Great Dates in Music Through the 17th Century Mantua to Venice
A chronology of pivotal musical milestones from 1607 to 1880 including Gagliano and Monteverdi operas in Mantua and Bologna, the first violin solo by Marini, early clavichord sonatas, the first German opera by Schultz, Venice’s operatic developments, and monumental staged productions such as Froschi's Berenice with large choral forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gagliano
Dafne
Monteverde
Mantua
Andromeda
Giacobbi
Bologna
Biago Marini
Turini
Venice
Schultz
Torgau
Europe
Perrins
Vincennes
Orazio Benevoli
Paris Academy of Music
Lulli
Paris
Purcell
Dido
London
Thorle
Hamburg
Antwerp
Scarlatti
Rome
Couperin
Bach
Froschi
Berenice
Padua
Charitable Women Gifts Highlight Forty Years of U S Philanthropy
A survey notes Mrs W H Vanderbilt endowed the Maternity Hospital the largest of its kind and valued at one million dollars. Mrs W B Astor founded and endowed the Cancer Hospital and Seton Home for Consumptives nears completion under Sister Irene of the New York Founding Asylum. The piece also touts Hostetter s Stomach Bitters as a universal remedy for indigestion and related ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
W. H. Vanderbilt
W B. Astor
Seton Home For Consumptives
Europe
America
Irene
New York
Elizabeth Seton
Order of Sisters of Charity
Bismarck’s Hebrew Descent Noted in German Lineage
The article notes Prince Bismarck’s ancestry includes Hebrews through his mother’s line, daughter of a converted Jew named Anastasius Menken, a favored official of King Frederick the Great. It also mentions NOK Brown’s Essence Jamaica Ginger as a cure and advertises it at 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bismarck
Prince Bismarck
Germany
Austria
Anastasius Menken
Frederick the Great
Nok Brown
Jamaica
Tax Reform Letters Open for Public Epinions
Citizens are invited to submit brief tax reform opinions to the Taxation Society. Letters should be addressed to the Taxation Society at this office, P.O. Box 8, Buffalo, New York, for publication or discussion by the editor or a Taxation Society member.
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Taxation Society
P.O
Buffalo
N.Y
Daniels proposes graduated estate tax clubs for millionaires
In Torrka Kansas Special Dispatch reports Gov. Percy Daniels outlines a graduated estate tax plan. Estates worth 1 to 2 million taxed at 1 percent, 2 to 5 million at 3 percent, 5 to 10 million at 8 percent, above 10 million at 18 percent. Net revenue, distribution among states, and territorial uses detailed while noting populist support in Kansas.
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Torrka
Kan
The
Voice
Percy Daniels
Daniels
Kansas
Why City Taxes Should Be Land Based
The piece argues taxes should target land value since public works lift land values and benefit property owners who gain from improvements while laborers bear the burden. It condemns taxing labor and idle landowners, urging a shift to land value taxation to fund cities fairly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Prkce
Tax reform club urges land taxation shift for city growth
The club argues taxing land at full value with exemptions for improvements would cut the rate below 814 mills, curbing land speculation and encouraging development. It asks if readers want lower taxes, broader tax fairness, and a prospering city, urging agitation for legislative change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caty
Practical Tax Reform Debate Draws Buffalo Delegation
The Buffalo delegation of the New York Tax Reform association led the hearing on taxation bills. Speakers argued real estate bears taxes due to public services, while personal property is easily reproduced. They urged county option and exemptions for personal property to promote home ownership and fair taxation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
New York Tax Reform Association
Senate
Wall Street
Samuel C. Rogers
Lolton Wall
Association
Monmouth County
New Jersey
Building and Loan Associations
Local Taxation in England Shows Land Taxation Lighter
A new return on local taxation echoes Goshen’s 1871 findings, noting land bears less tax than houses and other property. The report argues government should repeal grants to local taxation, stressing national welfare over preserving a privileged class. Liverpool Financial Reformer comments.
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Goshen
Wit -U
Ingland
Liverpool
Eng
Taxing His Personally
A Georgian returns for taxation with a cork leg a toupee wig and a set of false teeth listed among his personal property. The odd docket item notes specific values for each item and proceeds to assess the total tax due.
History of the Black Watch Regiment and its global campaigns
The Black Watch, admired as Scotland’s premier regiment, traces its 1729 formation through global service from Fontenoy to Crimea and Africa. The piece notes its long campaigns, colonial deployments, and notable battles, alongside a separate Turkish Army story about a girl named Hanko won her a pension after a brother’s exemption.
