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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1949
Page
3
Jefferson City reports on county tax levers for state aid and a proposed 250 mile river route toll road modeled after Pennsylvania. Lawmakers discussed funding transfers, a $17 million building program for state projects, and a highway authority expansion to eight members with tolls projected at about 2.5 cents per mile. The article notes a historical reference to the Best Friend of Charleston.
The report notes Yellowstone Park’s fame for its bears and whiskey quality. It highlights the park’s renowned reputation and suggests strong associations with local product naming and frontier branding during the period.
An express toll highway from St. Louis to Kansas City would cost about 115.6 million dollars. P. H. Daniells, assistant chief engineer of the Missouri highway department, told a House Committee, which took no action on a bill to build a four lane express highway between the two cities. The committee also killed a bill permitting ...
An old advertisement claims five New York doctors prove Carter's Pills break the laxative habit. It urges a schedule of taking two pills nightly for a week then alternating, plus eight glasses of water daily, to unblock the digestive tract and reestablish regularity. It warns against overuse and touts life improvement from continued use.
The Missouri Senate trimmed the state fair appropriation by 107 450 to 239 600 for two years while preserving funding for Boonville boys training school. Sen R Jasper Smith led the push against waste, arguing for a leaner budget, with support from Sen John Weechle and others. Additional cuts targeted girls schools and the Tipton Negro girls school, and hospital allocations were reduced as three House money bills were trimmed to 232 358 509. More reductions planned for today.
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