City Council Raises City Tax Levy to 79 Mills
A special meeting increases the total city tax levy including state and county taxes to 79 mills, eight more than last year. The city levy stands at 28 mills, school levy 23.5 mills, and general funds detail multiple funds with specific mill allocations and totals amounting to 54 thousand dollars expected for the coming year.
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Cty
Board of Education
Board of Assessors
Dhe
Feneral
Law of Love and Larceny in Mills Case
A tax levy debate on city finances notes reductions and increases in library and fund taxes, plus penalties on sidewalk improvements. Appraisers are named for property assessments, with council members present. A local larceny case involves a Miss Lena Sluter and Joseph Stonebreaker, where engagement invalidates larceny charges per Judge Helscher.
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Library Board
Barker
Kentucky Street
Geo. Banks
H. Ryan
Asher
Steele
Joens
Bellatte
Outario Street
A. L. Selig
L. S
Goo Money Peebles
H. B. Asher
Ball
Masaschusette
Warren Street
Mass
John M. Newlin
Alley
L.S. Steele
Lee Street
L. S. Breele l
John M- Newlin
Wilder
Kasold
Blair
McFarlane
Bond
Autobins
Dicker
West
Town Falls
Jay Aus
W. P. Helschur
Lena Sluter
Ackley
Joseph Stonebreaker
Slater
Stonebreaker
Helscher
Lavceny
Governor presses railroads over two cent fare move
Gov Hoch believes railroads favor a two cent passenger fare to avoid a reassembled legislature. He argues last session backed railroads but fears public pressure after strong citizen sentiment. A primary election law would follow if lawmakers reconvene, signaling a political chess move by rail interests and state leadership.
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Hoch
Kansas rifle team nets eight medals at Camp Perry
Adjutant General Hughes reports Kansas shooters captur ing three more medals bringing the total to eight. P A Hase, Company I, First Infantry, won bronze for 80 percent at 200 yards. Samuel Wooley, Company G, Second Infantry, 80 percent at 200 yards. G H Parsons, bronze for 80 percent at 600 yards. The Kansas squad continues its success ahead of the national contest which starts in August.
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Topeka
Hughes
Kansas
Camp Perry
Ohio
P. A. Hase
First Infantry
Samuel Wooley
G. H. Parsons
National Rifle ‘Association
Labor board seeks urging Congress on strict immigration laws
The Norfolk Amg 24 summary notes the executive board of the American Federation of Labor urged all civic organizations to cooperate in pressing the next Congress to enact stringent immigration laws excluding Asiatic labor of every description.
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Norfolk
American Federation of Labor
Taft in Oklahoma Opens Campaign in Oklahoma City
Secretary Taft visits Oklahoma City delivering a keynote in the Republican campaign for the new state. A huge crowd filled streets, many sleeping in doorways as he met Republican leaders and rode in an automobile parade amid an enthusiastic reception.
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Oklahoma City
Taft
Simight
Republican Party
Oklahoma
Reity
First Drummer Dead in Frenton N J at 75 Years
New York reports Henry J. Martensell the first American drummer to introduce American goods in Europe and Austria has died at his Frenton New Jersey home at age 75. He was a pioneer in cross Atlantic trade and a notable figure in early American commerce. Funeral arrangements were pending.
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New York
Henry J. Martensell
Europe
Austria
Frenton, N. J
Kelogg Opens Testimony in Standard Oil Suit
Frank B Kel logg special counsel of the interstate commerce commission arrived in New York today to begin taking testimony in the St Louis case to dissolve the Standard Oil company.
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New York
Frank B. Kellogg
Interstate Commerce Commission
St. Louis
Standard Oil Company
Two-Cent Fare Declared Not Confiscatory in Minnesota
Minneapolis Aug 24 Returns of passenger revenues for May and June show a one sixth rise over the best two months of 1906, except for three roads the Sea the Minneapolis and St Louis and the Great Western. The state commission endorses the figures as proof the two cent fare is not confiscatory.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Sea
Minenapolis
St. Louis
Great Western
State Commission
Lost Child Trails Topeka Train Wait Causes Police Confusion
Mrs. Jennie Hinds missed a Santa Fe train connection while awaiting a child named Helen Stewart of Lawrence. An erroneous street address led police to search in vain for the lost girl, who was to visit at the Hinds house. Officers seek the child as the depot crowd recalls sightings and Mrs. Hinds travels to Lawrence to learn her fate.
