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Brockbank, John I., a native of Elk county, Pa. ; place of residence, Luthers- burg; degree of M. D. conferred by Baltimore University School of Medicine, March 4, 1886.
Calhoun, Grier O., a native of Armstrong county ; place of residence, Madera ; degree of M. D. conferred by Baltimore Medical College.
Cherry, Emel T., a native of Altoona, Pa. ; places of practice, Indianapolis, Ind., Ansonville, and Madera ; place of residence, Madera; degree of M. D. conferred by medical college of Indiana, February 28, 1884.
Cresswell, A. E., a native of Missouri; places of practice, Cherry Tree, Fair View, and Ansonville ; place of residence, near Ansonville ; attended lectures in 1871 and 1872 at the Medical College of Ohio, at Cincinnati, and in 1872 at the medical department of University of Michigan.
Coltman, Robert J., a native of Washington, D. C .; place of residence, Houtzdale, Pa .; degree of M. D. conferred by Jefferson Medical College, March 12, 1881.
Corey, Horace M., a native of Tioga county, N. Y .; places of practice, Sayre, Pa., Waverly, N. Y., Pine City, N. Y., and Peale ; place of residence, Peale ; degree of M. D. conferred by University of Michigan, March 27, 1878.
Currier, J., a native of Port Deposit, Md. ; places of practice, Troutville and Pennville ; place of residence, Pennville ; degree of M. D. conferred by Kentucky School of Medicine at Louisville, Ky., June 28, 1881.
Davis, Thomas E., a native of Cambria county, Pa .; place of residence, Burnside ; degree of M. D. conferred by Jefferson Medical College, March 20, 1867.
Dyson, William W., a native of Greensburg, Pa. ; places of practice, Cham- bersburg and Osceola Mills ; place of residence, Osceola Mills; degree of M D. conferred by Jefferson Medical College, March 30, 1882. 34
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Elliott, C. B., a native of Mount Savage, Md. ; places of practice, Osceola, Altoona, and Utahville ; place of residence, Utahville; degree of M. D. con- ferred by Jefferson Medical College, March 14, 1873.
Edwards, William H., a native of Industry, Me. ; place of residence, Janes- ville; degree of M. D. conferred by Bowdoin Medical College of Maine, June 8, 1868.
Emigh, George W., a native of Morris township, Clearfield county, Pa .; place of residence, Woodland ; degree of M. D. conferred by University Med- ical College of New York, March 11, 1884.
Feltwell, John, a native of Chest township, Clearfield county, Pa. ; places of practice, Little Marsh, Tioga county, Pa., and Houtzdale ; place of residence, Houtzdale; degree of M. D. conferred by Jefferson Medical College, March 12, 1879.
Gallagher, John A., a native of Osceola Mills, Clearfield county, Pa. ; places of practice, Madera, Loraine, and Houtzdale; place of residence, Houtzdale ; degree of M. D. conferred by Jefferson Medical College, April 2, 1886.
Gifford, Willis B., a native of Lee, Mass .; places of practice, Attica, Buf- falo, N. Y., and Du Bois ; place of residence, Du Bois; degree of M. D. con- ferred by University of Buffalo, February 23, 1876.
Gilliland, William S., a native of Centreville, Centre county, Pa. ; places of practice, Central Point, and Congress Hill, Clearfield county, Pa. ; place of residence, Central Point ; attended lectures at the Jefferson Medical College in the winter of 1865-66.
Good, D. R., retired, a native of Franklin county, Pa. ; places of practice, Altoona and Osceola Mills ; place of residence, Osceola Mills; degree of M. D. conferred by Jefferson Medical College, 1858.
Griffith, Matthew M., a native of York, Pa. ; places of practice, Parsons, Pa., Irwin, N. Y., Bradford and Du Bois ; place of residence, Du Bois; degree of M. D. conferred by University of Pennsylvania, March 14, 1867.
Gregory, John A., a native of Alexandria, Huntingdon county, Pa. ; places of practice, Luthersburg and Du Bois ; place of residence, Du Bois ; degree of M. D. conferred by Jefferson Medical College, April 2, 1883.
Haines, Jeremiah, a native of New Cumberland, Cumberland county, Pa. ; place of residence, Woodward township; time of continuous practice, twelve years.
