Washington Tax Revision Debate on City Payments
The National Times editorial argues against making the U.S. government pay Washington DC municipal taxes. It contends government property should be tax free and that Washington’s workshops draw national business, urging taxpayers nationwide not to bear running costs for District services.
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Washington
Congress
Times
District of Columbia
United States
Columbia
Handooma
Cheance & Bom
Arorkshope
Ikateraryl
Emall
Indnes
Ho Ant
National
Yimesr
Tbs
Taxes on Land and Value in Historical Debate
The text discusses taxation principles comparing taxes on land versus taxes on value. It argues land taxes tax by quantity or area and may discourage land use, while taxes on value assess worth and can affect ownership but do not directly curb production. The piece weighs how value-based taxes relate to land ownership and use.
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Srill
Tts
Buifilo
Tih Ceanr
Taxes and land value shift in urban property critique
A historical text argues taxes should shift to land value to fund public needs, detailing how taxation on real estate aims to capture land rent for community use. It cites New York lots sold at high appreciation, illustrating tax incentive effects and land value taxation concepts with moral admonitions about civic responsibility.
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Henry Gin
To ‘Dex
Valve
United States
Land Value Taxation for National Revenue
The article argues for taxing land values to fund the national government, with localities retaining only their share. It cites city growth and mineral deposits as the basis for value, notes England’s rental tax remains nominal, and advocates moving away from indirect taxes toward a land value levy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
William Tih
A Queer Portrait of a War Veteran Emperor’s Court
A fragmented, period tone sketch describes a war-wounded officer in the Emperor’s circle. The subject, maimed from 1810, wears a silver brace after Saint Private battle, is water-drink only, and faces harsh judgments from Heseler and Moltke era contexts.
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Kaisér
Wilbel
Battle of
Saint Private
Heseler
Moltke
Metz
In Your Grandfather's Time. Oddities From Old Times
A snippet recalls priced books, daily wages, and social quirks of an earlier era. It notes a book cost, laborer pay, a fines system for street behavior, and peculiar terms for goods and life in Virginia. It also mentions transportation and housing practices of the period.
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Virginia
Natale
N.Y
Frio Hos
Glenrile
Keen
Amis Mit Rao
Fragments of Hope and Healing in a Turbulent Time
A damaged OCR passage hints at a moral and medical appeal. It describes distrust of street life in New York, references to illness and convalescence, and promotes a medicinal aid claimed to ease chills fever dyspnea and liver kidney trouble. It mentions a benevolent remedy and rapid improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raub
Greenlandic delicacies of frozen flesh and seal skin
In Greenland, Sileris and the Are fie islands fish and real flesh are frozen and eaten in thin slices cut by Ax orinife. Mikiak or seal flash half decomp aged and then frozen is one of the Eakimon goniast delicacies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vfrogen Poel
Greenland
Sileris
Arefie Islands
Coal Company Supply Stores Rob Miners Blind
A Pennsylvania clerk reveals how coal company stores control 27 outlets in the coal region, forcing about 20 000 workers to buy on cash and at higher prices. He explains store profits come from low cash purchases to the firms and high prices to miners, creating debt cycles and extended cash shortages for laborers.
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Coal Company
Nll
Pittsburg
Tiu
No Gentleman Smokes On Aft Deck Incident
A passenger on the vesal was seen smoking a cigar on the after-deck in violation of port rules. The forthright officer confronted him and cited the no smoking rule, prompting the man to tuck away a pack of tobacco. The captain left the scene, leaving the man untouched.
A Dreadful Slaughter of Gata in London
A garbled dispatch describes a mass slaughter linked to cat fur demands in London. The text mentions vast quantities of fur used for ladies wearing apparel and odd measurements, with unclear phrasing about the killer and supply.
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London
Amaverall
Charitable Institutions in London Hold Vast Income
The principal charitable bodies based in London report incomes surpassing £7,001,000 per year. This amount rivals half the Bank of England’s capital and exceeds all British colonial revenues in 1884. Including smaller charities, total voluntary benevolence in the metropolis reaches about £10,060,10 or £350,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bank of England
New South Wales
Victoria
Canada
Catarrh Cure Adverts Promised in Early 1900s Notice
An old newspaper fragment markets a constitutional remedy for catarrh. It claims internal use clears the disease by strengthening the rest of the body and destroying the source. The ad touts a patent medicine sold by Tenet & Co, Tokyo, with dubious efficacy notes and no medical endorsement.
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Hall
Belke
Addrem
Fee Tenet & CO
Teteko
Barkekl
Drdsulats
Fragmented Folklore and Local Notices From Incoherent Page
A garbled OCR fragment references Pamona Hall and titles like Lady Faphin Cecil and the Duke of Pirbawick. It mentions Pirngrecis im tha webb lon and Quatre Braz, along with notes about Aver age Man, Vin tables, and references to poverty, cards, and coupons. The text includes unclear claims about insanity in popular human beings and rules becoming infant.
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Pamona Hall
Faphin Cecil
Marquia of
Exeter
Pirngrecis
Webblon
Con
Richmond
Gata Retis III
Duke of
Pirbawick
Quatre Braz
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