Taxable Income Of Americans In 1922 Revealed
The 1922 total taxable income of Americans and corporations reached 28,300,023,673 dollars with federal taxes of 1,644,833,576 dollars. The Bureau of Internal Revenue reported 6,787,481 individuals and 382,883 corporations filed returns, up from 1921. Personal exemptions and credits totaled 17,649,416,048 dollars, while wages, salaries, and other compensation formed the largest share of personal income.
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Associated Pf
Washington
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Cnemiecs
AACR
Bureau
Deficiency List to Be Presented to Legislature
Helena report notes Senate adoption of a deficiency list prepared by the claims committee. The document, approved by the board, cites substantial charges for publishing numerous constitutional amendments last fall. Continued on page 2.
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Fe Y Standara
Matt Correaponaent
Helena
Dan
Senate
Stance
Mite
Madmen Fight Duel to Death With Mops at Wisconsin Hospital
In Milwaukee on January 18 a violent incident at a Wisconsin hospital for the insane left John Kuehn 57 dead after a mop struck his head and the handle was thrust into his abdomen. Albert Joe, another inmate, celebrated briefly before attendants restrained him. The fight arose while orderlies directed cleaning in a deserted hallway and escalated as mop weapons were used.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Watona
Wau
John” Kuehn
Albert Joe
Theorridor
Ellen
Joe
Vision Testing for Auto Drivers Gains Support
Dr A H Skeffington of Kenn ey Neb urged compulsory vision tests for all motorists at the Illinois State Society conv of clatists in Chicago. He cited sub normal vision among violators and linked eye health to safer driving and even to anti needle fatalities in India. A clinic he led during the convention highlighted widespread detective sight among motorists.
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Chicago
A. H. Skeffington
Kenney
Neb
Illinois State Society of
Clatista
India
Cincinnati
Skeington
Corecio
San Francisco case links sermon to teen killer
Dorothy Ellingson, 16, known as the murder girl, confessed to shooting her mother after a family dispute over her nightlife. She remains jailed as police search for several young men linked to her delinquent circle. Public defenders and clergy condemn social conditions as contributing factors while her father vows support.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Dorothy Ellingson
Ian
Mere
Frank J. Egan
Joseph Bling
Harl
Dorothy
Tragic Sunday Shooting Ends with Suspect Surrender
John H. Wilson was shot in the chest at Park and Excelsior streets by Henry Benson after an alleged attack on Benson and Wilson's ex wife Ethel Wilson. Benson surrendered to police, claiming self defense as doctors tended Wilson who was gravely injured.
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John H. Wilson
East Copper Street
Henry Benson
Woodrow Hotel
Park and Excelsior
Wilson
Ethel Wilson
John Gillie
North Excelsior
Bena
Celsior
Park Streets
Benson
Open Church Drive by Raising 4 100 000
The Associated Press reports Bishop Manning announced aspirations for a cathedral construction oath and drive to raise 4 100 000, with broad support from religious leaders and the American people. The effort aims to fund a religious worship cathedral and garner ratification by President Coolidge’s administration.
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Associated Press
Manning
Coolidge
Notorious mail bandit Chapman captured in Muncie
Gerald Chapman, famed prison breaker and bandit sought nationwide, was captured in Muncie Indiana after a brief gun battle near a traction station. Four detectives in an automobile confronted him as Chapman fired. The fugitive, who escaped from a later prison while serving a 26 year term for a New York robbery, was subdued and searched.
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Associated Press
Muncie
Ind
Gerald Chapman
Chapman
Atlanta
New York
Traction
Fred Plankett
Canadian trades good money for worthless Confederate hundred
Marcus Moynier of Alberta to Utah stopped in Butte for lunch with his wife when a stranger asked to change a Confederate hundred dollar bill issued February 17 1864. Moynier exchanged eight tens and a twenty for the note, which bore Jefferson Davis and promised payment two years after peace. He later learned the bill was worthless and joined a search with Price Utah officers for the man as his wife’s illness forced their return home.