Hartswick, John G., a native of Boalsburg, Centre county, Pa. ; places of practice, Hublersburg, Pa., and Clearfield, Pa .; degree of M. D. conferred by University of Pennsylvania, April 1, 1854.
Hartwick, T. H., a native of Clearfield, Pa .; place of residence, Clear- field; degree of M. D. conferred by University of Pennsylvania, May 2, 1887.
Henderson, James L., a native of Lewistown, Pa. ; places of practice, Pen- dleton, O., and Karthaus; place of residence, Karthaus; degree of M. D. con- ferred by Ohio Medical College, March 1, 1882.
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Hindman, Charles C., a native of Jefferson county, Pa. ; places of practice, Clarion county, Jefferson county, and Du Bois ; place of residence, Du Bois ; deree of M. D. conferred by Jefferson Medical College, March 11, 1876.
Hogue, Davis A., a native of Watsontown, Pa .; places of practice, Glen Hope, Madera, and Houtzdale, Pa. ; place of residence, Houtzdale ; degree of M. D. conferred by Jefferson Medical College, March 11, 1875.
Hogue, Herbert J., a native of Watsontown, Pa .; places of practice, Du Bois and Coalport ; place of residence, Coalport; degree of M. D. conferred by College of Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore, Md., March 1, 1885
Hotchkin, Gurdon B., a native of Clinton, Oneida county, N. Y .; place of residence, Morrisdale Mines; degree of M. D. conferred by University of Pennsylvania, March 31, 1855.
Hurd, Michael E., a native of Clearfield county, Pa. ; place of residence, Newburg ; degree of M. D. conferred by Jefferson Medical College, April 2, 1883.
Jenkins, George C., a native of Curwensville, Pa. ; place of residence, Cur- wensville ; degree of M. D. conferred by University of Pennsylvania, June 14, 1878.
Kline, John H., a native of Centre county, Pa. ; place of residence, Pen- field ; degree of M. D. conferred by Eclectic Medical College of Philadelphia, January 24, 1867.
Lewis, Edward C., a native of Northumberland, Pa. ; place of residence, Penfield, Clearfield county, Pa. ; degree of M. D. conferred by Bellevue Hos- pital Medical College, March 10, 1881.
Litz, Jefferson, a native of Clearfield, Pa. ; places of practice, Johnstown, Woodland, and Du Bois ; place of residence, Du Bois; degree of M. D. con- ferred by Jefferson Medical College, March, 1862.
Maloy, John D., a native of Ireland ; places of practice, Bradford, Empo- rium, and Du Bois ; place of residence, Du Bois ; degree of M. D. conferred by medical department University of Buffalo, N. Y.
Lydic, Joseph M., a native of East Mahoning, Indiana county, Pa, ; places of practice, Smithport, Pa., and Troutville ; place of residence, Troutville ; at- tended medical lectures at the University of Ann Arbor during the sessions of 1868-69, and 1869-70.
Mangon, John M., a native of Ireland; places of practice, Kansas and Houtzdale ; place of residence, Houtzdale ; degree of M. D. conferred by Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, 1857.
Mott, William S., a native of Clearfield county, Pa. ; place of residence, Wallaceton ; degree of M. D. conferred by Eclectic Medical Institute of Cin- cinnati, O., June 2, 1885.
Maxwell, J. A .; place of residence, Curwensville ; degree of M. D. con- ferred by Jefferson Medical College, March 10, 1866.
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Means, William A., a native of Punxsutawney ; places of practice, Luthers- burg and Du Bois ; place of residence, Du Bois ; degree of M. D. conferred by Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery, February 3, 1865.
Miller, S. J., a native of Clearfield county ; place of residence, Ansonville ; degree of M. D. conferred by University of City of New York in 1886.
Mortimer, James I., a native of Clarion county, Pa. ; places of practice, East Brady, Pa., Warren, O., Mckean county, Allegheny City and Du Bois ; place of residence, Du Bois ; time of continuous practice, 14 years.
Murray, John A., a native of Hudson, Jefferson county, Pa. ; places of prac- tice, Ansonville and Mahaffey ; place of residence, Mahaffey ; degree of M. D. conferred by University of Maryland, March, 1885.
Myers, J. G. L., a native of Huntingdon county, Pa. ; places of practice, Burlington, Ind., Hill Valley, Huntingdon county, Pa., Port Matilda, Pa., and Osceola Mills ; place of residence, Osceola Mills; attended one course of lect- ures at Ann Arbor University of Michigan, 1887-8.
