The Archive · 1905

A Hard Time for the Poor

We have been haviog very much rain in this region for some tims past, with cold. The farmers complain that the wheat is ruined for thw year Last year was not a good year for the farmers, and the house taxes have been imposed, " small inn in the country being t xed a3 much as twenty cash per day. Between the povr results gbtaimed from the farms and the constant squeezes from those in autuurity tie poor people have a hard time

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