Federal land holdings challenge local tax base in San Francisco
San Francisco officials report federal properties now make up 48 percent of taxable land, shifting 1.6 million dollars in annual taxes away from private owners. They urge federal payment of taxes. nationwide worries follow as federal land ownership expands in Arizona California and Wyoming. Democratic governance and state sovereignty are argued to be at stake as land control could curb tax revenue and private ownership.
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San Francisco
Board of Supervisors
San Francisco Board
United States
Arizona
California
Trinity County
America
Indecision and Fatigue Wear Down the Will to Act
A fragmented piece argues indecision drains strength and poisons the mind. It claims chronic hesitation creates a mental fatigue, hampers action, and saps youth, urging a decisive choice to restore direction. The tone urges readers to overcome doubt and choose.
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Chen
Yary
Odd Facts From 1643 and World Labor Notes
A fragmented June 1643 observation says almost 11 million dollars an hour were spent for formal purposes by the U S and notes about 70 000 New Zealand workers lacking annual vacations. The text mentions Pesth Herber and the United States two battleships and a cryptic line about finding fog.
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New Zealand
Those Texans Pioneer Slaves and Lawlessness
The text recalls Texas pioneer times marked by lawlessness from extiaws and lawless citizens who took the law into their own hands. It notes early grants by tight knit colonizing groups reducing chaos, yet a disruptive element remained, with tangers as a key response, followed by Civil War turmoil intensifying disorder.
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Texas
Tangers
Early Texas prison farms and the Harlem farm
By James Farber the emergence of convict labor farms in Texas is traced from the mid-1870s to 1885. The Harlem farm in Fort Bend County, covering about 2500 acres and costing $26,000, marked the first venture employing convicts outside Huntsville. The shift was a desperate measure that persisted despite ongoing difficulties and enduring imperfections in the system.
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Texas
Fort Bend
Huntsville
Marry Go Round by Helen Twas the Night After Christmas
The piece humorously weighs Christmas gift woes and marital balance as couples navigate leap year plans and unmet hopes. It riffs on men’s advice and women’s expectations, exploring the quirks of gift giving and domestic negotiations with tongue in cheek.
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Helen
Dad
Cornerstone laid at Our Lady of Borro church addition
Ten years ago in 1934 workmen advanced the new addition at Our Lady of Borro church between North and Mary streets as the cornerstone was laid by Most Rev Leopoldo Rala y Fiorts apostolic delegate to Mexico. Ten years earlier in 1924 a national fraternal order received a charter to establish hospitals and aid the sick including tuberculosis patients with headquarters planned in Gas Lampis.
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Our Lady of Borro's Church
North &J. Mary's
Es. Mistletoe
Leopoldo Rala Y Fiorts
Apostolic Desigan
Mexico
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Ff Gas Anlamis
Amenca
Rabh
Jerusalom
William T. Capers
Diocese of
San Antonio
Theo ¥. Bull
Artur d. Moore
I. E. Gales
JH. Halle
Herman Horne
Frank HR. Newton
Frank R. Bradford
M. A. Ghilders
J. Frank Daeals
Ben H. Kelly
P. 2
Matis
Ula Gouri
Debated Soviet Debt and Postwar Russian Economy
A columnist analyzes Russian war debts, currency value in black and official markets, and Stalin era financing. He notes private estimates of debt around 60 to 90 billion rubles, discusses tax burdens on peasants and workers, and contrasts centralized rationing with Western economies. He argues Russian productive capacity may be growing, aided by state-led rebuilding and foreign machine aid.
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Britain
Abemin
United States
Chicago University
Russia
Rey
Moscow
Stalingrad
Comissariats
Harry Hopkins
King Peatures Bruit Fale, Inc
Air Power and the Gilbert Islands Invasion Strategy
Air Power by Alexander de Seversky argues the Gilbert Islands campaign illustrates the costly amphibious method in heavy force, with land, sea, and air units coordinating to shatter Japanese air support and pave the path toward Tokyo. He warns future pacific advances will hinge on destroying land-based air power, delaying a direct navy push until air power weakens Japan.
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le Gilbert
Central Pacific
Japan
Gilberts
Marshalls
Giur
Henry Keys
Lyt
Tokyo
Gilberta
Gapdi Theel
Bevie
Sintul
Sitlke
Sumak
Jaws
Indo-China
Maliya
Gilbert
L Lkely
Europe
Knase
Germany
Pacific
McNaught
Glaucoma and its effect on vision
Glaucoma is a destructive eye disease caused by increased internal pressure that blocks fluid circulation. Early mild attacks blur vision and cause lights to appear with wings, headaches, and fatigue, while actual glaucoma brings severe eye pain, nausea, convulsions, a swollen red eye, and clouding of the cornea, potentially leading to blindness.
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United States
Glaucoma overview and treatment note from 1900s San Antonio paper
Dr H N Bundesen describes chronic simple glaucoma with vision loss and misdiagnosis risks from stomach illness and vomiting. He notes temporary eye drops may help briefly, but most cases require surgery. San Antonio Light published January 20, 1900.
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Conorbeht
King Feat. Yn. Inc
Neurosurgery gaps call for action and trained specialists
A 1844 letter from Marius B. Green urges Hon. William Randolph Hearst to push for legislative action to aid veterans and improve neurosurgical care in the armed forces and facilities. He notes high wartime injuries to peripheral nerves and the spine, arguing experts are not built by appointment and urging prompt, specialized personnel. He offers further details and signs as executive VP of the American Association for Motor Vehicle Safety.
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Forest Hills
N. Y
William Randolph Hearnt
McCloud
Calif
Marius B. Green
Auting
American Scientific Congress
American Association For Motor Vehicle Safety
Ave
Laurelton
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