Tax Theory and Tax Shifting Critique in Midwest Economy
A controversial excerpt argues taxes fall on consumers via production costs and that direct taxation harms workers and farmers. It attacks local assessments favoring city monopolies, urges exemption of personal property, and promotes direct taxation of privileges. Michigan and neighboring states face capital flight as lenders move funds southward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolton Sfall
Putnam
New York
Thomas G.shearman
Ohio
Hamlin Garland
The Result of Taxing Mortgages in Michigan
The Michigan legislature passed a law taxing mortgagees proportionate to their stake, shifting tax burdens from farmers to lenders. Courts may deem it unconstitutional for existing mortgages, as contracts set fixed interest payments. Savings banks fear restrictions and may seek investments out of state, while lenders seek alternatives amid unfriendly policy.
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Tlinois
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
Chicago
California
Savings Banks
County Option tax plan eyed to curb corruption
A proposed New York assembly bill would tax land value separately from buildings and improvements. It would let county boards of supervisors choose tax bases including land, improvements, personal property, or all combined, potentially shifting city tax burdens and reducing perjury and demoralization while prompting broad scrutiny by business groups.
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New York
Board of Supervisors
Chicago
Hyattsville
Maryland
Boards of Trade
Kansas platforms drift toward broad tax reforms
Excerpts show support for universal tax exemptions on manufactories, mechanical and farming industries, with land taxed by value and improvements exempted. Proposals include taxing incomes if additional revenue is required, reflecting a push for sweeping reforms. The language indicates a populist fiscal approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Not Fifty Dollars an Acre but Fifty Dollars a Square Foot
The Post estate on Cedar Street, four buildings, about 6,100 square feet, sold to Continental Ice Insurance Co. for $300,000. They plan a modern office building, paying roughly $500 per square foot on Cedar Street, viewed as a strong price. A bid to remove Negro voting rights in Alabama via five dollar taxes per voter would fail, as poll taxes proved ineffective and political funds would be strained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Continental Ice Insurance Co
Cedar Street
The
Continental
Alabama
National Tribune
Daring Hair Styles in Africa A Local Customs
In Africa, women undergo lengthy hair dressing rituals where a barber uses a long pin to untangle matted locks, snips strands for adornment, and shapes long braids dripping with scented oil into elaborate figures. The process requires patience as the recumbent subject endures hours of treatment despite social standing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Absurdities of English Prompt a Goose Quip
A foreign observer jokes about English rules noting fast takes many forms in quick, firm, and spare usage. He cites the sentence The first one won one one-dollar prize to illustrate confusion and ends with a playful test: How long can a goose stand on one leg without getting tired. Try it and see.
Opponents Urge Closed Sundays for World’s Fair Exposition
A House World's Fair Committee hearing drew 15 speakers including Col Shepard Rev Ramsdell and Joseph Cook. They argued Sunday closing protects the Sabbath while predicting large losses in revenue and criticizing managers for liquor sales and support for Sunday opening.]]
