Gasoline tax ruling and frontier notes from era press
The piece discusses a range of topics from a forgery case and a fugitive’s identification via fingerprints to a U S court ruling on gasoline tax legality. It notes how a state tax on gasoline was deemed unconstitutional for its double taxation impact, and references Prohibition enforcement debates and frontier life narratives.
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Ttds
America
Alinota Supreme Court
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Rockefeller Visits Father of Publicity in Oil Scandal Era
The narrative recalls a 1930s encounter with John D Rockefeller Jr during a newspaper dispute over Standard Oil coverage. Rockefeller sought fair publicity for a Billy Sunday revival while stressing concern for the business image, not the specific scandal details.
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Senate
Standard Oil Company
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Oilbert
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Evangelist
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M. Rockefeller
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Walsh
York
The Gold Standard Letter to the Editor
A reader reflects on money as a master key unlocking prisons and political power, contrasting wealth with crime and inequality. The author cites Thaw and uses satire to critique big money in politics and the gold standard in the United States.
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Harry Thaw Coee
Thaw
Porter
United States Senate
W. B. Porter
Chamber of Commerce seeks city study grant
A letter to the editor argues the Bridgeport Chamber wants 15000 for a municipal consultant to study city departments and trim expenses. The writer urges the chamber to fund the effort privately, criticizing tax burdens on small property owners and claiming workers fare poorly under chamber actions.
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Chamber of Commerce
Bridgeport
Letter to editor on hitchhiking danger and urges arrests
The writer cites a Milford incident where a Bridgeport man picked up strangers who robbed him and were thrown from the car. He argues for a law against hitchhiking and urges motor officers to arrest anyone soliciting rides to curb a dangerous trend. He warns motorists to avoid strangers despite the burden on police.
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Barnum
Bridgeport
Milford
Biad
Torista
Stimulants by Walt Mason A Nap for Alcohol Critique
The poem mocks reliance on alcohol as a cure and urges healthy alternatives. It contrasts past doctor practices with modern views that alcohol harms health and offers plant foods like Luna beans and onions as energizers. It notes a shift from booze favored in earlier eras to cautionary medical guidance.
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Walt Mason
Docs
Ole Belefs
Nute
Sentence Sermons on Commerce and Virtue
A historical fragment remarks on a preacher like shopkeeper who serves the public, distinguishes needs from devices, profits when customers profit, and proves greatness by turning a store into a shrine, while condemning deception and exploitation as the path to decline. It emphasizes imagination as essential for enduring impact.
Tax Plans and Political Scramble Highlight City Briefs
The notice outlines the April first valuation by the tax office and the April or September payments for the 1928-29 year. It reports on apportionment board actions, mayoral stances on a 15000 study grant, recent G O P committee changes, water system appraisals, and court and congressional developments involving Judge Burrows and Congressman Tilson.
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Howard Challenger
Board of Apportionment
Franklin by Dr Frank Cranl Franklin by Dr Frank Cranl
A fragment praising Benjamin Franklin’s life and achievements. It notes 27 January as Franklin’s birthday and attributes to him roles in securing French aid, shaping the Declaration of Independence, the repeal of the Stamp Act, founding institutions, and innovations. Includes a few proverbial sayings and a pamphlet source.
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Benjamin Franklin
France
America
University of Pennesylvania
United States Weather Bureau
Gulf Stream
Benjamin Frank Ns
4 G Society
Prankin
Woman to face gallows first time in Arizona
Tucson, Ariz., Feb. 26. Eva Bugeu, first woman to stand at Arizona’s gallows, convicted of first degree murder by the superior court here. She confessed aiding in the shooting of A. J. Malthas, a recluse rancher, over a year ago. Jury verdict came after two hours’ deliberation. judge to set March 25 for sentencing.
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Ariz
U-Joisted Press
Eva Bugeu
Arizona
Kangl
Gerald Jones
Ed March
Copper sales slight in domestic markets report
Domestic buyers continued to buy copper sparingly amid unsatisfactory orders for finished products and weak demand for wire. Large producers held steady at 141-5 delivered in the Connecticut valley as export sales remained quiet.
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Associated Press
Connecticut Valley
Keepin' Company by Anne Campbell poem
A nostalgic verse notes that old ideals fade while young people keepin company through courtship rituals. It contrasts past and present customs with weddings and family life, describing Sunday calls, gifts, and new homes as evidence of enduring affection despite changes in society.
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John Q Tilson
New Haven
Tilson Hagepoxen
Hoover
Charles E. Hughes
Tilson
Young Men's Republican Club
Anne Campbell
Questions on teaching, religion, and youth behavior in 1900s letters
A professor asks for insight on failing exam results and whether temper or anxiety affects pupils, urging confidence like Nelson at Trafalgar. Letters discuss religious tolerance, Catholic authority, and the call for fraternal unity among Christians, while a parent seeks age-appropriate life education books for son and daughter and comments on Wilde and a youth morals issue.
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Trafalgar
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Ohio
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Tenn
Winfield & Halk
Nellie M. Smith
Maurice Bigelow
Wall Street shapes films as Brenon Fox tale unfolds
In New York on February 24 a vivid if sprawling view of how Wall Street funds and oversight reshape the movie industry unfolds. The piece follows William Fox chasing Herbert Brenon across seven flights, detailing power dynamics from script to director and the costs of cutting Neptune's Daughter down to a manageable length.
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Wall Street
William Fox
Herbert Brenon
Herbert Hrenon
Wiliam Fox
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Brenos
Neptune
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Tha
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Mr. Fox
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London
Weather summary for New York and New England
Compiled by the Whkebronk New England Almanac for the Telegram. Increasing cloudiness and warmer conditions are forecast for New York and Southern New England Monday into Tuesday with mostly cloudy to partly cloudy skies. Northern New England faces colder, possibly snowy conditions Monday with Tuesday partly cloudy. winds shift from north to west.
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Hatteras
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