U S Farmers Rebel Against Lord Scully in Illinois
Special writer recounts Lord William Scully who owns large farm tracts in Grundy and Livingston counties. American tenants built improvements taxed locally while he collected rent from abroad. Tenants resist and unions push legislature to curb what is described as autocratic land control.
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J. T. Welson
The
Union
Autocaster Service Co
Grundy
Livingston
Illinois
Atlantic
William Scully
Lord Scully
Lords Scully and the Grundy county rent revolt
Grun dy County farmers protest rent hikes by Lord Scully owner of about 100 000 acres in Illinois Nebraska Kansas and the south They demand rent relief and seek a state bill to force the owner to pay for tenant improvements before eviction Governor Lowden signals support if passed The piece frames 70 American farmers with families facing unaffordable rents amid war service backing a political remedy
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Lord Scully
Lowden
United States
England
Ireland
Scully
Willian Elaipin
Ilinois
William Scully
Nebraska
Kansas
South
Grand Selly Castle
Dad
Europe
America
Kinois
R Lord Scully
Court House
Grundy County
Angle
Lord Secully
Illinois
Morris
Luxury Tax details outlined for May 1 1919 enactment
The Revenue Department issues tentative ruling on the Luxury Tax under section 04 of the Revenue Act. Merchants must file monthly returns showing aggregate tax by subheading, with tax measured on sale price and separate from the price. Returns due last day of the month following sales, refunds handling, and rules for exchanges, repairs, measurement by square yard for carpets, and open books for revenue officers.
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Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Revenue Act of Tv18
DePauw Student Miss Belinda Crane Guests in Graysville
Miss Belinda Crane of DePauw University was the weekend guest of Miss Elizabeth Pound of Graysville.
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Elizabeth Pound
Melinda Crane
the- Paun University
Lelia Thomas
Mabel Nowlin
Belinda Crane
Halcyon
Edna Pound
Edgar Ransford
Earle Pound
Lynn Thomas
DePauw University
Graysville
Personal Liberty and Sunday Games Highlight Licking Skillet Notes
Bloomington Star items report sermons on personal liberty and Sunday horse shoe pitching. Local updates mention League of Nations talk, eggs traded for a red flannel petticoat, and spring fever fishing. Community anecdotes include sermons over corn cakes, war mothers knitting socks, and playful gossip about Ed Bivins and Love Ann Tong.
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Eli Perkins
Si Plum
League of Nations
Mandy Haskins
Doc McFadden
Sally Hawkins
New Orleans
Ed Bivins
Love Ann Tong
Love Ann
Dick Hawkins
Sally Brawkins
Sally
Jim Slivers
Nick Bledsoe
G O P Chairman May Run Hoosier Race
Senator Harry B. New of Indiana says Hoosier Republicans back a Hays boom and that RNC chairman Will Hays is so popular he may win Indiana governor without a campaign. He runs the party's presidential effort while the campaign is managed from Washington.
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Will H. Hays
Republican National Committee
Indiana
Harry 8. New
Terre Haute Daily Star and The Sullivan Union Subscriptions
Two Indiana newspapers priced at one year for four dollars total offering daily and weekly editions from Terre Haute Star and Sullivan Union with bundled access.
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Terre Haute Daily Star
The
Sullivan Union
Early Virginia Letters Describe Newport News Arrival Rumors
Fragmentary lines recall Virginia's early days and reliance on ships for news from England. The text hints at Captain Newport and an expected return, with locals gathering to hear the latest from the mother country at a place now bearing a related name.
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Virginia
Newport
Beet Sugar Production and Breeding Advances
A 1740 Berlin chemist found sugar could be derived from peas and breeding has raised sugar content. Modern vegetables supply sugar from nine tons of peas, with an average person consuming two thirds of their body weight in sugar annually.
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Berlin
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Index Nation Co
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