Tax Ferrets Target Indianapolis Tax Dodgers and Fees
In Indianapolis a system of tax ferrets hunts secreted taxes with a 2 percent fee. Reports show $117,487.76 recovered last year, $18,405.36 so far this year, and one fee of $11,973.13 for recovering $47,892.52. Names of contractors and multiple states' mortgages illustrate evasion.
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Marion County
John Doe
Indianapolis
Tax Ferets
John McGregor
McGregor
County Council
Cure for skin and scalp humors with Cuticura remedies
A U S A officer from Rock Island Arsenal reports permanent cure of chronic skin and scalp humors after using Cuticura Remedies. He credits the trio Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent with cleansing the system of humor germs and aiding digestion.
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D. Phillips
Rock Is
Arsenal
Cuticura Skin Cure Promises Sleep for Babies
A vintage advertisement touts Cuticura Soap and Ointment as instant relief for skin distress in infants and a quick cure for rashes itching and chafing. Claims purity under the U.S. Food and Drugs Act and notes use from birth. Also promotes a complete skin care regimen for all ages.
Knights of Columbus to Honor Cardinal Day at Jamestown Exposition
The Jamestown Exposition in Virginia on August 8 will feature Knights of Columbus and Cardinal day with a national convention on August 6. Large special trains from Chicago and the northwest will carry members to the event, culminating in a river voyage on The City of Norfolk and Mass aboard the steamer with Cardinal Gibbons as guest of honor.
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Jamestown
Plymouth
Ind
Fort Wayne
Pittsburg
Washington
Norfolk
Potomac River
Mount Vernon
Old Point Comfort
Cardinal Gibbons
Swiss music box and the rise of machine tunes in homes
The piece recalls the Swiss music box as a early home melody device before mass produced music machines. It notes the parlor setting, high costs of changing cylinders, and the unavoidable tunes like Home Sweet Home The Last Rose of Summer and The Marseillaise, detailing the device’s durability and repair issues.
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Canton
Strausswaltz
A. N. Oldgigh
Silver Luster In Coke Explained By Carbon Coating
The silver luster seen in top coke grades is attributed to gas decomposition during coking, forming a thin pure carbon layer on coke cell surfaces. This coating shields cells from air alteration and accounts for the durability observed in many cokes.
Japanese Army Reserve on Pacific Coast Rumors and Attitudes
A Los Angeles report cites estimates of Japanese on the Pacific coast ranging from 4,000 to 33,000 with many in the first and second army reserves. Fujii, a Los Angeles-based Japanese university graduate, discusses reserve service, attitudes toward Americans, poolroom habits, and the fate of educated Japanese in this country.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Pacific Coast
First Army
S. Fujii
Imperial
Fujii
Russia
America
San Francisco
Japan
Life Root and ZoaPhora Weigh in as Medical Authority
The National Standard Dispensary editors and renowned physicians describe Life Root and Zoa Phora as powerful remedies for female menstrual irregularities. The text notes regulation of discharge, restoration of normal function, and claims trusted authority from Dr Pengelly and the Zoa Phora Company.
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Hobart Amory Hare
Jefferson Medical College of Philadephia
Henry H. Busby
Columbia University
New York
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Pengelly
Flags of Japan and Britain Fill Honolulu Parade
In Honolulu July 20 a large Japanese community displays flags of Japan and Great Britain for the Monmouths arrival with Prince Fushimi returning from Britain. The parade of about 10,000 features numerous banners welcoming the British cruiser and signals strong Anglophilia among Hawaii’s Japanese residents.
