Incomes Taxes Through History and the Sixteenth Amendment
A historical overview tracing income taxes from 1793 origins in France to the United States Sixteenth Amendment of 1913, outlining three stages of tax development, key figures and periods, and notes on modern complexity and administrative reforms. The piece highlights the tax’s share of federal revenue, its elasticity, and the 1928 committee's recommendations improving settlement speed.
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Washington
America
Congress
Treasury
France
Great Britain
United States
Joint Committee On
Internal Revenue Taxation
Natural growth of Cedar Rapids Gazette readership
The Cedar Rapids Gazette reports expanding reader base with nearly forty thousand subscribers in eastern Iowa. The paper notes growth comes without premiums or forced circulation, as natural demand drives daily and Sunday readership.
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
Iowa
The
Gazette
1935 Linn county relief costs total $620 299
County relief records show in 1935 Linn county received state and federal funds and county poor fund totaling 620 295 dollars for relief. Work relief direct aid accounted for 366 802 dollars, and poor fund expenditures for care and administration 253 494 dollars. About 1 894 cases were served monthly.
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Linn County
Linn County Relief Department
Alice Ferber
CWA
Iowa Emergency Relief Administration
IERA
County Financial Report
WPA
Relief Department
Soldiers’ Relief
Mississippi Ice Breaks Up Near Davenport Breakup Near Government Bridge
Ice in the Mississippi River above Davenport began moving Saturday afternoon after a general breakup near Bettendorf and Moline. U S engineers watched, prepared to raise roller dam gates to let ice pass. No damage expected as the movement was gradual. OLIN notes covered a separate Jones County Older Boys and Girls conference at the Methodist church with regional delegates and a picnic luncheon.
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Olin
Jones County
O. G. Herbrecht
Des Moines
Gutensohn
Monticello
Harry Green
Anamosa
Lloyd Dutro
O. J. Felter
Hale
Onslow
Wyoming
Faith Macomber
The
Methodist Ladies Aid
Olive Johnson Seeks G.O.P. Nomination for Secretary of State
Mrs. Olive Johnson of Cedar Rapids becomes the first Republican to enter the race for secretary of state at the June primaries. She obtained nomination papers at the state house in Des Moines on Saturday. Johnson previously served as clerk of the Linn county district court for six years.
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Cedar Rapids
Frye Mfg. Co
Des Moines
Paramount
Paramount Perfect
Olive Johnson
State House
Johnson
Linn County
Cedar Rapids Lawyer Mrs Johnson Named
The article profiles Mrs Johnson a Cedar Rapids general law practitioner for nine years. A Oberlin College graduate, she studied at the University of Michigan and moved to Cedar Rapids in 1921 to start her practice. Born near Pittsburgh she is a widow with daughter Esther Jane who plans to study law at Michigan.
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Cedar Rapids
Oberlin College
University of Michigan
Pittsburgh
Johnson
Esther Jane
University of Iowa
Thurston to Speak on No Government Requires Sound Business Practices
Congressman Lloyd Thurston of Iowa will address the Republican campaign against New Deal policies in a national radio broadcast over NBC and WHO Des Moines Tuesday evening at 9 45 CST. He will argue for sound business practices as a government stance.
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Des Moines
Lloyd Thurston
Iowa
National Broadcasting Company
WHO
Thurston
Jackson Junction Republican nominates Leo Collan for clerk
Leo Collan of Jackson Junction filed Friday for the republican nomination for clerk of court in the June primary. He is a former teacher in public schools. It is understood Julian Moe, a Democrat, will seek a third term as clerk.
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Decorah
Leo Collan
Jackson Junction
Collan
Julian Moe
Peggy Allen Plans Olympic Honeymoon
Shawnee Oklahoma AP Rivalry and romance center on Sailing Sam Allen and Mary Louise Wade at Oklahoma Baptist University. Mary Louise plans an Olympic honeymoon if he makes the team with final trials July 11 in New York and team sailing July 15. Peggy, the campus harvest queen, supports the plan and notes Sam’s hurdling renown and a world indoor low hurdles mark.
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Shawnee
Okla
Sam Allen
Sam
Mary Louis Wade
Mary
Louise
New York
Oklahoma
Peggy
Mary Louise
Berlin
Oklahoma Baptist University
Oklahoma Baptist
San Francisco
Iowa City Native Leads New Cruiser Captain
Chester Henry John Keppler of Iowa City, age 51, is named captain of the cruiser Minneapolis. Keppler began as a midshipman at 18, rose to lieutenant commander after the war, and served as outside superintendent of the machinery division at Boston Navy Yard.
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Iowa City
Chester Henry John Keppler
Minneapolis
Cedar Rapids
Keppler
United States
Boston Navy Yard
Noteworthy Debate on Mile Length Shared by Two Nations
A concise note highlighting that Great Britain and America share the only mile of equal length. The remark underscores a curious standard in measurement history and international agreement.
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Great Britain
America
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Newman
Newman’s
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