Kansas Senate Resolution Proposes Higher Legislature Pay
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 9 proposes amending the Kansas constitution to set legislative pay at five hundred dollars per biennial term plus one hundred dollars per special session and fifteen cents per mile traveled, to be voted at the 1930 general election with the amendment labeled on the ballot.
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State of
Kansas
Senate
State of Kansas
House of Representatives
Kansas Senate Resolution Proposes Income Tax Amendment
The document outlines Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 8 proposing to amend Article 11 of the Kansas Constitution to add Section 2 granting the state power to levy and collect taxes on income with graduated rates. It details renumbering of sections, submission to electors in 1930, and designation as The Income Tax Amendment.
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State of
Kansas
State of Kansas
Senate
Electric Light Service Regusted Too Often
Republic City News laments frequent outages by Kansas Power Co. as clouds darken evenings. Line crews work toward improvements between Republic and Courtland, with promises of better service soon.
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Kansas Power Co
Amos
Andy
Republic
Courtland
Republic City News
Concordia to join North 40 Airline after meeting
Concordia officials George Layton and W G Bolman urged inclusion in the North 40 Airline at a Clay Center meeting, with a Concordia junction potential for the north south line. Directors voted to add Concordia with Bolman named as the local board member. Ruth Burjes, 17, drowned near Chapman while swimming with friends, sister Iva 14 saved. Ruth died while attempting to rescue Iva. Arrangements for a Better Farm Management convention in Clyde on Labor Day drew 300-400 visitors from six counties. Rain boosted crops across Republic County, with 2 to 4 inch totals and hail damage in the east. LeRoy Martin, 41, died from a self-inflicted gunshot after jail escape. he had broken out July 18. Cloud County farm land valuations to drop 10 percent in 1930 tax assessments. reductions to net value follow state commission adjustments.
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Concordia
Association
Clay Center
George Layton
W. G. Bolman
Beloit
Layton
Mr. Bol
North
Bolman
Blade Empire
Ruth Burjes
Gus Burjes
Near Enterprise
Smoky Hill
O. L. Thisler Farm
Champman
Iva
Ruth
Will Burjes
al Schmidt
Chapman Advertiser
Clyde
LeRoy Martin
Martin
Junction City
Union
Ellis girl killed by car near St Marys Church
Cecilia Weigel four year old daughter of Ben J Weigel of Ellis died Friday night after a car driven by Elwood Gibson veered into a ditch and struck her near St Marys Church in Ellis. The vehicle overturned as it attempted to avoid the child.
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Cecilia ,Weigel
Ben. J. Weigel
Union Pacific Railway Company
Ellis
Elwood Gibson
St. Mary’s Church
Gibson
Ellis County
Storm Strikes Jamestown Area With Torrents and Power Loss
A Tuesday evening storm disrupted Jamestown with rain, cloud burst intensity, fierce wind and a momentary blackout. A Model T Ford coupe crash near the Charles Houdek corner left driver Brant unconscious and two other men from Missouri injured. An unrelated Barber County Index note reports a two hearts rooster from Hazelton Herald quip.
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Jamestown
Charles Houdek
Brant
Belleville
St. Joe
Cuba Tribune
Barber County
Hazelton Herald
Barber County Index
Hazelton
Helen Terhune
Helen
Kansas KOLUMISTS Complaints and quips across Kansas chatter
A collage of town notes and witticisms from Kansas newspapers includes jokes about wedding headlines, farm life, gossip on local figures, and playful derision of aviation news. It weaves quips from Jamestown, Pratt, El Dorado, and other towns into a lively snapshot of state humor and speech.
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el Dorado Airport
Cits
el Dorado Times
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State Tax’ ‘Commission
Adam Strammel
Matt Martin
Emmett
Greenleaf
Koerperich
Sacred Heart Church
Abilene
Greenleaf Sentinel
Kansas League of Municipal Bands
Ellsworth
Douglas Avenue
Western Advocate
Charles Shappell
New
Kansas Power Company
Beloit Hospital
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Nebraska
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Take Fieaple
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Krocking
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Atchison Globe
Kentucky
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Jewell County Monitor
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Olathe Mirror
Topeka
Salina
Jack Harris
DE Laval Separators
Horton Washing
Scandia Hardware
O. G. Lowell
Res. Ph
Scandia, Kansas
V. C. Hartig
Courtland, Kans
F. .L. Warren
Bank of Scandia
Scandia, Kans
O. W. Nichols
G. W. Nichols
Masseur
John A. Freeburg
Motor Oils
RED Crown
Standard
Lawrence Nystrom
Shorty Wetzel
Mortuary Service
Jean Debeur
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