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Honolulu
Japan
Great Britain
Hawaii
Monmouth
Victoria
Prince Fushimi
Edward
Duke of Connaught
Boys Will March Into Winona Camp
Winona Lake Ind July 22 a large delegation of boys for the boy city will arrive by train wagon or foot Groups from Nappanee will march despite parental opposition that delayed a camping outfit town business men donated crackers meats and provisions Chief concerts by Theodore Thomas orchestra and sermons by Rev Franklin Ginsalulus and Dr J Wilbur Chapman highlight a busy program at the Winona event with a Methodist testimonial meeting collecting over 3100 names for the Winona movement
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Winona Lake
Ind
Winona Wednes
Nappanee
Theodore Thomas
Winona
Frankin Ginsaulus
Paul
John Bunyan
Gunasai1us
J. Wilbur Chapman
E. O. Excel
Charles Allen
S&s. C. Dickey
Season of Reasoning Over Adventurous Tales
Poem fragment argues that reader misreads feats of travel as folly. It suggests the writer’s tone reflects the era’s curiosity about rational exploration and humorous skepticism of adventurous claims.
Harriman Prosecution Question Still Open In Inquiry
The fate of Edward H. Harriman remains undecided as to criminal prosecution under the Sherman act. The Justice Department, led by Secretary Bonaparte and special attorney Frank Kellogg, weighs immunity and testimony limits in the Alton and Clark road cases affecting competition in the southwest and California outlets. Both Harriman and Clark were not allowed to testify to avoid immunities, leaving several questions unresolved in the inquiry.
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Edward H. Harriman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Department of Justice
Bonaparte
Frank Kellogg
Harriman
Sherdan
W. A. Clark
Montana
California
Clark
Testing Artesian Wells Flow by Aniline Bottle Method
A simple plan to gauge artesian flow uses lowering a bottle of aniline to a depth and detonating a cap to burst the bottle. The time until fluid surfaces gives the velocity, claimed to rival a weir. With known pipe diameter, the flow rate follows directly.
Ballooning instruction courses open in Europe
Education in balooning expands beyond military depots with a program in Chemnitz begun in May. Herr Spiegel, a textile maker with over 60 ascensions, leads the course spanning two divisions over a year.
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Billsoning
Europe
Chemnitz
Herr Spiegel
Fashionable veils in Paris feature lace like tulle drapes
Parisian fashion shifts toward heavy lace like veils worn over hat brims with white tulic. Dark hair lightens with pale rose net backing on black veils. Blonde complexions benefit most while wind is tamed by hair pins and pinned side locks to cage the veil away from the face.
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Paris
Coal and Diamonds Bridge Between Coal and Diamond
Two chemists Caro and Franck heated acetylene to 1600 degrees and produced hard graphite, a superior form that lies between ordinary coal and diamond crystals, suggesting a bleed relation linking coal and diamonds.
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Caro
Franck
The Mafia Dominates Secret Society Claims
A historical article asserts the Mafia is the world's most powerful secret society, surpassing the Naples Camorra Parle Apaches and the Black Hand of America. It states the group has flourished in Italy for over 30 years, founded in Sicily for protection against foreign rulers.
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Naples
The Almighty Dollar Phrase Origin
Washington Irving coined the familiar phrase The almighty dollar in The Creole Village published in 187. The expression drew controversy over tone leading Irving to explain eighteen years later that he meant no irreverence toward the dollar, which was becoming more worshipped.
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Washington Irving
Mrs Joan Astor Seen Picking Out Husband’s Clothes
Society pages claim Mrs Joan Jacob Astor buys all her husband Col Astor’s clothing. The reports say he does not know what he will wear until it arrives from the tailor. It notes Astor is considered well dressed.
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Joan Jacob Astor
Col. Astor
Hold the Boards and Ruskin at the Lumber Yard
A light quip notes Ruskin still active in theater, now reportedly holding boards at a local lumber yard. The remark contrasts stage life with a hands on trade setting, suggesting a shift in his public role.
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Ruskin
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Knights OF Columbus
Jamestown Exposition
Swiss Music Box
Great Jap
Los Angeles County
Tokio
Imperial University
Gunsaulus
Duesseldorfer
Indianapolis Brewing CO
Alton
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Clark Road
E. H. Harriman
Coal and Diamonds
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