Nevling, F. S., a native of Brownsville, Ind. ; places of practice, St. Law- rence, Cambria county, Pa., Glen Hope and Frenchville ; place of residence, Frenchville; degree of M. D. conferred by Eclectic Medical College of Penn- sylvania, January 1, 1870.
Park, William C., a native of Whitesburg, Pa. ; places of practice, Cochran Mills, Armstrong county, Pa., and New Millport; place of residence, New Millport ; degree of M. D. conferred by Western Reserve University of Cleve- land, O., March 12, 1882.
Park, Milo E., a native of Armstrong county, Pa. ; place of residence, Utahville ; degree of M. D. conferred by Medical department of Western Re- serve University, March 27, 1884.
Pettigrew, S. H., a native of Kittaning, Pa .; places of practice, Karns City, Butler county, Pa., and Du Bois ; place of residence, Du Bois; degree of M. D. conferred by Jefferson Medical College.
Potter, J. W., retired ; a native of Clarion county, Pa. ; practiced at Mul- sonburg from 1860 to 1868 ; resides now at Keewaydin, Clearfield county, Pa. ; attended lectures at the National Medical College of Washington, D. C.
Prowell, George F., a native of Lewisburg, York county, Pa .; places of practice, Carlisle, Pa., and Burnside ; place of residence, Burnside ; degree of M. D. conferred by Jefferson Medical College, March 15, 1871.
Read, Frederick B., a native of Clearfield, Pa. ; places of practice, Wood- land and Osceola Mills ; place of residence, Osceola Mills ; degree of M. D. conferred by Jefferson Medical College, March 10, 1867.
Reese, Oliver P., a native of Centre county, Pa. ; place of residence, Kyler- town; degree of M. D. conferred by University of Michigan, March 9, 1865.
Rhoads, John W., a native of Harrisburg, Va. ; places of practice, Danville, Pa., Tunkhannock, Pa., Northumberland, Pa. and Houtzdale; place of resi-
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dence, Houtzdale; degree of M. D. conferred by University of Pennsylvania, March, 1854.
Ross, J. Miller, a native of Morgantown, W. Va. ; place of residence, Lum- ber City ; degree of M. D. conferred by Eclectic Medical College of Pennsyl- vania, May 5, 1857.
Scheffer, Julius, a native of Germany ; places of practice, Allegheny county, Pa., Butler county, Pa., Mckean county, Pa., Warren county, Pa., Jefferson county, Pa., and Troutville; place of residence, Troutville ; degree of M. D. conferred by Medical College of Herford, Prussia, May, 1865 ; attended lect- ures at the University of Pennsylvania, 1867-68.
Scheurer, E. M., a native of Hanover, York county, Pa. ; places of practice, Bellefonte and Clearfield ; place of residence, Clearfield ; degree of M. D. con- ferred by Hahneman Medical College, March, 1871.
Schneider, Charles, a native of Tyrone, Pa .; places of practice, Winter- burn, Driftwood, Cameron county, Pa., and Karthaus; degree of M. D. con- ferred by College of Physicians and Surgeons, March 1, 1881.
Smith, Joseph W., a native of York, Pa .; places of practice, New Oxford, Pa., University Hospital, Philadelphia, and Osceola Mills; place of residence, Osceola Mills ; degree of M. D. conferred by Bellevue Hospital Medical Col- lege, March 1, 1870.
Smith, Reuben, a native of Tioga county, Pa .; places of practice, Elk county, Pa., and Penfield ; place of residence, Penfield ; degree of M. D. con- ferred by American Eclectic College, February 18, 1886.
Smathers, W. J., a native of Jefferson county, Pa. ; place of residence, Du Bois ; degree of M. D. conferred by Jefferson Medical College, March 12, 1873.
Smead, J. J., a native of Clearfield, Pa. ; places of practice, Chest township and New Washington ; place of residence, New Washington ; time of continu- ous practice, twenty-three years.
Stewart, S. C., a native of Bradford township, Clearfield county, Pa. ; places of practice, Woodland and Clearfield ; place of residence, Clearfield ; degree of M. D. conferred by Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, March 12, 1881.
Strowbridge, H. P., places of practice, Oil City and Rouseville, Venango county, and Du Bois ; place of residence, Du Bois ; time of continuous practice, twenty-three years.
