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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1920
Page
8
Texas legislature mulls constitutional amendment to raise city tax cap for towns with population under 5000 from one quarter percent to not more than one and a half percent. Proceeds fund publication and election costs with state funds.
A Texas legislature proposal to amend Article XVI creating Section 60 on compensation for all state, district, county, and precinct officers. It sets that salaries, payment terms, and funding are determined by the Legislature with possible exceptions. Governor directed to issue proclamation for a November 1920 election to submit the amendment to voters.
Senate Joint Resolution No 17 seeks to amend Article VII Section 3 to exempt independent and common school districts from the one dollar per hundred tax limit for a year. It outlines funding through state revenue, a poll tax, and ad valorem tax with provisions for free textbooks and possible deficits from general funds, plus district formation rules and voting thresholds. The measure would be put to a statewide vote on the first Tuesday following the election notice.
The French senate sparks a dramatic debate over a proposed spinster tax. Senator Delahaye argues few women volunteer as spinsters, while Senator Hervey faces heated interruptions and a near duel as supporters invoke demographic concerns and wartime population worries.
Fragmented ad speaks of a cure for incurable conditions via a remedy manufactured in Toledo Ohio. It mentions a reward of one hundred dollars and urges purchase through Hall’s Family Pills. The legible parts indicate a patent medicine promotion with promotional promises and directives to send money or order forms.
Q Melton a Western Union Telegraph Co foreman in Kansas City says after two years of poor health and twenty years of digestion trouble Tanlac restored appetite and strength. He reports gaining eleven pounds, no stomach trouble or headaches, and high recommendation for the medicine. Tanlac is sold everywhere.
A broad critique traces well known legends to fabrication and misinterpretation. It debunks Prester John Pope Joan and other medieval claims, noting inflated legends and false attributions across eras.
The text presents a garbled excerpt discussing disease daring shies and a legal examination. It mentions necessity, invention, and a claim about the father of Vin bition, with a comment on Aminbte man in the world across examination in court.
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