Mayor's tax battle costs town over one hundred thousand yearly
The Journal investigates Mayor Marvin’s fight with tax assessors aimed at reducing assessments to market value. It details a staff of seven lawyers, several clerks, and outside experts paid by city funds, with bills mounting as they pursue cases delaying tax relief for homeowners and business property owners.
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Beth
Corporation Counsel's Office
Lok
Victor Lavine
Erie Delaner’s
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Moore
Syracuse Tax Assessments Drag on as Costs Mount
In Syracuse high wartime style assessments boost city revenues and tax rates while courts often demand reductions. The mayor expands legal staff to seven, yet repeated certiorari actions cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands. Critics urge realignment of assessments to curb waste and fund jobs and improvements.
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John T. Delaner
Daniel J. Seubert
A. Lee Olmsted
Roger C. Baldwin
United States District Attorney
Ernest Murray
Syracuse
Michael W.W. Ball
Government and business debate cure for recession
The Government consults big and little business led by Secretary Roper. Big Business urges giving industry a chance. Little Business, chosen by Roper, echoes the same prescription. Harding calls this the long and the short of it.
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Roper
New York Day by Day on Dreiser and Newspaper Life
A fragmented reminiscence traces Theodore Dreiser from an unsolicited manuscript to publication, noting early vetoes, English sales, and enduring fame. The piece blends editorials, theater circles, and New York City street scenes with anecdotes about writers, publishers, and the lively press culture of the era.
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Nother Smetlian
Thasdors Dreizer
Carrie
Frank Norris
Union Square
Ingeiler Prants
Dreiser
England
Winter storms, robberies, and war-time notes from Syracuse
Thirty years ago Syracuse stories recount a brutal barbershop crime, a revolver license fine, and suicide amid despair. Other items note a winter storm halting repairs and a windy era of enlistments, labor shortages, and war relief efforts, with local officials shaping civic rooms and suffering losses in 1917.
March of Events and Communist Fear in America
A fragmentary historical note discusses fears of Communist influence in the United States, warning Americans about potential political action and suppression of civil rights if Communists gain power. It invokes quotes about freedom of expression and hints at dystopian consequences, mixing political rhetoric with disjointed social commentary.
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America
Weners
Aosma
Stalin
Ressiz
Fragmented meditation on culture and politics by De Casseres
The text surveys writers and ideologies across Europe and Asia, invoking Swedenborg, Goethe, Rumee, and Japan. It rails against fascism and communism while urging inward listening to personal vision and suppressed instincts amid a chaotic modern world.
Rumors, spies, and debt dominate the era of disorder
The piece surveys rumors around Japan, espionage narratives, and a Washington woman returning with a baby amid strange encounters. It cites unnamed sources and U S officials while flagging wide speculation. It shifts to a formal expose on national debt, citing Albert J. Engel of Michigan and a Treasury tally showing a staggering total debt and high interest burdens per year.
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China
Oman
Mania
Albert J. Engel
Michigan
House
Treasury
Jess Jones
HFLC
Assis
Engel
I. FE Tose
Aselemens
Engai
Ghost beliefs and folk cures in urban America
A 1908 feature by Sing Features Syndicate surveys belief in ghosts and folk magic across the United States. It notes landlords hiring shost-exterminators, old books like The Long Lost Friend guiding charms, and the uneasy coexistence of superstition with modern medicine. The piece laments prohibition of such practices but sees faith in these spells occasionally aiding treatment, urging education as the cure.
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Latin America
Bath Beach
Red Hook
Brookisr
Commerlands
Penns Ivenia
South
Middle West
New England
Illinois
Jin Farley
Rude Vallee
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