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House
World's Fair Commission
Ramsdell
Hoe
United States
Chicago
Joseph Cook
Boston
Mott
New Jersey
Coffin
Iowa
Crafts
Pittsburg
Congress
Bishop Potter
New York
Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore
Rival Factions Camp Overnight in Kansas Legislature
In Topeka a split Kansas Legislature held an all night standoff with two rival bodies in one hall both claiming legality. Leaders Douglass and Dunsmore backed a night truce as both sides slept while Republicans drafted a memorial asking the Governor to recognize the Republican House. The plan hinged on Governor approval and potential militia help to eject nonmembers if needed.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kan
Senate
Douglass
Dunsmore
Secretary of State
Republican
House of Representatives
House
Republican House
Reading and Canadian Pacific to control Nova Scotia mines
Readings coal magnates of Pennsylvania with the Canadian Pacific Railway plan to acquire nearly all Nova Scotia coal fields. The coalition reportedly has over 1 million dollars for the project and the Nova Scotia Legislature is to convene to ratify the deal. A financier notes the consolidation follows February 1892 anthracite carrier actions and aims to shield against Nova Scotia coal competition if duties end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nova Scotia
Pennsylvania
Canadian Pacific Railway
Cleveland Must Pay Duty On English Woolen Gloves
A parcel sent from England to the president elect Cleveland triggers customs duties. Arthur W. Robeson, a Baltimore customs broker, received consignment papers for the package and its shipment details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Arthur W. Robeson
Baltimore
England
Gloves Deliveries Under McKinley Tariff Duties
A package arrives on the steamship Rossmore and is to be given to Mr. Cleveland in Washington. The item carries no freight charge but requires duties under the McKinley tariff before handover. Duties are 494 cents per pound and 60 percent ad valorem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rossmore
Mr. Cleveland
Washington
Believe in Short Skirts Woman Suffrage Debate in Kansas City
Missouri and Kansas suffrage agitators gathered in Kansas City to push a short skirt reform. Members arrived with dresses a few inches above the ground to gauge appearance, noting each inch shaved seemingly reduces years off a woman's age. A speaker lamented delays in completing her dress, another exhibitor praised how the garb hung when shortened, and a backfiring hook prompted a brief alteration. No strong push for altering the resolution toward different skirt lengths appeared.
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Missouri
Kansas
Kansas City
J. C. Merine
Coal Scarcity Hits Cincinnati as River Rises
Coal famine worsens in Cincinnati with about three weeks' stock in yards and 100000 bushels en route. Prices run six dollars a ton in town, four across the river, as ice-clogged rivers and zero temperatures trap residents and keep the poor bedbound. The river rises, ice blocks navigation, and a further two feet rise could break more ice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Covington
Newport
Call for More Cash for World’s Fair Budget
Mr Burnham presented another estimate to finish the World's Fair buildings and ready Jackson Park for opening May 1. The figure ranges from 400000 to 500000 dollars above prior budgets, shocking the Board of Directors who fear runaway expenses. A Finance Committee member echoed the worry that costs are spiraling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burnham
Jackson Park
Finance Committee
Montana Senate Holds First Ballot For U S Senator
The Montana Legislature met in joint session for the first ballot for United States Senator. Thirty-three Republicans, thirty-four Democrats, and three Populists attended, totaling seventy members. Davidson, the sick Democrat, was absent. Republicans backed W F Sanders, Mulville and Haus er drew two Populist votes, and Beecher pledged to stay with the Democrats through the contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
United States
Davidson
W. F. Sanders
Mulville
Hauser
Beecher
Deadlock Broken in Nebraska Senate Amid Shakeup
The Nebraska Senate ended a week long deadlock after a Democrat Independent alliance reorganized the chamber. The move postponed the governor elect Crounse's inauguration by a week and blocked outgoing officers from yielding power. elsewhere reports note measles epidemics in Brazil Indiana and a few curious items including a renomination, a fatal fire claim, and a stock broker restart.
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Senate
Nebraska
Combine
Crounse
Death of General Benjamin Butler in Washington Residence
The reputed old warrior of Massachusetts died at his Washington home on New Jersey Avenue opposite the Capitol, after a brief illness of heart disease. Butler, born in Deerfield in 1818, rose from Lowell lawyer to Civil War general and long time politician, shaping major actions from Annapolis to New Orleans and Congress, with a controversial yet influential career in abolition, military governance, and party politics.
