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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1913
Page
8
Read about proposed tariff adjustments showing charges of 10 cents 16 cents and 1 cent with free access after March 1 1914 and again after December 1. The note highlights price shifts affecting female consumers and related policy timing.
The Democratic tariff revision bill advances to its final stage in Congress, aiming to cut duties in many areas. It targets a 27 to 29 percent average ad valorem rate, down from 40.12 percent under the Payne Aldrich law, with income tax provisions expected to raise about 83 million dollars and duties reduced on farm and manufactured goods.
The house bill changes freight and duty levels on yarns and cloth, trimming the rate for some fancy weaves while keeping most cotton textiles steady. Bleached and dyed yarns see higher assessments, and handkerchiefs not hemmed drop from 30 percent to 26 percent, with adjustments affecting yarns numbered 79 through 99.
Washington reports estimates show 425000 to 450000 Americans must keep accurate income records this year to report and pay under the new income tax law. Tax is divided into normal one percent on income over 3000 with additional rates up to seven percent for higher brackets. Employers will withhold at the source for salaries rents and other earnings beginning in 1913.
A homey guide to light meals and sweets featuring Potato and Ham Sandwiches Cabbage Salad and Olive Squares plus Pineapple Cones Date Sandwiches and Peach Bouchees. Seasonal fruit desserts include Pears Gateaux and Grapes with chocolate cream, with practical tips and a Frederick Douglass quote.
A narrative recalls a friend’s hair breadth escape amid an earthquake. An astonished witness recalls saying Tom slept quietly and awoke to an abbess beside him. Also a note corrects a common assumption about strawberry origins.
Fragmentary dialogue questions a student about school and a bank employee’s betrayal. An old advertorial tone touts Castoria as a trusted infant remedy with a 300 year signature claim. The piece blends crime cue with medical product hype and a misused slogan.
Fifty Yaara L Tibbals a sixty one year old Norfolk man had a needle removed from his right elbow after being lodged in his arm for over fifty years. A duster extracted the corroded needle in two parts. It caused no trouble until last spring when he felt a pricking sensation while lifting. The elbow then swelled.
Wayside Advertising outlines a Juvisy firm's plan to dodge the 1912 law banning unsightly billboards by planting a large flower bed in a field beside the Orleans line. The floral design, a yellow cow logo, serves as a powerful advertisement and may inspire railways near major French towns to beautify with similar parterres.
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