Luxuries Tax Brought $10.5 Million Monthly to U S Treasury
New York reports show luxury buying fueling heavy revenue for the government with Manhattan collectors noting $2 million more in February than any prior month. Officials anticipate April will beat all records as the luxury tax rises from jewelry furs autos perfumes and small sales like ice cream sodas. Officials predict retrenchment may follow peak extravagance, while noting the tax is collected through dealers as agents for the government.
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Internal Revenue
New York
William H. Edwards
United States
Manhattan
Mr. Edwards
Vandy
Father Knickerbocker
Fivery
Express messenger fends off wildcat aboard railcar
Fred Wheeler of Clifton Forge Va battled a wildcat that escaped its cage in the express car of train No 6 on Chesapeake and Ohio. After hearing commotion near the chicken coops Wheeler fired three shots, killing the animal after it attacked him. The cat had been shipped from Texas to Richmond.
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Cinelopatti
Chesapeake & Olio
Fred Wheeler
Clifton Forge
Texas
Richmond
Cincinnati
Wheeler
Fewer Than Five Thousand Disabled Veterans Found Permanently
Government figures show fewer than 5,000 World War II veterans discharged for disability were classified as permanently totally disabled. The statistic reflects a small share of total disabled veterans identified for lasting impairment and lifetime benefits.
Comedian Retells Near Drowning With Bun Saga
The performer recalls a shipwreck in mid ocean with self rising dough and sharks that nibble a bun. He describes washing ashore as the crew perishes and confesses he cannot look at a bun without shivering. The tale blends humor and danger to heighten the dramatic moment.
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Swaeen
Mideeean
Aed
Iuton Lceberg
Know Little About Earth The Crust Compared To An Apple
A Scientific American Monthly article notes the earth’s crust is only skin deep like an apple. It laments our limited knowledge of the globe beneath our feet and questions why explorers seek distant regions while ignoring depths within a few miles.
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Scientific American Monthly
Miles Doway
Manhattan Ishin
Success Through Optimism in the Panama Canal Era
A vivid reminiscence recalls the Culebra Cut challenges during canal construction. Despite massive slides and thousands of workers, morale held firm as foremen and crews labored through the night. Colonel Goethats surveys the scene and praises the steady progress and resilience of the workers.
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Pannta
Culebra
Goethats
H. AH. Moore
Assyrian Ambassadress Arrives in London as Official Envoy
The Lady Surma ad' Mar Sutian arrives in London as official ambassador from the Assyrians to the Kurdising mountains. Described as bright, lively, and cultured, she is just over 30. The Archbishop of Canterbury ended an interview with the ambassador remarking on her civilization, noting a surprising absence of barbarism.
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Surma Ad’ Mar Sutian
London
Kurdising
Argehaut
Montenegro
Surtie d'Mar Shimun
Canterbury
Murisn
Atlantic Patrol After Titanic Wreck Ice Observation Service
After the Titanic disaster eleven European nations join the United States and Canada to fund an ice observation patrol. The US Coast Guard cutters Seneca and Tampa patrol the north Atlantic in warmer months sending wireless iceberg reports to vessels.
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Europe
United States
Canada
North Atlantic
United Statoast Guard
Seneca
Tawpa
Artist Avoids Sunrise Theme in Bohemian Studio
A young woman visits an artist and notes many sunsets but no sunrises. He blushes and explains he never paints sunrises because he is never up at daybreak, admitting a lack of early mornings and experience.
Insignia on Planes Sparks WWII Civilian Curiosity
In a wartime vignette civilians are urged to read insignia on aircraft for clues to unit and mission. Frederick J. Darle notes the defense department aims to retain recognizable markings to ease civilian identification amid frequent sightings of planes over the front.
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Buddy
Wera
Frederick J. Darle
War Department
James Wiehrs
Chuies
Germain
Made Feast for Lobsters in Rockland Mishap
In Rockland a man named Charles bought lobsters and a mackerel on his route home. He discovered the lobsters had eaten his mackerel after servings began, a comic mix up that left the diners amused and puzzled.
