Tyrone and Clearfield Railroad
There are seventeen collieries in operation along the line of the Tyrone and Clearfield Railroad and its branches, producing two thousand five hundred tons of coal a day. Source : Clearfield...
View ArticleClearfield Republican, July 13, 1870
Clearfield Republican - Wednesday, July 13, 1870, Vol. 10., No. 50 page two - Estate of Joseph H. Hagerty, late of Jordan township / Administrator's Notice - Estate of Solomon Pyles, late of Pike...
View ArticleClearfield Republican, July 20, 1870
Clearfield Republican - Wednesday, July 20, 1870, Vol. 11, No. 1 page one - Hon. Benj. H. Brewster was married at Washington yesterday morning, to the daughter of the late Hon. Robert J. Walker page...
View ArticleClearfield Republican, July 27, 1870
Clearfield Republican - Wednesday, July 27, 1870, Vol. 11, No. 2 page two - A Royal Suicide - Monsieur Paradol, French Minister Plenipotentiary, shot himself at Washington, on the 20th. He had just...
View ArticleClearfield Republican, Aug. 3, 1870
Clearfield Republican - Wednesday, August 3, 1870, Vol. 11, No. 3 page two - Death of Professor Stoever - Professor Martin Luthr Stoever, L.L.D., of the Pennsylvania College at Gettysburg, died...
View ArticleClearfield Republican, Aug.10, 1870
Clearfield Republican - Wednesday, August 10, 1870, Vol. 11, No. 4 page two - Administrator's Notice - Estate of Robert H. Rany, late of Burnside township / Administrator's Notice - Estate of John...
View ArticleClearfield Republican, Aug. 17, 1870
Clearfield Republican - Wednesday, August 17, 1870, Vol. 11, No. 5 page one - Murder--Arson--Suicide. - Scarcely a day passes that we are not called upon to record some horrible death and destruction...
View ArticleClearfield Republican, Aug. 24, 1870
Clearfield Republican - Wednesday, August 24, 1870, Vol. 11, No. 6 page two - Death of Admiral Farragut - ...The Secretary of the Navy has the painful duty to announcing to the navy and to the country...
View ArticleClearfield Republican, Aug. 31, 1870
Clearfield Republican - Wednesday, August 31, 1870, Vol. 11, No. 7 page two - In the Matter of the estate of Jacob Miller, deceased. At an Orphans'Court held at Clearfield, for the county of...
View ArticleClearfield Republican, Sept. 7, 1870
Clearfield Republican - Wednesday, September 7, 1870, Vol. 11, No. 8 page two - Administrator's Notice - Estate of Jacob Zimmer, late of Brady township /Administrator's Notice - Estate of J. Linn...
View ArticleClearfield Republican, Sept. 14, 1870
Clearfield Republican - Wednesday, September 14, 1870, Vol. 11, No. 9 page three - Killed by Lightning - We learn from railroad officials here on Tuesday, that a man was struck and killed by lightning...
View ArticleClearfield Republican, Sept. 21, 1870
Clearfield Republican - Wednesday, September 21, 1870, Vol. 11, No. 10 page one - Administrator's Notice - Estate of Jacob Zimmer, late of Brady township / Administrator's Notice - Estate of J. Linn...
View ArticleClearfield Republican, Sept. 28, 1870
Clearfield Republican - Wednesday, September 28, 1870, Vol. ll, No. 11 page two - Hon. John L. Dawson - This well known Pennsylvanian died at his residence, Friendship Hill, Fayette county, on Sunday...
View ArticleClearfield Republican, Oct. 5, 1870
Clearfield Republican, October 5, 1870, Vol. 11, No. 12 page one - Deathof Ex-Governor Packer - Ex-Governor William F. Packer died at his residence in Williamsport, Lycoming county, on Tuesday...
View ArticleClearfield Republican, Oct. 12, 1870
Clearfield Republican, October 12, 1870, Vol. 11, No. 13 page two - Administrator's Notice - Estate of Jacob Zimmer, late of Brady township / Administrator's Notice - Estate of Peter Hoover, late of...
