Johnson and Hicks Named in City Council Slate
Bruce E. Johnson is named as general manager with James B. Hicks as vice president and E. W. Hess as treasurer in the newly announced city council slate, detailing the municipal leadership lineup.
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Newspaper
Clearfield Weekly Progress
Location
Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1915
Page
2
War talk and public health concerns loom in town chatter
Local columns mix political commentary on Wilson, Britain, and a looming risk of war with domestic worries about public health. Articles discuss quarantine enforcement for scarlet fever, pestering rumors, and calls for prudent vigilance as schools face contagion while civic funding and pensions face legislative twists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lew Paysen
Ed Dodd
Has Germany fed Belgium or worsened its distress
The piece argues Germany did not feed Belgium but instead worsened its plight by extracting payments and hindering relief by sea. It condemns German rail and submarine actions that threaten relief ships delivering aid to Belgium. The Fatherland editor urges Americans to condemn Germany’s war conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Great Britain
Belgium
Keiser
Shade trees offered by Clearfield shade tree commission
The Clearfield shade tree commission announces it will furnish shade trees for planting when soil conditions permit. Clearfield, famed for its beauty due to shaded streets, invites citizens without trees to apply. Trees are sold at cost plus a small handling charge. no profit is made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clearfield
Shade Tree Commission
Necessity for Protecting Public at Movie Theaters
Discussion on public safety in amusement houses. Emphasizes protecting women and children, proper exits, seating, aisles, fire protection, and motion picture booth installations. Notes inspectors regularly review venues, guiding renovations to meet legal standards and ensure patron security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department
Help Stamp Out Tuberculosis Sign Sparks Delinquency Raid
Deputies arrest Ernest Hamilton on a delinquency charge at his four room Columbus home. Inside they find eight people a hat four chickens two dogs a cat and a lame duck. The scene centers on a tuberculosis awareness sign in the window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Columbus
O.gMar
Ernest Hamilton
Hamilton
Smiles Don't Swerve Jury Says Woman Prosecutor
United Press reports Mrs. Annette Abbott Adams, appointed assistant United States district attorney, rejects the idea that a woman’s smiles sway juries. She notes federal juries are composed of businessmen who judge on the crime, not appearances. Adams cites her first conviction of Loura Butler for robbery on the Sheridan, and emphasizes impersonal prosecution and opposition to coaxing confessions with leniency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
San Francisco
Annette Abbott Adams
United States
Loura Butler
Orchard Demonstrators Promote Best Orchard Practices
Harrisburg March 3. Orchard demonstrators from the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture toured southeastern counties teaching farmers through spraying pruning pest suppression and tree-disease treatment. They will move north toward the New York line as the season advances, marking the eighth year of free educational work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
State Department of Agriculture
Pennsylvania
New York State Line
Department of Agriculture
Coal downturn hits Cambria county towns hard
The Cambria county coal business languishes with most districts dull and few orders. Twin Rocks mines operated by Penn Central Power stay running to power pumps, but little coal is extracted. Demand is weak due to World War II trade disruptions, leaving many miners unemployed and towns in distress while hopes for recovery depend on future conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambria County
Etton
New York Central Railroad
Patton
Twin Rocks
Penn Central Light & Power Company
Europe
Shipments for Jews in Palestine to sail from Philadelphia
The United States collier Vulcan is to sail from Philadelphia today or tomorrow with 900 tons of food for starving Jews in Palestine. The ship will also carry coal and medicines for the U S cruisers Tennessee and North Carolina in the Mediterranean. Local American Jewish Relief officials obtained government permission to send the aid aboard.
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Philadelphia
United States
Vulcan
Palestine
Tennessee
North Carolina
Jewish Relief “Association
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