Why tax farm bonds as New York holds vast tax exempt debt
The article notes New York City has 1.45 billion dollars in tax exempt bonds and total tax exempt municipal bonds near 8 billion. It cites Guy Huston arguing before a Senate committee that farm loan bonds are a tiny portion of tax exempt securities and should not be taxed to fund government revenue. It details farm mortgages by institution and the potential tax impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Farmers of America
Guy Huston
American Association of Joint Stock Land Banks
Senate Committee On Banking and Currency
Senate
Huston
United States
Robbed of His Support in Road Mishap
Reference to a road mender who fell and injured himself last week explains the reason. The colleague beside him apparently moved, causing the fall. The note appears in the Lon don Punch.
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Mender
London Punch
Methodist Quad Meeting Costs Des Moines Conference
The Methodist Quadriennial conference in Des Moines closed after a month with total expenses near 275000 dollars. Delegates from India and antipodal regions incurred heavy mileage. O R Miller of Rock Rapids was re elected treasurer amid a small expected deficit and Des Moines city costs included Coliseum rent and printing.
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The
Methodist Church
Des Moines
West
India
O. R. Miller
Rock Rapids
Lyon County
Perkins law authoring crippled children's treatment center
W R Boyd of Cedar Rapids, a di nance committee member of the state board of education, authored the Perkins law creating Town City’s crippled and deformed children’s treatment institution. The Iowa State University medical school work drew international humanitarian notice, with European doctors praising Town City’s program after visiting Iowa City. In Pocahontas County, voters approved 400000 for a Jefferson courthouse duplication, up from 140000 a few years ago, illustrating public project cost increases of 260000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Boyd
Cedar Rapids
State Board of Education
Town City
J. Boyd
State University
Europe
Iowa City
St. Paul
Pocahontas County
Jefferson
Greene County
Railroads grant special fair travel rates in western territory
Special rates of one and one third fare with a minimum of $1 will be granted by the railroads serving state fairs in the Western Association territory. A. R. Corey, secretary of the Iowa State Fair, notified. For fairs after September 1, rates will be at least one and a half times the fares in effect April 1, 1920.
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Westernassenger Association
A. R. Corey
Iowan State Fair
Orval Hetzler Plants 85 Acres of Corn on Rogers Farm
Orval Hetzler has planted 85 acres of corn on the Rogers farm. James Kennebeck Ransom traveled to Moulton Tuesday to obtain Paris Green for Francy Bepgs taters and noted puny bugs and eggs. Elder Newton delivered two sermons at Orleans last Sunday. Uncle Will Bybee and Hardin Wallace seek services every two weeks. Mrs Sammert and two children from near Unionville visited Grandpa Parker Taylor and wife. Road funding rumors prompt a salary increase petition for Roadmaster Yates. Uncle John Wallace and sons planted 85 acres and A J Horn and sons 155 acres with five hands to plow once.
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Orval Hetzler
Rogers
James Kennebeck Ransom
Moulton
Jim
Will Hurd
Elder Newton
Orleans
Will Bybee
Hardin Wallace
Sammert [Ook
Unionville
Cams
Parker Taylor
Yates
John Wallace and Sons
Local notes and fires dot Moulton area
Mrs J O Patterson and son Ernest motored to Moulton on Sunday afternoon Ira Guinn and H G Hanson were in Lancaster on Wednesday Bottom corn looks good no heavy flood interference Lindsey store has a new boss Grant married to Mrs Etta Childs on June 10 and has full control Midnight fire destroys Mars Hill general store and residence stock loss about 12000 with little insurance Karl Lindsey attended I O lodge in Moulton Jeff and Pete Swarts busy on Mattie Moore farm Mason Clark hauling corn from Mattie Moore cribs to east farm Clark bet the corn 1800 last February at 1 25 and 1365 George Morrow and Spence Awmill er in Moulton Jefferson Forsythe hard at work on his farm he bought four milk crooks recently likely entering dairy business.
