Tax increase questioned in Laporte county figures
The editor questions a $3,408 extra valuation added to Laporte county taxes by the state board. He argues the $25,000,000 county valuation yields $151,833.18 in county revenues and asks what the excess beyond needs will fund, noting the 1896 figures and a near-paid court house debt. He urges readers to digest the raised figures.
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Grover
Laporte
State Tax Board
Laporte County
Court House
Board of Commissioners
Auditors Office
Sheriff's Office
County officials face scrutiny over high salaries and contracts
A local critique accuses county officers of wasteful allowances, inflated salaries, and biased bridge and road contracts. It argues auditors and treasurers would justify similar pay, cites Runyan contracts, court battles in Cool spring and Springfield townships, and compares Democratic and Republican records to warn taxpayers.
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Runyan Company
Coolspring
Springfield
Sutherland
Plymouth Court
Runyan
Mr. Bunyan
Democratic Board of Commissioners
Beaverdam
State Board of Equalization
Board of County Commissioners
County Council
Scott's Emulsion Promises Health For All Ages
Scott's Emulsion claims to sustain life and aid recovery from wasting diseases for men women and children. It markets as a nourishing tonic aiding growth for children and strength for women, with free samples offered and distribution through druggists nationwide.
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Scott
Scott & Bowne
Pearl Street
New York
Democratic paper accuses rivals of misleading in Laporte race
The Argus Bulletin of Laporte defends its bias while accusing the Indicator of misrepresenting county affairs. It notes planned political meetings at Cattron Hall with W W Pepple and James Gallaher, plus E D Crumpacker speaking in Westville. Democrats nominate Joseph Davis for trustee and Hiram Ellsworth for assessor in Indooble township.
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Indicator
Argus-Bulletin
Geveranry
Argus- Bulletin
Sutherland
Jewell
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Kansas
Laporte County
Indiana
Richter
Argus-Bulletin of
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W. W. Pepple
Congress
James Gallaher
Westville
New Durham Township
E. D. Crumpacker
Joseph Davis
Hiram Ellsworth
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