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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1920
Page
10
A playful 1920s vignette follows Peg Roberts who rushes to catch the train, defying caution. Her friends and escort Arthur Aitken lecture and support her, culminating in a tender proposal moment as they hurry to avoid missing the 6:56 train.
A compact chronicle of Publick Occurrences the first colonial newspaper printed in Boston on Sept 26 1600, its editor George Henry Payne, and early reporting context. It notes smallpox in Boston, fires, and a warning about Indians and French prisoners, plus a 1920 bank charter notice in Commodore Pennsylvania and a treasure of archival commentary.
Long constitutional proposals from the General Assembly seek to empower the state to regulate bank and trust company chartering and debt limits. The first joint resolution would permit general law to govern banking corporations. the second sets borrowing caps for counties and cities, with Philadelphia allowed higher debt but subject to a public election and revenue safeguards. The secretary of the commonwealth, Cyrus B. Woods, releases copies of Joint Resolutions Nos. 1 and 2.
Lottery testamentary on the estate of John YS Clair of Homer City Pa granted to the undersigned those buying claims against estate to present them for settlement and those indebted to make prompt payment administrators Mantua Sit Clats Homer City Pa Thomas Clair Latrobe Pa WH Simpson Indiana Pa executor Cider Mill in operation hydraulic press Tuesdays and Wednesdays throughout the season Tatoma Pa
A fragmentary text proposes constitutional amendments to Article III of Pennsylvania’s Constitution. It includes draft language authorizing classification of counties and localities by population and provisions about legislative power and procedure, with signatures showing Cyrus D. Woods as Secretary of the Commonwealth.
A scanned legislative joint resolution in progress proposes amending section one of article eight of the state constitution to remove gender language and require the same qualifications for all citizens to vote. The draft replaces male terminology with gender neutral terms and adjusts residency and tax requirements accordingly.
Administrators announce letters of administration for the estate of Win H Dickey of Blacklick township Indiana county and for Elizabeth Zimmerman of Plainville. Claimants must present authentic claims for settlement and debtors must make prompt payment. I S Zimmerman and M Gunn named administrators with addresses in Plumville and Fayette?burg. August 11, 1900s.
A joint resolution from Cyrus B. Woops proposes amending Section 1 of Article 15 to allow cities or boroughs with at least ten thousand residents to vote for charters at general or municipal elections. The draft lets cities frame their own charters and govern locally subject to legislative limits, with laws affecting city and borough organization requiring voter approval.
A joint resolution proposes amending Article nine section seven to bar counties and cities from becoming creditors or funding entities for private transit ventures while preserving Philadelphia power to acquire or condemn transit franchises and property. The measure, signed as a true copy by Cyrus Be. Woods, reflects a 19th century constitutional change effort.
Joint resolution proposes amending the Pennsylvania Constitution to consolidate all common pleas in Philadelphia and Allegheny counties into single courts. It details jurisdiction, venue changes, selection of the president judge, and potential increases in judge numbers, with effective dates upon adoption. The measure credits Cyrus E. Woods.
Notices concern W C Chapman administrator for Sarah Jane Wiening estate, invites claims and debt payments. Also public notice of a proposed bank charter arcadia birth hanh in Indiana County Pennsylvania, seeking governor approval for a new central banking company with capital stock of 2500 dollars.
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