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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1911
Page
6
Long text outlines joint resolutions to amend Article V Section 6 to reorganize Philadelphia courts into five district courts of common pleas and to consolidate Allegheny County courts into a single court of common pleas with multiple judges, plus revised debt limits for counties and cities including Philadelphia subway and wharf projects.
The amendment proposes reorganizing Philadelphia courts into five numbered Court of Common Pleas with three judges each and assigning suits without court numbers while Allegheny would consolidate into one Court of Common Pleas with all judges. It sets rules for judge increases, venue changes, and an effective date of January 1 following adoption.
The document details polling places across Severn wards townships and districts in Indiana County. It lists locations from Blairsville Cherry Tree Cherryhill Clymer Center Conemaugh and others where freemen will vote, with venues ranging from town halls and schools to shops and county buildings, and notes polls open 7 am to 7 pm under state election law. It also cites statutory provisions about eligibility and appointment restrictions for election officials and representatives.
Multiple real estate sales notices from the Orphans Court and administrators. Private sales include parcels in Banks Township near Urey W. Dewler road and a corner lot in Gis Campbell borough. Also notices for estates of George Prothero Martha Nowry and Mannah Gallagher with detailed lot descriptions, coal measures, and undivided interests.
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