Missouri Boards Fix 1924 Valuations For Utilities
The State Board of Equalization set 1924 assessed valuations for steam railroads street railways bridge companies and utility firms totaling 389,982,762 an increase of 8,509,802 from 1923. The board mostly followed the State Tax Commission but cut 3,095,076 from recommendations with the largest cut near 700,000 for the Kansas City Telephone Co.
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Jefferson City
State Board of Equalization
Board of Equalization
State ‘Tax Commission
Kansas City Telephone Company
United Railways
St. Louis
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Fulton
Callaway County
Hyde
Texas
Missouri State Board of Health
St. Joseph
San Antonio
Arkansas Pass
International Great Northern Railway
Rockdale
Milam County
Peerson City
Mill Creek
Carter Construction Company
City of
Hauessler Investment Company
Charles W. Bates
J. T. White
W. T. Kagland
Comstock Realty Company
Paris styles evolve for mature women and party frocks
Julia Bottomley notes Paris fashion shifts toward coats for mature women and fanciful party frocks for little girls. She highlights straight line coats with V necks, fur trims, and embroidered bandings, plus delicate fabrics like crepe de chine and chiffon for age-appropriate, slenderizing designs.
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Paris
Ellen chooses freedom over Rowland in dramatic studio scene
Ellen maches personas to cope with Rowland's return while hiding a real love for Jimmy. She disguises as Nell then breaks Rowland's marriage proposal, choosing Jimmy as fiancé and dancing through a life of evasive flirtation and risky deception.
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Afghanistan
Ellen
Rowland
Jimmy Stanley
Kit-Cat
Jimmy
Nell
Jim
Mary Lee
Plumbers Protect Health Through Sanitary Craft
The article traces the plumber’s history from artifex plumbarius to modern trades, showing lead pipes to iron and clay works. It credits plumbers with preventing disease by ensuring clean water and safe sewage, a pivotal but often overlooked public health role.
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Chicago Daily News
Plan to plug Duck Lake holes in Dixie National Forest
U S forest service plans to seal holes in the bottom of Duck Lake Utah with concrete. The lake dries every summer due to large openings, and success will not be known for about a year as cement is applied only after drying.
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United States Forest Service
Duck Lake
Dixie National Forest
Utah
Mountains
Timepiece Plays Tunes
A novel combination phonograph and alarm clock lets a user choose a record and set the alarm to a chosen wakeup tune. At the set time the clock triggers a spring release and the record starts playing to wake the sleeper.
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London
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Osterman
Standard Oil Company of
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Missouri Supreme Court
Barrett
Missouri
Supreme Court of Missouri
Chauncey W. Martin
Springfield
Missouri Synod
Southern Presbyterian Church
Synodical Female College
Columbia
State University
Fayette
David Bagby
Howard County
Trenton
Cape Girardeau
Ozark Iron Nd Ore Manufacturing Company
Ntler County
W. C. Hooper
Seneca
Seneca Fruit, Growers’ Association
Barney Belt
Association
State Capitol
George Gellhorn
America
Wilson
Congress
110Th Regiment of Engineers
Kansas City
Salvation Army
United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Jewell Mayes
State Board of Agriculture
Marionville College
Ozark Wesleyan College
Methodist Conference
Marionville
Missouri Presbytery
St. Louis County
Jones
Public Service Commission
Missouri Pacific Railroad Co
Potosi
Mineral Point
Washington County
Little River
Oscar Kowiitzky
Arkansas
J. D. Jones
Chillicothe
C. A. Tant
Portageville
Crumpecker & Adams
Morehouse
Sedalian
Hoffman
James A. Lunsford
Noble Hudson
Sedalia
Lunsford
Belleville
Ill
Pettis County
R. B. Thomason
Missouri State Board of Agriculture
Lawson
Frank Popejoy
Wibbard
Excelsior Springs
Richmond
Jerico
Jerico State Bank
Farmers’ Bank
Tom
Ists
Isc
Julia Bottomley
Western Newspaper Union
Doubleday, Page & Co
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