29 Jan 1874
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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1874
Page
1
A fragment recalls a September night when a man revealed his love and offered heart and hand. The speaker, moved by his presence, remembers promising to remain friends no longer. The moment turns bittersweet as the embrace and tremor of his frame echo the truth of a plea for union.
Senator White explains a substitute for McClure's Philadelphia dominated election bill. He argues for a uniform statewide law while preserving local regulations, detailing a 1869-based registry system, voter qualification rules, and penalties for fraudulent naturalization papers. The aim is fair elections across rural and urban areas before the February election.
In a Philadelphia Supreme Court session the court reverses a judgment against a Beaver County distiller, ruling that a county treasurer’s receipt is not a license and that prohibitions on issuing licenses apply to treasurers and courts alike. The ruling holds that distillers cannot sell if no license is issued, and the indictment should stand. The record is remanded for retrial with judgment to be pronounced upon the verdict.
The 1873-74 timber season faces a fragile recovery with high on hand stocks on the Saginaw river and large winter logs. Weather, cutting and market demand will shape 1874. experts foresee a smaller winter cut but potential for stronger next summer as supply tightens and consumption rebounds. Industry reports note 175 million feet of sawn lumber on hand and 308 million feet to winter on Saginaw streams, while 660 million feet were cut on the visw river last season.
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