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Newspaper
Clearfield Weekly Progress
Location
Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1915
Page
3
The Pan ama-Pacific exhibition features electrical labor-saving devices with an all electric house. The shown home includes built in features for every room, from electric refrigerators to chafing dishes. A rear electric workshop hosts a recharging device for an electric automobile.
Crawford loses his patent staff model on the way to a financier while Polly Woolward discovers a kitchen device in a found parcel. Polly tests the egg boiler, contemplates its value, and a scheme unfolds as she seeks the inventor. Galsworth, Wall Street teller, becomes entangled with her, and promises of profits drive the pair toward a shared plan.
A Western Presbyterian body questions whether war is a divine ordination or a path to betterment. Historians differ on wars from Alexander to Napoleon, with the current conflict possibly proving international force a costly, barbaric failure. The piece urges restraint and hopes for lessons amid casualties and destruction.
A Brooklyn woman reports her daughter in London that Belgian refugees are well cared for in Ireland. In Cork a municipal lodging house houses 68 elderly, middle aged, and children refugees under Miss O'Brien and a capable committee. One elderly farmer, 90, travels with loss of family and a heavy talk constraint. Many refugees fear returning to Belgium and remain hopeful yet cautious.
The Federal League forms a core of skilled youngsters around veteran players and draws minors and colleges to rival the National and American. Notable performers include Ed Zwilling 325 batting, Westerzill 476, Tobin 239, and Oakes 265, with strong fielding from Deal Mann Kenworthy Rawlings Chadbourne and others as Kansas City clubs contribute top defensive talent.
Maxwell News of New York launches a women sales force in the automobile business. President says women are proven saleswomen and demonstrators in other lines and will likely succeed with cars. Mrs Crystal Eastman Benedict leads the saleswoman bureau and reports early value from hires.
A designer muses on merging empire and colonial gowns from 1580 and 1850 with Russian and Algerian influences. If fifty women gathered in spring fashions, the display would resemble a costume ball spanning half a dozen historical periods.
Mrs Enpeck notes Sam Smith and Kate Jones wed last spring in a quiet ceremony. She jokes the couple kept the union under wraps for nearly a year. Enpeck quips about Smith’s prior life as a liar before marriage and the hush surrounding the coupling.
Commencement events run May 20 to June 2 with a Baccalaureate sermon at Trinity Methodist on Sunday May 20 at 7 30 p m Senior Class night on Monday May 21 at 8 59 p m Highth Grade promotion exercises Tuesday June 1 at 8 30 p m Captn of Plymouth operetta by Eighth Grade pupils Wednesday June 2 at 8 30 p m Dr Llewelyn Phillips Bucknell University to speak An admission of 15 cents for each exercise Open for public inspection May 31 and June 1
A well known druggist promises to cure biliousness through an 134 Whiting 5 mailing list. He claims his method has helped others and offers a guide at no cost upon request, with a small postage fee for mailers who do not wish to quibble.
The advertiser thanks the Ladies of Clearfield and vicinity for spring patronage and invites continued support. She promises best attention and invites customers to see new bargains in latest styles at Mrs Jos France Reed Street.
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