Mining property taxed after government transfer in Idaho ruling
The Idaho Supreme Court decided that mining property whose title has passed from the Government to private parties is taxable like other property. The ruling affects patented mining properties and could raise the state’s assessed value, with implications for salerooms and copper prospects in Idaho.
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Idaho
Supreme Court
O. J. Salisbury
Carl Lane
Custer County
Salisury
Salisbury
Stockslager
Hailey
Borah
Copper in Idaho Districts Reach Rich Copper Ore Levels
Idaho shows notable copper finds in Washington and Custer counties with ore 12 percent plus in Blue Jacket and Peacock districts. Shippings exceed $150000 and $30000 respectively, while transport limits and capital needs hinder full development. Mining men forecast Idaho could lead US output with improved logistics and investment. A railroad already exists.
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Idaho
Washington
Custer
Seven Devils
Washington County
Custer County
Union
Hotel Dewey Seen Rising as Idaho’s Biggest Inn
Nampa’s Hotel Dewey stands tall in the sunlit plains with its frame up to the roof and towers planned for the ends. Colonel Dewey is praised for investing wealth from Idaho mines into regional growth, shaping Junction City and southern Idaho as the legislature ponders a Democratic successor to Senator Shoup.
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Dewey
Nampa
Plains
Idaho
Italio
Junction City
Shoup
Senate
Delamar Niugge
How Campaign Funds Were Raised for 1884 Election
A World’s Work excerpt explains the major donors behind Grover Cleveland’s 1884 victory. Key contributors included William L. Scott, William C. Whitney, and Oliver H. Payne, each giving about 100000 dollars, with Edward Cooper and Abram S. Hewitt contributing similarly. Senator Benjamin F. Jones financed the Republican cause, paying 115000 from his own pocket, while Blaine began with a 25000 check.
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Cleveland
William L. Scott
William C. Whitney
Oliver H. Payne Hach
Edward Cooper
Abram S. Hewitt
Benjamin F. Jones
Republican National Committee
Blaine
Campaign funds and major donors in the 1888 and 1896 races
The article details large contributions to both parties, noting specific sums by individuals such as William J. Scott, Calvin S. Brice, John Wanamaker, Cornelius Bliss, Levi P. Morton, Colis Huntington, and William K. Vanderbilt. It discusses deficits and repayments, silver interests, and the role of office-holders and small donors in financing campaigns.
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William J. Scott
Democratic Campaign Fund
Christopher C. Baldwin
E. C. Benedict
Willim C. Whitney
Cleveland
Calvin S. Brice
Democratic National Committee
John Wanamaker
New York City
Cornelius N. Bliss
Levi P. Morton
Quay
T. C. Platt
Platt
Collis P. Huntington
Republican Campaign Fund
William K. Vanderbilt
Savings and Benevolent Association
National Committee
Brother Unveiled as Marcus Daly Kin at Hot Springs
Rev P Daly of Hot Springs South Dakota, long a member of the soldiers home, reads a Marcus Daly biography and learns the famous tin plate magnate is his long lost brother. The pastor, a Free Methodist, believed his brother dead, never kept contact, and remains surprised by the family tie. The piece also notes U S tin plate exports to Wales and debates protection duties.
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Hot Springs
S. D
P. Daly
Marcus Daly
Mr. Daly
Marcus
Daly
Free Methodist Church
Astern Places
Rural Free Delivery Seen as Significantly Beneficial
Rural free delivery is praised as the most salient feature of postal delivery, expanding farm value and connectivity. Postmaster General Smith cites progress toward serving one-sixth of 21 million rural residents with 4,300 routes, at an annual net cost of about 13.8 million dollars, arguing the program brings government benefits to rural homes.
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Smith
Aristocrat Arraignment on Universal Suffrage
A Blackwood's Magazine critique replays a Scotch view on democracy after elections. It denounces universal suffrage as a sham, arguing MPs pursue self interest, not constituents, and that franchise expansion has not altered the House of Commons, which remains an oligarchy.
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Great Britain
United States
Men
Blackwood
Westminster
House of Commons
Charles I
Mass meeting at First Congregational on polygamy amends
A Salt Lake dispatch reports a mass meeting at the First Congregational Church corner of Tenth and G streets under the Woman's Inter-Denominational Union. The audience heard Dr Josiah Strong urge Congress to act on a constitutional amendment banning polygamy and to press legislators for action this session.
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First Congregational Church
Tenth and
G Streets
United States
Congress
Josiah Strong
Social League of New York
Roberts
Utah
House of Representatives
Judiciary Committee
Strong
Critique of University Football Brutality and Fame
A historical editorial argues universities overemphasize football at the expense of academics and integrity. It claims football’s brutality outstrips prizefighting and condemns the spectacle as a damaging mania seen in campus life and press engravings.
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United States
Movement shows no present signs of disolation
The Wardner News comments on the movement, posing a provocative question about the direction of current affairs. It hints at concern over societal changes and uncertainty about future developments.
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Wardner News
Rubber-Necks in Sunday Siftings Satire
A Sunday Siftings piece mocks rubber-necks who chase others lives for no fee, describing them as men with dyspepsia or clever women probing lives, while praising wholesome people for avoiding such prying. The satire notes rubber-necks rarely die and linger in gloomy winds.
Large Electric Power Plant At Swan Falls Progresses
The Trade Dollar Consolidated Mining Company’s big transmission plant on Snake River at Swan Falls advances with open weather aiding. Superintendent Hutchinson says operation starts about February 1. Engineers approve work after inspection by Thomas Johnson. Three substations to be built at Dewey Black Jack mine and plain mill. Stations use asbestos lined structural steel, built by Gillette Herzog. Foundations already solid. Motors and supplies arrived. two more en route to Black Jack. Motors of 75 h.p. and 100 h.p. will drive mill and air compressors. Florida tunnel to get 75 h.p. and eventually two 100 h.p. meters at Florida mountain mill. Lightning arresters every five miles, three-phase system at 20000 volts with step up and step down transformers.
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Dewey
Black Jack
Plain Mill
Gillette-Herzog Mfg. Co
Murphy
Florida Tunnel
Florida Mountain
Owyhee
Bucklen Amica Salve Heals Leg Scar
Thackerville Tex resident J D Blanton paid over 300 dollars in two years to doctors to cure a tanning scar on his leg. They recommended amputation, but he saved the leg using Bucklen Amica Salve. Also advertises Dr Datton's plastic gold and a 25 cent pile cure by H D Blatchley.
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J. D. Blanton
Thackervile
Tex
Bucklen
H. D. Blatchley
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Lemhi
Mount Idahio
Senator Dewey
Marcus Daly's
Brother
Wales
Troy
N. Y
Electric Power Notes
Dr. Datton
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