Tax proposed on all incomes faces GOP critics
New York July 1 The National Association of Manufacturers endorses a broad income tax to fund government and urges citizens to write Congress. The statement attacks demagogues and asserts a just tax based on ability to pay, suggesting 1 percent on all incomes as illustration, and calls for public input before any law is enacted.
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New York
National Association of Manufacturers
Congress of the United 2
German Volks Fest Draws 1500 to Schwaebischer Maennerchor
About 1,500 people attended a Volks Fest under Central Verband auspices in the Schwaebischer Maennerchor hall and its adjoining grove. The afternoon featured food, dancing in two pavilions, and games for children, with evening singing by the Schweebischer Maennerchor Germania Singing Society and Weiderkranz Society. Louis F Schwerdtle led as organizer and fund-raiser.
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Central -Verband
Schwaebischer Maennerchor
Schweebischer Maennerchor
Germania Singing Society
Weiderkranz Society
Mm the
Little Grove
Was
Louis F. Schwerdtle
Wilmot's Auto Crashes Into Trinity Church
Frank Wilmot drove his touring car toward the sidewalk to avoid a carriage on Airfield Avenue last evening and collided with the Trinity Episcopal church wall. A horse and wagon blocked Broad Street, and Wilmot steered onto the sidewalk, stopping after damaging the car and exchanging a few words with the horse driver.
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Frank
Airfield Avenue
Trinity Episcopal Church
Wilmot
Broad Street
Bach
CleanEasy Best Hand Mot to Injure Akin Removes Steve Poush
Fragmented OCR note mentions CleanEasy and Best Hand with unclear actions. References Steve Poush, Rust, Paint-Dir, Largs, and pricing 16 cents. Lacks coherent events or dates. cannot determine a clear news item from the readable text.
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Akin
Steve Poush
Rust
M. RK Winn
Pennsylvanla Railroa d flier sets four year on time record
The Pennsylvania Railroad’s eighteen hour flier between New York and Chicago completed four years of operation with 2,655,744 miles traveled and 2,145,740 miles on schedule. Only 160 trips were more than 30 minutes late in four years, and recent months show near perfect punctuality with a July 1 1909 run on time at both ends.
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New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Chicago
Road
Jersey City
Marathon Dancers Break All Records at Bay View Beach
Merry dancers with the Marathon craze filled Bay View Beach as fifty two couples took the floor. John Daley of Lackawanna and his partner Edith Pecorte completed a 13 hour 15 minute continuous dance, the only pair still on the floor when the music stopped. Three orchestras had competed, far surpassing the previous record of 11 hours 15 minutes.
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Buffalo
Bay View Beach
John Daley
Lackawanna
Edith Pecorte
Conti
Anderson's Close Call at Seaside Park
Frank A. Anderson, son of Police Capt. William Anderson, nearly drowned while bathing at Seaside Park yesterday afternoon. Unable to swim, he drifted beyond his depth and was saved by about a dozen swimmers. Unconscious on rescue, he was revived, treated by Dr. H. H. Bennett, and transported to St. Vincent's Hospital where he recovered enough to return home within an hour. He resides at 193 Sherwood Avenue.
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Frank A. Anderson
William Anderson
Seaside Park
H. H. Bennett
St. Vincent's Hospital
Anderson
Sherwood Avenue
Option on Nutmeg Park by Lake Torpedo Boat Company
Christopher J. Lake of the Lake Torpedo Boat Company secured an option from Stephen C. Osborne on Nutmeg Park west of Avor Park Stratford Avenue. The option expires in July 1910. Speculation suggests a factory may be built there to produce all boat parts.
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Christopher J. Lake
Lake Torpedo Boat Company
Stephen C. Osborne
Avor Park
Trolley Road
Stratford Avenue
Mr. Lake
Millinery Sale and Economy Jar Demo Ad
An old newspaper fragment advertises trimmed hats at one quarter price from E. H. Dillon Co and promotes Economy Glass Jar demonstrations at State and Bank Streets Bridgeport with talk to the demonstrator. Also touts matinee excursions on the Park City steamer to Port Jefferson New York as a pleasant half day outing with a 1:30 schedule.
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E. H. Dillon & Co
Main St
State and Bank Streets
Bridgeport
Public Market
State and
Bank Streets
East Main Street
Illness Costs Over a Billion
New Haven reports that the nation wastes over a billion dollars in health costs yearly. Professor Irving Fisher of Yale analyzes waste in lives, typhoid, malaria and tuberculosis, urging hygiene, better water, and health services. He cites Lawrence and Indiana eugenics cases as examples of reforms.
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New Haven
Irving Fisher
Fisher
Yale University
National Conservation Commission
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt. He Is Also A Member of the Committee of One Hundred
United States
Lawrence
Mass
Fessor Fisher
T. Sambart
Indiana
House of Ishmael
Christ Foretold Coming of Autos Says Dr Thompson Sermon
Dr C A Thompson of Tremont Temple Boston preached at Emmanuel Baptist church on the Modern Automobile and Its Relation to the Kingdom of God. He tied Nahum’s chariot prophecy to autos, urged vigilance for Christ’s return, criticized lax morals, and prayed for rain as a crowd dwindled.
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C. A. Thompson
Tremont Temple
Boston
Commanuel Baptist Church
Thompson
Nahum
Christ
Earth
Kingdom of Heaven
Read Co. Values for Children and Bargains This Week
The D. M. Read Co outlines business for 1857 with a diverse children’s line. Prices change on various odd lots, featuring Little Middy Dresses, three piece coat suits, white pique coats, and colored dresses for ages 2 to 8, plus white lawn and dotted muslin pieces now discounted. Also offered are cambric edges, embroidery items, toilet water, talcum powder, note paper, and inexpensive hose supporters in small lots.
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Varsity
Ze Oesers
Ieee
MEIGS
C- Incorporated
Guteitters
Conn
Rational Association of Manufacturers
Foley
Brill
Simon Lake
Pater
DR. Thompson
The
D. M. Read Co
Pinaud
Stewart
Radford B. Smith
Fairfield
Bridgeport Postals
Wells ST
North Avenue
A. Elwood & Son
John Street Auctioneers
Bridgeport Gas Light CO
Halligan
Eron
P. Coughlin,co
N. Buckingham & Co., Inc
State Street
Iran
Evening Farmer
Fairfield Ave
D. D. Smith’s
D. D. Smith
Theatre
Cape Cod
Massachusetts
Atlantic Ocean
Cape
Buzzards Bay
A. B. Smith
New Haven & Hartford Railroad
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