Kansas auditor eyes indirect tax reform plan
Topeka December 26 AP Kansas state auditor Will J French released survey findings urging indirect taxation across the state. He suggests consolidating boards to save money and directing all fees to the general fund. He discusses potential new taxes and the separation of state and local taxation to improve efficiency.
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Topeka
Kansas
Will J. French
French
Ohio
California
Oklat
Pennsylvania
Okshoma
Interur
Paris trees need water to revive dying avenues
Paris officials debate why boulevard trees die while exhaust fumes concern chemists and horticulturists. City councillor Victor Bucaille links watering near curb faucets to revived trees as drivers splash water on boulevards, inviting a practical test of common sense amid decades of neglect.
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Paris
Victor Bucaille
Agriculture Department Warns On Tularemia And Farm Practices
Tularemia or rabbit fever spreads across the United States and poses risk to humans via flea or tick bites on rabbits. Hunters should wear rubber gloves skinning rabbits. meat is not a transmission source. The note urges copper carbonate seed treatment for wheat, warns against selling treated seed for food, and emphasizes hatchery hygiene for day old chicks. Winter offers time to build bird houses to control insect pests, and farm ice gathering can cut costs.
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United States
Neighbors Club Aims to Buy Ice Making Equipment
Community group plans to pool funds to purchase sufficient equipment for ice making. Straining milk removes coarse dirt but not bacteria, so cooling milk quickly to 50 degrees Fahrenheit prevents bacterial growth and souring after milking. Germany Transports Gas Ruhr mine owners intend to supply gas via pipelines from the Ruhr, facing customer acquisition challenges despite production plans.
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Germany
Frankfort-on-the-Main
Ruhr
Yeondarts
Aloha Dancers Show Hawaii Keeps Hula Alive
United Press reports Hawaii residents keep the hula popular in Waikiki the mountains and outer islands Kauai Molokai and Maui as tourists arrive to find Hawaii a US state where natives still dance. The hula is not inherently lewd and remains part of traditional ceremonies though outsiders may read innuendo into it.
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Honolulu
T. H
United Press
Hawaii
Waikiki
Kauai
Molokai
Maui
United States
Will Determine the Value of Jacksons Victory at New Orleans
Tennessee legislature forms a commission to assess whether the January 8 1815 victory at New Orleans was a decisive knockout or a contested action. The panel, led by Beau Folk John T Moore Claude G Bowers John S Kendall and Judge John DeWitt, weighs treaty timing and British aims.
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Jackson
New Orleans
Nashville, Tenn
Andrew Jackson
Tennessee
Ghent
Old Hickory
Louisiana
United States
England
Srain
Traine
Bona
America
Beau Folk
John T. Moore
Claude G. Bowers
New York
John 8. Kendall
Folk dance note on hula dancers and age
A fragment notes that a folk dance like the hula can be mastered with practice and that competent observers among visitors remark the best dancers are older women who do not hide effects of a pot diet. It adds young, slender girls are charming dancers though may lack understanding of the dance.
Air Industry Grows Wichita Factories Full 1928 Work
Wichita six factories enter 1928 with 800 unfilled orders for aircraft. Local manufacturers predict Wichita could rival national 1927 output of 1,525 planes in eleven months, signaling rapid growth for the industry.
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Wichita
United States
Wichita plane output near 300 before December first
Wichita produced 295 planes by early December, with one older factory responsible for 171 units. A new high speed camera capable of 20 000 exposures per minute has been perfected by Baron Shariat and a Japanese engine is mentioned in the context.
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North
Boston & Main Railroad
Boston
Wichita
Baron Shiaria
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