Present Incumbent and Tries Spelled Oddly in Random Shots
A humorous collection notes which word spellings appear as tries and who uses the term present incumbent. It also mentions a nurse asking a mother about baby names and a humorous exchange about Weather strips. The item includes stray remarks about a booze hound named Gus and cadmium sulphide production in 1919 with a note on price forecasts.
Nebraska Draft Records Show Low Desertion Rates
Nebraska registrants totaled 287 414 with 11 obsolete figures. desertions under 1 percent vs national 2 per cent. The draft cost in Nebraska was 274 377 with average costs 95 cents for each registrar, 1 10 for classifying, and 7 89 for induction. Exemptions included agriculture 28 646 and dependents 97 977, aliens 9 008, industrial dependencies 3 085, and 37 361 not classified.
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Crowder
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Taxation shifts on railroads and property under private control
The article notes railroads back under private ownership face an old terminal tax on materials within city limits. Federal control prevented collection, and now reports on taxable property resume. County assessors will use deeds and clerk records to uncover un taxed chattel mortgages.
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Osborne
Office of the Register of Deeds
Rentals as Basis for City Taxation
Circular to county officials by Philip F. Bross and W. H. Osborn Jr. urges using actual rentals paid to determine city property values. It notes rentals have risen in four years and supports considering lodging houses, apartment houses, dwelling houses, and long lease business properties in valuation.
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Philip F. Bross
W. H. Osborn, Jr
State Board of Equalization
Bross
Hen Becomes Dollar Darling Worth Its Weight in Gold
The once humble hen has surged in value as markets push prices toward a dollar and beyond, elevating poultry to a status of high worth. Experts cite demand and limited supply as drivers of the spike.
German dyes reach United States amid wartime debate
A short note notes German dyes entering the United States despite ongoing war concerns. The piece hints at a wartime record of German industry and implies economic leverage, mentioning a figure of 8250 and a four year period.
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