Court ruling: puts and calls not taxable stock wagers
The New York Circuit Court protest ruling declares that calls and puts are not taxable under war tax stamps. It condemns stock puts and calls as gambling with no tangible commodity, unlike margin trades which resemble legitimate finance and incur taxes. The piece calls for stronger stamp laws to tax fictitious value trades.
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United States Circuit Court of New York
Deacon White
Collector of Internal Revenue
Philippines
Orthography by Statute Raises Massachusetts Spelling Fight
The State House shows strong support for a reform spelling bill despite committee rejection. Advocates claim official spelling would be regulated by statute while critics warn it betrays traditional orthography and long-standing local liberties.
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State House of Representatives
Massachusetts
General Court
Greece
Bad Faith in Puerto Rico Civil Rights pledge
A historical critique denounces the U.S. handling of Puerto Rico after the island’s surrender to American forces. It condemns the Miles proclamation promising equal privileges and immunities and warns that a House majority now trivializes those pledges, dishonoring the American republic and flag.
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United States
Rico
Cn. Miles
Union
Washington
Miles
Republic
House of Representatives
Porto Rican tariff relief urged by New York Chamber
The New York Chamber of Commerce called for tariff relief for Porto Ricans, arguing that honor, justice and humanity require freedom from tariff impositions and that Congress should redeem the nation’s implied pledges. The remark cited universal equal rights and the duty of Congress to act promptly.
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Eral Miles
New York Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Post Telephone Bill urged as reform in Massachusetts
The Boston Post pushes House Bill No. 13 as the main step for public control of telephone services, urging opposition to delay and calling for public ownership or public supervision in line with gas and electric services. The piece frames the measure as right and necessary, amid hearings and lobbying by Cambridge petitioners.
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James M. W. Hall
Cambridge
Mercantile Affairs Committee
the Post
The
Boston Post
Commonwealth
Massachusetts
Post
Cuticura Socap
Porter Dry and Chem. Corp
Solg Props
Boston
Relief of Ladysmith Marks Turning Point in War
The London response to Ladysmith’s relief reflects public triumph tied to Roberts’ left wing success. Buur’s entry into Ladysmith follows, as Cronje’s army retreats north and the Boers abandon Natal defense, signaling a new phase though the decisive end has not yet come.
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Ladysmith
London
Cronje
Paardeberg
Roberts
Buler
Joubert
Buller
Tugela
The Observant Citizen on War and Theatre and a Dressy Day
Colonel Henry Walker pages passage on the Dominion liner New England bound for April 28. A Russian play called The Storm is set for Tre mont Theatre with a dull dress rehearsal noted. Beacon Hill’s slip risk leads to ash spreading then swift cleaning. Lieutenant W Francis Young of the Eighth Regiment plans to wear the Father Mathew sword at Framingham camp, contesting Captain John J. Barry of the Gallant Ninth. Barry’s encounter confirms the topic.
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Henry Walker
New England
Tremont Theatre
W. Francis Young
Lynn
Framingham
Father Mathew
Peabody
John J. Barry
Captain Barry
Washington Street
Young
British Hunters of Loons Face a Monarch on Modder Bank
The fragment depicts British forces pursuing a large old ruler and his heirs by the Modder bank, facing cold resistance and tough terrain. Soldiers and officers confront the monarch with heavy artillery and rough fighting, while commentators note delays and immense casualties before final confrontation.
Treasury cash decreased in February by 6.75 million
Washington March 1 The total cash in the Treasury stood at 1 097 457 010 after a February decrease of 6 750 168 due to reduced cash in Treasury and debt changes.
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Washington
Treasury
A Superior Investment Fruit Foods Appeal
The Sherman Worrell Fruit Company promotes fruit foods as a superior investment. Claims healthful, standard use and rapid expansion from California and the middle west to New England. Offers shares to fund new factories and fig acreage with two payment systems and a Boston office for details.
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California
Middle West
New England
Sherman-Worrell Fruit Company
Congregational House
Beacon St
Boston
Mass
Jordan Marsh and Co Growth Message from 1841 Foundation
Jordan Marsh and Co outlines a philosophy of growth and public appeal stressing that New England shopping center vitality relies on public interest and up-to-date merchandising. The firm emphasizes community warmth, mutual trust between buyer and seller, and continual expansion as essential to prosperity.
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Commonwealth
New England
Too Late for Love in a Christmas Tragedy
In a late 1890s story, Jack Merton hides a broken engagement with Mildred Charters while his friend Tom Preston and his sister Sadie worry. Jack returns ill after a year away. Mildred arrives at his deathbed, crying over a life lost and a chance to reconcile that comes too late.
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Jack Merton
Tom Preston
Sadie
Jack
Tom
Mildred
Mildred Charters
T Preston
Grand Central
Frank Kent
Mr. Merton
Merton
Post Story Paper to Feature Women Writers
The Sunday Post Story Paper will publish several Original Short Stories by its women readers. All stories will be included in the prize awards.
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The
Post
Sunday Post
Breakfast and Dinner Menu Instructions From MPSON
A fragment lists breakfast items oatmeal milk fried bacon rolls fried cheese and onions bananas coffee and tea plus a dinner of roast beef horseradish persnips sweet corn bread Yorkshire pudding root beer apples grapes buttered toast celery seed cake baked custard and mentions reserves. It gives a brief cooking step to fry bacon remove to dish then fry sliced onion and cheese together and cook. Mentions MPSON at 4 Cottage Street East Boston.
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MPSON
Cottage Street
East
Boston
Memorial verses by Mrs Pickett of Gettysburg general
Mrs Pickett wife of the Confederate general who led the famous Gettysburg charge writes pretty memorial verses Our Gathered Lily printed in Baltimore papers Queen Victoria dines privately and often outdoors for breakfast in summer and at open air locations worldwide
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Colchester Street
Brookline
Unitarian Forward Movement
An van Ness
C. R. Elliot
Charles H. Brent
St. Stephen's
Florence Street
Cincinnati
Mr. Brent
Harvard University
Toronto University
Metropolitan Sewerage Club
Metropolitan Sewerage Commission
E. Elbert Young
Nelson A. Hallett
Grand Army
Bay State
F. D. Smith
Malden
James B. Pond
Old Park Square
Young’s Hotel
Vernon L. Peirce
Walter Gould Lincoln
Honolulu
Leon Egges
Alfred P. DeVoto
Municipal Commission
New England Conservatory of Music
D. L. V. Moffett
Boston University
South
O. O. Howard
Abraham Lincoln
Young Men’s Congregational Club
the Brunswick
Lincoln
Sherman
McDowell
General Sherman
Court Street
Scollay Square
Observant Citizen
Beacon Hill
Lion OF
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Helldom
George Winslow Pierce
Marwen
Pally
Wharnen
Richmond
Id Pollut
Luray
Gettysburg
A. J. Simmons
N. EE. A
Royal Blue Line
Jordan, Marsh & Co
Chiffonniere
Old Bridkge
China
Ridgway
Mellor Taylor
Mackintosh
Gray Mackintosh
Jordan,Marshés Co
Emma O’brien
Clarence Street
Rixbury Mass
Puerto Rico
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Baltimore Herald
American Republic
Toledo
Harper’s Bazar
Philadelphia Record
Mr. Borum
Borum
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Chicago Tribune
Orator
Frankfort
Kentucky
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