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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1923
Page
5
The article contrasts rich and poor views on taxation and inflation with wage gains lagging behind living costs. It notes price levels well above 1914 averages, a rapid rise since 1922, and the burden on housewives. It blames midmen and distribution for high costs and observes apples selling at 25 cents each, or three for a dollar in shops.
The article extols co operative marketing as a progressive practice improving cotton watermelons and peanuts in Georgia. It notes Georgia farmers earn better prices with co operative efforts including peanuts in Cochran reaching 107 dollars per ton. California leads with twenty five state wide associations and more being organized.
A critique of the modern flapper as artificial and featureless. The piece argues artificial cosmetics degrade a girl's natural beauty and warns about social decline as mothers bear responsibility for creating the featureless flapper queen.
A diffuse column mocks Washington bloc politics and quips on auto-suggestion chiefs. It notes coal orders, fur coats, the first green blade, a state bill against lawbreaking, and a jab about New Year resolutions. It also references federal officials disputing AP claims about rum ships off New York.
The St. Louis Star notes Mr. Mellon urges a constitutional amendment to tax all new bond issues, arguing it would stop income tax dodging and save government revenue. It critiques his two remedies and suggests only the second would double receipts, though both proposals target tax exempt securities.
The Farm Mortgage Bankers Association warns tax exempt securities divert about 30 billion dollars of public wealth from taxation. Critics say ending exemptions would deny revenue to big earners, while local Dillon editor Hathaway objects to county printing allocations. County printing not awarded to Dillon papers but to Lima, with potential Lima or Butte involvement.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer argues that reducing surcharges on income might attract funds to productive channels to support government, but limiting tax free issues requires a constitutional amendment. It backs Treasury Department calls for a prohibition on tax free bonds and urges early congressional attention.
The group schedules regular gatherings on the first and third Saturdays with Commander Generalissimo Captain General S W J W and Recorder DE Molay noting Wednesday sessions.
Mizpah Chapter C E S holds regular meetings on the second and fourth Tuesdays. Officers listed include Conductress Associate Secretary Treasurer with positions for N G V G Chaplain Warden.
The world’s biggest floating dock is being built in Scotland for an English railway company and is constructed entirely from reinforced concrete.
Arthur Brisbane in the Chicago Herald Examiner denounces the idea of abolishing tax free securities. Friends of the poor man argue against the income tax free status, claiming such measures would hurt many taxpayers.
A Dillon Tribune reader signs as A Tenderfoot asking if wolves attack humans. The pioneer settler replies that after frontier life in Nebraska Wyoming Montana and the Dakotas he has seen wolves hunt and feed on livestock but never attack a person.
The report notes that wrongly addressed mail wastes about 1.74 million dollars annually. It states 375,381 letters per day arrive at post offices with improper addresses and postal clerk salaries to re-address this mail exceed 1.9 million dollars annually.
The Missouri Public Service Commission approved the reorganization of the Missouri, Kansas and Teas Railroad, resulting in a new name Missouri-Texas Railroad Company.
A vintage classified ad urges readers to cut a slip and mail it with 5 cents to Foley & Co. in Chicago for a trial package including Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets. Potts, the druggist, endorses the offer.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine promotes relief for run down individuals by local application and internal tonic. The ad asserts constitutional factors influence catarrh and credits B. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio with years of experience. It urges use for improved general health.
Announcement from Southern Montana Abstract and Title Co of Dillon Montana listing Frank Hazelbaker as president and a general notice advertising abstract and title services with a promotional tone and dated reference Ady 9 tf.
Auction style classified note offers a Peter Schuttler wagon set with harness in good condition. Seller listing at 46-131 Harrison & Son, seeking a low price.
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