Miss Howard at Rice Corner School Draws Stranger
Mary Howard proves a capable teacher at the old Rice Corner school as Widow Perkins and others resist yet admire her. A stylish young man named Mr Stuart visits, engages Mary in talk about schools and Mrs Mason’s garden, and hints at future contact while letters from Boston hint at Mary’s widening circle and the pull between Billy and George Moreland.
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Brown School
Mary Howard
Rice Corner
Perkins
Knight
Mary
Sally Ann
Miss Bradley
Miss Dodge
Billy
Chicopee
Mrs. Perkins
Laddy Knight
Amiure
Delia Frost
Lydia Knight
Mr. Stuart
Lydia
Jim
Dolly
Mr. Knight
Blanchard Hill
Campbell
Packer
Iallus
Ella
Charlotte
Ila
Migs Munson
George Moreland
George
Boston
Ife
William Bender
Marys Struggle to Attend School Explored
Mary plans to study despite money worries as Mrs Mason and Judith help with clothing and funds. Widow Perkins learns Mary’s finances, Jenny Lincoln lures her to Mount Holyoke trip, and talk turns to Ella’s spending as an obstacle to Mary's education.
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Mary
Mr. Knight
Perkins
Sally Ann
Mrs
Wilbraham
Mount Volyoke
Rose
Ida Selden
Martha
Misa Lyon
Ida
Mount Holyoke
Quote about Higginbee and his boy from satirical remark
An Indianapolis Press item records a wry exchange about what Higginbee claimed his son said and the counterpart joke that the elder did not reveal his own words. The quip reflects newspaper humor and era voice.
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Higginbee
Indianapolis Press
New Stamp Tax Law Reform Faces Revenue Drop
The new revenue act modifies the stamp tax after July 1, eliminating stamps on telegraph and telephone messages, bank checks, drafts and more. It reduces duties on beer cigars tobacco and theater related taxes while projecting a large drop in government receipts. Banks rush to redeem stamped checks and ownership issues arise over return of cancelled stamps. The bureau prepares for changes and public interest centers on checks and telegraph stamps.
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Lfe
Internal Revenue Bureau
Revenue Bureau
Express
the Treasury
the Internal Revenue
Secretary of the Treasury
Bureau For
Internal Revenue Burea
Treasury
Fidelity
United States
Tax changes summarize duties on variety of goods and services
The document lists repealed and modified taxes and new levies across many items. It details rates for bank checks bonds cigarettes beer tobacco stamps and more with adjustments effective April 1, 2001, including exemptions and new special taxes for brokers and bucket shows.
Illinois Breaks Record On Ilinois Battleship Trial
The Ilinois trial runs 17.31 knots, fastest in its class for American navy ships. Alabama and Wisconsin posted similar speeds. Wisconsin ran 17.42 knots on the Pacific coast. Also noted are San Jacinto lime burners using crude oil, Philek Phetchada named Siam minister to the U.S., teachers sailing to the Philippines, and an expected 8 million boxes of California citrus exports.
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Cape Ann
Illinois
Alabama
Wisconsin
Pacific Coast
Boston
San Jacinto
Cal
Phys Phetchada
Siam
United States
Philippines
California
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Mary J. Holmes
Satan
Custom House
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