Missouri Tax Assessments and Rail Valuation News
Missouri tax rolls show total real and personal property at about 2.89 billion for 1922 with a statewide decrease from 1921. Public Service Commission delays United Railways valuation to May 1 after closing arguments by Caulfield who argues for an original cost theory.
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State Tax Commission
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North
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Homer Luttrell
Brosely
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Eugene D. McCarty
Columbus
Poplar Bluff
Ducker Hotel
McCarty
Hamilton Avenue
Old Suburban Railway Co
United Railways At
United Railways
A. C. Burrill
Missouri Resources Museum
Capitol
Greene County
Clay County
James H. Chambers
John Ralph Chambers
Supreme Court
Global unrest and war whispers sweep the capitals
Brief mentions report France in the Ruhr seeking satisfaction and German resistance hardening. Other items note British occupation soldiers marrying Germans, Turkish mobilization plots, and widespread martial preparations as old world tensions rise.
Poincare Warns Ruhr Conflict Echoes 1871 Indemnity
Paris premier Poincare claims German papers justify occupation of the Ruhr and readiness to reinforce its army in France to safeguard its rights. He cites Bismarck’s 1871 actions and plans to discuss with Belgian ministers in Brussels. He notes the risk of resuming war with a mobilization of up to half a million men.
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Paris
Raymond Poincare
France
Germany
Ruhr
Brussels
Reich
Bismarck
Poincare
M. Poincare
Waldersee
Much Building in February Across Eastern States
February construction activity set a new high in the thirty six eastern states per F W Dodge Corp. Contracts awarded totaled 281.14 million, up 16 percent from January and 33 percent from February last year in twenty seven states. Activity is largest in the South and West relative to the East.
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New York
F.W. Dodge Corporation
Mayo serum reported as sleeping sickness cure
Mayo Foundation in Rochester announces a serum that has been used with success against lethargic encephalitis or sleeping sickness. Dr E C Rosenau says public statements are premature but reports from various places indicate successful use and complete cures. One case saw a girl sleep thirty days then rapidly recover.
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Rochester
Minn
Mayo Foundation
E. C. Rosenau
Canada Judge Bars Rail Union
Justice Galt of the court of king's bench dismissed a suit brought by a member, ruling the International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers is an illegal organization operating in restraint of trade with no standing in Canadian courts in Winnipeg Manitoba.
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Canada
Rail Union
Winnipeg
Manitoba
International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Justice Galt
Court of King’s Bench
Washington hikes max insurance on lost registered mail
The maximum insurance payable on lost registered mail will rise to 100 dollars on April 1, doubling the current limit. This action targets improved compensation for lost mail under postal regulations.
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Charles H. Burke
Indian Affairs
Washington
American rust and farming equipment debate in Bree Gazette
The Bree Gazette argues American annual loss from rust hits 600 million dollars. It warns farmers suffer from weather exposure and urges proper cleaning oiling and paint to protect tools and machinery to sustain productivity and economic strength.
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America
Impa
Wall Street
Bree Gazette
Rats on Trial in Historic Court of Curious Prosecutions
An old account describes farmers summoning rats to court to answer for crop and barn damage. A local dignitary urged punishment yet fairness led to a mock trial. The rodents failed to appear and the defense argued notices could not be served as roads were unsafe from cats. the case was dismissed.
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Enga
Critics Clash Over Realism in Modern Fiction
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat surveys a debate on darker, uncouth themes in recent novels. Some critics contend a reaction against genteel fiction liberalizes violence and morbid content while others defend harsher depictions of life as truth and art.
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Literatu
St. Globe-Democrat
Royal Heads Preserved in Kremlin Mystery
The head of the late Nicholas of Russia and those of his family are preserved in alcohol in the Kremlin Moscow as reported by Captain Firmin chief staff of the Russian refugee fleet stationed at Mariveles quarantine near Manila. He noted Captain Firmin who served with Admiral Kolchak’s anti Bolshevik forces in Siberia.
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Nicholas of
Russia
Ekaterinburg
Cohol
Kremlin
Moscow
Cording
Firmin
Mariveles
Manila
Firm
Kolch
Siberia
Proviso Joy As Sailor Proposes In Music Hall Moment
A sailor and a girl rejoice at their engagement in a music hall gallery. She asks if the bond will endure, and he vows lifelong devotion from now to a distant date, then jokes about future sailing plans in the Mediterranean.
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Mediterranean
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