Near Beer Tax Begins January First for Dealers and Others
The ordinary’s office opens to collect near beer taxes from retailers and wholesalers, with rates of 300 and 1000 dollars and 1000 dollars for brewers. A broad registration fee of one dollar applies to many listed trades including moving picture shows, insurance agents, photographers, auctioneers, pawnbrokers, real estate agents, and more. The law requires all to register by January first to avoid congestion, and details on enforcement by levy are expected to be resolved.
Design selected for Belle Kinney memorial statue
A Confederate Veterans committee in Avlanta chose Miss Belle Kinney of Nashville Tenn for the memorial of the women of the South. The figure titled Victory shows a woman head with laurel hands. Miss Kinney earns $5 000 for the first statue with ten more to follow at state capitols. Louis Potter of New York was the competitor.
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Avlanta
Clement A. Evans
Miss Belle-Kinney
Nashville
Tenn
South
Alice-Kinney
Mann
Chicago
Congress
United States
Edwin W. Sims
Woman's World of
Wayman
Illinois
Ohio
Ilinois
House Committee On Interstate Commerce
New York
Omaha
Denver
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Seattle
Nome
Alaska
Woman's Home Companion January number full of art and stories
The January issue features a double page of European masters and nine full pages by Mary Sigsbecker including Young 1910, plus eleven photographs of Ethel Barrymore and the Gavotte Madrigal by Francis Thome. Oddve Thanet and Myra Kelly present varied fiction, Anne Warner continues Susan Clegg, and Anna Katharine Green advances Room Number Three at Three Forks Tavern. New Year cards, fashion, housekeeping, and earnest articles fill the pages. President Taft's whisky remark is noted as unresolved.
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Woman's Home Companion
Mary Sigsbecker
Ethel Barrymore
Gavotte Madrigal
Francis Thome
Oddve Thanet
Myra Kelly
Cecilia Anne
New Year Inc
Chicago Gossip Highlights U S Immigration Tide to Canada
A Chicago dispatch reports a surge of United States settlers moving to Canada in 1910, with 125000 projected for the year and 71988 Americans settling in Western Canada eight months ending Nov 30. North Dakota and Minnesota lead state entries, with widespread representation and substantial wealth transfers noted amid a booming western migration.
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Chicago
United States
Canada
Dominion
A. D. Davidson
North Dakota
Union
Minnesota
South Dakota
Michigan
Washington
Canadan West
Western
West
Winnipeg
Gen Albert Pike Honored by Masons on Centenary
Washington notes the Scott ish Rite rites memorializing Gen Albert Pike on the 100th anniversary of his birth. Medals bearing his image were distributed to members. Pike, a lawyer, journalist, and soldier, served in the Mexican and Civil Wars and held high Masonic ranks, plus authoring rituals and a reply to Pope Leo XII.
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Washington, D. C
Albert Pike
Supreme Council of
Scottish Rite Masons
Supreme Council
General Pike
Massachusetts
Harvard University
Newburyport
Arkansas
Buena Vista
New Orleans
United States
Allance
Pea Ridge
Elkhorn
Memphis
Washington
Pike
Royal Order of
Leo XII
Judge Howard Denounces Graft in Ashokan Dam Project
In Ulster county judge Wesley C. Howard condemns graft in the Ashokan reservoir condemnation, arguing 40 percent of public funds vanish to waste. He calls graft a normal cost in public work and warns it undermines roads, libraries, hospitals, and other enterprises. He suggests strict controls and notes potential rail profit from timber sales if railroads stay private.
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Troy N
Supreme Court
Wesley C. Howard
Ashokan
Ulster County
New York City
Howard
Ashoken Valley
Near Beer Penalty Question Sparks Georgia Debate
Atlanta readers discuss whether the 1910 general tax act’s near beer section lacks a penalty for selling without a license outside larger towns. A legislator notes licenses only for cities above 2,500 and argues that many rural sellers could operate freely, while cautions about prohibition act prosecutions for intoxicating near beer.
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Atlanta
General Assembly
United States
Dr King’s New Life Pills Cure Longstanding Indigestion
Stung for 15 years by indigestion pained him after trying many doctors and $200 worth of medicine in vain. B, FP, Ryscue, of Ingleside NC, finally used Dr. King’s New Life Pills and reports they wholly cured him. They cure constipation, biliousness, sick headache, stomach, and kidney and bowel troubles. 25e at W J Smith & Bro H R Palmer Sonas.
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Ryscue
Ingleside
Dr. King
W. J. Smith & Bro
H.R. Palmer
Sona
Oklahoma teachers conference opens with record turnout
Oklahoma City hosts the annual Oklahoma Educational Association convention as teachers from across the state attend a three day program headlined by James R. Garfield former Secretary of the Interior. Noted speakers include ex Governor Aycock of North Carolina President Craig of Tulane University and Dr James L Hughes chief inspector of schools of Toronto.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma Educational Association
Lst
James R. Garfield
Aycock
North Carolina
Craighead
Tulane University
Washington Tops Arrests in 1907 Census Report
Washington D C leads the 1907 arrest rate among 158 U S cities with populations over 30 000 in a Census Bureau bulletin. Total arrests reached 1 369 361, 52 4 per 10 000 residents, with group I cities showing 552 6 per 10 000 and Washington accounting for a disproportionately high total due to local laws and police activity.
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Washington, D. C
Durand
Nagel
Department of Commerce and Labor
E. H
E. H. ‘Maling, Division Chief, Under the Supervision of Dr. el. Grand. Powers
New York City
Chicago
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Boston
Baltimore
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Buffalo
San Francisco
Detroit
Cincinnati
Milwaukee
New Orleans
Washington, D.C
Washington
D. C
Wis
Mich
Bulletin
Inwa
Harrisburg
New York
Applicants to file for census enumerator jobs by Jan 25
Washington announces by January 25 all applications for census enumerator posts must be filed with local supervisors. A February 6 test will determine suitability, with instructions mailed in advance. Durand and Willoughby emphasize the test aids fair selection and education, not exclusion.
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Washington
Census
Durand
Willoughby
Douglas Savannah
Chatham County
Eugene L. Rainey Dawson
Terrell County
George B. Ricker
Fitzgerald
Ben Hill County
Edward T. Moon
LaGrange
Troup County
Livingston F. McClelland
Atlanta
Fulton County
Harry Burns
Macon
Rib
Louis H. Crawford
Dalton
Whitfield County
Wille B. Adams
Elberton
Elbert County
James R.allen
Talking Rock
Pickona County
Toveph M. Lee
Augusts
Richmond County
Alexander P. Pethan Sr
Waycross
Ware County
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Miss Kenney
Taft
Chica- Bo
Walters
Scullion
Gaila
Consolidated Casualty Company
United States Navy
Consolidated Company
Han
Peries Fa
Pinchot
Mr. Pinchot
Gen. Pike
Oklahoma Teachers’ Meeting
Ceranton
St.Joseph
Utica
N. Y
Brockton
Masa
Lincoln
Neb
Parti
Faota
Moss
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