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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1925
Page
12
Tax collectors report over two million dollars in county taxes gathered up to November 9. Sheriff and chief deputy promise continued effort to recover delinquent funds, with plans to push through official channels and ease taxpayer burdens while maintaining enforcement.
A radio report details a marriage and a broad tally of county financial receipts and disbursements. It lists licenses taxes fines and various fund totals, including road funds and district accounts, with references to auditors and officials. The material also mentions insurance policies tied to the ex-emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II’s potential return, reported from London.
The state fire marshal warns wax candles pose holiday fire risks and urges use of approved electrical lighting for Christmas displays. He urges merchants to hire local electrical inspectors to ensure safe wiring, eliminate flammable materials, and avoid draping items over lamps to prevent ignition.
In Welwyn Hertfordshire a discussion notes that women, due to home making skills, are better suited to value poultry. Miss Harrison Bell, printer of the All Women Chicken and Duck farm, explains the venture where women run the farm and plan to branch out after graduation. Teasing out the outdoors and poultry rate tags as essential tools for women entering farming.
A Mason county delegation urged Governor Gore and the state road commission to build a hard surfaced highway from Point Pleasant to Charleston. The group, including Rotary Kiwanis and chamber leaders, outlined that this route serves Mason county and state interests, urging completion over the Huntington route and promising coordinated action with Charleston and Gallipolis representatives.
A fragmented note shows the road commission resolve to build a new bridge across Cracked Creek as a continuation of Sixth Street. It urges civic bodies in Putnam and Kanawha counties, especially Charleston, to assist in obtaining the Charleston road. It also favors Mason County roads starting at Point Pleas? past origins two years ago.
Auburn Alabama December 9 Boll weevil threatens cotton yields but U S production could rise with smarter fertilizer use and better seed varieties says Alabama Experiment Station director Professor M J Funchess after long term trials. He notes the extra cost would be small against higher net returns and no need to extend cultivation areas.
Rex Beach endorses Coral Gables as a flourishing, safe investment with plots available for a few hundred dollars and all improvements included. Prominent business figures back the venture, touting it as a real, vivid community of health and prosperity, inviting readers to request Beach's book on the miracle of Coral Gables and free information.
Personally conducted trips to Coral Gables are scheduled daily by our local Coral Gables office. Come with us by Pullman to Jacksonville then by motor bus down the East Coast to Miami. You pay only railroad fare. hotel stay three days at a special low rate. Call or write for full details.
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