Spackman, R. V., a native of Bellefonte, Centre county, Pa. ; place of res- idence, Luthersburg, Pa .; degree of M. D. conferred by Jefferson Medical Col- lege, March, 1870.
Sweeny, Daniel H., a native of Peru Village, Clinton county, N. Y. ; places of practice, New Bloomfield, Perry county, Pa., and Clearfield ; place of resi- dence, Clearfield ; time of continuous practice, forty-four years.
Sweeny, Barnabas, a native of Allegheny county, Pa. ; places of practice, Brookville, Pa. and Du Bois; place of residence, Du Bois ; time of practice, thirty-seven years.
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Sweeny, G. B., a native of Latrobe, Pa .; place of residence, Du Bois; de- gree of M. D. conferred by Baltimore College of Physicians and Surgeons, March 15, 1886.
Thorn A. I., a native of Clearfield, Pa .; place of residence, Kylertown ; degree of M. D. conferred by University of Pennsylvania, March 12, 1872.
Thorn, Paul, a native of Clearfield, Pa. ; place of residence, Kylertown ; degree of M. D. conferred by Baltimore University School of Medicine, March 16, 1867.
Todd, Fernandez, a native of Summitville, Cambria county, Pa. ; place of residence, Houtzdale ; degree of M. D. conferred by University of Pennsylva- nia, March 12, 1875.
Taylor, J. Richard, a native of Philadelphia ; places of practice, Philadel- phia, Breck, Colorado, and Morrisdale Mines; place of residence, Morrisdale Mines ; degree of M. D. conferred by University of Pennsylvania, 1875.
Vaughn, John E., a native of Madison, Me. ; place of residence, Houtzdale ; degree of M. D. conferred by University of Pennsylvania, March 15, 1880.
Van Fleet, Walter, a native of Piermont, N. Y .; places of practice, Watson- town and Du Bois; place of residence, Du Bois ; degree of M. D. conferred by Hahneman Medical College, March 10, 1880.
Van Valzah, H. B., a native of Millheim, Centre county, Pa .; place of res- idence, Clearfield, Pa .; degree of M. D. conferred by Jefferson Medical College, March 12, 1873.
Wagoner, Edward F., a native of York, Pa. ; places of practice, York, Pa., Manchester, Pa., and Osceola Mills ; place of residence, Osceola Mills; degree of M. D. conferred by Jefferson Medical College, March 29, 1884.
Walters, J. L., a native of Loretto, Cambria county, Pa. ; place of residence, Houtzdale; degree of M. D. conferred by College of Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore, Md., March 1, 1881.
Wesner, Michael A., a native of Bald Eagle, Blair county, Pa. ; places of practice, Loretto, Pa., Carlton, Pa., and Houtzdale ; place of residence, Houtz- dale; degree of M. D. conferred by Jefferson Medical College, March 11, 1876.
Whittier, G. M., a native of Maine ; place of residence, Houtzdale; degree of M. D. conferred by Bellevue Hospital Medical College of New York, March 1, 1875.
Wilson, Preston, a native of Clearfield, Pa. ; place of residence, Clearfield ; degree of M. D. conferred by Jefferson Medical College, April 2, 1886.
Wilson, George, a native of Washington, Indiana county, Pa. ; places of practice, Big Run, Pa., Pennville, Pa., and Luthersburg ; place of residence, Luthersburg ; time of continuous practice, thirty-six years.
Wilson, A. J., a native of Juniata county, Pa. ; places of practice, Osceola Mills and Glen Hope ; place of residence, Glen Hope ; degree of M. D. con- ferred by University of Pennsylvania, May 10, 1876.
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Winslow, Byron, a native of Elk county, Pa. ; places of practice, Philadel- phia, Clearfield, and Curwensville; place of residence, Curwensville ; degree of M. D. conferred by Jefferson Medical College, March 12, 1879.
Wood, Charles D., a native of Elmira, N. Y. ; place of residence, Coalport ; degree of M. D. conferred by College of Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore, Md., 1880.
CHAPTER XVII.
THE PRESS OF CLEARFIELD COUNTY.
A S no history of Clearfield county that fails to furnish a full and accurate account of its newspapers-their planting and growth-can be com- plete, the author of this chapter has made special effort to be, not only per- fectly accurate as to dates and names, but full and complete as to material facts.
