Congress Sets War Revenue Levy At Twenty Seven Dollars Per Person
Washington reports joint conferees finish war revenue bill draft raising total levy to about 2.7 billion dollars from the senate level. The measure includes adjusted excess profits tax with a new graduated scale, updated definitions of invested capital and intangible assets, postal and railroad tax tweaks, new inheritance taxes, and a 2 percent normal income tax with surtax brackets. The compromise also revises whisky beer stamps and various other duties to fund the war effort.
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Washington
Senate
Simmons
Senate Finance Committee
House
Deu
Ean
New War Tax Levies Set by Senate and House Totals
The final war revenue bill agreed by Senate and House conferees raises about 2.606 billion dollars. Key items include income tax 842 million, excess profits 1.11 billion, spirits taxes 140 million, tobacco 25 million, cigarettes 20 million, freight 77.5 million, auto sales 40 million, first class mail 60 million, second class mail 14 million, and an overall total of 2.606 billion.
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Senate
House
Washington
WANGR
Wrgs
Ois
Wee Soares
Manu- Thccoon
Cays
Virgin Island
Garfield fixes coal prices with strict retail margin limits
Fuel Administrator Garfield announced immediate rules to cap retail coal prices nationwide. The plan sets a maximum gross margin retailers may add to wholesale costs, allowing up to 30 percent more than the 1915 margin, not to exceed the July 1917 margin, effectively controlling final consumer prices.
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Washington
Garfield
Missouri flood control drive to reclaim swamp lands and drain tiles
The state exports concern over inundated lands with over 3 million acres at risk. The University of Missouri has tracked stream flow for 15 years to aid flood control planning and potential power and water supply development. A Southeastern Missouri drainage project aims to convert swamp and overflowed lands into productive farmland and may leverage clay resources for drain tile manufacture to lower project costs.
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Missouri
Union
University of Missouri
St. Francis River
St Joseph Hotel Man Dead at 76
John B Talbott a former steamboat owner on the Mississippi and Missouri rivers and longtime hotel operator in St Joseph has died at age 76. He had practiced hotel business for fifty years.
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St. Joseph
John B.talbott
Mississippi
Missouri Trivers
St Joseph
Cox resigns from Internal Revenue job to start business
Wiley O. Cox, deputy collector of internal revenue for the Northwest Missouri District and formerly of Kansas City, has resigned to engage in business at St. Joseph. Collector E. M. Harber has not announced Cox's successor.
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Cox
Wiley O. Cox
Kansas City
Internal Revenue
Northwest Missouri
St. Joseph
E. M. Harber
Woman Dies After Falling Into Cellar at Pleas ant Gap Home
Mrs. Benjamin Pontius, 39, wife of a Pleas ant Gap farmer twelve miles east of Rich Hill, was killed when she stumbled and fell into a cellar at her residence. Authorities reported no foul play.
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Benjamin Pontius
Pleasant Gap
Rich Hill
Women Attend State Defense Council Meet in Sedalia
The State Council of National Defense met in Sedalia with Mrs. B. F. Bush, wife of the Missouri Pacific Railway president, attending for the first time. Resolutions were adopted and a wire sent to Administrator Garfield requesting an immediate hearing for Missouri Attorney General Frank A. McAllister on coal price evidence from the mines.
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State Defense Council
State Council of National Defense
Sedalia
B. F. Bush
Missouri Pacific Railway
Garfield
Frank A. McAllister
Missouri
County to Hire Farm Adviser for Local Farmers
County farmers recently voted to employ an agricultural agent. A farm adviser will be obtained in the next ten days, according to T. H. Ross, state agent leader.
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T. H. Ross
Palace Hotel Sale Ends Fulgen Hostelry Era
The Palace hotel in Fulgen, the town's sole hostelry, was sold to W. B. Chambers of Kansas City, marking a change in ownership and local hospitality leadership.
