Reassessment in Cook County Aims at Tax Equity
The Taxpayers' Union questions why Cook County must reassess to equalize taxes. Chairman Malone explains the old system fostered inequities and racketeering, with 100,000-plus complaints by 1927. The move will raise some outlying districts and lower others, but is intended to ensure taxpayers pay according to property value and urge local officials to adjust levies to avoid overtaxing.
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Cook County
Taxpayers’ Union of Illinois
William H. Malone
Illinois Tax Commission
Malone
Board of Assessors
Board of Review
State Tax Commission
Commission
Tam
Dawes Outlines 1931 World’s Fair Plans and Funding
General Dawes announces that admin buildings and exhibits completed by next spring will open to the public in 1931 and 1932. He notes $5 million in funds available from Congress, bonds signed by guarantors, and a pledge to finance the exposition strictly on business terms with insured expenditure controls.
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Sprag
Charles G. Dawes
Edward J. Kelly
South Park
General Dawes
Good Road to Florida Opens As US 41 Complete
Chicago readers learn that US 41 between Chattanooga and Atlanta is now fully surfaced, cutting 122.4 miles of dirt and gravel. The Chicago Motor Club touring bureau says the route is ready for drivers, ending a yearlong construction detour and easing Florida trips for capable motorists.
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Chicago
Ill
Central States
Florida
Chicago Motor Club
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Touring Bureau
Hoover Camp Fishing Camp Pole Line Project
Lines to Hoover Camp When President Hoover established his fishing camp on the Rapidan River in Madison County Virginia it became necessary for the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company to construct about fifteen miles of pole line from Madison to the camp site and to string two copper circuits from Orange Virginia. At Orange these circuits connected with existing lines of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company.
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Hoover
Rapidan River
Madison County
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company
Madison
Orange
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
More Divorces Fewer Marriages in Illinois 1928
Illinois records show 79,725 marriages and 15,708 divorces in 1928. Divorces rose by 719 from the prior year while marriages declined by 497, averaging more than one daily fewer marriages and about two daily more divorces.
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Illinois
Browning Described as Jewish in Life by Some Contemporaries
Robert Browning was perceived by many contemporaries as of Jewish descent due to his appearance, knowledge of Hebrew, and perceived sympathy for Jewish people.
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Browning
Robert Browning
Mines Bureau Acts to Curb Disasters
Pittsburgh's United States Bureau of Mines reports its Pittsburgh branch as the largest experimental station with 250 staff. It conducts Bruceton mine tests and Carnegie Institute of Technology lab work to reduce mining accidents, studies gas dangers, and analyzes 800 gas samples monthly. It also runs five electrical hazard tests and supports tunneling projects like the Holland tunnel ventilation studies.
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Pittsburgh
United States Bureau of Mines
Bruceton
Bureau of Mines
Camnegie Institute of Technology
Bureau
George St. J. Perrott
Technology Branch
Geological Survey
Holland
New York
Jersey City
Hudson River Tubes
Cannibalism in Poultry Flocks Alarms California Farmers
In Hayward California ranchers and UC professors fear a contagious cannibalism outbreak among poultry flocks. The article notes diet deficiencies as a potential cause and suggests actions such as bran or salt enrichment and removing cannibal birds to curb imitation within flocks.
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Hayward
Calif
University of California
Howard
Penny Matching Not Harmless at Niagara Falls Illumination
W. W. Knapp of Bridgeport Connecticut visited Niagara Falls to view the night illumination. He befriended a stranger who proposed penny matching as a pastime and lost 160 dollars, as the stranger proved more successful at the simple game than many face in poker.
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Niagara Falls
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Wm. H. Malone
Illinois State Tax Commission
Twin City Garage
Motorists Association of Illinois
H. W. Monk
Joseph Locher
Worlds Fair Plans
Hoover Camp
St. Paul’s
Super A. C
Hausman ‘Colts
American Legion
Twin City Sales
Pintas
Albrecht Bros
G. L. Band
B. Kasten
Fone
L. Radtke
D. Wiegle
C. Struss
M. Nerde
Enn Nantes Sneeaerenennrenns
T. Dreger
P. Schmidt
Mines Bureau
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