Farmers' Views Press for Constitutional Tax Reform
Ohio farmers and Grange leaders push for a constitutional tax amendment to create a fairer system that taxes tangible and intangible property more equitably. Speeches by S J Baldwin and W H Rice cite decades of inequity and urge the legislature to allow classification of property for taxation.
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S. J. Baldwin
Ohio State Grange
Summit County
W. H. Rice
D. D
Tuscarawas County
Pomona
Universa
Ohio
Marlwick Grange
Muskingum County
Tax Time Juggling Sparks Local Bond Debate and Losses
Village minds the impact of tax policy on deposits and investments. Officials warn non taxable bonds offer higher after tax yields, drawing money from banks and mortgage lending. Residents favor real estate loans unless tax rates drop. A broad push seeks more equal value taxation and local bond issues.
Kentucky Tax Reform Demands Constitutional Vote
An editorial from the Louisville Courier-Journal argues Kentucky needs a modern taxation system. It calls for a constitutional amendment to allow changing the tax structure to promote industry and equity rather than remain bound by an outdated model.
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Kentucky
General Assembly
Louisville Courier-Journal
Tax exemption by practical adjustment of farm assessments
F N Judson, Chairman Missouri Tax Commission, argues at the First National Tax Conference that shifting assessment dates to June skirts crop taxation. Lists show property as of June, leaving farm products untaxed while crops have been sold. He warns such arrangements achieve results outside the law by manipulating assessment machinery.
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Missouri
F. N. Judson
Missouri Tax Commission
National Tax Conference
Public Tax Lists Adopted by Localities
Prof James E Boyle of the University of North Dakota argues for publishing complete lists of taxpayers and assessments. He notes Illinois has done so since 1807 Rhode Island requires it Delaware uses it to some extent and Nevada requires county lists.
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Illinois
Rhode Island
Delaware
Wise
New Hampshire
Nevada
James E. Boyle
University of
Nature Study Feats by Kellogg in Maine Woods
Professor C R Kellogg, New York naturalist, visited the Dead river region near Kennebago Maine to film beavers at work and to record animal sounds and bird songs with a phonograph He captured dam building hunting and logging on film and tested music effects on fur bearing animals including mink otter fisher foxes bears and birds His work aims to illustrate nature lectures and challenge naysayers of native theories A Montclair New Jersey curfew aims to quiet dogs birds and cats in the early hours inviting debate on wildlife noise.
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C. R. Kellogg
Maine
New York
Dead River
Kennebago Chain of
Maine Fish and Game Commission
Professor Kellogg
Rangeley
New York World
Kellogg
Cervier
Republicans Set Madison Square HQ at Metropolitan Life Building
Chairman Frank H. Hitchcock will run the Taft canvass from the tenth floor of the Metropolitan Life Building on Madison Square New York. The tower tops the city skyline and offers a wide view to aid campaign planning as Equitable Life awaits its own 62 story project.
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Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican
New York
Metropolitan Life
Madison Square
Republican National Committee
William H. Taft
Hitchcock
Equitable Life Assurance Company
Broadway
Metropolitan Life Building
Madison, Square
Great Western’s Bristol to New York Atlantic Run Solves Travel
The steamship Great Western made a Bristol to New York voyage from April 8 to 23, 1838, fueling belief that transatlantic steamship travel had been solved.
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Great Western
Bristol
England
New York
Ohio Secretary of State verifies 1908 Ohio joint resolution copy
Certification by CARMI A THOMPSON dates April 23 1908 attesting a joint resolution adopted by the Ohio General Assembly on March 27 1908 and a proposed state constitution amendment dated March 20 1906. Document notes exemplified copy compared to original rolls in official custody Columbus signature and seal.
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General Assembly
State of
Ohio
Secretary of State
A. D
C. A. Thompson
House of Representatives
Axenew L. Harris
Senate
States of America
Carmi A. Thompson
State of Ohio
United States of America
Wierner
Columbus
Aera
I. Carmi A. Thompson
Indigestion Jokes in a Child's Curious Quest
A fragment shows a child asking his father about a small funny pain and whether it is called a cute indigestion. The text ends with a garbled reference to Olnecott's.
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Olnecott
End of Fair Motoring Trend in Paris Cars
Paris motorists adopt a new fad by attaching vases inside car doors and securing bouquets of flowers for a decorative touch at gatherings and fairs. The trend reflects whimsical changes in vehicle interiors among enthusiasts.
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Paris
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Washington County
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Tive
Montclair
N. J
Charles H. Hartshorne
Valley Road
Hartshorne
Ocean Travel
George McManus
Press Publishing Company
Bain
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Ublic
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Seenate
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