State Equalization Board to Revise Property Listings
Iowa's State Equalization Board plans to delay personal property tax value adjustments as counties show wide livestock value disparities. Counties like Keokuk and Crawford display large gaps in yearling, colt, cattle, hog, and sheep valuations, prompting calls for fair reallocation of tax burdens.
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Des Moines
Executive Council
Keokuk County
Plymouth County
Crawford County
Greene County
Tama County
van Buren County
Harrison County
Story County
Appanoose
Cedar County
Iowa
Plans Outline Federated Rail Union For New England
The Quincy House meeting sparks a campaign to form a Federated Council of Brotherhoods uniting New England railroad workers with aim to include all branches of roads. Key promoters pledge unity without dissolving existing unions and seek representation on rail directors boards led by Charles S. Mellen and allies.
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New Haven
New England
Boston
Federated Council of Brotherhoods
United States
Canada
Great Britain
Quincy House
New Haven Railroad
Charles S. Mellen
Federated Council
Merly
West Ham
Hast End
London
W. R. Pratt
Walpole
L. B. Twitchell
Hast Braintree
Dana B. Cutter
Lynn
M. H. B. Barrett
Brookline
William F. Fernald
Swampscott
Barry
Eliot
Hhe
Sidney
Brotherhood of Railroad Signal Men
Brotherhood of American Signal Men
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Clerks’ Assembly of the
K. of Lin
Order of
New England Association of
Drawbridge Terrders’ Association
International ‘Association of Car Workers
Roundhouse
Federated Trades
England
Royal Commission
Onc Ce
Boston & Maine
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Canine Buried With $200 From Will in Cypress Hills
Wreaths graced the oak coffin of Tuck Lentz Crawford a sixteen year old bull terrier buried in Cypress Hills cemetery. Harry Lentz left ten years ago about two hundred dollars to cover funeral costs. Burial was supervised by Mrs. Carolina Crawford sister of the deceased owner of Crawford Inn Paterson. She had hoped for interment on her property but health officials objected and the coffin was moved by automobile to Cypress Hills.
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New York
Tuck Lentz Crawford
Cypress Hills
Harry Lentz
Mr. Lentz
Lentz
Mis
Carolina Crawford
Crawford Inn
Paterson
Cypress Hillis
Surgeon’s Knife Fails to Quiet Boy in Court
In Norristown Pennsylvania a boy named John Mosko vitz faced arraignment for larceny. The judge delayed sentence to try brain surgery after doctors cited a blow from a father’s club as a cause. The plan collapsed when the boy escaped the Spring City asylum and was recaptured in Chester County awaiting imprisonment instead.
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Norristown
John Moskovitz
Pottstown
William F. Solly
Spring City
Chester County
Solly
German cops move toward union despite Berlin ban
Berlin police seek to form a union following firemen’s example. Police President Herr von Jagow prohibited organizing activities and reassigned several officers as a disciplinary measure. Proponents plan legal steps to establish a union despite threats of instant dismissal.
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Berlin
Herr von Jagow
Degree finally granted after long suspension at Illinois
Twenty nine years after being suspended for quitting chapel, Wester North received a bachelor of science degree at the university commencement. He appears frail but honored as part of the ceremony.
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Champaign
Ilinois University
Wester North
Church in closed theater unites Lawton churches for summer services
In Lawton Oklahoma a large number of churches begin an open air summer union service at an airdome. The Fort Sill military band opened with a concert and a rotating pulpit will be used each Sunday to close the venue on Sundays.
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Nebraska
Adj
Guy HE. Logan
War Department
Nebraska National Guard
Des Moines
Camp Dodge
Ashland
Neb
Iowa
United States Army
Texas City
Tex
Fort Dodge
Red Oak
Logan
Parole Board
State Reformatory
Anamosa
District Court
Lawton
Okla
Fort Sill
Clock Tells Time In Nine Cities At London Museum
A 12 foot high clock presented to the London museum shows Greenwich time on the main dial and eight smaller dials for major world cities. It includes a barometer and four date dials. Built in 1851 for the Great Exhibition, the mahogany ormolu and bronze timepiece cost about $5,000.
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London
London Museum
The Average Man Falls for a Foolish Love
A witty line notes that the average man risks folly when loving, implying romance compels self-deception and humorous missteps in pursuit of affection. The remark suggests love as a universal, humorous vulnerability.
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Himsalf
The Galumptous Girl’s Wild City Sojourn Ends in Scandal
Madeleine, a country girl renamed by city life, visits her cousin in Sleepy Hollow. She joins a glamorous circle, hosts a lavish party, and shocks locals with lavish dances and costly excess. Authorities, parents, and townsfolk react, ending in a moral about pioneers and hardship.
Meredith Picked Barrie And The Kipling Buzz
In McClure's Autobiography Meredith recalls meeting George Meredith at Box Hill to discuss syndicating his stories and learning from Sidney Colvin about Rudyard Kipling. Colvin called Kipling a rising talent while Meredith insisted the true coming man was James Barrie.
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Sidney Colvin
British Museum
Colvin
India
London
Rudyard Kipling
George Meredith
Box Hill
Chloe
America
Meredith
James Matthew Barrie
McClure
When Land Was Cheap in Early South Florida
An old Florida cracker, lacking railroads in South Florida, questions a notary about fees after a simple affidavit. The notary explains a quarter is the base charge, with typical fees rising to a half, prompting the cracker to return with a deed for a quarter section. The exchange highlights the era of cheap land and modest legal costs.
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South
Florida
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