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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1895
Page
7
A poetic sketch describes the Missouri wheat harvest from early signs to threshing. Farmers watch weather and signals, face anxiety over storms, and prepare food and shelter as reaping nears. Family routines, chores, and hopeful anticipation mark the seasonal labor from field to barn.
A rural scene shows neighbors and families gathering for a harvest supper at a farmer's house. Women prepare food and drink while men work the fields and discuss crops, prices, and markets, with a makeshift Board of Trade forming as wheat is sold and priced.
The article invites submissions on taxation issues while noting tariffs remain excluded. It argues landowners benefit from improvements raising land value and urges readers to address the press to 10 Lock Street Buffalo.
A Nebraska periodical outlines the Liberty and Reform plank focusing on equal rights, abolishing money monopolies, government ownership of public ways, land value tax, and local self rule including initiative, referendum, and proportional representation. It calls for income to come from land value, condemns private control of transport, and urges a single tax to spread wealth from population growth.
A reader argues that the March 23 settlement rush for 4s claims shows scarcity of work and land idleness caused by heavy taxation on improving land. The piece urges reform to unlock vast unused land by changing the tax system and addressing social ills.
A fragment argues abolishing taxes on industry and personal property. It proposes shifting taxation to site values or ideation values to reduce burdens on landowners, merchants, manufacturers, and workers, aiming to lift a heavy load from producers and laborers. It mentions taxes on buildings fences trees and tariff-like levies and calls reformers to focus efforts on this outcome.
The Wilson North Carolina Advance argues every foot of land within town limits should be taxed as if improved. It urges taxing large plots at equivalent rates to encourage development and equalize taxes, noting owners resist subdivision to avoid higher taxes. It warns current practices favor affluent residents and hinder town upbuilding.
An eyewitness recounts a stylish woman pocketing soap and perfume at a Fourteenth Street store counter. She denies wrongdoing and challenges the observer, who warns of arrest for theft. The letter accompanying the tale cites tone of moralizing and concerns about petty theft and public morality.
A discussion on liberty in money, land, and taxation arguing against national money monopolies and state control, aligning with populist views. The text questions why money should be restricted and promotes individual liberty to issue or exchange wealth without centralized monopoly.
A writer notes average furniture value per house at about £107, including plate hor- and carriages as items for grand homes. It suggests rolls may understate true value, estimating a much smaller average of about one sixtieth of a pound unless assessment rolls follow a different method.
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