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Ira Guinn
H. G. Hanson
Lancaster
Lindsey
Grant
Etta Childs
Mars Hill
Karl Lindsey
Moulton
I. O. Lodge
Jeff
Pete Swarts
Mattie Moore
Mason Clark
Mr. Clark
George Morrow
Spence A Wmiller
Jefferson Forsythe
Obituary of Joe Davis in Moulton area death sudden
Joseph Davis died at his son Guff Davis home in Moulton on Friday night June 11 1920 at 1015 due to apoplexy He was born March 26 1856 in Appanoose County Illinois and married Della Williams May 5 1882 She died seven years ago and he later married Laura Bailey March 4 1918 Survived by six children and a stepson from Moulton Sioux Falls and Clay Okla plus a brother and sister Funeral held at the son’s home Sunday 1030 am with Rev W F T Hivans interment at Davis Cemetery The death followed stomach trouble episodes and was pronounced apoplexy by Dr Printz of Moulton
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Joseph Davis
Guff
App. Co. In
Della Williams
Letila
Laura Bailey
John
Jim
Adis
Guff Davis
Hattie Stevenson
Moulton
Frank
Sioux Falls
Peter Kraut
Ckess
Okla
Dave
Becky
Davis Cemetery
W. F. T. Hivans
Davis
S.de
Dr. Printz
Railway Notes From the Des Moines Suburbs
Freight car hurricane decks host fans watching a Sunday baseball game while brakeman Joe Curl at first base and Harry Wilson of Ottumwa in center field receive warm railroading praise. Four Pullmans carry delegates to the Woman’s Federation Club at Des Moines. A Texas visitor in a Howery kimono exclaims at the landscape as an Arizona woman wonders if this is Iowa. Conductor John Bell injures a toothy mishap, Trainmaster Newcomer returns from St. Louis, Moss the boss machinist keeps shops moss-free, Conductor Joe Kinkade visits his wife in Colorado Springs, and Harold Black travels from Iowa City to begin medical studies and plans vacation at the Wabash shops.
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Joe Curl
Harry Wilson
Ottumwa
Pullman
Woman’s Federation Club
Des Moines
Texas
George
Arizona
Iowa
Sylvester
John Bell
St. Louis
Round House
Moss
Joe Kinkade
Colorado Springs
Harold Black
Iowa City
Harold
Wabash
Card of Thanks for Father’s Death Relief
We thank friends for help and kindness during our father’s death. Mrs Hartit Stevenson and family Guff Jim John Adais and Frank Davis express gratitude for support.
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Hartit Stevenson
Guff
Jim
John
Adais
Frank Davis
Local notes mix July 4 plans and small town mischief
A playful call for a July 4 program appears alongside sharp local commentary. Reports note Tony Matto, an Australian in Centerville, was shot by Carmelia Russo after alleged improper advances. Carmelia notified police. John Lowe and Harvey Quigley survived a serious auto crash. The piece also jokes about bank shortages, potato prices, and a county farm death, with weather quips about a surprising heat spike.
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Tony Matto
Centerville
Carmelia Russo
Matto
Russo
Carmelia
Salladay Reunion Brings Kin From Lenora To Moulton
A Salladay family reunion honors Yol Salladay and daughter EiMile from Lenora Kansas at Mrs. Rena Salladay’s home near Moulton on Sunday June 13. Attendees include Frank Houser Claudius McGrew Don Banks Lea Salladay Claude Salladay Warren Stansberry Lonnie Moe Walter Mineur Clyde Nenderson G W Downing Walter Salladay and Minerva Burton. Seventy seven and seventy one year old Val and Minerva were noted as two surviving siblings. A large dinner and ice cream followed with songs ending in In the Sweet By and By and a hopeful note for a future reunion on that blessed shore.
