The ''Clearfield Progress'' is a daily newspaper serving Clearfield in the U.S. state of

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

. It was founded in 1913 as successor to the Clearfield Herald. It has a circulation of about 12,000 and is published six days a week.

History

This newspaper was originally a vehicle for

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and the " Bull Moosers", and the 1913 change in ownership and renewed focus led to an immediate jump in subscribers. (The progressive party in Pennsylvania at the time was known as the "Washington Party" for historical reasons.) It was bought by a group of business people with John Bixler put in as editor. It opposed the re-election of Senator

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in 1913. In 1914, the paper accused then- gubernatorial candidate Martin Brumbuagh of being drunk while touring

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during his campaign. Bixler apologized for reprinting what was a possible lie. Henry Stough, an anti-liquor activist, had made the accusation and the paper had mentioned the attack. Bixler initially stated that because the paper had not made the assertion and just reported the attack, the event was correctly reported. Stough also claimed he had not directly said Brumbaugh was drunk In 1945, publisher G. Albert Stewart urged newspapers to support the

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effort, even in the last days of the war. Braton Gardner soon succeeded him as publisher. The ''Progress'' was sold to the Community Media Group in 2015.

References

{{reflist Clearfield County, Pennsylvania Daily newspapers published in Pennsylvania