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Henry Ford
Marcus Moynier
Butte
Cluny
Alberta
Price
Utah
Moynier
Front Street
Jefferson Davis
Conti
West's 1926 Construction Program for West
Denver January 18 The West's building program for 1926 calls for expenditures of millions to construct power dams railroad munity projects and more than 1924. A United States Department of Labor survey of conditions in the Rocky mountain region sees the expansive policy of construction as assuring steady employment for resident labor across the western states with potential shortages of skilled labor in larger communities.
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Associated Press
Denver
United Sates Department of Labor
Hockymountain
Signature No Trouble To Baltimore Student Carries Name Of Mr
A fragmentary text notes a Baltimore student bearing the name Mr and references a mispronounced spelling. The line hints at a discussion of identity and pronunciation with a 24 year old context, but details remain unclear.
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Baltimore
Trotzay Ousted From War Council Board
A Soviet Communist Party communication announced that Trotzay was removed from his seat on the War Council. It stated a plenary meeting of the executive committee and control commission decided on the action and cited unnamed charges. The official note did not provide details beyond the expulsion.
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Trotzay
WAR Council
Moscow
Hin Beng
Poliical Bureau
Soviet Executive Council
Communist Party
German Submarine Landing Brings In Liquor At Night
Reports say a German crewed submarine has been guiding a tramp steamer about 60 miles off Asbury Park to run 1 000 to 4 000 cases of liquor nightly for two weeks. The mother ship transfers cargo to small craft near the New Jersey shore, boosting liquor inflow to Trenton and Philadelphia.
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New York
Coast Guard
Trenton
Philadelphia
Asbury Park
New Jersey
Tragedies Across States Claim Many Lives in Burns and Floods
A sequence of disasters leaves nine children dead in two farm homes burned in Minnesota. Rail and river accidents kill three more as floodwaters undermine tracks and sweep men downstream. Four children drown when an overloaded rowboat overturns, while a plane crash injures another. Parents suffer severe burns amid the blaze.
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Elk River
Minn
Jan
Here
Berne
Rage 4 Caren 49 Death Claim In Saltville Case
Patrick was arrested Saturday morning at Saltville after dynamite sticks were used to launch a deadly incident. Police report a large dam back of the town stored a mountain of dynamite, with authorities alleging responsibility for the deaths.
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Patrick
Saltville
Ime
MRS. CLEMENS IN CUSTODY OVER Mullaney Kiling
Investigations into the fatal shooting of 20 year old James Mullaney near 9 West Porshury street led to Mrs. Ray Clemens in custody. Mullaney’s mother, shocked by the loss, was confined to bed and gravely ill and friends gathered at 510 Daly street to offer condolences.
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James Mullaney
Walkerville
Ray Clemens
West Porshury Street
Mullaney
Daly Street
Mane
Mornullaney
Galena
Colorado
Agricultural post to be filled soon in West Virginia
A cabinet post now held by governor elect Howard M Gore drew a long list of nearly 200 candidates. Many were eliminated as entries were kept under tight seal and considered at the time.
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Howard M. Gore
West Virginis
Dying on Emmett Street Porch Suicide Note Found
Charles F. Byrne 34 former Butte undertaker died from lysol poisoning on a porch at 322 North Main Street after leaving a note to his wife in the couple’s divorce case. Coroner and police reported Byrne walked to the Emmett Street house, was found unconscious with poison, and died at St James hospital within half an hour. His wife had filed for divorce Wednesday alleging desertion.
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Charles F. Byrne
Butte
Emmett
Byrne
Main Street
T ‘Ura
Wrancisco
Pat Holland
Wisch
Emmett Street
F. W. Blake
Nim
oMeers
Blake
Jorge
White Simcers
Harvey
Fairchild
Rouse
St. James Hospital
Butt
Sttle
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Montana
State Board of Examiners
James L. Gordon
JH. Wilson
Ursaca
Watcha
Jerald Chapman
West
Nangebow
Mee
Caren
Mrs. Clemens
J. Mullaney
Charles F. Byres
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