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Charlie
Rockland
South Shore
Charles
Pye
Lady Dal Gorden Tea Gossip at the Ritz
At a Ritz tea the ladies discuss Maud’s rumored Atlantic City weekend with elderly Mr. Goldie. The two young women whisper about Maud and question the propriety of so vulgar a resort, while mares and mutterings ripple through the group.
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Dal Gorden
de Ritz
Maud
Commercial Airlines Come to Stay in Early Flight Era
The article notes regular air travel between London and Paris covering about 200 miles in roughly three hours. Fares run at a shilling per mile, about $6.07 for the trip, with a cabin for nearly twenty passengers, electric lighting, and gilded mirrors. It mentions plans for several transatlantic airlines and potential profits from selling air passages.
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Mosse Aly
London
Pacis
Transatlavatic
Boye
Elihu Root Marks 75th Birthday With Philosophical Speeches
In New York a reception for Elihu Root on his seventy fifth birthday featured reflections on success and failure. A poet states that no disgrace to fall if you have done your best, which Root echoes noting it is hard to admit that the best one can do is to fail.
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Elihu Root
New York
Mr. Root
China’s Potential Armies in War
Basil Mathews argues in the British Review of Reviews that if China mobilized 10 percent of its population and faced an enemy killing a million Chinese per year, it would take fifty years to destroy its first army while two more 50 million forces would mature to confront the foe.
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China
Basil Mathews
British Review of Reviews
German Plot Aimed to Restrict U S War Material to Entente
In 1915 Germany sought to curb American war material deliveries to the Entente, with Gen von Falkenhayn and Capt Franz von Papen arguing success could win the war. Von Papen testified that trusted officials believed the United States must be kept out of the war coalition, warning failure would cost Germany. He described plans to control U S factories, divert labor, and even sow disruption, recounting a partial disclosure after Doeter Albert's portfolio theft and a U S spy network. He cited an incident where Gen Wood pressured him over alleged plots and noted warnings about submarine attacks on New York infrastructure.
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Entente
Germany
von Papen
Tots
von Falkenhayn
Franz von Japen
Washington
Berlin
National Assembly Commission
Count von Bernistei
United States
von Bernstorf
Amercan
Gen
Vou
Elief
Star
Ile
America
von Jugow
Major Nivall
Espiaitee
General Staff
Secret Service
Wood
Governor's Island
Papen
New York
Admittance Granted to Peter Snow on Kilix Island
A man identified as Peter Snow, a Black applicant, was admitted as a United States citizen after immigration officials accepted his southern dialect as proof of citizenship. He claimed Georgia origins with no papers and recounted roaming Africa, saying he sailed as a cook on a slave ship around 1805 and spent 24 years wandering among Black peoples.
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Peter Snow
Kilix Island
United States
Snow
Georgia
Africa
Vla
Atmosphere Ends at 350 Miles Upward
The atmosphere reaches 350 miles above the earth, about 50 times Mount Whitney, according to experiments by famed Norwegian astronomer Stormer.
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Earth
Mount Whitney
Stormer
Chicago Doctors Raise Fees Across the Board
Chicago Medical Society representing 7000 physicians hikes charges for services including call to surgery from 83 to 5 dollars and 10 dollars, and for appendicitis operations from 100 to 200 dollars and 20 dollars.
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Chicago
Chicago Medical Society
Geeks Divorce After Two Decades
Reuhen S. Cannon of Toledo seeks divorce after 20 years of marriage as the respondent wife left him years ago and he has fled the suit.
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Reuhen S. Cannon
Toledo
A Century of Anthracite Coal Beginnings to Modern Scale
The Wall Street Journal recalls William Wurts guiding the first anthracite down the Delaware a century ago and notes production now exceeds 8 1 2 million tons with potential to top 100 million. It highlights early doubts about lighting coal and the rapid industrial growth across Reading Wilkes Barre Lehigh and Manchester.
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William Wurts
Philadelphia
Delaware River
Philadelphiaia
Mint
Reading
Wilkesbarre
Lehigh
Maneh
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Wall Street Journal
Greenwich Observatory Faces Growing Moon Measurement Error
The Greenwich observatory founded by Charles I in 1875 has long studied lunar motion for navigation. A recent report notes a rising discrepancy between calculated and observed moon positions, increasing by about half a second of arc per year, possibly due to unknown forces or Earth shape inaccuracies.
