War Revenue Bill Aims for 1.8 Billion Yearly
Washington sources detail the administration war revenue bill approved by the Ways and Means Committee. It targets income, inheritance, business profits and consumer taxes to raise about 1.8 billion annually including 10 percent tariffs on many free list items and higher rates on tobacco, liquor, automobiles, theater and amusement tickets. The plan also shifts added one third of individual income taxes due in 1916 to June, with steeper surtaxes on estates over thresholds and new levies on heat and light bills.
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Stock Exchange
Che Wehon
Washington
House Committee On
House
Kitchin
Dixon
Tndiana
Lodging-House Geometry by Leacock
The piece presents a witty Euclidean axiom from Stephen Leacock of McGill, published in Truth. It considers two boarders sharing a flat and equal room sizes, arguing that if the wrangles with the landlady are equal, then their weekly bills must be equal.
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Stephen Leacock
McGill University
On the Job The Sphinx Keeps Secrets and Stays Open
The Sphinx maintains discretion and continues operating in business, with a reputation for quiet service. The phrase implies ongoing activity and reliability without public chatter.
Pitcairn Island How a Utopia Runs Free of Money and Courts
Emily McCoy, daughter of Pitcairn Island’s president, describes a clan society living without capital or government agencies. The island emphasizes Bible law, education, and mutual aid with no courts or jails, relying on barter and communal work for needs.
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South Pacific
Pitcairn Island
Emily McCoy
Pitcairn
J. R. McCoy
Mr. McCoy
Ter
America
Tahiti
Fiji
Quintal
George Hunn Nobbs
Beechey
Miss McCoy
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Timothy McShane Charged With Stealing gilt Chair
Timothy McShane was arrested for stealing a costly gilt chair from Mrs. High tone's residence. At arraignment he claimed he visited on business for his employer, rang the bell, and took a chair after a servant directed him to the parlor.
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Timothy McShane
Global curiosities and inventions noted in brief
The piece lists diverse items from Greenland’s small settlement to a new water heater fueled by garbage. It also mentions a caffein free coffee tree in Madagascar, crude iron mining in Palestine, and a planned US agricultural teen outreach in Spokane. It highlights chess masters, long simuls in Berlin, and a Whittier home preservation fund led by Greenleaf Whittier Pickard.
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John Greenleaf Whittier
Amesbury
Mass
Whittier Home Association
Greenleaf Whittier Pickard
Suitable Tastes and The Disciculturist
A playful 19th century verse pairs expected tastes with fish puns. The Disciculturist is named among the speakers, and the piece contrasts quirky preferences from a judge of ale to a green-goods man, ending with the bird fancier for perch.
Forethought Insurance Ad Insight
A compact ad style snippet notes that comparing happiness to wealth matters less than enjoyment. It suggests self restraint in parenting and implies Forethought offers accident insurance while promoting friendship with those who seem less needy.
New Inventions And Patents Highlight Daily Life
A new stove polish brush includes a reservoir for polish. A patent covers stick candy with a peanut butter core. Cushions with dried coffee grounds protect needles from rust. Uumburg opens a restaurant in a compressed paper building. A Kansas City woman patents a rocking chair with sewing material boxes integrated into arms and seat.
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Kansas City
Lydia Pinkham Remedy Restores Lima Woman Health
Mrs Jennie Moyer of Lima Ohio testifies she recovered from displacement and weakness after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. She returned to health in two months after three doctors said she would not recover. She recommends the remedies to other women and offers to write back.
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Lima
Ohio
Lydia
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Jennie Moyer
North St. Lima
Lydia Brinkham
No Doubt About That Hat Price Sparks Remark
A witty exchange unfolds as a woman questions a hat priced at five cents, while the other party retorts that the price is unjustly low. The capsular dialogue highlights social attitudes and humorous exchange.
Daily Fly Killer Ad by H Somers Brooklyn
An advertisement promotes a daily fly killer that allegedly kills thousands and lasts all season. It claims nationwide delivery with express paid and lists H Somers at 150 De Kalb Ave Brooklyn New York as the seller.
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Express
H. Somers
de Kalb Ave
Brooklyn
N. Y
Drunk in Butte Plays Lincoln Washington Jokes
An aged man jailed for drunkenness in Butte Montana boasted of voting for Lincoln on Lincoln's birthday and was sent home by Jailer Lavell in a taxicab. On Washington's birthday a self described voter claimed he voted for Washington, sparking a witty exchange about honesty and age.
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Lincoln
Butte
Mont
Lavell
Washington
Lovell
Preserve the Wild Flowers and Columbine Protection Plea
A Christian Science Monitor editorial urges preservation of the wild columbine along tourist routes and calls for broader protection of all wild flowering plants, arguing conservation is a patriotic duty. It stresses stopping needless uprooting and promoting sympathetic support nationwide.
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Christian Science Monitor
A Careful Young Man and an Marriage Option
A young man asks to take an option on marrying a daughter, prompting a wary response about commitment and rivals amid social commentary on self love.
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Edwin Young
Matthew McCoy
Matthew
Greenland
Madagascar
Palestine
Agricultural Experiment and Information Bureau
United States
Spokane
Wash
Michigan
Frank James Marshall
Emanuel Lasker
Berlin
O. S. Bernstein
Pillsbury
Star-Fish
Roe
Sword-Fish
Pike
Shark
Uumburg
Woman
Blon
Fruth
Butte Post
Ae Aedle
Nutrition
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