Fisher Finds Tax Evasion Among Low Incomes in 1916 Data
Yale economist Professor Irving Fisher analyzes income tax returns from 1916 noting Pareto distribution fits across the United States and states. He warns that at the top end, near the $3000–$4000 thresholds, many with taxable incomes evade or avoid reporting, skewing totals.
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New Haven, Conn
Irving Fisher
Yale University
Fisher
United States
Great Britain
Pervons
Serpent's Tooth Protodrama Starred by Miss Kane
Miss Kane praises The Serpent's Tooth as her most effective protodrama with Faith Channing a Puritan girl drawn to fast living after a brutal marriage. Faith Danning and Jack Stilling, both Puritan descendants, grow up together while Jim Winthrop returns, marries Faith, betrays her, and dies from drink in this thrilling drama at Savoy tomorrow.
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Miss Kane
Faith Channing
New England
Jim Winthrop
Faith
Crne
Savoy
The Beautiful Lie at Theate Theater Friday
Metro presents The Beautiful Lie starring Frances Nelson at Theate theater on Friday. B A Rolfe produced it and June Ma adapted Ella Wheeler Wilcox poem into a screen version with dramatic portions flashed onscreen.
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Metro
Frances Nelson
Theate Theater
B. A. Rolfe
June Ma
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Your Baby Will Thank You Thompson's Food (Peptonized)
Advertisement highlights Thompson's Food Peptonized as a complete iron rich milk substitute for infants. Claims it matches mother's milk iron content, prevents anaemia and rickets, simple to prepare with water, and offers a money back satisfaction guarantee. Encourages sample 50 cent price.
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Thompson
Dodson's Liver Tone Promise vs Calomel Dangers
Claiming calomel harms the liver and causes salivation, the advertisement promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe, plant based cure. It guarantees relief by morning, promises vigor, and offers a money back guarantee if the liver is not cleaned and bowels not regular.
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Dodson
Oxford social rounds and travel notes in brief
News of Oxford items cover residents leaving for a Saginaw house party hosted by Miss Olivia and Mr Herman Fulton and weather causing the B Y P U social to be postponed. Local arrivals and departures include Floyd Bagley returning to Anniston and Miss Mae Smith back from Montevallo.
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Miesela Willie
Leila Mattison
Mildred Fulton
Saginaw
Miss Olivia
Herman Fulton
Man Arraigned After Taking Car in Gadsden
Edgar Walker was arrested by Deputy L. T. Thomas on a charge of taking Mrs. A. O. Humphries’s car without permission, wrecking it, and abandoning it at Nineteenth street and Quintard avenue. The incident, about a month old, caused about $160 in repairs for Mrs. Humphries, a noted Oxford resident. He faces trial Friday afternoon before Judge Coleman in probate court.
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A. O. Humphries
Nineteenth Street
Quintard Avenue
Humphries
Oxford
Walker
Coleman
Probate
Young Women's Conference Opens in North Carolina
Blue Ridge N C July 19 delegates from North Carolina Florida Mississippi Tennessee Louisiana Georgia and other Southern states arrive at a resort for the Southern City Conference of the YMCA. The conference begins tomorrow and continues through the month with full attendance anticipated.
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Blue Ridge
N. C
Young Women’s Christian Association
North Carolina
Florida
Mississippi
Tennessee
Louisiana
Georgia
Remedy for stomach trouble and torpid liver
An advertisement states a disordered stomach causes bad taste and a torpid liver invites disease. It promotes HERBINE as the remedy to correct the stomach and stimulate the liver, priced at 50 cents and sold by Scarbrough Drug Co.
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Scarbrough Drug Co
Game Warden Appointment In Pike County Noted
John J. Wallace Jr. reports a Pike county game warden post to be filled by a Montgomery official. The fish commissioner will proceed as R L Sellers of Troy resigns and L F Fitts is named as successor.
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Pike County
John J. Wallace, Jr
Gam
Montgomery
R. L. Sellers
Troy
Ceed
L. F. Fitts
Howell Brothers Hardware Store Growth After Errors Found
Howell Brothers hardware store in Richmond Virginia rose to prominence after minor accounting errors were uncovered in the business. The small slips, though petty, accumulated and were smoked out, leading to improved practices and significant growth for the Howell operation.
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Howell Beretters
Richmond
Try
Picayune
Howell Brothers
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General Acoustic Company
1300 Candler Bldg
New York
Pire
Durham
Jersey
Oty
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Floyd Bagley
Little Son
Anniston
Agnes Cooper
Mrs. Wheeler
Kate Cox
Fasonville
Leonard Thames
Gadsden
A. D. Humphries
Hobart Fulton
Ed Little
Margaret Ligon
A. W. Ligon
Jim Ligon
David Cooper, Jr
Dominique Cooper
Miss Jentry
Parsons
Talladega
Hazel Jobson
Crest View Farm
J. C. Bannister
Antioch
Edgar Walker
Dep
Young Women's Conference
Pike
Priest Hotel
Birmingham
Tutwiler
Alabama
Hale Buggy Manufacturing Company, Distributors Automobile Accessories
West 15Th St
Burroughs
Bea G
Burroughs Adding Machine Company
Canada
Day
Tory
Etlans Plataswa
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