Letters From Readers Continues on Page 9 Tax Concerns About Property Leeway
The reader complains about annual taxes from seven to eleven dollars and a neighbor who has used the property as leeway for over twenty years without paying any tax or dues.
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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1944
Page
10
Widow Confronts Real Estate Pressure After Tax Trouble
A widow recounts a man pressing her to sell for 200 and later 300 dollars with payments. She notes remaining back taxes totaling 119 dollars and a 30 dollar selling fee. borrowing 150 dollars would clear the deed with 10 dollars monthly payments. She laments being targeted and wonders about others’ treatment of widows.
The Spec tator Honor for Coolidge and Hoover
The author from Norwich Vermont discusses reading The Spectator and praises Messrs Coolidge and Hoover as statesmen rather than politicians. He notes memory jogging information and calls for an intelligent public to reject revenue driven misinformation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwich
Vermont
the Spectator
The
Spectator
Mr. Witkin
Messrs. Coolidge
Hoover
Ver Mont, Maine, and the Taxpayer State of Politics
A reader laments political manipulation and government debt while praising Vermont’s potential GOP impact. He argues New England may drift Democratic due to taxpayer funded influence, criticizes long term deposits and government spending, and urges decisive action to swap horses and avoid drowning in the system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josh Billings
Vermont
Maine
New England
Witkin
Coolidge
Hoover
Max Miller Liquor Dealer Retires After 70 Years
Joliet wine and liquor circles announce Max Miller dean of Joliet liquor men retires October 1 after five decades in the business. He will serve in an advisory role assisting Harry Minkus who assumes full promotional buying and selling duties to continue the successful principles Miller established.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Miller
Joliet Liquor Men
Cetires
Joliet Wine and Liquor Company
Mr. Miller
Harry Minkus
Miller
WFA Leases Kansas Mine as Mega Icebox for Feed
The War Food Administration stores 75 000 tons of feed in a leased limestone mine near Atchison Kansas. The cavern complex in 12 000 000 cubic feet holds a fraction of public refrigerated storage. Converting the mine to 30 degrees Fahrenheit required $1 000 000 in cooling machinery, a major outlay compared with the warehouse cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Food Administration
Atchison, Kan
Toad Superstitions Debunked in Brief
Contrary to belief, toads do not rain from the sky nor cause warts in handlers. They do not live for centuries in solid rock, and the old myths about toads are dismissed in this short note.
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