New York Briefs Record War and Civic Actions
State troopers aid police in catching auto thieves around Syracuse. Food pledge card enrollment led by Charles E. Treaman. Anna Compton dies after a car overturns near Canandaigua. Howard Harris injured. Three tons of iron ore spill on a canal bridge near Geneva. ore to be recovered. Ballots for soldiers abroad sent from an Atlantic port. Ella Boole reelected president of the New York WCTU. Colgate open enrollment falls 200 from last year due to enlistments. Albany licenses receipts rise in Rotterdam. Schenectady tax liquor revenue up. Vassar students support a day nursery in Poughkeepsie. Captain Kenneth Anderson, 22, among youngest captains in US army. Utica debates municipal water system ownership. Public Works limits on bonfires and paving discipline. Albany milk dealers grant 2 cent rise. Dairymen's League contracts questioned. St Lawrence Massena offers $1000 reward for Miss White killer. Ghent Ghent bridge project funded by taxpayers. GE to 1000 employees in government service. Draft exemptions grow in Amsterdam. Republic Rubber Company formed in Albany. Doctor Melvin Sheldon dies in Churchtown. Deer hunting accident near Saranac Inn. Wood couple killed in Sennet trolley collision. Orchestrated bids on Utica water system see party support. Camp Whitman committee named by NY Chamber of Commerce. Education officials debate war news exposure for children. Milk price increases forecast. evaporated apples scarce. Some local elections and licenses adjusted. will of Isaac Cox admitted to probate. Saratoga Springs church unites with First Presbyterian. Per capita cost comparisons for municipal services released.
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Onondaga Valley
Syracuse
Charles E. Treaman
Ithaca
Food Administration
New York State
Anna Compton
Bath
Memorial Hospital
Canandaizua
Goram
Rushville
Howard Harris
Harry M. Smith
Niagara Falls
Watervliet Arsenal
Albany
Cayuga and Seneca Canal
Geneva
Atlantic
Crosby L. Grant
Francis M. Hugo
Ella A. Boole
Brooklyn
W.C. T.U
New York
Jamestown
Colgate University
Lcenses
Rotterdam
Poughkeepsie
Schenectady City
R. Dent
Schenectady County
Vassar College
Wheaton Park
Kenneth Anderson
R. W. Anderson
United States Army
Camp Dix
Wrightstown
N. J
309Th Infantry
Madison Barracks
Board of Public Works of
Kingston
Willite
Dairymen's League
Lewis
Hudson, Columbia County
State Dairymen’s League
Lester J. Bashford
Hollowville
Robert G. Partrie
Livingston
St. Lawrence County
Massena
Bessie White
Ghent
Shufelt
Kline Kill
White Mills
General Electric Company
Schenectady
Army and Navy Service
Charles Fl. Sherill
New York State Association
State Council
James W. Wadsworth, Jr
National Association
Alice Hill Chittenden
Amsterdam Draft Board
Republic Rubber Corporation of
New York City
Melvin Sheldon
William Sheldon
Churchtown
Columbia County
Adirondacks
Saranac Inn
Fred Carroll
Upper
Saranac
Carroll
Saranac Lake
Auburn
Sennet
Orin W. Wood
Sennett
Utica
Utica Citzens
Public Service Commission
Argyle
New York Telephone Company
Hudson Falls
Glens Falls
Alfred Snyder
Valatie
Connor
Rudd
State Excise Department
Snyder
Charles H. Sherrill
New York Chamber of Commerce
Camp Whitman
P. Claxton
United States Commissioner of Education
George W. Bush
Monroe
Dairymen’s League
Oisego
Oneonta
National Bank of Commerce of New York
Plattsburgh
California
Isaac N. Cox
Gill
Second Presbyterian Church
Saratoga ,Springs
First’ Presbyterian Church
Skidmore School of ‘Arts
Comptrollé Cowan
Frracase
State Bureau For Municipal Information
Lalbany
Troy
War Revenue Bill Raises Levy To About 2.7 Billion
Washington conferees finalize war revenue bill draft raising total to about 2.7 billion from 2.4167 billion. New taxes include higher excises on alcohol, postal increases, motor vehicle, designations on inheritances, stamp taxes, and a 2 percent normal income tax with escalating surtaxes. New inheritance rates range from one half of 1 percent to 10 percent. many rates apply from 1917 to 1921.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Glassboro Wins Normal School Site in Central South Jersey
The State Department of Education chose Glassboro for the new South Jersey Normal School on a 50 acre Whitney estate near the railroad. Land cost is $16,000 with 25 acres donated by Glassboro and Pitman. a $300,000 state fund covers site and building costs. The old Whitney mansion will be renovated for teachers quarters and the principal will be selected before construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Whitney Estate
Railroad Station
Trenton
Glassboro
New, South Jersey Normal School
State Department of Education
Whitney
Pitman
State Board of Education
John A. Ackley
Ackley
Thomas W. Synott
Wenonah
White
Glasshoro and
Elmer
Glassboro High School
Edze
Kendal
Addison P. Boland
Newark
War Revenue Bill Approved by Conferees in Senate House
The war revenue plan raises about 2.61 billion dollars. Key levies include income tax 842 million, excess profits 1.11 billion, distilled spirits 5.0 million, fermented liquor 46 million, wines 10 million, tobacco products 54 million, cigarettes 20 million, soft drinks 14 million, freight 77.5 million, express parcel post 16 million, passenger fares 56 million, pipelines 4.5 million, seats and berths 2.25 million, and telegraph and telephone charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Washington
Garfield fixes coal prices and margins nationwide
Fuel Administrator Garfield announces immediate rules capping retail coal pricing. Dealers may add up to 80 percent of the 1915 retail gross margin, not exceeding the July 1917 margin, with examples showing a 30 percent uplift from 1915 margins to determine consumer prices. Garfield cites 1915 as a normal production year.
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Washington
Garfield
Ross
Draft stacker located after two weeks at Camp Dix
Elizabeth police traced Michael Hutboy 207 Court Street as a draft stacker who was later found drilling at Camp Dix as a member of Company C 811th Infantry. Officials cannot explain the mistake and believe he arrived after his supposed contingent.
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Odrillinfi
Elizabeth
Michael Hutboy
Court Street
Lsted
Camp Dix
811Th Infantry
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Simmons
Senate Finance Committee
Manu
Customs House
United States
Canada
Mexico
Normal School
Mount Holly
Kennedy
Malaga
Pennsgrove
Salem County Board of Freeholders
Salem County
Delaware River
Pennstrove
Aeromeeoneen
Virgin Island
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