Michigan Tax Apportionments and Local Totals
State auditor general fixes state taxes at 884852.07 for people and 4289785.29 for rest year with total valuation 1714100000 and rate per thousand 2871. County apportionments listed. Washtenaw and Wayne among largest shares. Also reports on Doyle release, a double tragedy in Vicksburg, rattlesnake bite near Pontiac, and local incidents including a fatal stabbing suspect surrender and a Jackson fall death.
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Auditor General
Alcona
Alger
Alleson
Alpena
Antrim
Arena
Baraka
Bay
Berrien
Charlevoix
Chippewa
Clare
Clinton
Crawford
Delta
Dickinson
Eaton
Emmet
Genowee
Gladwin
Gogeble
Grand
Houghton
Huron
Ingham
Fanta
Fosco
Irom
Laie Bella
Jackson
Kalamazoo
Kaskaska
Kent
Reweeniw
Lal
Lapeer
Teelanun
Lema
Livingston
Luce
Mackinac
Macomb
Mantates
Atte
Mecosta
Menominee
Midla
Missaukee
Monroe
Montcalm
Montmorency
Otaego
Ottawa
Presque Inle
Roscommon
Saginaw
Sand
Schoolcraft
Shiawanee
Bt. Clair
Bt. Joseph
T van Buyen
Washtenaw
Wayne
Wexford
Barry
Beaste
Michigan Briefs Capture Widespread Local News
Michigan briefs report 2795 deaths and 4202 births in August. burglaries at Paley er netted valuables about 200 dollars. Jackson farmer Henry Sanford died after poisoning mushrooms. Several students enter U of M from Kansas City high school. Auto crash injures Mrs Woodward. Michigan’s production and expenditure in sleighs and carriages noted. A Kingsley mother’s accidental child’s death from carbolic acid is noted. Tragic suicides and accidents appear, including two men killed in streetcar and freight incidents. Grand Rapids and Muskegon regional stories include coroner inquiries, timber industry talks, and local social reform efforts. Numerous personal misfortunes and small-town trials are recounted.
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Michigan
Paleyer
Henry Sanford
Jackson
U. of M
Sault Ste Marie
Pere Marquette
Grand Rapids
White Cloud
James Atwater
Fraker
Menominee
James
Henry Dalrymple
Port Huron
Henry
Plymouth
Mich
Chicago
Ontonagan County
Smith
University
Muskegon
Bear Swamp
Frank Beebe
Grand Trunk
Battle Creek
Owosso
Jerome Markham
Ellis
Lake Gongac
Asa Converse
Bay City
Allen Bisbee
Allen
Mary Zinn
Adams
Kalamazoo
Jim Hawley
Stoddard Farm
Henry Hess
Frank Link
Henry Brown
Sie
Metardy
Arhor
State updates push monthly price comparisons for state institutions
Gov Warner introduces a system to publish monthly price comparisons for groceries meats and provisions across Michigan institutions. Aimed at saving money the plan shows beef prices like 5.74 at Michigan Soldiers Home and 7.38 at Eastern Michigan Asylum, prompting managers to seek cheaper purchases.
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Lansing
Warner
Michigan Soldiers’ Home
Eastern Michigan Asylum
Kalamazoo
Cassie Chadwick Seeks Parole Through Ill Health Illusion
Cassie Chadwick, imprisoned in Ohio, was suspected of feigning illness and blindness to win parole. A prison doctor identified a past pattern where she falsely appeared gravely ill to gain release, and authorities plan to have her return to work sewing with the inmate population next week.
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Cassie
Cassie Chadwick
Ohio
Neek
Chadwick
Mississippi Judge Rules Gulf Compress Co Trusts Assets
A Mississippi court under Chancellor Hicks in Vicksburg declared Gulf Compress Co an illegal trust and ordered the firm to wind up its business in Mississippi within one year. The judge denied a receiver and the ouster suit stemmed from Gulf’s purchase of an independent compress in Vicksburg under the state antitrust law forbidding one firm from buying a competitor’s interests.
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Hicks
Vicksburg
Miss
The
Gulf Compress Co
Compress
Vickeburg
One
Markets Show Mixed Cattle Prices Amid Fluctuating Demand
The Detroit markets report mixed cattle values with steers steady to lower and fat cows showing varied quotes. Buyers note thin demand for heavy cattle while feeders and veal remain active with modest gains. market tones emphasize caution and regional price drift across cattle and hogs.