View ArticleClearfield Republican, Oct. 19, 1870
Clearfield Republican, October 19, 1870, Vol. 11, No. 14 page two - Dead - Hon. J. C. Kunkle, a prominent Harrisburg lawyer and politician, died in that city on Friday. He formerly represented his...
View ArticleClearfield Republican, Oct. 26, 1870
Clearfield Republican, October 26, 1870, Vol. 11, No. 15 page two - Administrator's Notice - Estate of Mrs. Mary J. Kelly, late of Osceola / Administrator's Notice - Estate of Robert McFadden, late of...
View ArticleClearfield Republican, Nov. 2, 1870
Clearfield Republican, November 2, 1870, Vol. 11, No. 16 page two - Adminstratrix' Notice - Estate of William Dale, late of Lawrence township - Rebecca Dale, Administratrix. / Executor's Notice -...
View ArticleClearfield Republican, Nov. 9, 1870
Clearfield Republican, November 9, 1870, Vol. 11, No. 17 page two - Administrator's Notice - Estate of Mrs. Mary J. Kelly, late of Osceola / Executor's Notice - Estate of Elizabeth Smeal, late of...
View ArticleClearfield Republican, Nov. 16, 1870
Clearfield Republican, November 16, 1870, Vol. 11, No. 18 page two - Miss Mary A. Stinebaugh, a noted Methodist preacher, in Ohio, has been married to the Rev. Henry J. Bradford, also a Methodist...
View ArticleClearfield Republican, Nov. 23, 1870
Clearfield Republican, November 23, 1870, Vol. 11, No. 19 page two - Even at Sixteen - Hon. W. W. Watt, one of the State Senators from Philadelphia, died in that city on Friday last... / Marriage of...
View ArticleClearfield Republican, Nov. 30, 1870
Clearfield Republican, November 30, 1870, Vol. 11, No. 20 page two - Executor's Notice - Estate of Mrs. Thomas Campbell, late of Bell township / Administrator's Notice - Estate of Mrs. Mary J. Kelly,...
View ArticleClearfield Republican, Dec. 7, 1870
Clearfield Republican, December 7, 1870, Vol. 11, No. 21 page two - A Democratic Patriarch - "On the 11th day of October last, Mr. Abraham Shull, Sr., of Whitely township, this county, rode to the...
View ArticleClearfield Republican, Dec. 14, 1870
Clearfield Republican, December 14, 1870, Vol. 11, No. 22 page two - A Man Shot for a Wild Turkey - THe following facts in reference to a sad shooting affair, are from the Bloomfield (Perry county)...
View ArticleClearfield Republican, Dec. 21, 1870
Clearfield Republican, December 21, 1870, Vol. 11, No. 23 page two - Mrs. Charlotta Gondon, who struck her husband with an ax and caused his death, has been committed to the Bedford jail to await...
View ArticleNews of a Different Era
"In my family history research I have the opportunity on occasion to read from older newspapers. Just going back a few decades you notice a difference. Going back 160 years and the differences between...
View ArticleEgle's 1876 Penna. History - Clearfield County
CLEARFIELD COUNTY was brought into existence by an act of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania passed the 20th of March, 1804. The same act provided also for the erection of Jefferson, M'Kean, Potter,...
View ArticleHaines, J. L.
While at target practice, recently, J. L. Haines, of Coalport, who is the champion rifle shot of three counties, in 100 shots made score of 191 inches, string measure, of 1,100 points target count....
View ArticleThe Raftman's Journal, 8 Jul 1857
Wed., July 8, 1857, Vol. 3, No. 46. In Blair County, Elias Baker, Esq., is constructing a railroad from his famous Allegheny Furnace Ore Bake to intersect the Pennsylvania Railroad at Blair Furnace. A...
View ArticleSnake bite
A 10-year-old d/o Capt. A. Reed of Big Beaver Twp. is recovering from a poisonous snake bite received while berry picking on the 20th ult. [July 20, 1857]. (Source: The Raftman's Journal, Vol. 3, No....
View Article