Bessemer Tax Probe Leaves Commission Unmoved
The Michigan State Tax Commission reviewed Bessemer mine assessments after city attorney Levi Rice and two supervisors alleged under assessment. Hor Orin T. Bolt and Glen Williams observed as R H Shields led two days of hearings with Markstrum dominating, while witnesses and officials defended the 1906 rolls as fair. The commission affirmed the existing valuations, noting no injustice and dismissing sensational Detroit coverage as overstated.
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Marquette Mining Journal
Hor
Orin T. Bolt
Muskegon
State Tax Commission
Glen Williams
Troughton
R. H. Shields
Commission
Lansing
Bessemer
Bolt
Mining Journal
Levi Rice
Rice
Tax Commission
Warner
Colby
Board of Review
Shields
K. S. Markstrom
Markstrum
Markstrom
John Holland
Citizens
Mine
Marstrum
Detroit
Hoyt
Board of Public Works
Detroit Evening News
Local marriages performed by Rev John Rutledge
During the current month the following couples were united in marriage by Rev. John Rutledge of the Methodist Episcopal Church: Fred R. Marten of Marshfield and Mabel A. Williams of Oshkosh on June 1. Louis Garfield Farr of Baraboo and Ethna L. Nelson of North Freedom on June 20. Charles N. Halden of Oshkosh and Louise Peterson of Ashland on June 28. Also an ad note promoting Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea for rheumatism priced at 35 cents.
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John. Rutledge
Methodist Episcopal Church
Fred R. Marten
Marshfield
Wis
Mabel A. Williams
Oshkosh
Louis Garfield Farr
Baraboo
Ethna L. Nelson
North Freedom
Charles N. Halden
Louise Peterson
Ashland
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Louis II
Truettner
William I, Prince
Savings Department
L. H. Tructtner
LaBlond Dry Goods Company
Herald
Bessemr
John JD. Rockafele
J. Pierpont Morgan
Williams
Hollister
B. MacFarlane
R. Johnson
Sophie Street
John Frank
Bessemer Lumber Company
Edwin Bayliss
Scranton
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