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Fulton
Palace
Fulgen
W. B. Chambers
Kansas City
World record Poland China boar sold for 6600 dollars
BE. H. Carter & Son and William H. Vandeventer of Mexico purchased Gerstdale Jones a Poland China boar for 6600 dollars a world record price for a hog. The animal was bought from Peter Mouw of Orange City Iowa and is described as the best hog of any breed ever produced.
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Missouri
BE. H. Carter & Son
William H. Vandeventer
Mexico
Poland
Gerstdale Jones
Peter Mouw
Orange City
Bogard Pioneer Mrs. Andrew Worth Dies at 97
Mrs. Andrew Worth a longtime Bogard resident and early settler dies at her home aged 97. Born in Washington D C in 1820 she witnessed the town's founding era.
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Andrew Worth
Washington, D. C
Shotgun Accident Kills Elderly Man in Yard
Tom Wallace, about eighty, was in his yard aiming at a crow when a shotgun discharged. The recoil drove the butt into his lower abdomen and he died from the injuries.
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Tom Wallace
Mr. Wallace
Suicide of Elmer Ridgway Shocks Columbia Town
Elmer Shirley Ridgway 39, of Columbia, took his own life recently. Police report he had suffered illness and brooded over his condition before the tragedy.
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Elmer Shirley Ridgway
Enleide
Columbia
Ridgway
Western Canada wins wheat prizes and galop to profits
In Peoria Western Canada swept the top three prizes for wheat. S. Larcombe of Birtle Manitoba won second and third with the same region. The feature highlights high yields, low land costs, and strong farmer profits from Western Canadian wheat.
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Peoria
Ill
Western Canada
S. Larcombe
Birtle
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Canada
United States
Western
Lydia E. Pinkham Remedy Testimony From New Jersey
Mrs Mi rorp T. Comte of 22 Harmony St Penn's Grove says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her health after illness. The testimonial promotes the remedy for symptoms like nervousness and period troubles, urging other women to try it.
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Bridgeton
N.J
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Mrs. Mi_rorp T. Comte
Harmony St
Penn’s Grove
Ellen Janis
Third St
St. Charles
Dean
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Dialogue exchange shows a terse social moment. One speaker notes a compliment received, the other responds with surprise and doubt about kindness being possible.
Red Cross Ball Blue Ad Promotes White Clothes
An advertisement urges using Red Cross Ball Blue from grocers to keep clothes white and pristine. It references an ancient Roman boast about Emperor Augustus displaying a tame tiger as a curiosity in Rome.
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Pliny
Augustus
Congress and Presidential Pardons Discussed in Speech
A congressional debate highlights why the president holds pardoning power and not Congress. The speaker notes the risk that a deserving prisoner could die before a pardon is granted or action is taken.
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Congress
Cuticura Ad Promises Quick Relief for Baby Rash
Skin tortured babies are urged to send today for free samples of Cuticura Soap and Ointment to ease itching and burning skin. The ad claims rapid relief for eczema and rashes and urges continuing use to keep baby skin clear, with a Boston department address for orders.
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Cuticura
Dept. I
Boston
Adv
Progress on Food Control Interest and Bee Discussions
The fragment mentions progress and questions about food control and bees. It hints at staying away from past issues and asks about interest in the topic. The content is informal and lacks concrete events or names to further specify.
Hat Trim Pricing Sparks Poker Game Punchline
A humorous exchange questions hat trimming costs with a Mrs Halefeller remarking the trimming price seems high. The line references a poker game and the comment about Bere gee hints at a witty mispronunciation.
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Halefeller
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Promises $100 Reward
An old advertisement claims a $100 reward for a case of catarrh and lists F. J. Cheney of Toledo as the proprietor. The copy reflects early 20th century marketing language and references a patent medicine claim.
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Catarah Price
F. J. Cheney
Toledo
Obie
The Comparison. Experience is the best teacher.
The line pits two maxims on learning and time. It contrasts experience as a teacher with time granting additional lessons and writtkles to readers.
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