Wilson Calls for $100 Million Internal Tax Revenue Boost
President Wilson urged Congress in a joint session to adopt immediate internal tax measures to raise $100 million in extra revenue. He cited a August revenue shortfall of $10.6 million in customs, warning the current year could drop $60 to $100 million without new taxes and urging swift action to avoid economic disruption.
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Lawrence Tod
International News Service
Washington
Wilson
Congress
Sense
House of Representatives
Europe
Treasury
United States
Anandas
of the Treasury
Fire insurance firms warn policyholders amid war heat
War strains cash flow for insurers as stock markets close and securities lose value. Experts warn a major Baltimore scale fire could bankrupt firms since ready funds to pay claims are unavailable. Policy holders urged to take extraordinary fire precautions nationwide.
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Europe
Baltimore
Paris amid ruins a city without suburbs amid war
Paris today stands alone with suburbs razed by military wreckers the capital stripped of villages market gardens and many villas. Fortifications around Paris form three circles totaling over 400 square miles with walled, detached and outer forts modernized under Joffre to resist a siege. The populace nervously watches German air raids and wartime martial law reshapes daily life.
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George Dufresne
International News Service
Paris
Fee
France
Germany
Jneonte
Seine
Atéel
Louis Philippe
Joseph Joffre
Hilla
Russian Army Officers Trained By War To Face 1914 Clash
Petersburg dispatch argues Russian officers are best trained in Europe due to wartime experience in Port Arthur and Mukden. It notes veterans boost morale, contrasts with German drilling, and outlines Russia’s multi-front challenges and bureaucratic corruption impacting the General Staff.
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T. Petersburg
Japan
Europe
Port Arthur
Mukden
Wa-S
Russia
Austria
Prussia
Farewell to Americans German appeal for support during war
German officials and industry representatives publish a memorial urging American readers to circulate the German perspective on the war. The document argues for German unity, mobilization success, and battlefield progress while urging Americans to spread truth over enemy lies. It invites U.S. citizens to return home with a pledge to promote Germany’s aims and to view Germany as a civilized ally.
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United States
Germany
Berlin
Ofrade and Industry
Reichstag
Ner
Libau
Russian
Poland
Begium
France
Belgium
Liege
Belfort
Lameville
Moelhausen
England
India
Egypt
America
Russia
Holiness Church Conference Admits Ministers at Frankfort
The Holiness Christian church annual conference, in session at Frankfort since last Monday, adjourned Friday. The major action was the assignment of ministers, including Paul Ricketts.
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Holiness Christian Church
Sestion
Frankfort
Paul Ricketts
How the Poles Lost Freedom and Restored Honor
The article outlines the 1815 rearrangement at the Congress of Vienna after Poland’s partitions, detailing the Grand Duchy of Warsaw under Russian rule, a liberal constitution, and eventual 1831 repression. It notes Polish emigration, and estimates wartime Polish forces across Germany, Austria, and Russia, interpreting the Czar’s proclamation as a pledge to restore 1815 arrangements pending Allied victory.
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Russia
Poland
Austria
Prussia
Grand Duchy of Warsaw
Russian Empire
Germany
France
England
America
Old Poland
Old Kingdom
Kingdom of
Europe
Wales
Spain
Russian
German
Austrian
Galicia
Relatives of Nelsons Visit O A Nelson and George Canada
J W and G W Nelson, sister Mrs A H Jones, and niece Miss Cleo Folmes visit Dr O A Nelson, George Canada, and others in Advance and vicinity after leaving Garden City on August 10. They stopped nightly at Warrensburg, Nelson, New London, Stoneington, Blue Mound, Decatur IL, West Lebanon, Crawfordsville, crossing the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. The Nelsons, farmers from Blissouri, report crops similar to earlier time with possible Indian advantage.
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J. W
G. W. Nelson
A. H. Jones
Cleo Folmes
O. A. Nelson
George Canada
Garden City
Wade
Warrensburg
Nelson
New London
Stoneington
Blue Mound
Decatur
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Sone
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