Tax Assessments Show Mixed Gains Across Counties
A Fayette county report reveals total personal property value at 4 115 304 dollars with a 195 475 increase from 1910. Non taxable bonds rise 116 501 to 603 398, while bank deposit figures show 2 142 544 07 unreturned deposits. Washington city gains 188 507, Jeffersonville and Mill edgeville districts post gains, and rural townships display varied results across sectors including watches pianos and vehicles.
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Aspessors
Amoun
Washington
Second Ward
Third Ward
Fourth Ward
Jeffersonville
Bloomingburg
Concord Township
Jasper
Octa
Jefferson
Geuth
White Oak
Marion
New Morkand
Union
Weat
Wayne
Milledgeville
Madison
Green Township
Fayette County
Untimely Royal Letter From Louis XV Surprises Bishop
A royal courier brings a bizarre dispatch to the bishop of Orleans. The message asks for preserved quinces for the king and includes a drawn sedan chair with a postscript noting it was drawn by the king’s daughter. The bishop, shaken, sends for the fruit and relays the item to the monarch.
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Orleans
Louis XV
Monsieur
Louis
Thomas B. Watsce
France
Value of New Ideas in Modern Business Practice
A Louisville Courier-Journal excerpt notes executives read journals and papers daily to gain ideas to improve efficiency. It describes passing insights down through departments and valuing tested innovations. A humorous aside recounts a cup of water inspired by a dog and a classroom joke about pendulums.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Tourists Observe Crater Scene in Faraway Travel Note
A fragment describes visitors peering into a crater with one traveler remarking about the infernal feature and an Englishwoman commenting on American travel habits, captured in a traveler’s note from Lippincott’s.
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Giebe Trettere
Pius
Sesuvian
Gebdilemap
Lippinacott
Hungry Python Confounds Jail Guards In Tusset-Myu Scene
An escaped python in a Tusset-Myu jail yard attempted to swallow a belt and netting as guards fired. The creature became entangled, broke free, and was shot dead by a warder. The incident ends with the snake skinned and cured for display.
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Tusset-Myu
Burma
Scottish minister asked to pray for rain backfires
A Scottish minister refused to pray for rain. Rain fell heavily in Houde and destroyed crops. An elder groused that the request to a minister unfamiliar with farming shows ignorance.
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Houde
Why They Are Cleaner
A humorous quotation from Ladies' Home Journal about gendered habits. A woman asserts women’s minds are cleaner than men’s, and her husband retorts they change them more often.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
W C T U Plans Graves Decoration At Washington Cemetery
The regular W CTU meeting will be at Mrs. Madeline Sharp's home Friday at 2 30 PM. Arrangements will be made to decorate Crusaders' graves in Washington cemetery. All members are especially invited.
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Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Madeline Sharp
Washington Cemetery
Young men urged to save for business ventures
Fourth in a series urges young men to accumulate capital for self employment. It notes the need to work hard and save, offering The Buckeye State Building and Loan Company in Columbus Ohio as a five percent savings option with assets of 4 700 000.
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Buckeye State Building and Loan Company
Rankin Building
West Gay St
Columbus
Ohio
Tarrimer's Laundry Seeks Staff Immediately
Job notice seeks starch girle and ireners at Tarrimer's Laundry with immediate openings. Listing provides little detail beyond roles and urgency.
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Girle
Ireners
Tarrimer’s
Union Township Trustees Cut Annual Tax Levy Totals
Union Township Trustees completed the yearly levy with $2500 in general tax reductions and lower school and contingent funds. The 1911 report shows township and poor purposes at 2200, road funds 2000, cemetery care 200, and macadamizing at 1000, with treasury balances across funds and a favorable taxpayer reception.
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Union Township
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Fayette County Assessors
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