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Jennie Hinds
Helen Stewart
Lawrence
Noel Wins in Mississippi Governor Race Amid Returns
August 24 Noel leads Brewer for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination with a slight plurality according to complete Mississippi returns. The result cements Noel as the frontrunner in the state contest.
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Menhois
Tenn
Mississippi
Noel
Brewer
No Meat Famine in New York Despite Wagon Strike
New York officials report no meat famine risk as delivery drivers strike. Chairman Noyse of the employers committee says most meat packing firms still have wagons in operation, with work continuing at nearly all companies affected by the stoppage.
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New York
Noyse
Employers Committee
Pringle Seeks News Clarification On Fine Remittance
C. C. Pringle asks the Journal to report that he was wrongly fined in police court yesterday and that after explanations the fine was remitted. He states he did not criticise the decision, only referring to the proceeding under the circumstances. Pringle told Judge Menger it was a mistake and the fine was remitted.
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C. C. Pringle
Journal
Unique medical case in New York hospital saving most functions
Four years of work yield a patient whose spine is reduced to about three inches after a back injury in which a bullet shattered the spine. The Italian patient Adrehi is expected to live with missing vertebrae ten through twelve yet retain all faculties as natural healing may cover the cord. City treatment cost over $5,000. Denning remains seriously ill at home on South Mass street.
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New York
City Hospital
Adrehi
All Are Deceased in Jefferson County Group Notice
A Jefferson County notice lists members all marked deceased. The brief notice records the passing of multiple individuals connected to local families, with no further details provided in the readable text.
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Jefferson County
State tax commission adopt full cash value assessment
At Topeka on August 23 the state tax commission ordered real estate to be assessed at full cash value effective next year. The change, not immediate, shifts from prior practice where assessments ranged from a fraction to near full value. J M Nation urged a special session to soften the impact, while officials expect to adjust tax rates to offset value increases. The commission will issue standard assessment blanks to county offices and require detailed personal property statements to aid enforcement.
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Topeka
State Tax Commission
Kansas
Tax Commission
Commission
Jd. M. Nation
Death of Mrs. William Hickock and Lake Circus recall
The Journal recalls Mrs. Agnes Lake widow of Bill Lake of the Lake Circus, killed in Southeast Missouri by a drunken mob. It notes her Mazeppa act atop a large horse, her daughter not traveling with the troupe, and mentions a prior circus managed by Dan Rice’s former wife. Jacob Pike signs the dispatch.
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Ed. Journal
Journal
Wm. Hickock
Agnes Lake
Bill’ Lake
Lake Circus
Jbut
Misosuri
Miss Lake
Exhibition coops for fair use by Ray Heater Mfg Co
Eaton Hurlbut's Writing Papers and Boughton's advertise exhibition coops by Ray Heater Mfg Co for fair displays. Also asks if you have sewing to do this fall and where to arrange for writing papers and supplies.
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Foultryma
Mfg. Co
Eaton Hurlbut
Boughton
Mans Bt
Local Social Notes from Tonganoxie and Nearby Towns
Miss Ella Noah returns from a brief visit in Tonganoxie while John Schrader goes home to St. Joe after a short stay here. Dozens of residents travel to Kansas City and other places for visits and weekend gatherings with family, friends, and relatives across Kansas and Missouri.
