Tax Burden and Economic Strain Across Profits
The article cites 1918 tax payments at 64 percent of earnings and 1921 at 16 2 3 percent, arguing taxation could blunt spending unless revenue rises slow. It contrasts farmer and merchant incomes, noting farmers produce much of what they consume while merchants live entirely by trade, risking profit in hard times. Turkey signals joining the League of Nations, potentially altering Lausanne talks and straits issues.
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University of Kansas budget requests for next biennium
The University of Kansas has drawn its budget needs for the next biennium and presents them to the state legislature and officials. The university seeks more funds due to rising attendance and to sustain instruction quality, including salaries and new buildings such as a Science building to replace Snow Hall and an auditorium for 2000 seats, plus a new medical school unit. State leaders urge economy in expenditures while Governor elect Davis signals opposition to policies harming education.
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Christmas Mail Rush Prompts Busy Week Ahead
Postmaster Finch notes slow local Christmas mail start signaling a busy period next week. Merchants should advertise early to attract shoppers as the holiday trade promises strong volume and ready spending. Washington reports senators struggle to agree on farm relief measures amid ongoing debate and shifting votes.
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Fragmented quotes and quips from a 1920s column
The item compiles assorted lines and observations about Christmas gifts, fashion notes, playful proverbs, and public chatter. It references Harding, necks, turkey, coal, laundry, wild oats, boys at Sunday chaos, and a New York singer's arrest amid casual asides on pens and cigars.
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Edwin Howland Blashfield Enters Seventy Fifth Year
Edwin Howland Blashfield, renowned muralist and architect, today enters his seventy fifth year. He has been a member of the National Academy, helped found the Society of Mural Painters and the Architectural League, and has contributed to leading American universities. Since 1912 he has served on the National Academy.
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Inaugurations and Prohibitions Highlight Busy Day
Sessions begin in White Sulphur Springs W Va while Lucius Clark is inaugurated as chancellor at Continental Memorial Hall in Washington. Dr John J Tigert delivers the education address as Saskatoon imposes liquor export bans and Ottawa enforces provincial rules. Armory meetings feature Rev A C G Tunnell and Dr Matthews to preach tonight with a Nazarene delegation en route from Topeka. A Chinese woman in Saigon claims to be the oldest living person at 136. Britain endures thousands of shipwrecks over four decades. Local ads note coal offerings and Woolworths Christmas options. Garfield sees midnight crow hunts as sportsmen target crows along the Arkansas river.
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Michigan congressmen urged to back heat unit coal pricing
W W Potter state fuel administrator asks Michigan lawmakers to require coal sales on a heat unit basis. He favors producer certification of heat value and a price per ton tied to heat units, with state geologists testing grades, aiming to protect small users and regulate interstate coal commerce.
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Chicken Pie Supper at Episcopal Parish Saturday Event
An Episcopal parish hosts a chicken pie supper on Saturday December 16 from 5 30 to 7 90 with a Christmas gift table. Readers are advised to see Woolworths for Christmas suggestions.
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British artist Margaret Williams to paint portrait of President Harding
London notes that Margaret Lindsey Williams, a leading British portrait painter, will soon travel to Washington to paint a portrait of President Harding. Sittings are planned for January. Williams, daughter of a South Wales shipbroker, studied at Cardiff Technical College and the Royal Academy, winning major honors including the Gold Medal and Traveling Scholarship. Her works span Dives and Lazarus, The City of Refuge, and portraits of royalty, with a recent Westminster Abbey scene of the Welsh service.
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Living costs fall as Canada nears prewar levels
Montreal reports living costs for a typical Canadian family fall to 10.28 weekly, down from 11.82 last year and 15.95 in 1920. Wholesale prices ease after years of flux as unemployment declines and construction boosts demand amid improving foreign trade and a $32 million favorable trade balance in early 1926.
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