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Newspaper
Clearfield Weekly Progress
Location
Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1915
Page
2
A scattered column voices concern over out of town purchases and their impact on the community. It riffs on political tensions, Prohibition era debates, and local civic zeal, urging residents to awaken to opportunities while condemning rash actions that threaten town vitality.
The article discusses the newspaper’s duties to inform readers with current news, present it clearly, and publish truthful facts. It emphasizes loyalty to the publishing town and serving civic pride, with editors and owners investing time and money for the community’s best interests. It notes varied views and the risk of misused media power.
Poem fragment culls seasonal conflict as March returns with wind and death’s shadow, yet the speaker senses wood and meadow life awakening. In the oak’s core and through the brier beside the door, life’s elusive rapture stirs, a prescience of renewal beyond winter’s grip. The lines echo William Dean Howells’ meditative lyric voice.
A jumble of brief dialogue snippets and captioned quips from newspapers includes mock lines about marriage proposals at Penn State Froth, a poised man named Teddy, and quips about congressional mileage. Other fragments reference a judge, a polished teller Johnson, a Houston Post exchange, and a first company promoter reacting to an insult while counting fingers after a three-handshake moment.
Mrs. David Bell, 74, died in Northampton Pa. She made shrouds for over 1500 people since 1869, contracting with undertakers in the area to supply them with shrouds and to resist.
Pueblo March 18 The city has fined a driver for damaging a street car by driving over it and tearing off part of the fender during a dispute with traffic regulations. The incident involved a trolley car and a tarp, reflecting ongoing enforcement of streetcar safety rules in Pueblo.
The piece portrays English landowners as pivotal in wartime recruiting, citing Arundel in Norfolk where tenants face pressure to enlist. It notes nobles’ influence over villagers, with doors bearing names of those gone to war and a cathedral reflecting the cost through fallen names, highlighting social coercion amid national conflict.
Inscriptions beneath archways at a cathedral doorway reflect philosophy about impermanence. The piece notes how insects regulate speed in flight by changing body inclination rather than velocity, illustrating a dynamic adaptation rather than weight changes.
Washington discusses shifts in U S immigration from 1900 to 1928 and 1916 patterns. Native populations rose 19 5 percent while foreign born grew 58 7 percent with Northern and Western Europe declining. Southern and Eastern Europe expanded markedly, city migration rising, naturalization lagging, and male dominance among immigrants noted.
Pittsburg reports the Peaster family, linked to composer Stephen C. Peaster, occupying the Foster homestead on Pean avenue. The former mansion, once a boarding house, was purchased by H. Park for restoration and given to the city as a Christmas gift. A campaign spurred its return as a showplace, with Mrs. Roar and family present as they seek to recover the composer’s piano and scattered belongings.
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