An Analysis 1924 County Tax Levies
The 1924 county tax rolls total $9,033,704.93 with $1,394,414.39 on state levies and $5,633,417.61 on county levies. Special school district levies amount to $776,758.74 and city village levies $712,466.69, totaling $8,517,057.48 for general property taxes. Special taxes on livestock total $77,863.41, plus other levies: orchards $153.69, bees $729.18, artesian wells $1,356.87, water assessment $558.49, irrigation districts $312,334.32, delinquent drainage assessments $107,306.65, flood protection $16,344.79, bringing total to $428,784.01. Of the general property taxes, $978,411.23 funded highway maintenance and construction, about 11.5 percent. About $600,000 came from motor vehicle and gasoline licenses. federal funds supported extensive road work. Education bears the largest burden, with $4,505,521.10 levied for public schools and $334,682.65 for state educational institutions and administration, totaling $4,840,203.75 or 57 percent of all levies. Tax revenue for education is supplemented by other sources including income from lands.
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Taxpayers’ Association of
New Mexico
Genera
Japanese Steamer Holland Mara Pounding to Pieces
Galveston reported on October 19 that the Japanese steamer Holland Mara, after striking Old Providence Island off Nicaragua, is breaking up. The ship carried cotton, steel and phosphate rock, and indications are that it will be lost.
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Galveston
Tex
Old Provinces
Coass
Nicaragua
Roswell Floral Company Ad and Weather Note
Advertisement from Roswell Floral Company promoting cut flowers for all occasions. Includes a phone number and a separate weather note stating heavy rain and snow found the morning for a new roof with another phone reference.
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Roswell Floral Company
Weller
Retired minister praises Black Draught for bilious liver trouble
West Graham Virginia local story quotes Rev. Lewis Evans, over 80, crediting Black Draught with 25 years of relief from liver pain, backache, headaches and sluggish ver. He says a dose or two keeps him in good form and recommends it to others.
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West Graham
Lewis Evans
Nature
Begin Build Teams Again 1926 Season
New York news reports winter focus on 1926 season changes for 16 major league clubs. John McGraw trains rookies at the Polo Grounds while considering two young pitchers and an extra outfielder and infielder. Giants injuries marred 1925 and many teams, including Cardinals with Hornsby, Pirates, Reds, and Reds backers, look to improve.
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New York
United Press
John McGraw
New York Giants
McGraw
Polo Grounds
Cimes
Giants
Greenfield
Giant
Hornsby
Pirates
Cincinnati Reds
Jack Hendricks
Methodist conference names Arizona minister appointments
The fourth Southern Methodist Conference of Arizona closed with minister appointments for the coming year. Presiding elder W J Sims leads Phoenix district with Gray at West Phoenix and Berry at Bethel. Stafford district lists Dechard in Tucson and Jonsen at University Church Tucson among others. Next annual conference to be held at Bethel Church Phoenix.
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Presgatt
Art
The
Methodist Church, South
Arizona
Phoenix
Rev
W. J. Sims
Central Church
R. Gray
West Phoenix
R. V. Johnson
Bowles Memorial
T. S. Berry
Bethel
H. M. Bruce
Feoria
Longest Intercollegiate Run In History Ends In Wrong Way
A Lehigh quarterback Dowd once ran 200 yards for a touchdown the wrong way after losing direction near the goal line. He circled his own posts and retraced through eleven defenders for a record intercollegiate TD. Also notes World Series tax splits, Luque to Giants talk, West Point cadets travel, and new Madison Square Garden clocks.
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Snooks” Dowd
Jersey City
Lehigh
New England
Roger Peckinpaugh
Peck
Sam
Internal Revenue Bureau
Joe ‘Engle
Washington
Luque
Giants
Jack Hendricks
Reds
New York
Frisch
Roush
Hargrave
Kelly, Meusel
Snyder
West Point Cadet Corps
New Haven
Yale
Tex Rickard
New
Madison Square Garden
Fong
Al Smith Announces Retirement From Public Life
Albany Oct 19 Governor Smith reiterated he will retire to private life at end of term as New York State chief executive. A man cannot go on indefinitely in his job.
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Albany
N. Y
Smith
New York State
Charges that Commanche crew drank before blaze
Survivors accuse the Clyde liner Commanche crew of drunkenness that forced passengers into lifeboats as the vessel burned off the Florida coast. Clyde Steamship president H. B. Raymond denies the charges, defending Captain Curry and the crew as trusted officials. Passengers reported crew lulling them into lifeboats amid the panic.
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New York
Clyde
Commanche
Florida
H. B. Raymond
Clyde Steamship Line
E. EB. Curry
Mr. Raymond
Stock Exchange workers keep late and long hours
New York October 20. The New York Exchange never rests as 45,000 clerks work through the night in a boiling market. Two o'clock in the morning is a common quitting hour as downtown restaurants stay packed with clerks reviewing the day’s trading and preparing records for the next big share day.
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Stock Exchange
New York
Associated Press
New York Exchange
Wall Street
Forties
Financial District
King Tut
Alleged double motive in Parkersburg father murder
In Allison Iowa an AP report notes an attempt to prove that Warren Vander voort a 17 year old Parkersburg high school student killed his father Reverend in a case raising questions of an insurance motive and prompting local authorities to investigate the claims and surrounding circumstances.
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Allison, Ia
Warren Vandervoort
Parkersburg
Youth charged with first degree murder over Parkersburg minister
R J Vandervoort faced a first degree murder charge in a Parkersburg case as county officials opened the hearing. The state asserts the aim was to kill his mother to gain $11,000 in life insurance carried by the father. County Attorney Barner said the slaying was premeditated and followed a family dispute about insurance after the mother joked he was worth more dead than alive.
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R. J. Vandervoort
B. H. Barner de
Parkersburg
Vamdervoort
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