Railway taxes raise questions on 1913 28 rates and aviation funding
The piece discusses rail taxes under Illinois Central System from 1913 to 1928, noting large increases in per mile and per day costs and the impact on revenue and dividends. It also argues against burdening LeMars taxpayers with new bonds for an airport, urging private funding and caution on public debt, and comments on newspaper ownership and press independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L.A. Downs
Tllinois Central System
Nfe
Bohda
LeMara
Com‘mercial Club
Press independence fades under chain control
M L O'Brien former Boston Herald editor warns that chain ownership and advertising power erode newspaper independence. He asks what becomes of public opinion when journals become business cogs and the populace loses essential service of the press. Jeffersonians valued an untrammeled press for free government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. O’brien
Thomas Jefferson
O'Brien
Valetor presses into public view in town paper
A long commencement program covers speeches by Dr. Mock and H. E. Hutchinson, with notes on the term Valetor coined by Hoffman Machinery. The piece explains the rise of the modern pressing service and its branding as a distinct, easily recognized standard of care for garments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
C. A. Mock
H. ER. Hutchinson
Sioux City
Frank Jewett
America
T. P. Potter
The
Baptist Church
H. E. Hutchinson
Odey
U.S. Hoffman Machinery Corporation
New York
Herbert W. ‘Stone
U. S
Hoffman Machinery Corporation
United States
Canada
Bermuda
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Fae Ad Ok
Starzl
LeMars
Towa
Ithe
Downs
Eddie Oo
Gannett
the International
Ir Sale
Valetor
Valetor Pressing
Eibel’s
Bibel's
H. R. Harley Company
Lincoln Ford Fordson
Kew
Lincoln
FORD
Fordson LE Mars
Draper
Big Values
Borders
Zenith
Stevens
Infant’s
Anderson
Aurora
Wayne
Men’s Department
Kehrberg-Schneider CO
Globe Work
Seis Athletic Union
LeMars Best Store
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