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Newspaper
Clearfield Weekly Progress
Location
Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1913
Page
5
Long list of residents and visitors in Clearfield and vicinity. Mrs Lesher of Philipsburg, Mrs Clark of Glen Campbell, Miss Montellus of Curwensville, and many others are noted visiting, shopping, or traveling to towns like State College, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and Warren. Several locals travel for government service, education, or social visits, with brief mentions of hunting trips and school events.
Saturday visits and travels fill Glen Hope Curwensville Curwesraville Philipsburg lists. Families move events and road trips include Miss Lois Pickles Miss Sarah Leech Miss May Kline and others visiting relatives in nearby towns.
Monday notes list Leno Edwards in Philipsburg Saturday and Alvin Briley returning from a hunting trip near Housedale. Ida Bailey visited relatives out of town and Mrs. Clara Forvey of Chicago is staying with her brother Dr. Livingston. John Provost and W. S. Piper families hosted by George R. Bigler and Mrs. J. R. Chase’s niece Caroline Stow visiting West Fourth Avenue.
Miss Nancy Miller visits relatives in Unionville Pa. W H Patterson Esq was a State College visitor last week. Mrs John W Wrigley Jett travels to Philadelphia for several days of shopping. Miss Helen Van Valkenburg of New York City visits her aunt on Second Street. Miss Edith Patton and William Morgan visit family from Curwensville and Kansas City Mo respectively. Emma Hinkle Martha Waite and Irene Ogden return from State College for the Pennsylvania Day house party. Mrs Smeal returns from New York City. N J Scollins Osceola Mills in town on business. Gussie Thorn and Leo Shillen spend Sunday with friends in Punxsutawney. Clara Weber and Sterner back from DuBois visit. Ruth Esther and Katherine Shearer Curwensville shop in town. A W Leonardson returns from New York City after a shopping week. Charles Eckert and wife visit friends in DuBois before returning home.
Inez Isenhaver visits friends in Youngstown Ohio while Dr Shivery conducts professional business in Wallaceton. Mrs William E Ogden entertains Mr Hagerty from DuBois on Cherry Street. Miss Maud Shearer and Miss Edith Smith from Curwensville shop in town. Lloyd Wrigley returns from New York with his wife. Mrs Henry Claycomb of Altoona, formerly Clearfield, visits. Mrs H F Barnes of Rochester wills to her Baumeerden parents on Merrill Street. Captain Thomas E Clark, opera house manager, back from Pittsburgh. Kate Rummery, formerly in Leitzinger store, returns to Glen Hope. Mr and Mrs Charles Henry Buchin home after extended honeymoon to New York and Philadelphia. Rev J P Hawkins of Curwenville Lutheran church visits relatives in Altoona. Mr and Mrs J F Weaver home from Pittsburgh after attending the Pittsburgh Lafayette football game. Daniel Barnett, Knox township leader, conducts business in Clearfield.
Dallas P Guppy engages in DuBois business while Edward Dutton visits Philadelphia. Numerous residents including Mr Gordon of Patton and Mr Mrs Forest Livingston visit Philipsburg and Gazzam. Travels include Mister Mary and Lill Lee heading to Ashville North Carolina. Several obituaries noted with Mrs John Wining of Port Matilda.
Demonstrations in nine counties began in Pennsylvania as of November 10 with good attendance despite unfavorable weather. The program, led by State Zoologist H A Surface, will run all week and next, expanding to 35 counties. Local dates in Clearfield include Kylertown November 19 and Clearfield November 21.
Services on Sabbath with Sabbath School at 10 30 A M Sermon 2 P M Sunday evening 745 sermon by Elder B F Kneeland of Coudersport Pa on Christ the Coming King All are invited to special meetings at the church each evening next week
George Hummel of Morrisdale underwent a below the knee amputation at Cottage hospital Philipsburg on Friday due to an incurable disease affecting the leg.
A Falls Creek girl, living at the creek, has disappeared from home. Reports suggest she may have joined a circus or ventured into the stage, with authorities seeking any information on her whereabouts.
Miscellaneous notes from Clearfield area recount residents' visits and illnesses, farm yields, and travel. J Blair Read returns for a funeral, Mr Strickland aids at a drill, evangelistic meetings yield many converts, Nora Wall visits home, and Centre Quarterly Friends meet with education in religious life on the agenda. A new post office penny stamp ruling prompts questions about stamp supply and snow.
Singleton Bell, a native-born Clearfield lawyer, is the first local to be elected judge since the county’s judicial district reorganization. Previously judges Krebs and Smith came from other counties and married local women, while Bell remains the first native-born to hold the office.
Arthur R. Allard of Osceola Alls and Miss Marie Glover of Philipsburg were married Thursday at the Presbyterian manse in Philipsburg by Reverend R. P. Miller.
Asbury Park, N J Nov 1 The national day of prayer observed by the Women s Christian Temperance Union across the United States was changed from January 1 to January 15 at the union s national convention in session here Mrs Lilian Stevens national president issued a proclamation calling for a global temperance crusade to place prohibition in national and world laws and to seek divine blessing for the effort
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