J P Cotton Dies After Operations
Joseph Potter Cotton, a noted figure in diplomacy, law, and finance, died in Baltimore after two major operations over six weeks. Born Newport Rhode Island July 22 1873 he served undersecretary of state and handled affairs during the London naval conference. He leaves wife a daughter Isabel and George S Franklin his law partner. Secretary Stimson and Dr Boone visited him.
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Baltimore
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Joseph Potter Cotton
Stimson
Cotton
Isabel
New York
George S Franklin
White House
Joel T. Boone
Newport
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Cotten
Harvard Law School
Washington
Hoover
Bumson
Bills Defeated Adds Tax Provisions And Licenses Laws
An OCR fragment outlines several proposed or defeated bills including shifts in livestock taxation, changes to municipal public utility sale thresholds, reduced bond requirements for township treasurers, and new tax applicability for state owned rural credit funds. It notes regulatory powers for the secretary of agriculture, restrictions on indigent residency, adjustments to truck license taxes, and required audits by county auditors.
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South Dakota
Tewnist
Secretary of Agriculture
Hippie Printcompa
State legislative miscellany expands duties and funding
A long list of South Dakota bills grants funding and powers across state operations. Provisions include school aid adjustments, court report binding, regulation of county land evaluation, licensing for drug stores, and waterworks bonds. The measures authorize jail funding, driver permits for livestock transport, animal disposal rules, and tax or fee changes for lard substitutes, fishing licenses, tobacco-like products, and public scales. Various appropriations touch the industrial commission, state soldiers home, power plant at Yankton hospital, and forest land sales to the federal government.
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Maurine Bright
Hudson
Avon
Schepp's Canyon
Fall River County
Supreme Court
Pierre
Industrial Commission
Hot Springs
J. C. Egan
University of South Dakota
Ben Foster
Edgemont
Deadwood
Adams Memorial Hall
Yankton State Hospital
Legislative updates span taxes bonds and criminal case reforms
A lengthy list outlines proposed or enacted measures across counties cities and state agencies. Provisions touch airport operations near borders tax deeds for city property sane asylum entrance rules sanitation inspections nursery regulation and multiple appropriations for fire protection housing hospitals schools and veterans relief. Several items modernize criminal procedure and voting registration while tightening vagrancy and child welfare laws.
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County Health Board
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J. P. Cotton
Hadj
Buckram
Harding County
Kellogg
Battle Creek
State Fair Grounds
University
State College
Spearfish Normal
State Sanitarium
State Penitentiary
Kitchen State Training School
St State Training School
Lyien County
Missouri River Development
State Highway Department
State Motor Vehicle Department
Benefit of
Huron
Luden’s
Gagnon
Dixon
Gage
Louise Dixon
Sterling
Mary Grenada
Chateau Thierry
Charm Deauville
Gravesnor
Bird of Paradise
Huesgen’'S Jewelry Shop
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