Tax exempt bonds cited in Hill estate case
A Minnesota probate dispute over Mrs. Hill’s estate reveals Louis W. Hill’s 1916 1919 handling of securities to tax free holdings boosting her income from 165000 to 730000 annually. The Detroit Free Press notes the broader impact of tax exempt securities on public revenue and national finances. The piece also mentions a Gretor boat joke and states the Lahontan gravel plant near Fallon will resume highway work for better sand and aggregate.
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James J. Hill
Michigan
Hill
State Highway Department
Lahontan
Fallon
Federal Reserve Banking System
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England
Canada
France
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Japan
Germany
Federal Reserve System
United States
Nevada State News Briefs
A Las Vegas bar association forms with 12 charter members as Nevada issues roll. Gov and Mrs Boyle are confined to home with an attack. Fallon Oil Co extends downward to 1325 feet with good show. Fallon milk dealers plan iced milk shipments statewide. Las Vegas fire destroys justice court and Roberta parlors. Elko rancher Albert Hawkins dies in Oakland. February prison population at 138. Las Vegas commission to install new street sprinkling system. Winnemucca High adds radiotelephone for Salt Lake concerts. Las Vegas Methodists raise a $30,000 church fund after a recent fire. L B Fowler runs for district judge in three counties. Ruth Rothery accidentally shot near Imlay. not critical. J A Fulmer named successor to A S Marshall. Picket resigning per AG. Dr C H Goodnight returns to coast with first wife. W H Whybark fights back burglar in Lovelock. Indian Police recapture intruder. Darrell Dunkle remembered at Arlington. Hamilton Reid dies from injuries after blizzard accident at Tonopah Extension. Automobile likened to ill tempered child. acts up in public.
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Las Vegas
Boyle
Diamond Oil Company of
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Lincoln Highway progress in Nevada amid Highway debates
The Ely Record reports Nevada will see the Lincoln Highway nearly completed across the state within two years with spats resolved this year. Humboldt County leaders prefer bonding for a north south road, delaying Victory Highway plans without California funds. Utah desert routes, Tooele County says Wendover road lacks county funds, and Thomas O'Brien becomes Nevada Secretary of State deputy in Carson City.
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Nevada
Ely
California
Winnemucca
Jerry Sheehan
Humboldt County
First National Bank of
Sheehan
Desert
Utah
Board of Communal On
Era
Tooele County
Wendover
Board of Engineers
Thomas O’brien
Carson City
State Tax Commission
Secretary of State
R. P. Burris
George Bradigan
O'Brien
Hoe
Virginia @ Truckee
University of Nevada
Sproule critiques taxation boosts at Pacific Traffic meet
Sproule, president of the Southern Pacific Railway, warned against removal of canceled taxation, arguing it fuels higher levies. He spoke before the Pacific Traffic association in San Francisco, noting business brighter but freight rates and costs remain high. He urged definite rate adjustments to ease trade.
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Sproule
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Pacific Trafic Association
San Franisco
Former Nevadan Wins Lyric for San Francisco Sentiment
John L. Considine a former Nevada prison warden and later prohibition agent has won a lyric contest run by a San Francisco newspaper. The prize poem signed John Lyons praises San Francisco as a beloved jewel of the Pacific coast. Victor Herbert will compose the melody for the winning verse.
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John L. Considine
Evening Report
Virginia City
Nevada State
Pacific Coast States
Nevada
San Francisco
Victor Herbert
John Lyons
Baker Street
After Dinner Stories and Laundry Crisis Echoes
A comic Municipal exchange features an agent touting a washing machine that could replace a laundress, while a householder resists. A stray line recalls a poet on inhumanity to man, and a boast about paying ten dollars for a quart of cold tea ties to broader clues about prices and local officials offering materials.
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Roberta
Albert Hawkins
Elko County
Oakland
Nevada State Prison
Biko
Winnemucca High School
Salt Lake
L. B. Fowler
Ormsby
Storey
Douglas
Ruth Rothery
Imlay
J. A. Fulmer
White Pine County
Thomas Picket
A. S. Marshall
Picket
Daugherty
C. H. Goodnight
Reno
W. H. Whybark
Lovelock
Darrell Dunkle
American Legion
Arlington Cemetery
Washington
Hamilton Reid
Tonopah
Reid
State
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Eureka
Federal Reserve Bank District No
R. C. Kelley
J. B. Rebaleati
Kelley & Rebaleati
Goodyear
Michelin Tires
H. Russell
Eureka Garage & Supply Co Public
Dodge
Nevadan
Pacific
Turquoise Bay
Nevada Highway Commission
Egal
Sentinel Office
The
First National Bank
Mucca, Nevada
J. Sheehan
W. H. Doyle
W. H. Moffat
William Stock
J. G. Taylor
B. Stall
Nevada Capital
United States Federal Reserve Bank
H. B. Kimball
W. L. Merithew
J. A. Sewell
EB. B. Ennor
Angelo Berolo
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Eureka, Nevada
Eureka Gash
Express
J. B. Biale
Giant Powder Co
Europa Hotel
Main and
Clark Streets
Edward Herrera
Bureka
Schneider Drug Store
MRS. H. M. Schneider & CO
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