Now For Some History: 1899


A school tax receipt from 1899.

In the documents Lane DeMuro recently passed on to me from David W. Phillips, there was a school tax receipt from 1899. This is a real shocker compared to today’s rates but the school tax bill was 64 cents (yes, cents) for the entire year. The signature on the receipt (for the school) is Edward Noble, who must be from the Noble family that Noble island is named for.

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