Tax reform talk in Pella echoes land value plan
An editorial urges shifting city taxes to land values to relieve capital in industry, arguing rent reflects land value and developers should pay through land taxes. It notes interlocking directorates and trusts, cites examples from Pueblo Colorado and Houston Texas, and highlights the need for city authority to exempt or tax various property types.
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Pella
Arizona Desert
Bald Mountain
Pueblo Colo
Houston
Texas
Taxation issue looms in gubernatorial concordance
A discussion on the Clarke-Rowley contest for governor centers on taxation on grounds, mills of tax, and the broader subject of ground rent. A reader from California comments on oleomargarine tax, arguing protectionism creates false values and unfair price practices, urging broader study of fundamental tax issues.
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Clarke-Rowley
Capitol
California
More Industries for Pella
A discussion at the commercial club banquet centered on attracting new industries and expanding opportunities for existing ones in Pella. Emphasizing the city’s cheap electric power and clean water, the piece argues that financial returns determine location, urging incentives to ensure manufacturers earn more in Pella than elsewhere.
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New Indus
Pella
Iowa City Seeks Inducements to Attract Capital
A local editorial argues that a rational taxation plan will lure investors and factories. It contends that cities that tax less on earnings reward industrious behavior, while current systems punish effort by higher fines. The piece links taxation policy to future growth and civic well being.
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Iowa City
Quieting Title in Marion County Iowa Real Estate
In Marion County District Court a 1914 case seeks to quiet title to extensive real estate in Section 4 Township 75 Range 18 West. Plaintiff C N Redding alleges numerous prior conveyances with errors and unknown claimants including spouses heirs and devisees of many named parties. The petition asks confirmation of plaintiff's title and prohibition of any adverse claims unless defendants appear by February 3 1914.
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Mary Jane Groves
Nancy McDowell
Andrew McDowell
L. J. Groves
Groves
W. A. Groves
L. B. Groves
F. M. Groves
M. E. Redding
Redding
H. C. Groves
Q. V. Groves
Iva A. Groves
P. Groves
W. K. Groves
Belinda Groves
Harriet Neeley
Dan Neeley
Sarah Groves
Catherine A. Bryan
William Bryan
John W. Rich
Eliza J. Rich
Michael Casey
Bridget Casey
Benjamin F. Bebout
Mary Bebout
John S. Foster
Foster
Solomon Nichols
Nichols
Adam Weigand
Mary Weigand
A. J. Hanna, Jr
Mary M. Collins
Pascal P
Railroad Co
Eliza’ Foster
Margaret Foster
Harriet Foster
Margaret Groves
Henry Groves
William McLaughlin
John M. Redding
Catherine Bryan
A. J. Hanna
John
A. J. Hanna, Sr
Benjamin F. Beebout
Liza J. Rich
Piiza J. Rich
Hardin Morgan
Eirza J. Rich
Edward Harvey
Rangels
Mary J. Groves
Pascal P. Hopson
Josiah Adams
William H. Webb
Testate
Marion County
Iowa
Malissa J. Hanna
W. R. Hanna
Knoxville
Notice of real estate ownership in Marion County Iowa
The Clerk of the District Court of Marion County Iowa holds a petition declaring the plaintiff the sole owner in fee simple of described real estate. It states long held open hostile possession, color of title, and claims arising from patents to Andrew and Eliza Foster with heirs and devisees involved in partition proceedings.
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District Court
Marion County
Iowa
United States
Andrew Foster
Towa
Eliza Foster
Local Ad Seeks Sales Manager in New York
A classified notice offers a permanent sales management role in New York City. The ad promises good income and steady business for a position at Grand Central 55, D. P. O Box, New York.
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Adress Dept
Box Grand Central
New York City
When Rubbers Become Necessary And Rubbers Become Uncomfortable
When rubbers pinch shoes use Allen's Foot Ease antiseptic powder to ease break in. Shake into shoes for comfort. Sold everywhere 25c. Sample free. Address A. S. Olmsted LeRoy NY. Don’t accept substitutes.
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Allen
A. S. Olmsted
LeRoy
N. Y
This Will Interest Mothers Powders for Children
An old advertisement touts Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children to relieve feverishness head ache bad stomach teething disorders and to move and regulate the bowels and destroy worms. It claims to break up colds in 24 hours and notes the product has been used by mothers for 24 years. Sold by druggists for 25c with a free sample offered, addressed to A. S. Olmsted LeRoy N.Y.
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Gray
A. S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N
Get Lots of Eggs Ocullum Sells Worldwide
Advertisement claims GET LOTS OF EGGS OCULUM cures poultry diseases instantly and increases egg production. Product marketed through dealers or direct at 50 cents or one dollar per bottle with a money back guarantee. Chronicle office offers 50 cent bottle and full particulars.
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Chronicle
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