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Yol
Salladay
EiMile
Lenora
Kan
Rena Salladay
Moulton
Frank Houser
Claudius McGrew
Don Banks
Lea Salladay
Claude Salladay
Warren Stansberry
Lonnie Moe
Walter Mineur
Clyde Nenderson
G. Downing
Drakesville
Walter Salladay
Fie Sathiday
Mel
Rena Saulladay
Minerva
Burton
Val
Seven Women's Community Clubs Formed in Buena Vista County
Seven Woman's Community Clubs have been organized in Buena Vista county in the last nine months by the Mome Demonstration Agent. Each is federated with state and one with the national federation, uniting rural and town women for community betterment. Every club has departments led by chairmen, covering civic improvement, home economics, child welfare, education, relief, literature, art and music, social and moral, conservation and thrift. Committees handle one or two annual programs plus ongoing work, with civic groups now pursuing cleanup drives, flower boxes, lawn improvements, and shrubbery painting effort.
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Buena Vista
Mome
State Federation of Woman’s Clubs
National Federation of Woman’s Clubs
Merriam Elected President of Carnegie Institution of Washington
A Washington dispatch reports Prof. John C. Merriam of the University of California chosen as president of the Carnegie Institution of Washington to succeed Robert Wood Ward who retires after sixteen years. Merriam is the son of Capt. C. J. Merriam of Hopkinton Delaware County and a former Lenox College student. His appointment marks a high recognition of his abilities.
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Washington Dispatch
John C. Merriam
University of California
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Teobert Wood Ward
Merriam
C. 4
Hopkinton
Delaware County
Lenox College
Lindsey-Chil ds Wedding In Dean Iowa
A quiet home wedding occurred at W F T Evans residence in Moulton on June 10. Groom Grant B Lindsey and bride Mrs Etta Childs both of Dean Iowa, she was his head clerk and a chosen local lady. May their life together be long and happy. A FRIEND.
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W. F. T. Evans
Moulton
Grant B. Lindsey
Etta Childs
Dean
Iowa
Lindsey
Accidental Deaths Claim Two Miners In Separate Incidents
George King’s Numa miner was killed Tuesday morning when buried under a falling coal chunk. His wife died years ago and three grown children survive. At Mystic on Monday night Rudolph Anderson, 34, was struck by a Milwaukee switch engine and died almost instantly. Anderson was single and the report says he had been carousing and drinking. It is a sad affair.
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Geo. King
King
Mystic
Rudolph Anderson
Anderson
Moonshine Grappi Mine Discovered North of Mystic
Sheriff Geo Elgin and State Agent Webb seized a moonshine operation after a tip led them to a coal mine near Mystic. They found a factory for Italian hell water with white wine equipment and barrels of raisins used to make grappi. lessee John Frost was arrested, others are being sought.
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Geo
Elgin
Webb
Mystic
Hell Water
John Frost
Young Man Drowned Near Udell in Chariton River
Will Kelley a 17 year old son of Wil Kelley was drowned last Sunday west of Udell in the Chariton river after being warned not to enter a deep hole. He waded into water about 15 feet deep and help arrived but could not save him. The Kalleys mourn their loss. funeral was held Monday.
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Will Kelley
Wil Kelley
Chariton
Udell
Befogged town official plans new P O furniture placement
Cary Beggs weighs where to place the new post office furniture to accommodate patrons. A full account of the great Republican National convention appears on the inner page. Harlan Howard sold a Case tractor to a Bloomfield man and a threshing separator to a Lancaster man, with a tractor remaining. Mrs Otis Stoker sustained scalding water burns on both feet from a pan accident and is laid up for several days.
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Cary Beggs
P. O
Harlan Howard
Bloomfield
Lancaster
Otis Stoker
Rainbow division reunion planned for June in Council Bluffs
Soldiers of the late war arrange reunions for summer with the Rainbow division meeting in Council Bluffs during the first week of June. The national convention will convene in Birmingham Alabama from July 12 to 14. Alabama sent many soldiers to the 168th infantry and Iowa has 48 posts of this unit.
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Rainbow Division
Council Bluffs
Birmingham
Alabama
168Th Infantry
Iowa
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Methodist
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Dean News
J. O. Patterson
Ernest
Joe Davis
Kodak
John Lowe
Harvey Quigley
Bunch
Lowe
Bill Forsythe
Bill
Frank Dowling
Mercury
Lindsey-Childs
Bryant Washburn
IN the
Paramount Picture
Fatty Arbuckle
Emley Wehelm
Metro
BR. B. Carson
Srain
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