Remarkable Tax Board Figures Show Big Indiana Increases
Reports from the Indiana State Board of Tax Commissioners detail six years of rising corporate valuations led by railroads and utilities. Valuation of railroad property rose from 162,707,975 in 1902 to 192,271,49 in 1907, with total railroad increases reaching 29,473,081. The board resumes hearings July 14 to hear protests and ensure fair assessments.
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Indianapolis
Ind
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Billheimer
Indiana
Story of Increase in Property Valuation Highlights Republican Role
The article details the growing value of corporate property over successive years, noting years 1906 to 1907 and earlier increases. It argues Republicans have raised valuations to reflect corporate worth, while a forthcoming board session will hear appeals and set real estate values, with August hearings planned and assessors nearing completion.
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Tax Board
Ced's Bill of Fare Showcases Cod Diet in London Exhibit
A London Globe piece reports on an exhibit in South Kensington detailing the cod’s omnivorous diet. It lists prey items including herring, whiting, lobsters, sea mice, whelks, and hermit crabs, noting mollusks as a preference and referencing Woodward’s Manual of the Mollusca on shells recovered intact from cod stomachs.
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South Kensington Loteseum
London
Woodward
London Globe
Growing Flowers In Winter
A St Louis Globe-Democrat column notes long winter clouds blunt florists. Flowers like carnations callas and bones need sunshine. without it blooms stall and decay even as heat is maintained with coal to keep to the proper point.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
How They Dance in Hungary
A compact observation on Hungarians who dance with passion, dancing in all settings and weather. The narrative notes that they embrace dancing as a cultural trait, performing beautifully regardless of sun dust rain or snow. It emphasizes national pride and a sense of rhythm as intrinsic.
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Hungary
Durope
Vatican
Waener
aArthur Symons
London Saturday Review
Customs of Brittany Preserve Celtic Identity
The article notes Brittany alone among French provinces retaining its distinctive culture. It cites Breton language, rural storytelling, and traditional dress as enduring symbols. It describes mothers weaving at home and reciting legends to children, reflecting deep regional continuity.
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Brittany
France
Gentlemen In Court Judge Rebukes Official Then Sentences Man
A London World report recalls an assize scene where Justice Maule, addressing a prisoner, rebukes an officer who crossed the gangway with papers for the bar. The judge then sentences the other man to seven years penal servitude.
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Maule
London
Transfers and marriages in county real estate and notices
Court column lists transfers and real estate transactions including lots and lands in Noblesville Sheridan Fall Creek and White River with amounts. Includes divorce foreclosure partition petitions school for feeble minded youths commitment notices and marriage licenses Walter Parks Lulu Wright and others among couples. Also church band meeting and local social notes.
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Government
B Johnson
W B
Anna J Laughlin
Sheridan
A C Pearson
Jelithia
Thomas McIntock
Emma McIntock
Heether Jenkins
John Pierce
Marion County
Eliza Likins Et al
Sarah Edwards
Frank M Lewis
Erastus van Eaton
Parley M Deppen
Emmit Armstrong
Rose A Richwine
Indiana School For
Tunis Smith
Bessie Smith
Short Sayings of Sons of Emerald Isle
A collection of Irish witticisms and anecdotes including lines about milestones, space, Ireland’s woes, weather, wife humor, shoes, fuel, engagements, loneliness, love, and a dramatic airbrake episode. Also includes musings on music taste and a note on cayenne pepper as a stimulant.
Like Father Like Son The Living Skeleton
China’s canal system is hailed as a marvel surpassing Holland with the Great Canal from Canton to Beijing carrying nations’ waves. It spans 825 miles wide fifty feet and traverses forty one large cities with seventy five sluices and thousands of bridges.
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China
Holland
Canton
Peking
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Jack
Walter Parks and
Lulu Wright
Denzil Barnhill
Maud Edwards
Fred L Michels
Ethel M Maker
Re McPherson
Maud McPher
Son
Eobert R Kotterman
Jessie L Hayes
Don D Lennen
Irene Woodruil
Caester S Broadbent
Elsie Whelchel
Garfield Armacost
Mayme Goff
Harry Calvert
Anna Kercheval
Frank Campbell
Ela Wheeler
Geo W Caylor
Viola Pennewell
Mission Band
The
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Frank Foulke
Bernie Hutchens
J. K. Rodeman
Statia Mikels
Lillian Perry
Scorn
Job
Ibur Shorty
Edna Northam
Heavenly Father
Wanda Hutchens
Mabel Perry
Hannibal Underwood
H. M. Burton
Ekin
John Ankston
Kokomo
John Haworth
Stanley
R. and
Twlight
Madras
Crew Selby
White Oxfords
Eavor
Axminster
Nottingham
Brussels
Cable
Valenciennes
Stanley's Dry Goods Store
Sheridan, Ind
House of Commons
Ireland
Cork
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Pittsburg
Stubenville
Harrow
Princeton
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