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Ella Noah
Tonganoxie
John Schrader
St.Joe
J. Willis Sayres
Kansas City
Edna Wisely
Alice Underwood
Williamstown
Richard Freeman
Southwest
Mrs
O. J. McMath
McLouth
George W. Kumler
Mary
Denver
Orrin Leighton
Will Rankin
W. A. Weise
John A. Benson
Edith
Leland
May Edmondson
T. J. Edmonds
Warren
Walter
Small' Gon
Colambug
Ohio
Wallace
McGrath
Will Ulrich
Nellie
Bomuer Springs
Ed. Charlton
Alfred Lawrence
Bonner Springs
Letitia Blakey
Plessanton
Rebecca
Ruth Moody
Blanche Barkdull
Ozark Mountains
Pittsburg
Ft. Scott
Chanute
Otto Guffler
Excelsior Springs
H. B. Cone
T. Dwight Prentice
Thomas Corwin
Topeka
Chases ¥. Prentice
Meridan
Kan ‘Sas
Additional County Teachers and Electric Light Ad Copy
Additional county teachers listed with districts and salaries. Dist 37 H Br Colley 350 dollars, Dist 44 Mabel Sawhill 40, Dist 46 Bert Brown 30, Dist 49 Arthur Kalb 50, Dist 57 fec Nichols 55, Dist 59 Ethel Hickock 37.50, Dist 64 Tillie Renner 50, Dist 83 Edna Louis. Electric Light Co ad promises modern, cool, clean, convenient, safe, economical light with address 7 E Henry street and Bell phone 590 with some phones 505.
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H BR. Colley
Mabel Sawhill
Bert Brown
Arthur Kalb
Fec. Nichols
Ethel Hickock
Tillie Renner
Edna Louis
Lawrence
Electria Light Co
Henry Street
Bell Phone
Lawrence Telegraph Strike Resolutions Endorse Unyielding Labor Cause
Striking telegraph operators in Lawrence meet on the curb to reaffirm loyalty to the strike, declare willingness to die for the cause, and resolve that copies be published in the Lawrence Journal and posted at the Waldorf Astoria in New York, continuing the nationwide stoppage.
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Lawrence
Lawrence Journal
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
New York
Sayeth Nut
CAME IN A BOAT
Harold Frost and three companions from Kansas City visited Topeka for a river voyage. They left Topeka yesterday at 1 PM, arrived at 10 AM, rested two hours, then continued by two canoes toward Kansas City. They report a safe trip and a fine vacation with camping along the river.
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Harold Frost
Jessie Oppenheimer
Rudolph Mudra
L. H H. Kenton
Kansas City
Topeka
Eight Mill Raze Tax Plea and Road Repair Charge
A city tax levy is at 79 mills with County Dunglas suffering high rates. The piece argues taxes must be reduced and suggests vehicle taxation as a partial remedy, urging a heroic pruning of levies to prevent further increases and fund street repairs.
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Dunglas County
Lawrence
Cartoonist Harry Kippy Draws Air Dome Crowd
Good Work. Harry Kippy, with the Air dome this week, is a clever cartoonist. His work is rapid and his grasp of character is comprehensive. He readily pleases the audience and never fails. If you want a home see that een Rate 6 per cent monthly pay.
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Harry Kippy
Airdome
Markets by Wire Grain and Provisions Kansas City
Kansas City reports Wheat receipts 243 cars with futures Sept 2 1 2c Dec 87 4c May 93 4c cash No 2 hard 83 89c No 3 hard 81 87c No 2 red 87 88c No 3 red 82 85c. Corn Sept 54c Dec 48 5 3 4 5 4 3 May 51 7 1 4 No 2 mixed 51 4 52c No 9 mixed 51 44 34 No 2 white 52 9e No 3 white 51 5c. Oats No 2 white 49 4 50 1 2. Rye 78 80c. Prairie bid 8 50. Eggs steady. Stock market: Cattle receipts 1 000, steady. Hogs receipts 7 000, heavy 5 70 5 85, packers 5 80 6 0 6 07 4. Chicago Wheat Sept 9 4c Dec 95 4c. Corn Sept 59 4 54c Dec 57 4 7c. Date Sept 50 70 Dec 47 4 54c. Pork Sept 16 10 Oct 16 15. Lard Sept 9 05 4 99 07 14 Oct 9 17 4 40 20.
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Kansas City
Chicago
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