Montana Hail Insurance Tax Amendment Act Summary
A long constitutional amendment bill proposes adding a Section 19 to Article XII authorizing voluntary hail insurance for crop loss. It allows levy of an agricultural land tax for funding, with county voting or landowner consent required before taxation. It allows districting and rate variation, nonstandard rate limits, and official-ballot procedures for November 1926.
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Montana
Legislative Assembly
State of
State Board of Equalization
I. C. T. Stewart
Helena
Co. T. Stewart
Foreclosure Suit Against Michalsky Defendants in Montana Court
District Court summons directs Paul and Martha Michalsky and Chateau Land and Loan Co to answer a foreclosure complaint within twenty days. Plaintiff William F. Rieckhoff seeks to foreclose a mortgage dated November 20, 1919 securing a note for 240 dollars plus costs and attorney fees.
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District Court
Nineteenth Judicial District
State of Montana
County of
Teton
William F. Rieckhofff
Paul Michalsky
Martha Michalsky
Chateau Land and Loan Company
Mortgage Record Reference in Teton County Montana
Court notice states a mortgage dated November 29 1919 filed in Book 8 C Mortgages Page 258 in Teton County Montana. Document cites complaint in the titled court and bears the September 21 1926 seal with Blanche M Jacobson Clerk and Bert I Packer attorney for the plaintiff Chateau Montana. First pub September 23 last October 14.
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Teton County
Montana
Blanche M. Jacobson
Bert I. Packer
Chateau
Lost Colony Fate and Spanish Archives Revealed
Discovery of three centuries untouched Spanish vault documents could illuminate North Carolina history and the fate of Sir Walter Raleigh's Roanoke colony. Ten thousand pages detail expeditions to check English expansion, with Sevier's later ties to Spain and the Franklin/Tennessee episode.
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Spain
North Carolina
Sir Walter Raleigh
Roanoke Island
North America
Aaron Burr
Col
John Sevier
Tennessee
North Carolina Historical Society
New World
Opaly
Florida
West Indies
Sevier
Cabin John Bridge and the Cabin John Creek Legend
A Washington area legend ties Cabin John Bridge to a hermit named John who lived along the Cabin John creek. The tale claims a buried treasure near the bridge, but no proof exists. Court records from 1748 suggest the creek was once Captain John creek, with Cabin John possibly a corruption.
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Washington
Cabin John
Cabin John Creek
Potomac
John
Cabin John Bridge
Maryland
Captain John
Egyptian Tomb Stones Revealed At University Museum
Inscriptions on two stones from Senneteum’s tomb may shed light on ancient Egyptian beliefs about life after death. Archaeologists found the stones during the Civil War era, and Dr. F H Lutz notes Senneteum likely a royal officer and founder of a line guarding tombs. A translation is expected soon.
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University of California Museum
Senneteum
Egypt
F. H. Lutz
Definitions Don't Count Gesquicentennial Test
An Indianapolis girl testing a friendly drinker had him try a resonant word after he muttered that one drink too many makes pronunciation hard. He silently moved lips then finally spoke “One hundred fifty.” The girl remains puzzled by the result.
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Indianapolis
Zuni Indians Thrive On Semi Arid New Mexico Range
Two thousand Zuni and related Pueblo Indians own about 300000 acres in western New Mexico. Despite harsh semi arid land, they raise corn melons and squash with limited irrigation. They hold land by inheritance, govern themselves, and rely on family harmony with strong community care for orphans.
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New Mexico
Indiana
Intranspolis
Cibola
United States
Pueblos
Pueblo
Zuni
Not a Good Risk Poet Applies for Life Policy
Joseph Auslander, a renowned poet, seeks an endowment policy. An insurance investigator questions a neighbor, Annette Margules, about his finances after Auslander’s poem is read. Margules proclaims his immortality, prompting the investigator to remark immortality is bad for the insurer.
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Joseph Auslander
Auslander
Annette Margules
Tondeleyo
Miss Margales
Stockholm theater program for school children aims to train taste
In Stockholm a special theater for school children is organized as a counter to commercial entertainment. Matinees at the Oscar theater will start with pupils from public and private schools forming a member organization. Membership grants access to discounted performances featuring classical plays high class comedies and recitals by capable artists.
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Stockholm
Oscar Theater
Greek Monastery on Mount Athos Dissolved by President
General Pangalos, head of the Greek republic, signed an order dissolving a famed Mount Athos monastery home to eight thousand monks. The institution, renowned for strict rules, barred entry to women and even to female animals, defending centuries of Balkan resilience.
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Pangalos
Greek Republic
Mount Athos
Balkans
Spanish Motor Highway Proposal From Madrid To Valencia
A direct cement paved motor highway of about 70 kilometers is proposed from Madrid to Valencia. It would be 20 meters wide and cross three provinces. Major towns along the route include Toledo Aranjuez Cuenca Albacete and Chelva with river power usable for industry.
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Madrid
Valencia
Spain
Augustus V. Ferrin
Toledo
Aranjuez
Cuenca
Alabacete
Chelva
Pioneers of Advertising and Trade in 17th Century England
John Houghton founded a weekly paper in 1672 to improve husbandry and trade and educate merchants in advertising. He built a broad bureau linking masters and servants and expanded into houses to let and want ads. Daniel Defoe emerged as a prolific pamphleteer and advertiser, later remembered for Robinson Crusoe.
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John Houghton
Royal Society
England
London
Daniel Defoe
Robinson Crusoe
Frank Presbrey
Shanghai hawker fined for skinning frogs alive
In Shanghai Mixed Court a Chinese hawker faced a fine for killing frogs by skinning them alive contrary to a republic law. He admitted skinning the frogs but claimed the meat is a delicacy for Chinese and foreigners. The dead frogs were sent to the city hospital and the live ones released.
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Shanghai
China
Republic of China
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The
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co
Theater For Children
Dodge Brothers
Power-Morgan Company
Chateau, Mont
Dopse Brothers
W. G. Levy
Stockmen’s Bank
H. G. Ward
P. O. Bex
Lo Emu
Otts Ilsion
Wwe
Chateau Hospital
H. W. Bateman
C. H. Ferris
U. S. Commissioner Notary Public
E. J. Crary
Centiigt
Offiess
McDenalia
Blech
E. B. Maynard
First National Bank
Choteau, Mont
T. A. Smith
N, Prof
C. James. Smith
Insurance
Cheteau
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