Income Tax to Teach Americans Thrift, Hull Says
Judge Cordell Hull, Tennessee representative and author of the income tax law, argues the levy will educate citizens to view public money as their own. He warns against wasteful spending and believes the tax will curb profligate appropriations by making individuals count the true cost before demanding more.
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Bob Toombs
Georgia
Congress
Cordell Hull
Judge Hull
Tennessee
Hull
Tudge Hull
Uncle Sam
Fanny Crosby Aged Ninety Four Honored In Bridgeport
The blind hymn writer Fanny Crosby turned ninety four on March 24 with a local celebration at First Methodist Church in Bridgeport. Her long life of hymns touched many as violets were worn by King’s Daughters worldwide and friends praise her humor and resilience.
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Fanny Crosby
First Methodist Church
Bridgeport
King's Daughters
Miss Crosby
Alexander van Alstyne
Fanny
Crosby
Kaiser Wilhelm II Shown Helpless in Politics
Berlin correspondent for the New York Press argues Wilhelm II is Europe s helpless man reduced to a powerless autocrat. He lost control to a reactionary militarist clique and faces blame when things fail. the Zabern crisis exposes defeats and limits of his authority.
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Wilhelm the Second
Germany
Europe
Zabern
Berlin
New York Press
Wilhelm
Ion
Real
Dowager Empress Taitu Sanctioned As The World’s Wicked Woman
A sensational profile portrays Taitu as the tyrannical force behind Abyssinia’s imperial power. It links her to brutal killings and palace revolutions, comparing her to ancient and modern queens and suggesting she directs affairs from captivity.
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Lady Yassu
Abyssinia
Taitu
Menelik
Solomon
Sheba
Semiramis
East
Theodora
Justinian
Byzantine
Catherine of Acasia
Tsi-An
China
Catheine
Oak Oldest Tree Joke From Neal’s Monthly
A humorous excerpt notes a forest lore joke about the oldest tree and oaks being oldest before elders were planted. The dialogue features the secretary of agriculture and a child asking about the tree’s age with a wry punchline. It also includes a brief exchange about weather remarks.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Neal's
Fate and folly in a ballroom remark
A collection of quips on fate and society from newspapers. A Detroit Free Press line ponders picking one person in a ballroom who has a stake in a plain woman. A Boston Transcript joke notes doctors finding egg skin cures amid radium hype.
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Detroit Free Press
Boston Transcript
Senator Sorghum Deflates Audience With Bird Metaphor
Senator Sorghum recalled praising the American eagle and the dove of peace but admitted the audience approved only his self critique as an ornithologist rather than his statesmanship.
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Sorghum
Hearn Remembered For Kindness Amid Management Talk
New York mill ionaire George A. Hearn, noted art collector, was praised for his fair treatment of workers. He once quipped about scientific management, comparing its promises to a hod carrier’s ladder task. A facetious boss joked about the carrier’s half day up the ladder.
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George A. Hearn
New York
New York Tribune
Thoughts by wireless still in the air
A barber shop chatter reveals a senator and constituent debating wireless thought transmission. The senator jokes that any mind reading device would be met with a thought dictaphone hanging on air waves, underscoring skepticism about new tech.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Fragmented witty exchanges mix race and class in a collage
A string of clipped quotes and captions from diverse sources blends athletic pride hair origins and urban scenes. Snatches reference a star basketball player, a masher toppled by a fire hydrant, a burglar hauled to police, a pelican dream, and lawn and garden chatter across newspapers.
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Cleveland Plate
Edith Harrington Learns Trust Through a Telephone Revelation
Edith Harrington overhears a private call revealing a husband's infidelity and chooses compassion over doubt. A tremulous exchange and a final telegram steer a troubled wife toward reconciliation with her husband and child.
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Edith Harrington
Laddis
Edith
Mother
Jamie
Laddie
Buffalo Express
British Raid Up Connecticut River In War of 1812
A British expedition of six boats and 200 men moved from the New England coast up the Connecticut River to Pautopaug point. They landed spiked a small battery and destroyed merchant vessels before retreating to their ships. American militia sailors and Marines from Commodore Decatur’s squadron pursued but failed to prevent the escape. later American forces inflicted damage on the blockading fleet.
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New England
Connecticut River
Pautopaug Point
Decatur
Prolific Fungi and Spore Yields
The text notes mushrooms can release up to 1.8 billion spores and shaggy cap toadstools around 5 billion. It explains the low chance of spore growth to maturity, with filamentous mycelium beneath soil and estimates odds of success in mushrooms and shaggy cap. A giant puffball may emit about 7 trillion spores.
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London
Letter Carrier Reads Hinted Address From Alabama Envelopes
A gray clad letter carrier on a South Side route rests at a soda fountain. He examines envelopes with high sounding names like George Washington White and Erastus Brown. One letter from Alabama bears a note to Dearborn Street with lower left corner instruction, If not there, try county jail.
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George Washington White
Erastus Brown
Alabama
Dearborn Street
Chicago
Inter Ocean
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Pringe
Edward Wil
Edward Legge
Vin
Legge
Pri
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The
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Baden
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Sandringham
Duke of Edinburgh
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