State Revenue Reports Higher Auto Tax Collections and Costs
The State Department of Revenue reports April to August 1925 increases in highway and auto theft fund collections and a rise in collection costs. Highway fund collections reached 7,248,664.45, up 1,712,404.57 from 1924, while theft fund receipts rose to 92,018.25. Auto theft expenses climbed 21,758.87 due to full bureau costs. Also notes adoption of a uniform fertilizer source tag by North and South Carolina and ranks North Carolina first in electric power development among South Atlantic states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
State Department of Revenue
Department of State
Department of Revenue
Auto Theft Bureau
North
South Carolina
William A. Graham
Graham
H. M. Stackhouse
North Carolina
South Atlantic
United States Geological Survey
Federal Bureau
Georgia
Virginia
New England
Charlotte
Young Men's Christian Associations of
Rocky Mount
Spencer
Hamlet
J. Wilson Smith
Young Men's Christian Association of
Lyman Delano
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company
Atlantic Coast Line
Raleigh Leads In Workers Placed
Raleigh led all state and federal employment offices in North Carolina for the week ending September 19 with 272 jobs found. Across the state 865 placements were recorded. The gain in Raleigh is tied to mobilizing cotton picker crews to harvest the crop.
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Raleigh
State
Federal Employment Service
North Carolina
State Department of Labor and Printing
Mobile Army of Cotton Pickers
League disarmament accord and world questions noted
Leaders of the League of Nations assembly including Great Britain and France reach accord on a future disarmament conference with preparations to begin immediately. The council will decide when to start work on an international economic conference and US participation remains uncertain.
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Assembly of the League of Nations
Great Britain
France
Council of the
League of Nations
United States
Geneva
Study Commission
London Times
London
England
Turkey
Mosul
Mesopotamia
World Court of Justice
The
Hague
Adam
Herald’s College of
Paul Bartlett
Forest of Ardennes
Sheriffian Squadron
United States State Department
Prices of food rise in 1924 25 per cent or more
Washington reports show cost of living up from July 1924 to July 1925 across items led by pork chops up 29 percent bacon 34 percent ham 22 percent and lamb leg 2 percent. Other notes cover federal policy enforcement dirigible questions and a tax ruling in New York.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Department of Labor
Andrews
The
Treasury
Coolidge
Lakehurst
M. L. Heide
New York
Melvin Jones
Washington
Disinterment in Chicago linked to 1920 campaign suit
The article lists multiple 1920 era cases and events from Chicago to Richmond, including a federal suit by William Cooper Proctor against Col A A Sprague, a fatal arson linked to prohibition liquor, and a labor dispute in Indianapolis. It notes other incidents from murder to lynching, political conventions, and regional unrest across several states.
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Chicago
Leonard Wood
William Cooper Proctor
Cincinnati
Col
A. A. Sprague
New York
George Semenuk
Sophie Poleski
John J. McNamara
Iron Workers
Indianapolis
Ind
Elks
Famous violin from Weimar vault changes hands
A Stradivarius long kept in a safe-deposit vault passed to the Thuringian government amid a prolonged heirs' suit. Concertmaster Koempel, linked to Spohr, had bequeathed the instrument with a purchase option clause disputed by heirs. The Supreme Court rejected the heirs as the violin moves to state care now under Professor Reitz.
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Weimar
Koempel
Weimar Court Theater
Supreme Court
Herr Koempel
Ludwig Spohr
Thuringian Asylum For the
Professor Reitz
Wilt’s 283-year record suit purchase in Maryland
Swanton farmer J R Wilt wore a single suit for 283 years before buying a new coat and vest in April 192. The unusual streak was noted in Westernport Maryland Garret county where he visited a local store for the replacement garments.
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Westernport
J. R. Wilt
Swanton
Garrett County
Lake Arrowhead police record shows one arrest yearly
For five years the Lake Arrowhead police department has arrested one person per year. The village jail is dusty and cobwebby. The Lake Arrowhead Canoe club has started a movement to use the jail as its headquarters.
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Los Angeles
Lake Arrowhead
Tonawanda Indian Woman Nancy Miller 116 Keeps Traditions
Nancy Miller nee Black Squirrel a Tonawanda Iroquois elder aged 116 lives on a Tonawanda reservation craft weaving baskets and smoking a clay pipe. Born 1809 she recalls War of 1812 and Napoleon era while speaking Iroquois and raising a large family. The Buffalo Express notes her longevity and daily routines including walking and a lingering interest in coins.
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Buffalo
Tonawanda Indian Reservation
Aly Day
Nancy Miller
Black Squirrel
Buffalo Creek
Nuancy Miller
The
Buffalo Express
Napoleon
Europe
Waterloo
Miller
Nicodemus Billy
Cattaraugus
Allegany
Tonawanda Reservation
Batavia
United States
Irving
Doris Sundown
Mummified Woman Puzzle to Italians
In Naples a natural mummification was found in Vatella Salerno with Rosa Scarpa who died in 1912. The body and clothing remained preserved with original colors. Officials opened a nearby grave but the second body had decomposed, fueling belief in a miracle.
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Naples
Vatella
Salerno
Rosa Scarpa
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Revenuue
the News OF the South
Southland
Zabasco
Prince of Wales
Chile
Argentina
Nathan D. Smmh
Baltimore
Smith
Edge
New Jersey
Army
Navy
O'Connor
Shipping Board
White House
Harrison W. Noel
Montclair
N.J
Mary Daly
Raymond Pierce
Caffrey
Herbert E. Richardson
Ricshmond
Orville Litchfield
Marshall County
John Leonard
Toluca
Ill
Joseph Spenraz
Vernon Club
Tiajuana
Calif
Buckner
Leroy Hammond
Mount Pleasant
Tenn
Tennessee Department of the American Legion
Nashville
Richmond
Patriotic Order, Sons of America
Sadisbury
N. C
William Mitchell
L. I
W. F. Hocking
Devils Lake
N. D
American Dental Association
Louisville
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
New York City
Palace of Versailles
New Albany
Miss
Union County
Rockford
Ivy
Thuringia
Sam Houston
Gen
Houston
Texas
Enrico Cerracchio
Twit
Kikicuyler
Chhave
Cragk
Puayti Artilors
Rose
Wicked Willow
Pearne Pato
Tonawanda
City of
Buccaneer
A. B. Chapin
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