Homestead tax rise shown in Austin budget notes
The article explains how an increase of more than 13 mills in the Austin tax rate will raise the yearly bill for typical homeowners. It uses sample homes valued at 4000 and 6000 full value to show homestead and non homestead calculations, then notes bell ringing volunteers and a film tease before returning to Korea war notes.
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Austin
William Ellickson
Salvation Army
Service Club
Beaver Valley
Paramount
Mississippi
Winona
Chauncey Leverich Founding Father of Austin and Cedar City
A historical tribute recounts Chauncey Leverich’s rapid 1854 1856 land purchases sawmill building and town platting that gave birth to Austin and Cedar City. It notes his violent death sparked rival stories and his grave’s elusive resting place now finally found in Oakwood cemetery after 1872 records.
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Chauncey Leverich
Austin
Cedar City
Minnesota
Mississippi River
Leverich
A. B. Vaughan
Yates and
Lewis
Moses Armstrong
Kenwood Avenue
Yates
Vaughan
Mason
Frankford
Davidson
Old
Austin Register
Oakwood Cemetery
Red Cross
Christmas 1950 Prayer for Faith Against Tyranny
On the mid-century Christmas anniversary the author calls God fearing people to meet atheistic tyranny. He urges trust in Christ and Heavenly Father to guard spiritual liberty and guide leaders toward unity, sacrifice, and world peace.
Taking Stock by George Peck
The article argues that to survive global threats and wars the United States must sustain a strong private economy. It credits American industry for wartime and peacetime prowess and urges maintaining private initiative to shoulder future military and economic strains. It highlights U S productivity and industrial dominance worldwide.
Opinions of others brother can you spare a dime
Enid Oklahoma readers hear Ross Rizley recount a $100000 Brannan probe into the cotton pajama matter. He claims proof of waste and cites a Government Printing Office dime report and a booklet The Sex Life of the Watermelon. He links Washington spending to Korea defense failures and casualties.
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Enid
Oklahoma
Ross Rizley
Brannan
Fair Deal
Washington
Government Printing Office
Korea
Industrial Capacity And Power Output In The United States
The United States leads in steel with plans to raise annual capacity to 107 million tons by 1952 from 100 million. U.S. steel output exceeds Russia threefold, accounting for about half of world production. Railroads total 225 thousand miles, four times Russia’s. Electric power produced in 1948 was 337 billion kWh, 44 percent of world output, with 12.5 billion kW more capacity under construction by 1952. The U.S. has 41.8 million telephones, two thirds of world total. Russia has 1.5 million. Oil production stands at 1.8 billion barrels annually, 54 percent of world output. Russia’s 240 million barrels mostly from the Caspian Sea, a vulnerable region.
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United States
Russia
Caspian Sea
What About Christmas by George E Sokolsky
The columnist questions the meaning of Christmas beyond gift giving and holiday prep. He contrasts natural law from Virginia and the U N to argue rights come from God and consent of the governed, warning against neo paganism and urging reflection during Christmas. Also notes about 350000 Puerto Ricans in New York.
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Christ
Harry L. Lurie
Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds
America
The
United Nations
Canine and Related Clues Puzzle Across and Down
The listed clues mix canine breed and diverse terms. Answers include terrier for the depicter dog, Parisian Frenchman, utopian ideal, horseracing term, muddles, patriarch, pilfer, French island, the gods, snakes, reared, Babylonian deity, uncommon, Mohammedan priest, near, entire, costume, symbol for iridium, chemical suffix, priestly cloth, elevate, arrow poison, raved, fortification, poker stakes, its straight, often, trails on the ground, he, Roman date, pause, facility, grows pallid, conductor, Brazilian state, slip, fruit, identical, boast, Polynesian chestnut, pertaining to ancient Troy, grumbling.
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Paris
Troy
Puzzle Wordplay Clues Reveal Themed List
A compact puzzle prompt lists several wordfit clues including gems of frogs and a Brat passage. It presents vertical clues such as Enclosure Shield bearing and Erect with missing crosswords style hints. The item reads like a crossword oriented puzzle entry.
Hard times tokens and the Jackson cent era
Between 1837 and 1844 hard times tokens, known as Jackson cents, were issued in large quantities and circulated as cents amid a financial disturbance and the controversy over the United States Bank.
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Jackson
United States Bank
Subscription Rates by Carrier and Zone Details
Deliv im postoffice outside 580 miles of Austin but within 150 miles payable in advance. Per Week. Three Months. Six Months. One Year. Mail all other zones in postoffice over 150 miles Austin payable in advance. Per Week. One Year. 12.00.
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Austin
Moving notices list Austin area storefronts and addresses
A moving notice advises calling Herald-8851 and lists numerous local businesses with street addresses for consumers in Austin and nearby towns. The directory includes pharmacies, cafés, drugstores, hotels, grocery and news stands at Main and Bridge Streets and other intersections.
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Herald
Austin Candy Co
N. Main St
Austin Hotel
Chatham and Bridge
East Side Pharmacy
Fox Hotel
Holtz Pharmacy
Lucy’s Cafe
Lane’s Pharmacy
N. Main
Peorle’s Drug Store
Nemita Cigar Store
K. O. Wold Drug Co
Main and
Bridge Sts
Hamilton
Dexter
Reinarts
Rose Creek
Reed's Grocery
Mapleview
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Edgar A. Guest
Associated Press
Sinsong
Hamhung
Hungnam
Peter
Satan
God
Mark
William Penn
Washington Mason
Lansing
Pettibone
Bridge and
Chatham Streets
William Oliver
Horace Silver
Silver
Oliver
Rice
George Peck
George E. Sokolsky
Notre Dame University
Natural Law Institute
New York
Pat
J. D. Williams
Flowers
Angels
Austin Daily Herald
Circulation Dept
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