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Detroit
Ted Lower
Bent Helfrre
Sawa Atanay Strietly
York
Amusements and Local News Highlights
Amusements section notes weekly Detroit theater and travel listings with matinees and Saturday trips. Also reports a Shelton Washington hotel fire fatality killing Mary J. Gay and Agnes, a Hart fruit grower rejecting low offers, Kalamasco health data, and a murder suspect captured in Ashland after years.
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Mary J. Gay
Agnes
Oceana County
Shelton
H. W. Gephart
Hart
Standard Oil Profits and Antitrust Testimony Exposed
The testimony details Standard Oil subsidiaries earning over 1000 percent in 1900 and 1904 profits from New York and New Jersey units. Kellogg and Fay questioned bookkeeping and future mobility, while Pratt discussed Waters-Pierce stock. Rockefeller ownership and trust earnings are cited, with a potential $15.9 million annual income from a quarter share. The piece notes looming railroad rate fights and Roosevelt’s Europe inquiry plan.
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Standard ‘Ol Co
Frank H. Kellogg
Standard Ol Co
Indiana
Landis
Chicago
Indiana Company
Mr. Kellogg
Clarence G. Fay
Standard ON Co
Standard Oi Co
W York
New Aar
New York Company
Standard Oil Ch
New Jersey
New Jersey, Grew From $19,045,014 In 1902 To $58,272,024, Mr. Fay
Standard Oil Co
Kellong
Charles M. Pratt
Standard of Co
Waters-Pierce of Co
Texas
Texan
Pratt
Waters-Pierce Oil Co
M. M. van Bueren
John G. Milburn
John D. Rockefeller
Rogers Plans Return to Business After Rest
Rogers, known as H. H. Rogers, is said to be well again and likely to resume active control of his affairs after a period of rest. Friends report he intends to leave some fighting to others and focus on personal interests, countering press speculation that he is down and out and near a financial collapse.
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Philippines
Admiral Dewey
Ocen
Japan
Formoga
Orient
United States
East
Rogers
Conflicting Talks Over Standard Oil Plans and Idaho Trial
Reports deny a conference at H Rogers home in Fair Haven Mans and note Rogers has not been consulted since a lawsuit. Standard Oil Co reps pledge future reorganization and capital expansion to 400 500 million. Senator Borah to face federal fraud trial first, amid Idaho land case. Rescue ship Bering Sea crew saves 243 from John Currier wreck at Unimak Island. Work begins on Owenso post office this week. Bank stockholders settle debts. third dividend advanced. Juvenile court reform efforts falter as unconstitutional school provisions loom. Elderly parents and four children face hardship. dental foundation work underway.
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Standard
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Ol Co
New Jersey
W. ne thenaurer + company
York
Standard Ol
Lam Rockefeller
Tilford
H. H. Rogers
Chicago
F. Lycee
Banjamin
H.C. Folger
Brewster
D. M. Harknews
O. By ‘Jonningn
Charles Lockhart
Pittsburg
L. C. Ledyard
Payne Whitney
Daniel O'Day
W. G. Warden
W. C. Whitney
P. A. B. Widener
Standard Company
Borah
United States
William EK. Borah
Idaho
William D. Haywood
Western Federation of Miners
Washington
Munger
Bering Sea
Unelaska
Otter McCulloch
John Currier
Nelson's Lagoon
Unimak Island
Seattle
Owenso
Fred
W. Nearwith
Fila
Bye A. Cooley
Vicksburg Exchange Bank
Judea
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Detroit House of Correction
Patrick F. Doyle
Cheboygan
Doyle
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Worman
Charles C. Draper
