and the Wisor family, shared Sunday calls and visits.
United Press reports Venice California enforces strict beach attire rules banning one piece bathing suits. A censorship committee of women monitors beach dress, hides offenders with robes, and publicly admonishes repeat violators as lifeguards and censors watch.
Reports indicate Jess Willard and Jim Coffey are close to agreeing to a ten round heavyweight match at Brighton Beach on Labor Day. Coffey, recovering from a hand injury, delays until then to avoid jeopardizing a title shot while promoters negotiate with Harry Pollock and Billy Gibson. Willard is favored to win, with Coffey shown vulnerable against Jim Flynn and presumed unable to challenge the champion tonight.
The Havana Reds, Cuba’s touring White team, visit Driving Park on Saturday to meet Clearfield’s best locals. Manager Healy expects a strong showing as Clearfield fields Conklin or Bowes, Lester, Swint, Bentz, Kupfer, Fanver, Heverling, Toot, and Davis in a balanced lineup.
Borough council met with eight of twelve members present. Treasurer reported 21,442.12 in the treasury. Topics included the new borough core articles, a potential garbage dump site along Clearfield creek, and inspection of the Gamewell alarm system complete. Requests covered Spruce street sewer, a rear Lot auto garage, Weaver street sewer, and water for Turnpike avenue. Fire plug installation at West Market and West Front, removal of the Bigler avenue hump for filling, sidewalk grade adoption, alley filling, and street markers to be reported next meeting.
More than 200 Washington merchants filed briefs with the Interstate Commerce Commission demanding amendment of railed tariffs. They seek freight rates from New York to Richmond Virginia not to be higher than rates from New York to Washington, aiming for parity in shipping costs.
A world wide peace conference convened at historic Independence Hall to discuss forming a League of Nations led by ex President Taft with possible unofficial endorsement from President Wilson. Over one hundred officials, scholars, and university presidents attend to propose the United States join a league to prevent precipitous war and to consider an international court and a Council of Conciliation for non justiciable questions.
A large turnout of northwest motorcyclists gathered in La Granite for La Grange's annual road races. Competing on a seven mile rectangular course, the event carried purses totaling about $1,000 this afternoon.
War notes report posters across England urging memory of the Lusitania with a biographed image. In Northern France the Johnson notoriety fades as new rumors spread about fighters and clashes. About 300 women seek roles as cover, conductors, and helpers in military areas as the war effort expands.
London reports British naval casualties through June, detailing ship losses and damage. The terse item notes material losses and acknowledged incidents affecting crews, with official figures forthcoming.
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