Tax reform and its chilling effect on enterprise
The piece argues taxes and especially high surtaxes sap business vitality prompting investors to seek tax exempt securities. It warns municipalities may issue more bonds, fueling extravagance and higher taxes. It stresses America’s history of opportunity built on initiative and warns continued surtaxes could dim venture, wealth, and employment. It cites polar expedition risks to illustrate Chance governs success or failure.
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Europe
Florida
California
America
Anderson builds nationwide anti saloon league media effort
In a fragment from a pamphlet and comments from the Anti Saloon League, Anderson outlines a grand plan after imprisonment to run a national Protestant publication focused on enforcing dry issues. He argues the effort will span millions of Protestants, challenging American anti American and anti Protestant sentiment while seeking a paid reformer role and alliances.
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Anti-Saloon League
Anderson
New York State
AntiSaloon League
John T. King
Davis Child Shelter Reopens Expanded Facility in Charleston
The Davis Child Shelter unveils a remodeled three story building with brick fronts, added fire escapes, and enhanced interiors. Trustees report total expenditures around 35 thousand dollars, with potential added debt of 5 thousand, aimed at providing sanitary, homelike surroundings for 30 to 40 children and a new day nursery for working mothers.
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Davis
Charleston
Davis Child Shelter
Charleston General Hospital
Anderson’s New Organization and Prohibition Ties
William H. Anderson once state superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League in New York was indicted for forgery. He was convicted after proof of kickbacks to solicitors and a mysterious $25,000 gift claimed as a present from a "John T. King." He served part of a Sing Sing sentence, later paroled, and has since founded the American Prohibition Protestant Protective Alliance, promising secrecy in some actions and aiming to oppose what he calls wet anti-Protestant forces in cities.
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Anti-Saloon League
New York
Association
League
John T. King
Anderson
Prohibition Protestant Protective Alliance
Amers
Homerbog
Voices From the Clouds and Europe in Flux
Arthur Brisbane notes Europe’s debts and American interests, urging caution over prices and trade. He cites a Brussels parley as a step toward settlement, warns of entanglements, and reflects on China, war talk, and domestic issues shaping a wary transatlantic outlook.
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Ferhans
Brussgeldea
Rapudistion
Europe
Ton Billtens
Intercepted Messages Tuna 28 1926 Dene Watt
Intercepted messages reveal a 1926 note from Dene Watt about sending back certain persons or items. The fragment mentions a request to bring them back and closes with a casual sign off Yours.
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Dene Watt
New York Day by Day A jumble of city notices and society items
A sprawling, uneven column from a New York page mixes personal vignettes, wedding mentions, and society notes. It highlights Roy Menard’s anniversary party, a New York editorial spoof about Lawrence’s porch on An-Grew Boulevard, and profiles of Dennis Faylor and Zoe Becklay, among others, with scattered commentary on New York’s marble buildings and social boosters.
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Samuel Pepys
Lewis
Quan
Coller
New York
TH. Lawrence
An- Grew Boulevard
The Greedy Cowbird and Nesttable Drama
In a Chickadee and Warbler scene from Old Orchard birds discuss cowbird interference with Sally Blythw’s nest. Chippy the Chipping Sparrow and Mrs Chippy struggle to feed their brood as a greedy cowbird and other birds debate who bears blame and what actions are right. The tale ends with the cowbird’s persistence and parental sacrifice amid crowded nests and social voices.
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Sally Sly
Mr. and
Meschigoy
Sally Sty
Chippy
Whipny
Mr. F
Mra
Thalin
Sunshine
Brighteyed
Kitty Tha Catbird
Mra Goldi
Vowbird
Goldie
Mrs. Goldie
Mrs. Sunshing
Mr. Chippy
Sally Sy
Copsright
T. W. Burgess
The Northwest Politicals Echo in Washington Scene
Fragmentary notes on Lass Follette and party dynamics in the northwest, with references to a presidential cabinet, the old guard, and the impact on reformist movements. Mentions of prohibition sentiment and a critical paragraph from a period column reflecting national views and governance tensions.
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Entarnement
Federil
Bug-A-Boo s by Bugs Baer in 1925 court scene
Fragmented comic courtroom vignette with remarks about judges, juries, and famous figures. Characters debate clublike rates and human origins as the Missing Link and others riff on legal and social absurdities. The dialogue contains garbled names and incomplete phrases.
Just Folks By Edgar A Guest Distorted Verse on Fame
A fragmentary and garbled poem by Edgar A Guest encourages patience and merit over seeking quick fame. The text is noisy with misspellings and orphaned phrases, but centers on enduring effort, integrity, and the perils of chasing popularity rather than doing honest work.
West Virginia Editors Say On Flight To Pole Feats And Criticism
A garbled report notes Amendsen attempts a polar flight showing plane reliability despite head winds. It claims success in reaching near the pole, discusses fuel calculations and the feasibility of Arctic air travel versus reliance on sleds, and mentions a courtroom remark by Darrow and Bryan.
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Amendsen
Mln Boel
Morgantown New Dominion
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