New Stamp Tax Law Changes Revenue Outlook
A new revenue act will greatly modify the stamp tax after July 1. Stamps will be abolished on telegraph and telephone messages and many financial instruments, including bank checks and promissory notes, reducing annual government receipts by about 40 to 50 million dollars. The internal revenue bureau prepares for widespread redemption of stamped instruments and faces confusion over return policies and official guidance.
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Internal Revenue Bureau
The
Revenue Bureau
Express
Sudhar
Secretary of the Treasury
Bureau
Treasury
Tao
Internal Revenue
New Tax Proposals and Rate Changes Revealed in 1901 Outline
The document lists assorted duties and rate changes for 1901 including export fees, telegraph and telephone charges, and warehouse receipts. It details modifications to cigarette and cigar tariffs, legacies taxation, and new taxes effective April 1 1901. It specifies broker and bucket show taxes, and fees for various commercial services and public exhibitions.
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Mune
Sia
Tariff Reform Debates Split on Protection and Free Trade
The St Paul Pioneer Press and Cleveland Leader urge tariff revision toward free trade, opposing the trusts. The Philadelphia Record questions free traders and Pettigrew, while Moweaqua Republican notes Democratic tensions and Republican resilience amid tariff debates.
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St. Paul Pioneer Press
Babcock
Iron and Steel Trust
Pioneer Press
Babcock Bill
Republican Party
Woolen Trust
American Woolen Company
Big Trust
Illinois Breaks Record On New Battleship Trial
The Illinois battleship trial averaged 17.81 nodes per hour on the Carpe Ann course Wednesday. Vice-Admiral Sir Edward H. Seymour, British commander in the China station since 1898, is promoted to admiral.
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Illinois
Alabama
Wisconsin
Pacific Coast
Edward H. Seymour
China Station
This and That and the Times of Various Nations
A collage of notes mentions Boston fashion eating, San Jacinto lime oil fuel, Siam appointing Thya Phetchada as minister extraordinary to the United States, teachers sailing to the Philippines, California citrus shipping, Yavapai County taxing Senator Clark's copper property, and Miss Sophronisba Breckinridge earning doctor of philosophy from Chicago University.
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San Jacinto
Cal
Thya Phetchada
Siam
United States
Philippines
California
Yavyapi
Arizona
Senator Clark
United Verde
Kentucky
President McKinley Opposed to Free Trade Shifts
Washington reports claim President McKinley rejects tariff revision and the Kasson plan. He denounces removing protective duties from foreign goods and opposes the French reciprocity treaty and the Argentina pact as misjudged. The Appleton press warns Republicans against anti trust tariff reform moves.
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McKinley
Washington
Philadelphia Press
Kasson
Babcock
Steel Trust
Senate
Argentina
A Protection Policy Through Civil War Era and Beyond
The Republican protective policy supported Civil War revenue needs and industrial growth, preserving U.S. strength in world markets. England, aided by a US minority, sought to undermine protection to import foreign goods. Now the balance shifts as Britain grapples with war debt and domestic strains, while the United States grows as a global commercial power.
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United States
England
Englund
Alcatraz prisoner takes buck private’s gun on guard duty
An ex-soldier recalls a close call on Alcatraz Island when inmate Caldwell seized his pistol during breakfast duty. Caldwell, a feared Arizona desperado and skilled cook, forced a silent standoff before returning the weapon after a tense ten minutes.
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Alcatraz Island
San Francisco
Washington, D. C
Alcatraz
Frisco Harbor
Arizona
Caldwell
Battery
Giant boa constrictor sighted by canal survey team in Central America
A New Orleans Times-Democrat report relays an account from canal engineers of a colossal boa in western Nicaragua and Costa Rica. The creature,-eyed as about twelve feet by the observer, sparked fear among white workers who recall the dangerous but nonvenomous nature of large snakes. Native hunters trap and skin boas for leather, selling hides for about ten pesos.
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Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Nat&es
Zapan
Ehula
New Orleans
Fimes-Democrat
Rapid Writing and Pen Strokes Across Lengths and Time
A historical note on rapid penmanship estimates the motions needed to write thirty words per minute, tracing a path of sixteen and a half feet per space and detailing daily and yearly totals. It compares output to large sums earned by prolific writers and calculates stroke counts per alphabet letter. The piece emphasizes the scale of effort in long handwriting tasks.
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Odo
Apples as Brain Food Sources And Traditions
Analysts claim apples contain a high proportion of phoruborons supporting brain and spinal cord renewal. Scandinavian lore praises apples as food of the gods and a remedy for aging strength. A modern maxim urges eating an apple before visiting the doctor. Farmers report a new bug appearing each spring.
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Torel
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Pealers
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Philadelphia
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Pettigrew
New England
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Holyoke
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