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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1907
Page
6
Captain Ross battles a cyclone as a Chinese junk collides with the Sirdar. The wrecked junk sinks or is destroyed while the liner fights to regain control in the south China sea. Passengers brace for danger as crew improvise measures and wait for daylight.
An Ox observer notes lightning from two storm centers with regular flash intervals. In one hour the northern center produced thirty flashes at 15 30 45 60 and 90 second gaps, the southern center sixteen at 17 34 and 51 seconds. A brief sky brightening precedes each major flash.
An excited man demands his right to open his wife’s letters. The lawyer agrees to read a letter and suggest burning it if it harms, but then reflects that opening letters could be a criminal offense. The exchange ends with the lawyer declining the risky act.
A cheeky guide suggests joining a whist game with a strong partner and two expert opponents. Start with light anecdotes, occasionally misplay, endure playful disapproval, and discover the gentle, intellectual joy of the card game.
In 1824 Charles S presented composer Rossini with a diamond studded repeating watch that played two Rossini motifs. Bologna failed to clean it, it went to Paris with tenor Facibiano where a fire destroyed the watch. A watchmaker later made a second watch with false diamonds while Rossini never learned of the fraud. Upon his death the piece passed to a relative, later sold to an Englishman, and included an enamel portrait of Rossini.
A vintage advertisement promoting Allen's Foot-Ease powder to ease swollen nervous and damp feet. It claims relief for aching feet, blisters, calluses, chilblains and general foot pain. Sold by druggists and shoe stores with a trial package offered free. Address given as Allen S&. Gimsted Le Roy N. Y.
Judge Rufus B. Smith of the Cincinnati bar denounces Ohio's general property tax as unconstitutional and harmful to capital. He urges taxing intangible property lightly or not at all, criticizes tax inquisitor laws, and calls for reform to protect industrial life and democracy.
The Ohio State Board of Commerce committee on taxation calls for action to remove constitutional barriers to progress. It warns failure to reform could keep the state from industrial and commercial prosperity as noted in the Eleventh Annual meeting held December 16-17, 1904.
Ohio public service corporations show about a 20 percent increase in 1994 receipts, rising from 171 million to 195 million. Auditor W. B. Gert tables excise tax returns from railroads electric gas water telegraphs telephones and related transport firms totaling 2.05 million for the year with varied contributions by classification.
A legislative proposal seeks to amend the Illinois constitution’s revenue article. It states taxes must be uniform within taxing authority limits and used for public purposes. It allows local governments to levy special assessments or taxation for local improvements and limits state taxation on municipal corporations.
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