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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1872
Page
5
County news items report cash requirements for notices, election updates, court actions, and local commerce. Advertisements urge furniture buyers to shop early, list prices and suppliers in Blacklick and nearby towns, and note upcoming sermons, rail travel, and property sales in Indiana counties. The column mentions Judge Logan, Prothonotary, and a disruption over delivery to subscribers, plus council work on sidewalks and streets in town.
Proceedings list true bills and guilty verdicts across many cases. Sentences include fines and costs for Bracken and others, with multiple defendants found guilty or not guilty on forgery larceny and assault counts. Several cases continued or settled, probation and prison terms noted, plus court appointments and forthcoming decisions on license.
Gloom spread in Blairsville over deaths of Mrs. Saral J. McGay and Mrs. Phoane Geer, long residents and pious community members. Mrs. McGay endured a painful ovarian operation and died thirty hours later. Rev. David McVay and family connected. Mrs. Geer, aged sixty eight, suffered rheumatism before passing. Remains laid in Blairsville cemetery alongside local families. The town notes spring arrivals, merchant activity, and public works, including water charter legislation. Anna Dickinson praised after lecture. local improvements from Graysville to Isabellas furnace, and temperance concerns amid youth behavior near churches and shops. New stores, a vintage harness shop, and a select school under Mr. Hawk highlighted.
Mr. Borror writes from Lewisville saying he lacks noteworthy news for the paper. He suggests the town could use a loan association or stockyard and even mentions a whisky vendor as a possible local feature.
Miss Anna Dickinson delivered the seventh Star course lecture to a large appreciative audience amid poor acoustics. The speaker condemned labor unions, urging free trade and merit in wages, arguing unions ruin trades, drive apprentices from shops, and burden workers with dues while creating social ills and unemployment.
An address by Rev. A A Willets on Sunshine or the Secrets of a Happy Life is announced for Tuesday evening April 2nd at the Court House Hall with a special train from Saltsburgh. Boston Post praises the lecture for humor and insight. other papers note its engaging style. Also mentioned are remnant sales, fresh oysters and fruits, and a range of groceries and seeds available at local stores, plus notices for cheese, wood, and wallpaper products.
Death notices report the passing of George Slawson in Clearfield county and Marehh Goin at a residence. A lodge offers condolences and resolves to honor the deceased, urging temperance, sympathy for the widow, and publication in Indiana county papers.
Philadelphia market notes April 8 show better demand this week with 1,500 extra Pennsylvania and Western steers sold. Sheep demand fair with 4,000 head at the latest price for choice. Hogs held firm at full prices with 3,200 sold.
Philadelphia market days April report shows flour firms Wisconsi Minnesota and Western wheat pricing with red wheat around 170 to 175 cents. Corn futures steady around 63 cents with mixed western futures and oats active. Pork prices steady to dull in the 15 to 18 25 cents range.
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