Property tax burden shifts from real to personal in Ohio
The general property tax since 1846 has grown unequal, increasingly taxing real estate more than personal property. By 1907 real estate dominated tax contributions, while personal property, despite growth in stocks and corporate assets, paid a smaller share. Population and wealth concentrates in cities, magnifying rural decline and widening the tax gap.
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Ohio
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Toledo
Columbus
Dayton
Youngstown
Akron
Springfield
Canton
Hamilton
United States Census Department
Census Bureau
Citiensauch
United States
Census Department
Ohio Tax Report Attacks Intangible Property Inequities
The Tax Commission report to the legislature denounces Ohio's tax system for punishing honest taxpayers, rewarding dishonesty, and fostering double taxation. It argues intangible property escapes taxation, shifting burdens to real estate, and degrades integrity by encouraging false returns.
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Tax Commission of
Ohio
Harris
The Divining Rod Debunked by Scientific American
Scientific American reports geologists from the United States Geological Survey showed that divining rods reveal unconscious body movements rather than true water detection. Experts note success only where groundwater sits in definite sheets or clayey deposits, with no reliable method beyond informed guessing.
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United States Geological Survey
Scientific American
Bear on the boat Wineska the pet bear tale
A veteran recalls a pet bear named Wineska from a revenue service voyage in Alaska. The bear climbed the rigging, rode a yardarm, helped himself to sugar and butter, and enjoyed baths via a rope dunking. Despite mischief he remained playful and loyal with glowing eyes as a signal.
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Revenue Service
Alaska
Leutenant
Woman Defies Library Rule At Congressional Building
A tall young woman at the Washington Congressional library carried a parcel despite a no parcels rule. The attendant ordered her to leave the parcel, she opened it and displayed three pairs of black stockings, telling him to keep the paper and that she had no parcels.
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Congressional Library
Washington
Chicago News
Audiences Believe Remarkable Lemon Trick
Horace Goldin recounts a Waterbury performance where a blackout sparked panic until he claimed to reveal an elephant from a lemon. He improvised, the audience calmed, the lights returned, and the crowd applauded the illusion as a marvel.
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Waterbury
Ithan
Horace Goldin
Casgell
Carey Village annual report shows income over running costs
Report to the Honorable Mayor and Council of Carey Ohio for year ending 1907 shows receipts 10,991.82 and total expenditures 9,418.11 with net income 9,760.21 after improvements. It lists stock on hand, city free items valued at 8,800.00 and bonds outstanding totaling 18,000.00, signed by A J Frederick Eld Moore Jacob Stief, Board of Public Affairs.
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Carey
Ohio
A. J. Frederick Eld. Moore Jacob Stief
Board of Public Affairs
Village audit commends clerk and treasurer records
The Auditing Committee reports careful examination of the Clerk and Treasurer of Carey Village Ohio books from Jan 1 1907 to Dec 31 1907. They praise neatness and accuracy, note funds receipts expenditures and balances, and state the financial condition is commendable with a slight balance due.
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Carey
Clara Barton Praises Mrs Eddy and Christian Science
Clara Barton in Washington lauds Mary Baker Eddy and Christian Science calling Eddy the most significant living influence for good and the religion the most beautiful and practical belief. She says Christian Science fosters unselfish spirit and practical usefulness beyond age, urging milestones of achievement over birthdays.
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Clara Barton
Washington
Eddy
Mary Baker Eddy
Jiddy
Misa Barton
N. Y
Adventurous Walter Wellman Aims For North Pole Flight
The Record Herald commissions Walter Wellman as Washington correspondent and plans a summer airship voyage to reach the North Pole. Wellman, born 1858 in Mentor Ohio, has a long record of polar attempts and globe spanning reporting for the Chicago Herald and scientific societies.
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United States
Caricano Recorpd-Herald
Walter Wellman
Washington
Wellman
North Pole
Mr. Wellman
Pole
Record-Herald
Wellman- Record-Herald
Mentor
Ohio
Sutton
Neb
Chicago Herald
West Indies
Columbus
Spitzbergen
Franz Josef Land
American Geographical Society
Eminent physician touts common drugs as cure for rheumatism
A renowned physician in Scranton promotes a home made remedy for rheumatism using Fluid Extract Dandelion, Compound Kargun, and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla. He claims it cleanses kidneys and relieves bladder and backache, asserting rapid relief and low cost, and warns against patent medicine misuse.
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Scranton
Dais ‘Les
Nome
Lluid
New York
Farms for Sale Near Carey Adrian New Reiger and Tiffin
Multiple farm listings offer 20 to 300 acres near Carey Adrian New Reiger and Tiffin with prices from 35 to 860 per acre. Inquiries directed to W. M. Presler Adrian Ohio. Also brief notes on poultry breeds and consumer health products appear.
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Carey
Adrian
New Reiger
Tiffin
W. M. Presler
Ohio
Train Schedules for Findlay Brance Daily Service
Daily lines run with departures and arrivals listed as No 104j Ar 7 25 am No 119 Dep 8 10 am No 106 Ar 11 20 am No 101 Dep 1 10 pm No 126 Ar 6 30 pm No 143 Dep 8 0 pm. Consult agent for full information.
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Findlay Brance
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Tarris
Tax Commission
A Pat Sear
Baldue
A. H. Kemerly
Gregg Auditing Committee
Philadelphia Press
Mrs. Eddy
Haraian
Praire
Beck & Milroy Hardware Co
Incinnati
Sandusky Ly
Sandusky
Hocking Valley
Bouth Bound
BK. O
Jaroy
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