Limits Hatpins to Ten Inches in Salem Bill Passed
Salem bill limiting hatpins to ten inches in length was approved by the lower house on Wednesday. The Abolish the Whipping Post bill suffered defeat in the same session. The report mentions a car crash near Wielitz with forty five deaths and an earthquake quake record in the Far East with Chinese Turkestan noted in the Hakus recording.
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Chinese Turkestan
British Labour Party Pushes Broad Tax Plan at Conference
Portsmouth January meeting of the Labour Party shows a push for sweeping taxes. Proposals include a wealth tax, super tax on incomes, taxes on monopolies, estate and legacy duties, land value taxation, and a tax on saloons modeled after New York. Snowden advocates a 25,000 dollar income level for super tax with escalating rates, claiming potential revenues of around 150 million and 50 million from saloon taxation.
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Reorganization Plan for Flour Mill Faces Losses
The committee seeks to reorganize the flour mill to recover losses. A paid up capital will be provided by A Loring and managed by Colver of the old company. The plan proposes 190000 annual earnings minimum, cash payment to unsecured creditors about 60 percent as of August 8 1908, with interest adjusted at 50 percent.
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Ohio Supreme Court Reverses Tax Ruling in Mutual Life Suit
The State of Ohio loses a suit as the court upholds a tax on premiums paid to home offices of mutual life companies. The decision reverses a slower court ruling, causing a potential yearly loss of several thousand dollars to the state. The case centers on whether premiums paid to home offices are subject to the tax.
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Mutual Life For Co
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Senate to Confirm Bacon Nomination at Workington
Senate expected to confirm Robert Bacon as secretary of state at work in Washington. He will take the oath and assume duties in the cabinet, with Root present at the meeting. meanwhile actor Coquelin, famed for Cyrano de Bergerac, has died after a long stage career. In Rhode Island, an uncle and niece pair seek a marriage license in Providence, accompanied by Rabbi Machriach, a union permitted in Rhode Island.
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Workington
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Root
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Detroit
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M. David Machriach
Rhode Island
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Dr Clark Dentist Over Price Slothing mpany
Dr Chas Richardson faces scrutiny over price practices at Skaggs Drug Store in Richardson. Unclear OCR text hampers full identification of actions, dates, or parties involved.
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Stor
Juror Round-Up Ties Carmack Murder Case to Jury Pool
Deputies and jurors fill pages of the Carmack murder panel as Nashville authorities seek 600 men to form a pool of twelve jurors. The trial of former Senator Edward Carmack’s killer proceeds with hearings on juror qualifications and the defense clashing with prosecutors over the panel. The day also reports on Emperor Menelik of Abyssinia, a Milwaukee tobacco case, a German Lutheran parochial school reopening amid mumps, and the incorporation of the Diamond Mining Company in Monroe Louisiana.
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