Connecticut Tax System Critique Prompts Reform Ideas
The piece argues Connecticut taxation biases small property owners, urging reform. It cites William H. Corbin on assessing gaps between market value and assessed value, proposes town-based funding, and criticizes railroad and trolley property underassessment. The editorial denounces existing inequities and calls for consistent tax rates across home, farm, and corporate property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
Commissioner Corbin
Corbin
Bridgeport
Ridgeport
Waldo Named Managing Editor of Bridgeport Morning Telegram
George C. Waldo Jr has accepted the post of managing editor at The Bridgeport Morning Telegram. He is a veteran journalist with broad experience in reportorial and editorial work. The change is expected to boost the paper to greater usefulness for readers in Bridgeport and Connecticut.
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George C. Weldo Jr
Bridgeport Morning Telegram
Connecticut
Waildée
Waldo
George C. Waldo
Bridgeport
The Auditors Salary Proposal in City Ordinance
The text argues for a city ordinance to fix the auditor and assistant Me Keeting’s salaries, noting long service and the need for clearly defined duties and appropriate compensation aligned with charter duties. It cites past payment delays and advocates a suitable figure.
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Gothnina Ghoul
Keating
Essary
Keeting
On Second Thought By Jay
A collection of aphorisms on manners and behavior from the column On Second Thought By Jay. Wry observations address etiquette, aging, and social expectations with witty lines about storks visits, press agents, and fashion.
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Jay
First writing machine inventions timeline and a German city protest
The article traces early attempts at the writing machine from Henry Mill in 1714 to later inventors in the United States and France and notes a German anti tipping campaign in Berlin and a Rotterdam society ball invitation fiasco with no male attendees.
Critique of State Workmen's Compensation Proposal
A 1911 draft workmen's compensation bill is criticized as archaic and skewed toward private insurers. It would place heavy burdens on employers and workers, shift control to a lawyers run commission, and resemble a costly legal toll system rather than mutual protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Commission
Superior Court
Legislative clash over proposed bills to regulate industry
The text criticizes a bill as inferior to one from the State Manufacturers Association and anticipates it will be outclassed by the State Federation plan. It condemns outsourcing to private insurance and court delays, noting elaborate provisions aiming to govern liability policies and commission conduct as a court.
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State Manufacturers’ Association
Education notes on schools and exhibits worldwide
The report covers an evening scouts’ school in Leeds and a four year Spanish course at the Naval Academy. It notes Berlin’s new compulsory home focused home economics hours, Stockholm’s million dollar spend on schooling, and a health almanac from Kansas. It also praises Dr Kerschensteiner’s view of American public schools and describes a Breslau school museum as part of a network of fifteen in the German Empire since 1904.
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Beirut
Syria
Levant
Berlin
Kansas State Board of Health
Virginia
George Kerschensteiner
New
Comenine
Pestalozzi
Diesterweg
Froebel
Germany
Breslau
German Empire
New York
Uncle Sam
Viscount Gladstone 59 Today As South Africa Governor
Viscount Herbert John Gladstone, first Governor of the Union of South Africa and son of William Ewart Gladstone, celebrates his fifty ninth birthday. The article notes his efforts to reconcile diverse groups, his popular stance with Boers, and his leadership in shaping the new nation while facing criticism as an aristocrat and reformer. The piece also mentions a separate note about Chicago residents donating funds for shoe chains for ripping horses.
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Viscount Gladstone
South Africa
Herbert John
Union of South Africa
England
Willl
Lord Gladstone
Transvaal
Dominion of Canada
Commonwealth of Australia
Herbert John Gladstone
Downtmne Street
London
William Ewart Ladstone
Great Britain
Catherine
Stephen Glynne
Eton
University College
Oxford
Keble College
Middlesex
Treasury
War Office
Home Office
Liberal Party
Jam
New Union
Seys
New
U. S A
Gladstone
Bulgars and Serbs Celebrate Christmas Amid Liberation Joy
Orthodox Greek Church communities in Russia and the Balkans mark Christmas with feasting and worship. Bulgars, Serbs, and Greeks toast freedom from oppression in a scene of devotion and traditional songs.
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Russia
Near East
Balkan States
United States
Canada
Christ
America
Montenegro
Macedonia
Albania
Roosevelt Again As Candidate For 1916 Presidency
Theodore Roosevelt's name was filed as a presidential candidate in the 1916 campaign at the Nebraska Secretary of State's office after a Republican and Progressive meeting. The petition was submitted on a blank with signatures matching those from the last campaign, and noted that the filing was not affiliated with the Progressive party.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb
Theodore Roosevelt
Secretary of State
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Nebraske
January sale continues with special discounts this week
The ad lists various items with 20 percent and 10 percent reductions including dinnerware, silverware, china, jewelry, leather goods, textiles, and corsets. It promotes new 1913 stock priced down from 2.50 to 1.49, available in sizes 18 to 30, Corset Section on the main floor.
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P. N
Dress Trimings and Laces At Half-Price Sale List
Fancy nets in black with colored embroidery and colored nets offered at 50 cents to $1.00. Beaded nets white and silver priced 50 cents. Persian bordered chiffon tunics at 1.00 per yard. Embroidered flouncings remnants of lace and embroidery lace edgings in Irish Cluny shadow and oriental braids and galloons. Center counters.
Remnant Undergarments Sale With Deep Discounts
Undermuslins and slips offered in limited quantities at half price. Princess slips and mixed qualities available in several sizes, with values reduced from ten to twenty dollars to five to ten dollars. Long and short chemises, nightgowns, skirts, corset covers, and misses items priced from about one to two dollars with floor location noted.
Woolen Batts and Fabrics Sale Notes
Woolen batts offer soft comfort in sizes 72 by 84 and 36 by 54 at sale prices. Figures show 72 by 84 for 3.00 and 2.75 with 20 percent off for bulk buys. Chintz figures list 8 ets and base terms noted with dealer Charlie.
New Haven Speaker Guests Taft and Yale Professor
Col. Imac Ultman of the New Fray Chamber of Commerce reports from Washington after meeting with President Taft. He discusses selecting a Kent professor at Yale and presents Taft with a collection of New Haven photographs. Me Taft arrives in New Haven. they plan to visit Beverly in summer.
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New Haven
Imac Ultman
New Fray
Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Tery
Taft
Tier
Hook
Kent
Yale
Col
Ultman
Mre
Ew Haven
Beverly
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MR. Waldo
Henry Mill
Mill
Ishman
William A. Burt
Detroit
Burt
Xavier Proyin
Charles Shurber
Worcester
Mass
Milwaukee
C. L. Sholen
5. W. Soule
Carlos Glidden
Rotterdam
Education Notes
Leeds
Naval Academy
Stockholm
Sweden
Chicago
Rhodopes
Alling Rubber
Aliang Rubber Store
the Alling Rubber Co
Main Street
The
D. M. Read Co
Main St. Lt. Department Store
Fairfield Ave
Express
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