Utah Proposal to Amend Constitution on Uniform Tax Exemption
A Utah Secretary of State notice outlines a state constitutional amendment for tax uniformity and exemptions, proposing to authorize stamp and income based taxes and detailing publication, voting, and effective date procedures. The document cites amendments to Section 3 and Section 12 of Article XIII and sets the next general election process.
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Utah
United States
Secretary of State
Charles S. Tingey
State of
Utah Proposes Constitutional Amendment on Public School System
Resolution submits an amendment to Section 2 Article 10 of Utah’s Constitution to include kindergarten through university levels in the public school system. It details funding, free high schools in certain cities, local taxation for shorterfalls, and state funds support for new schools. The Secretary of State to publish the proposition for the next general election.
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State Board of Education
Secretary of State
Blute
State of Utah
J. Charles & Tingey
State of
Utah
Lafitte Shares Love Tale as New Orleans War Ends
Lafitte reveals his past to Rose de Cazeneau beside Pierre Lafitte’s grave and asks her to join him in France as his baronne. The chapter recalls Jackson’s credit to Lafitte at New Orleans and notes rumors of his later fate amid a broader view of Baratarians and pardon.
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Madame Richet
Lazalie
Rose de Cazeneau
Lafitte
Scipio
Ittle Rose
Jean
Lazalle
Scarie
Rose
Barra de Hierro
Neau
Captain Jean
Jean Lafitte
Little Rose
Louisiana
Little
Island Rose
New Orleans
Jackson Ys
France
Monsieur le Baron
Languedoc
Paradise
Earth
Ghent
United States
Great Britain
Britain
Spain
Jackson
Dominique You
Beluche
Barataria
Claiborne
Madison
South America
Galveston
Texas
Yucatan
Loire
Two Columns of Horseshoes at Fort Collins Shop
A Fort Collins blacksmith added striking sign columns by stacking discarded horseshoes around a central wooden post. Each column stands about thirty feet tall and five feet in diameter, forming box tree like shapes anchored to the shop and wired to the post. The sign grew from the shop opening and the columns remain capped to their height by iron bands.
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Fort Collins
Col
Scientific American
Portrait of a man in livery business with mule
A young neighbor recently started in the livery trade and had a painted portrait made showing himself holding a mule by the bridle. He boasted of the likeness while his wife remarked it was a fine picture of him but questioned who the man with the bridle was.
College Student Becomes A Hobo After Coast to Coast Trip
Oscar F. Aschman a Union College junior recounts two months living as a tramp from Batavia to San Francisco and back to Omaha without paying fares. He describes rail stowaways, rough labor in Butte and Missoula, and an allied partner who vanished after a saloon encounter, with a warning that Flanders likely boarded the Mary B. Horne to Hong Kong.
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Omaha
Milwaukee
Wis
Oscar F. Aschman
Union College
New York
Aschman
Batavia
N. Y
San Francisco
West
Butte
Missoula
Soula
Seattle
Mary A Horne
Frisco
Hong Kong
China
Mary B. Horne
Oura
Flanders
Woman in Topeka Flirts With Bicycle Wheel Act
A Topeka woman using the alias Clara Wilson was fined $5 for drunkenness after attempting to ride a buggy wheel as a bicycle on Kansas Avenue near Fourth Street at noon. She claimed to be married to A P Tone Wilson, a California lawyer, but the police dismissed the statement as false.
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Topeka
Kan
Clara Wilson
Kansas Avenue
Fourth Street
Miller
Wee Court
California
A. P. Tone Wilson
Hen That Rides Horseback Thrills Kentucky Town
In Danville Kentucky a remarkable hen owned by John B Stout of Lexington Avenue reportedly learned to ride a buggy horse after dining from the same trough. The mare, heavily taxed from circling the yard, was found exhausted after a horseman’s intrusion when the hen rode atop the horse in a tight circle.
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Danville
Boyd County
Kentucky
Fred Vermilion
Stout
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Emata
Grandpere
Pierre
Napoleon
Margot
Pere Huot
Lara
Gretoire
Martinique
Elba
de Care
University of Montana
Philippines
Hen
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