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Genevieve Gibson
Pontiac
T. W. Gibson
China
Peterson
Niémen Valentine
Sanford
Valentine
Averitt
Valentine T
Tanbella Munro
Henry W. Riley
Greenville
California
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Pasl Cayer
Mathias Township
Supreme Court
Miller
Itate Legislative Department
Umer
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Lake District
Lake Mistriet
Grand River
Pratt Dam
Platt
Kecanaba
State Board of Health
George A. Prince
Powers
J. 4. Moyle
Bark Fiver
Hirger Hodin
Excanaba
Clyde B. Meory
Crystal Falls
Edwin Lowle
Woman's Christian
Valen
Rael Naw
Michigan Corp Improvement Association
James J. Jeffery
Agricultural College
A. W. Jewett
Mason
Etredit
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T. A. Bogie
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Tagram
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Odell Chapman
Stillwastes
Dent Eratic
Firet
Henry M. Campbell
Henry M. Dotheld
Thomas H. Brown
C. M. Burton
Levi Larbour
Charles
Clark J. Baldwin
Lenawee
George T. Horton
I. TB. Robinson
Flanders
St. Joseph
Charles Champion
Tranch
Ortal Cornell
Hillsdale
Beventh
L. C. Pife
W. M. Gore
Berrian
W. €. Jones
Cass
Charles Thaw
Alfregan
Judge Heckert
Vian Buren
Guy A. Wicksbull
van Buren
Nirth
B. Hebeta
Calhoun
Delow Fall
Cal- W. KR. Taylor
Charles L. Deland
John A. Fairlie
John F.lawrence
Boynton
St. Clair
J. G. Brown
George W. Moore
Twelfth
W. H. Acker
Maconit
Andrew L. Moors
Oakland
Kleber P. Rockwell
Thirteenth
John J. Carton
Geneswer
Hh le Freeman
Genesee
Jay D. Walton
Fourteenth
Willis M. Kilpatrick
Shiawassee
Lawton T. Hemans
Albert M. Cook
Shiawasae
Fifteenth
J. M.C. Smith
A. Turnbull
Charles H. Thomas
Henry T. Heald
James F. Harnett
J. Adama
Roger J. Wykes
Forest ‘T Burnaby
George E. Rowe
H_ EF. Powell
Ionia
J. L. Sutherland
Tonia
Frederick Baldwin
Montcalim
Nineteenth
John W. Holmes
Gratiot
Frank Montfort
Henry FE. Walbridge
Twentieth
Charles D. Thompson
James H. Hat
William Dawann
Aantlic
Twentythet
W. Be.rown
Theron W. Atwood
Tuscola
W. B. Wixson
John Baird
Ernest A. Snow
Wellington R. Burt
Basinaw
Charles M. Hack
Muskeron
Wiliam I. Crnwm
Muskego
Colony
Lille
C. Post
Midland
Frank & Pratt
Luther Backwith
Nay
Edwins
Shaw
Newaygo
A. M. Flelechaver
Archibald Hroomfeld
Mocosta
Twentyfifth
Bishup
Wred J. Russell
Oceana
Balcock
Manistee
Twentyseventh
L P. Knowles
Charlevalx
EF. Sawyer Westerd
MB Loniset
Benzie
Twenty-eiefth
Eugene Foster
Henry H. Woodruff
H. Smith
Alooma
Marquette
Richard P. Plinnigan
Thirty Second
Boyton KR. Campbell
W. G Calvalry
C. H. Houch
Go- Forie
Military Academy
Michican Military Academy
Orchard Lake
Schoor
Akin
Leonard C. Sparks
Seademy
George P. Edmonda
Leung College
Dunlap
University of Michigan
Jermone
Joseph Smith
Mor
Northern Construction Company
Nord
Lansing Mason
Lansing Jackson
United Railways
United Statler Steel Corporation
Rathering
Bo Mason
Dettoltee Wepeater Tanl
Hee Netiven
Ea Taard
Saranken Fe
Uaa
Ae Ieee
Jaeaga
Peers Theatem
Bermoons
Ale Multiall
Rocky Mountain
Stramers
Cleveland
Charlie Worl
Innette
Wallace Hogan
Ashland
Mre
Edgar Leroy Wright
Keenville
Standard Oil
Dap
Korea
Prince Te
Haw
Aew
Thomas O. Lily
Pontelo
Toledo Mosale Art Tileno
St. Johns
Warren Jennings
BR. F. D. No
Jennings
Abram King
Ypatlanti
Ef Pout
George H. Piereten
Jae
James H. Sculley
State Commission
Tere Marquette
J. Perty Worden
Bristol, Bay
Congress
Roosevelt
Ralir
Europe
Germany
M. Crolgone
Parente
Leon
McKinley
Charity Department
City of 53
M. Dental Bunting
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