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Black Watch
England
Britain
Scotland
Ross
Inverness
Himalayas
West Indian Isles
Ashanti
Crimea
Gravesend
Fontenoy
Corunna
Lake Champlain
North America
Ireland
West Indies
Havana
Cuba
Tay
Cawnpore
Lucknow
India
Wolseley
Africa
Nile Valley
Soudan
Constantinople
Pristina
Hanko
Alf Kedscheb
Clover Fraud Involving A Mock Marriage Fraud
New Canaan farmer Goodrich Hubbell hosted an itinerant preacher and a couple seeking marriage. The man and woman signed what they believed was a marriage certificate. Later Hubbell learned a $285 note had been discounted, revealing the document was a promissory note and the duo a fraud. The minister and couple are suspected New York crooks.
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Goodrich Hubbell
New Canaan
Conn
Hubbell
New York
Spirit Lake Chautauqua train tickets on sale July dates
The Slous City and Northern Railroad and Public Short Line announce tickets from all stations to Spirit Lake with return July 10–25 at one and a third the regular fare. Addresses by Henry Waterson of Kentucky July 11 and Rev Jd Cook of Boston July 11, Rev T. De Witt Talmage of Brooklyn July 19, Veterans Reunion July 22. Our trains stop at grounds. Programs address WoO MaNiper, Gen Puss. Ant. Hou City vw.
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Spirit Lake Chautauqua
Slous City & Northern Railroad
Puelic Short Line
Spirit Lake
Suchastre
Cure
Henry Waterson
Kentucky
Jd Cook
Boston
de- Witt Talmause
Broullyg
Woo. MaNiper
Puss
Ant
Ilous City
Care and Cleaning of Cut Glass and Travel Notes
Cut glass requires careful cleaning with a brush soap and ammonia to reach deep crevices. After rinsing and drying rub with alcohol and a chamois for best shine. Also notes Pravellog syrup for health and a Mayer tour plan returning to New York July 22 for Adelina Patti with a November New York opening.
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Makeus Mayer
New York
Peris
Adelina Patti
Maine
California
Criminals Faith in Talismans and Luck Charms
An experienced detective notes burglars often carry luck talismans such as coal lumps chalk lucky stones rings and rusty horseshoe nails. These items, believed to protect them, are sometimes kept until release and returned by the prison staff.
Dobbins Riedrie Sup and other notices from era
An assortment of period items including a new soup claim by Dobbins Riedrie Sup, a Versaille opera transfer note, Hall's Cure advertised by M L Thompson & Co, and advertising copy for Beerham's Pils. Also mentions Drury Lane Adrienne Lecouvreur lighting and Stuart Robson promising The Comedy of Errors next season.
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Hammerstein
New York
Versailles
Chicago
RF Aves Co
Canal St
United States
Beerham’s Pils
Stuart Robson
Nation Without Money In Tiflis According To Russian Society
The Chewsures in the government of Tiflis form a 7 000 strong race who know nothing of money and value a cow as the basic unit. A horse costs three cows and injury to a neighbor requires payment of cows, with no market speculators to drive prices.
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Tiflis
Imperial Geographical Society of Russia
Old Proverbs Made New
A collection of misheard proverbs with humorous twists. It notes rain leaks from but ts and fine wines from bottles, and jokes about leaps between boat and slip and the gas meter’s hands racing. It also plays on conscience and justice with a judge rarely present.
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Chamber of Justice
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Dr. Pierce
Nature A
Csm
Nature
TAX Reform Department
Lax Reform Club
Box 340
Buffalo, N.Y
U. S
Boschee
J. Hi. Hosss
Moffat
Texas
Tigrets
A.J. Smith
Bnet
Levelass
Sand Rate
C.K. Wilber West
Ciuncagu
California Fur Syrup
Radfield
Bradfield Regulator Co
Atlanta
Ile
Df. Smith & Co.,pc
al Grocers
Potter’s
Blackman’s
Sioux City
Iowa
Ely
ELY Bros
Warren Blo
HA Eeven
Sixty-third Street
Princeton Avenue
Englewood
W Jones
Isaac ‘Thompson
Posician
John L. Thompson, Sons & CO
Troy, N.Y
Carter
Soux City
Jorce Evans
Harmy S
C. W. EF. Snyder
M.D. Matt Dept
McVicker’s Theater
Kidder's Pastilles
Thomas P. Simpson
Washington
Erie Eod
S.C
N. UL
Pleo
E.T. Hazeltine
Warren Pa
Comedie Francaise
Adrienne Lecouvreur
Drury Lane
Princess de Bouillion
L. Thompson & CO
Coudersport
Hall
Kitty
Hood
William Fox
Ifaven
Van
Kitty Fox
Newspaper Union
Pearl St
Parmien O'Fannery
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