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Benjamin F. Butler
Massachusetts
Washington
New Jerse Avenue
Capitol
Blaine
Benjamin
Butler
Deerfield
N. IL
John Butler
Mra
Lowell
Mass
Lowell High School
Exeter Academy
Waterville College
Maine
Sarah
Hildreth
Freewall Democratic
Gardner
Briggs
Charleston
Baltimore
Jeff Davis
Lincoln
Massachusetts Militia
Annapolis
Yto
Monros
L’arts Hatteras and
Clarke
North Carolina
Dutch Gap Canal
Admiral Porter
General Butler
New Orleans
Porter
Mississippi
Ship Island
Farragut
William Mumford
Jefferson Davis
Louis Napoleon
Mexico
Fort Fisher
Wilmington
Gen
Grant
Massachusette
Congress
Ife
House
Johnson
United States Supreme Court
Ifo
United States
Gov. Ames
Notes of Current Events
Estellt Stwrez, a colored servant in Bishop Satwill's Kansas City household, joined the Catholic Church. Tur Crams will build the cruisers Iowa and Brooklyn as contracts go to that firm. An icicle weighing a ton at Niagara fatally injures two Philadelphia photographers. J F Cook, a Brooklyn church usher, fainted and died. Isaac II Suavren and wife were beaten and robbed near New Castle Pennsylvania. Baroness Buane to wed Frederick Yuengling. Model of Santa Maria arrives in New York. Deputy U S Marshal Nabors shot dead by Sam Barber in Robano Montana. A deal to consolidate wire interests with $25 million capital. Lozon perished on the Mackinac ice. three others nearly dead. Vandalla road to discharge freight handlers resisting unions. If war comes, West Pointers ready, says Baltimore American.
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Estellt Stwrez
Episcopal
Satwill
Kansas City, Mo
Niagara
B Warner
H. N. Howland
Philadelphia
J. F. Cook
Central Congregational Church
Brooklyn
Isaac II
Suavren
New Castle
Barrontss Buane
Frederick Yuengling
New York
John Nabors
United States
Sam Barber
Robano
Mont
Lozon
Mackinac City
Mackinac Island
TRE
Vandalla Road
Pennsylvania
Russian Weddings Odd Customs and Queer Superstitions
A historic account describes Russian wedding traditions and superstitions. It covers pre wedding bathing with a ribboned sponge, beer scented platforms, and a race to touch the altar cloth to decide masters of the house. It notes the dinner ritual where bitter wine signals embrace and the wife pulling her husband's boots to prove dominance. The piece highlights the peasant view of a wife’s economical value.
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Russia
Nature’s Ally and Curious Trades Across Russia
The Passage describes Russia’s Volga region cat fur trade with small buyers who skin cats and ship fur to empire centers, plus a Tolstoy-area village famed for canaries and a Tamboff pigeon skin trade. It then promotes Honstetter’s Stomach Dittters as a trusted, long-used remedy for bile, inactivity, kidneys and general debility, claiming professional endorsement and century-long use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kussino
Russia
Volga
Tolstoi
Tula
Tamboff
Nature
Battlea
Honstetter
One Factory Controls Russian Playing Cards Market
A single Moscow area factory dominates card production for Russia's 30 million players, churning out 6 million packs annually from 139 to 200. The note cites E A Van Hoten of Detroit promoting Hood's Sarsaparilla, with testimonials of digestive and rheumatic relief after six bottles, and claims of weight gain from 132 to 200 pounds.
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Russia
Foundling Hospital
E. A. van Hoten
Third Street
Grand River Avenue
Detroit
Mich
Hood
Edwin A. van Totes
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Minnesota
St. Louis
Con. W. M. Owen
Epa
San Francisco
Frank E. Eames
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Camvat
Democratic Caucus
Purure Resoro
East Liverpool
Hauck
Trask & Co
Josern F. Banker
J. He. Cuanrk
Jamestown
N.D
Clark
George Roderick
Collee
Tur Cramps
Liverpool
California Fig Syrup Co
Benson
Nogales
Arizona and New Masico
Boston Globe
Botnal Circulating Library
E. Washington Street
London
Garfield Tan
ToryKa Undertaker
Plurase
Rowan
Jayne
Greece
Christian World
Lng
Forsyth
Hiino
Kline
Sul Arch St
Phila
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