State Tax Commission Comments on Chehalis County Assessments
The State Board of Tax Commissioners explains how Chehalis County valuations lag, urges wide reform to tax all property fairly, notes timber land issues, and proposes state local tax separation to fund county needs while preserving home rule. It cites 1910-1911 ratios, calls for better assessor staffing, and urges public understanding of taxation.
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State Tax Commission
Chehalis County
Taxpayer's League
Hoquiam
Phil S. Locke
Ponder
Phil
Locke
Aberdeen
Washington
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Stevens
Spokane
Klickitat
Yakima
Kittitas
Ferry
Okanogan
Chehalis
Thurston
Skamania
Skagit
Jefferson
Island
Clallam
Wisconsin
Carter
Watkins
Board of Equalization
F. E. Jones
Eddystone Lighthouse Saga Through Storms and Stone
The Eddystone reef near Plymouth yielded three early lighthouses beginning with Winstanley in 1695, all lost to storms and fire. Smeaton’s design influenced durable masonry lighthouses, and the current 1882 tower by James Douglass features two two ton bells once used for fog signals and later replaced by an explosive signal.
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English Channel
Plymouth
Henry Winstanley
Winstanley
Rudyerd
John Smeaton
Smeaton
James Douglass
Eddystone
Teaching Mothercraft and the College Curriculum
Miss Eleanor J. Kelley of New York argues for mothercraft education as part of women's college studies. She contends current college requirements neglect child care and domestic understanding and urges biology hygiene psychology home beauty storytelling literature music and related fields to better reflect women's roles and potential.
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Mothercraft
Eleanor J. Kelley
New York
School For Mothercraft
G. Stanley Hall
Monocles In the English Army
A century ago a British army order forbade officers to wear eyeglasses. One sharp officer in a crack cavalry unit devised a single eyeglass and argued it did not violate the ban on spectacles in the plural. Red tape accepted the literal reading, and the monocle quickly spread in the army and to civilian beaux.
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London Globe
Haste to Reimburse The Irishman Breaks a Window
A crowded Philadelphia street scene ends with a big Irishman breaking a shop window after dropping a ladder. The shopkeeper pursues and catches him by the collar. The rogue admits the breakage and claims he is running home to get the money to pay for it.
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Philadelphia
Celt
New York Herald
Printing That Is Good Printing That Is Good
A small print shop advertises versatile services with the slogan No job too small and no contract too large. The ad highlights commitment to quality and breadth of offerings for all printing needs.
Never Had a Chance Washington Star Quote
A Washington Star quotation recalls a statesman’s claim that the greatest speech never delivered was the one he wrote himself.
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Congress
Statesman
Washington Star
A Fighting Bishop on the Waikato River
A tale from London Tit-Bits describes Bishop Selwyn rowing a canoe with a Maori companion. When the man grew lazy and mused that he would fight the bishop, Selwyn ordered the canoe ashore and stripped to show his robes. He declared, The bishop lies there, the man is here. The Maori calmed, resumed paddling, and no confrontation occurred.
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Selwyn
Waikato
London
King’s New Discovery Promises Home Lung Cure
Dr King’s New Discovery claimed to cure lung troubles at home. A testimonial from W. R. Nelson credits it with curing lung disease and gaining weight after other remedies failed. It is advertised for coughs colds la grippe asthma croup and throat and lung ailments with trial bottles free at druggists.
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Dr. King
W. R. Nelson
Calamine
Ark
Modern Job Printing at Aberdeen Printing Co
Aberdeen Printing Co offers modern job printing at moderate prices with contact via phone 5401.
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Aberdeen Printing Co
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Timber Cruise
T. D. Rockwell
Kitsap
Helse Anette Vaste Es Klickitat
Lewis
Lincoln Ee
Mason
Eddystone Lighthouse
Wishkah
Aberdeen Printing Coo, Incorporated
DR. Long
Dabney Block
Heron St
the Workingman’s
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