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Greenwich
Charles I
Deadly Electric Safety Lock for Torpedoes
French wireless engineer M Donover claims a new electric safety lock could revolutionize naval warfare. A torpedo’s course would be controlled by wireless signals and Morse sequences. any error would deactivate the weapon, making each torpedo secure against tampering.
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M. Donover
London Mail
Books From Washington's Library Sale Records
The library of Samuel Riker was sold at Anderson Galleries. Dr A Stosenbach bought George Westingian's copy of a collection of treaties between Britain and powers from 1684 to 1784. The volume bears Washington's anagraph and book plate per copy. The sale followed the 1876 sale of Lawrence Washington's library in Philadelphia.
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Washington
Samuel Riker
Anderson Calleries
A. Stosenbach
George Westingian
Munster
Paris
London
Wallington
Lawrence Washington
Goose Washington
Philadelphia
New York Times
Aerial Flight Talk Ends With Parachute Quip
Air Commodore Edward Maitland recalled during a Royal Society of Arts talk that crossing the Atlantic left him sleepy and hungry. He admitted retiring early and confessing a poor appetite the next day. He joked that crinolines might serve as parachutes in urgent aerial needs.
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Edward Maitland
R34
Royal Society of Arts
Atlantic
Uouit
London Chronicle
Atlantic City winds stir sand at Chelsea prompting action
Citizens urge authorities to curb high winds blowing sand toward Chelsea. The shouting suggests wider demand for action, as some say the public may press for further measures in Congress.
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Atlantic City
Chelsea
Congress
Complex food reform hints at postwar thinking in New York
The piece satirizes shifting food ideas and public debates as it notes a move from restrictive to constructive eating. It references vitamins, polyreuginatics, carbonuxates, and a supposed influence of poetic drama on daily meals, ending with a curious New York Evening Post citation.
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Far East
League of Nations
Belasco
Army Corps
New York Evening Post
Two Negro Soldiers Talk Armistice Plans
The Boston Transcript recounts a post armistice exchange between two Black soldiers. They joke about future attire and customs as they anticipate life back home. The dialogue pivots on racial imagery and foreboding as one mentions wearing black crepe for a funeral.
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Rastus
Jake
Wendell D Howte
Boston ‘Transcript
Car For Sale Across the Street Sparks Local Banter
A leech and a nemo on the South Side stage a quirky barter over a car advertisement. Early morning, a passerby across the street mocks the ad and jokes about sending buyers directly, highlighting local humor in a brief exchange from the Ledianapotia News.
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Nemo
X Ofman
Ross
Tie
Tiny Ear
Ledianapotia News
The Strap and a Scrubwoman Incident Report
In a muddled official reading a revert notes a brutal incident where a woman and several men were involved. An inquiry followed and a letter stated that Mrs Haguo sustained ocular and nasal contusions. The reply reports the nurse or scrubwoman is in the infirmary.
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Severn
Haguo
Boy asks for two balloons at speedway giveaway
A four year old begs for two balloons from a worker at a speedway advertising stunt. The man says only one balloon per boy. The boy replies that he has a sister who has a brother, implying he is an only child. The incident is reported by the Indianapolis News.
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Indianapolla Nowy
Law and the Profits in a Lawyerly Penny Dread
A fragmentary humor piece centers on a culprit muttering about the law of supply and demand as the motive for his actions. The speaker blames economics for his attempted profit and a looming suit, hinting at satirical crime and consequence.
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Prof.iteer
Wires Crossed Cupid Plot Sparks Family Fracas
In a tale of mistaken love, James discovers his beloved Constance fears Aggie, who resembles Constance more than she does her sister Aggie. The mix up leads to shock revelations at dinner and a late night confession, ending with James planning to pursue Aggie as Cupid’s wires seem crossed.
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Constance
Jimmy
Darling
Aggie
Hon
James
Tia
Harry
Conny
Lita
Cupid
Argentina Confectionery Industry in 1913 and War Impact
The third national census notes in June that Argentina had 11 factories making chocolates and candies with a capital value of about 4.68 million dollars. Production in 1913 reached roughly 8.76 million dollars. War may have boosted output, but local costs rose less than in the United States and prospects for American exporters appear limited.
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Argentina
United States
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