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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1886
Page
6
The Detroit Journal notes a fashionable season where women adopt a limp as a stylish gait. It likens the look to aristocratic bearing and references the Princess of Wales spraining an ankle, suggesting fashion imitates these royal mishaps across New York and Boston.
An advertisement touts Sar saparilla and Burdock Compound as a superior blood purifier. A gentleman testifies that after suffering boils and pimples with distress, three bottles of the preparation completely cured him.
Governor Foraker outlines a looming budget deficit of about 1 million dollars by December 31 with total expenditures near 2.5 million, urging swift passage of a 750000 bond issue and calling for strict economy and tax reform to stabilize revenues and equalize assessments across counties. The message also argues for taxing foreign corporations and liquor traffic to bolster the general fund and fund state needs.
Uncle Sam collects 822 million annually with ninety percent from customs and internal revenue taxes. Customs houses yield 151 million, lands sales 5.5 million, national bank tax 3 million, coinage profits 35 million, and consular patents and lands fees 4 million.
A memorial signed by Mormon women of Utah was presented to the Senate last week, detailing complaints about enforcement of the Edmunds law. The document is viewed as church officials steering signatures, with many signatories having little or no choice in signing.
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