Valuations For Missouri Railways Rise Over 1915 Figures
State Auditor releases 1916 assessed valuations showing railroads bridges telephone lines and private cars totaling 200 21 800 16 a gain of 1 389 344 69 over 1915. Real estate and personal property up 2 8 percent. St Louis increases total 22 887 745. Public service utilities total 200 821 800 with an 18 cent levy per hundred dollars.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
John P. Gordon
State Board of Equalization
United Railways
St. Louis
St. Louis and Southwestern Telephone and Telegraph Company
Frisco
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Jiabheaes Oa
Dane i Sb Vack
Missouri Fifth in Losses for Fire Insurance
A state-by-state tabulation ranks Missouri fifth in fire insurance losses over the past five years. The report lists the top five states with their five-year loss ratios and average rates, showing Arkansas and Alabama near the top.
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Arkansas
Alabama
Missouri
Missouri Auto Registrations Reach 180000
Registrations of automobiles in Missouri total 180000 with seven months elapsed. This surpasses last year by 25000 licenses. St. Louis issued 19453 licenses and Kansas City 11964.
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Missouri
St. Louis
Kansas City
Treasurer Deal Reports State Funds Totals And Allocations
The treasurer's report shows total treasury funds at 6 037 667.64 with August receipts 1 297 966.98 and disbursements 149 047.56. Revenue fund balances stand at 186 015.61, public school fund 31 958 746.87, and building fund 1 332 751.42 with 198 776.42 paid out last month. Good road funds total 542 174.54. Danforth gains release notes a St Louis man sentenced for fraudulent registration obtained release via habeas corpus before Judge Jack Blate. time would have expired October 1 but he served 30 days in St Louis jail.
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Danforth
Martin Bh
St. Louis
Jack Blate
Cole County
Daxiforth
Deutschland Declared Nautilus Twin Reborn In The Atlantic
The Deutschland mystery prompts comparison to Jules Verne’s Nautilus. The vessel’s size shape and planned electric propulsion mirror the fictional boat, with real notes on batteries, periscopes, wireless gear, and luxurious interiors cited as evidence of reincarnation rather than mere imitation.
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Bremen
Cape Charles
Charles P. Tower
New York Tribune
Jules Verne
Fenimore Cooper
Tower
Nemo
Faroe
Lofoten
Norway
Aronnax
Conseil
Ned Land
Baltimore
Ferns
Columbus
Shannon
Marconi
Mr. Aronnax
Verne
Germany
Captain Nemo
Atlantic
Koenig
Massachusetts Woman Seeks Help Through Change of Life
A Blackstone Massachusetts woman recounts relief from hot flashes and fatigue after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She notes she felt ill for three years before finding improvement and urges middle aged women to heed warning symptoms such as suffocation headaches and dizziness.
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Derand
Wis
See Atoe
Massachusetts
Blackstone
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
PierRe Cournoyer
Do You Believe Anyone Can Be Hypnotized
A dialogue features Mr. Dustin Stax debunking a claim that hypnosis is universal. He recalls mesmerists using shiny objects to influence thoughts and notes people’s reactions to a foreboding sky while insisting rain is unlikely.
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Dustin Stax
You ought to forgive your enemies in time
Sorghum insists on teaching his foes a lesson before forgiveness. He frames punishment as generous and strictly voluntary, while the interlocutor urges clemency. The exchange centers on moral discipline and retribution.
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Sorghum
Practical Experience and Advertisements in Print
A terse column notes an advertising manager who is also a diligent housekeeper and skilled at keeping her house in print. The piece mentions Cross Ball Blue on wash day and praises grocers. It also quotes a debt ethic and remarks that the yellow poplar or tulip is America’s largest broadleaf tree.
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Adv
America
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Board OF Equalization
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Maine
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