The press in Clearfield county had a beginning quite as humble as that of any other of its institutions, [and whether or not it has kept even pace with them in this age of human progress the reader must judge. It will not be questioned that, in very many respects, as a community, the people of Clear- field county have kept even step with the spirit of advancement in human pro- gress that has so signally distinguished the past and present generations. Our churches and our schools will compare favorably with those of any other of the several counties of the State ; and as for the general characteristics of her people, whether as to enterprise, industry, morality, or intelligence, it is claimed-and with much show of reason-that she occupies an advanced position among the counties similarly situated. This may not be the case at this time. We speak rather of the situation forty and fifty years ago. Since the introduction of railroads and mammoth coal-mining corporations, an en- tirely new element of population and industry has been introduced. Years ago when our annual shipment of the products of the forest, in the shape of square timber, spars, sawed lumber, etc., would reach two millions of dollars, the profits were well distributed among the people; very rich men were few and far between in those days; but the indigent poor were much farther apart. And as for the general intelligence of the people there exists many indubitable proofs that their standard in this respect was much above that of their neigh- bors.
The late eminent jurists, George W. Woodward and John C. Knox, who both filled the office of president judge of the district of [which Clearfield county formed part, and both of whom afterwards filled seats'on the Supreme
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Bench of the State-the latter as chief justice- and who had thus had the best opportunities to judge of the facts, were frequently heard to remark that there were fewer really ignorant men in Clearfield county in proportion to the pop- ulation than in any other part of the State of which they had any knowledge. Similar remarks were frequently made by other strangers having intercourse with the masses of our people. This was not because schools and educational opportunities were convenient. By no means. School-houses were far apart in those days, and only open for two or three of the winter months. But at that time there were few able-bodied men or boys in any part of the county who failed to make at least one or two trips down the river every season- mostly to Marietta, but frequently to tide-water-no one of whom was known to return home without having learned something he didn't know before. They were a hardy, healthy, wide-awake race of people, and if there was anything to be heard or seen on such expeditions they were sure to be treasured up.
But there was still another reason for the more than average general information and good common sense of the people, and which, to the credit of the press, must not be omitted. At that time there were very few families in the county that were without one or the other of the county papers. They may not have been all subscribers, but like the school-master of ancient days, the newspaper " boarded around " from house to house until it was literally read through and through. And here, as an illustration of the result of news- paper reading at that time, we cannot resist the temptation to repeat the ob- servation frequently made some forty years ago by a worthy old citizen long since gathered to his fathers. There was a family of six or seven sons born and raised in the vicinity of the mouth of Trout Run, or what is now known as the village of Shawsville, of the name of Bomgardner. William Leonard, one of three brothers, who were among the first settlers of the county, then resided on his farm about a mile distant, now occupied by a Mr. Wood, in Goshen township. The Bomgardner boys were industrious, hard-working citizens, mostly employed in the woods, and on the river, and by no means void of intelligence, although neither of them, according to Mr. Leonard, had ever been inside of school-house, and yet, when in a convivial spirit, Mr. Leonard would say, they could argue politics, preach Democracy, and blackguard us Whigs equal to any congressman, and the only opportunity they ever had of learn- ing anything was furnished them by Billy Moore's Banner.
But this was not the only family of which quite as much might be said ; there were many similar instances. Now-a-days the newspaper is simply looked into to see who is married and who has died, and what, if any, local events have occurred within the week that is past. Then all that the columns of the weekly papers contained was not only read but carefully pondered over and not infrequently made the subject of the family discussion for the ensuing week.
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These were, of course, the primitive days of newspaper history in Clear- field county. Up to 1854, with but two brief intervals, there was but one newspaper in the county, and that for most part of the time, less than half the size of several of the journals now published. Now there are ten regular pub- lications within the county, each of them having, with perhaps three or four exceptions, as large a circulation and general patronage as the single one could boast of at that day. Is there any other business or industry, private or public, having a beginning at that time, that can show anything like a similar degree of advancement ?
We shall now proceed to give chronologically as to dates, the history of each newspaper that now exists, or ever did exist within the limits of Clearfield county, together with the names of the founders and those connected with them either as editors, proprietors or publishers, with such additional facts as may seem to be of public interest.
The Pennsylvania Banner .- This paper first made its appearance during the latter part of the year 1827. Christopher Kratzer and George S. Irvin were its founders. Mr. Kratzer still lives in the enjoyment of good health for a man of some eighty-five or eighty-six winters, and is one of the most honored and respected citizens of Clearfield. Mr. Irvin died a few years ago in the western part of the State. That the Banner was not specially attractive, in fact was not much of an improvement on John Guttenberg's first venture of the kind in Germany, some four hundred years previously, is readily conceded. Irvin was a practical printer-Kratzer an ingenious worker in wood as a cabi- net-maker, both then living in Philipsburg. Kratzer proposed to his partner, that if he would find the type he would build the press, and proceeded to Huntingdon, where he took the dimensions of a Ramage press then in the Journal office of that place, returned to Philipsburg where a screw of the proper dimensions was procured, and in a few days a press was completed that did the press-work in the Banner office until 1844, when it was replaced by an iron press of the Washington style. Mr. Irvin was on time with his type, and the first newspaper in Clearfield county soon made its appearance. This was before the era of composition rollers for inking the type. That indispensable process was then, and for several years thereafter, performed by two large " balls " say ten inches in diameter-two sacks of leather (sheepskin generally) stuffed with wool and nailed to handles. Mr. Kratzer's career as a publisher was of short duration, and he sold his interest to his partner. How long Mr. Irvin continued the paper by himself is not clearly ascertained. It is certain that either in 1829 or 1830, it was in the possession of Samuel Townsend Shugart and Thomas Moore. Mr. Moore was a school teacher from Half Moon, Centre county. Mr. Shugart was also from Centre county, a mere boy, but a practical printer, and with another boy of about the same age, did all the work. Mr. Shugart is still living, after spending many years in the newspaper 35
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business in Bellefonte as editor of the old Centre Democrat, and also many years at Washington as chief clerk of the patent office, and frequently as acting commissioner of patents, and latterly as State senator, and is now enjoying the comforts of a well-spent life at his home in Bellefonte. Mr. Moore soon tired of the business, and sold his interest to Joseph M. Martin, an attorney-at-law, and the paper was conducted under the firm name of Shugart & Martin until some time in the year 1831, when Shugart sold his interest to his partner. It is well verified that it was in that year (1831) that William C. Moore came to Clearfield from Bellefonte as a practical printer to conduct the paper in the pay of Mr. Martin, the then proprietor. Mr. Martin is represented as being an able lawyer, and as a citizen held in the highest esteem. He died a few years after the period of which we speak. Up to this time it is not known that the Banner had any political bias; but Martin was a Whig, and under him the paper was recognized as a whig organ. It is not certain that Martin & Moore had a joint interest in the paper as partners, but it is certain that in 1833, it was the property of Matthew Brown and William L. Moore as the successors of Martin. Brown was engaged in the mercantile business at the time and an active Whig, while Moore was quite as strenuous a Democrat, and each had his separate portion of the paper to advocate and defend his party. As might be expected this double-barrelled enterprise did not prosper, and in 1834 Mr. Brown sold his interest to Levi L. Tate, a graduate of the Banner office, and for about two years it was conducted by Moore & Tate and changed to the name of Pioneer and Banner. About the beginning of 1836, Mr. Tate sold his interest to his partner; and soon afterwards established a paper at Berwick, Pa., and after spending more than [half a century in the newspaper business re- cently died as the proprietor of the Sun and Banner at Williamsport, Pa. The name was then (1836), changed to Clearfield Banner, and, in January, 1838, W. L. Moore sold half the establishment to his brother D. W. Moore, and in January, 1839, the latter purchased the other half-W. L. Moore retiring to engage in the mercantile and lumbering business, and has now been dead some twenty odd years. The name of the paper was then, (1839), changed to Dem- ocratic Banner under which title it was known until June 21, 1849, when Banner was dropped not again to be restored, and for the years 1849 and 1850 -or from June 21, 1849, to February 15, 1851, it was called The Country Dollar, dropping its partisan character. Up to this time, from the retirement of Matthew Brown in 1834, the Banner had always been recognized as an ad- vocate of democratic principles. On the 15th February, 1851, its political character as an exponent of democratic principles was restored under the name of Clearfield Republican, which name it still retains. During this long period of more than twenty-seven years-from January, 1838 to July, 1865-D. W. Moore was either sole or part owner. His first partner was the late Dr. Hard- man P. Thompson, of Curwensville, who was a graduate of the office. His
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