Internal Revenue Record Breaks With 322 Million Total
The 1911 12 fiscal year total internal revenue receipts rose to 322,526,290 a record, with corporate returns numbering 270,202 and aggregate capital 67.88 trillion dollars. Distilled spirits production hit 175,402,805 gallons while beer and ale output reached 69,216,851 barrels. Bonded liquor held rose to 249,270,846 gallons. Cabell urges a single tax standard for oleomargarine to curb grocer fraud and notes opium prevalence. The year’s ordinary receipts totaled 289,014,774.73 with corporate tax at 83,511,525 and an overall rise across most categories.
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Royall HB. Cabell
Cabell
Mitterewe
Sors
New Jersey Central Leave Long Branch Schedule
Fragmented OCR notes outline New Jersey Central trains from Long Branch to New York with times and routes to Freehold Mata and Red Sundays. Specifics are garbled, but reference remains to multiple daily departures and Saturday pay notes.
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Long Branch
New York
Rewark
Lusebeth
M. Mans Ays
Tax collections projected for 1912 and corporate filing gaps
The estimate for the year ending June 30 1912 places total collections near 315 million dollars with 290 million from ordinary sources and 25 million from a special excise tax on corporations. About 25 000 corporations failed to file 1910 returns, many arguing net income under 5 000 dollars exempt them, while larger firms delayed pending supreme court rulings on the law’s constitutionality.
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Supreme Court
Gericke Plans Atlantic Balloon Crossing In February
Hans Gericke, winner of the 1911 Gordon Bennett balloon race, says he will begin a February Atlantic crossing in a spherical balloon with two assistants. He believes the voyage could take four days if successful.
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Gericke
Atlantic Ocean
Hans Gericke
Atlantic
Storm Photograph Exhibit From Wisconsin Storm Event
A Fond du Lac Wisconsin storm produced a photo evidence exhibit by Mrs Sarah Challoner of Western Avenue. The image captures a tablecloth pattern on a door panel after a lightning bolt. The flower design is clearly discernible in the photograph.
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Wisconsin
Fond du, Lac
Wis
Sarah Challoner
Western Avenue
Carly
Gleaning In England and the Harvest Privilege
A Westminster Gazette recounts the debated English gleaming right. It notes a curbed general claim to gleaning against trespass, with judges fearing public policy harm. The custom varies, often limited to harvesters' kin, yet parliament recognizes local rights. A gleaning bell marks harvest times in some districts.
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England
Blackstone
Old Court of Common Pleas
Westminster Gazette
Persia's Great Superstition and the Evil Eye
A Los Angeles Times excerpt explains Persia's belief in the evil eye and its cautions. It notes admonitions against praising a person or baby, as misfortune could be linked to the praise. It also describes a charm using the second and third fingers held near the wrists and moved downward three times.
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Persia
Los Angeles Times
What Is Fun in a Fishing Expedition Argument
A Cleveland Plain Dealer exchange centers on a friend claiming fun in fishing with a husband while another insists she knows nothing of fishing. The best friend asserts sitting in the stern and advising is easy, while the husband becomes furious, sizing the activity as “fun” beyond the other’s understanding.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Peculiar Faculty of Seeing Things Invisible to Others
A man recalls his boyhood indifference to study and later rise through shrewd property dealings. He buys a neglected portfolio of houses, manages tenants, then outbids rivals at a sale, and profits wildly on a single property. His father calls him a born genius with a faculty to see what others miss, while luck aids his ventures.
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Hartwell
Johnson
Mortagee
Satan
Father
Tather
Christmas Tree Save A Child In Frosty Tale
A father recites a mountain story where Mina follows Ninette the goat and becomes lost in snow. She dreams of a Christus tree, wakes to neighbors finding her beside a fallen pine, and a father vows to decorate the tree with gifts for Mina and Karl on Christmas. Jack asks to hear the tale again tonight.
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Daddy
Evelyn
Ninette
Mina
Karl
Christus
Jack
Chimney Rock and Christmas Carols From Youth’s Companion
A miscellany of notes. Chimney Rock near Lexington Kentucky is described as a limestone cliff about seventy five feet tall with a protective overhang and a history tied to geologic time. Christmas tree decoration ideas include fringed tissue strips dangled over heat to curl, popcorn and cranberries, foil wrapped nuts, and painted eggshells. Viola explains why she received a small doll instead of a large one. Conundrums offer light wordplay on wit and the afterlife. The Wonderful Tree poem jests about a magical gift bearing Christ Child significance for Christmas cheer.
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Lexington
Kentucky
Chimney Rock
St. Nicholas
Viola
Mimma
Mamma
Santa Claus
Christ
Antimiliteriem in Germany described in dispatches
A London Globe report notes observed anti military mimicry in Strassburg as a general passes barracks and troops, with sentries copying his gait and street youths mocking parade, contrasted with France where such acts are deemed unthinkable.
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Germany
Strassburg
France
London Globe
Women's World Pretty Leggings and New Baby Robes
Fashion notes introduce red broadcloth leggings with triple black leather bands at the top. New baby wear includes light weight quilted white silk robes with Dresden effect and blue satin bordered carriage robes. A skirt features a left front panel with serge and satin contrast, illustrating fabric combinations.
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Baby
Dresden
The Thanksgiving Turkey Selection and Preparation Advice
A 10 pound turkey is ideal for a typical household as it cooks tender and flavorful. Choose a plump bird with smooth dark legs, request removal of tendons from legs and head, and have market dealers clean and singe before home delivery. The guide notes trimming near the breastbone cartilage and skin to cover incisions during cooking.
How to Roast Turkey and Stuffing Instructions
A traditional kitchen guide explains cleaning the turkey with soap and water, preparing a simple bread stuffing with butter pepper salt sage, sewing the breast, roasting three hours, basting, and finishing gravy with giblets. It also notes a Chinese custom where the bride pays for the marriage festival and acts as the suitor.
Why Indigenous Travel In Single File Was Common
An essay argues tribes traveled single file not due to poor roads but a caste system. It claims such social structure caused women to be enslaved and men to be silent and distant, comparing Indian and Asiatic practices with Chinese households where women stay indoors and children walk behind.
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Slarper's
Don’t Be a Chatterer Says Learson’s Weekly
Learson’s Weekly warns against chatterers claiming brief replies are essential. It notes that loquacious clerks irritate superiors and that famous generals preferred men who spoke little. The piece argues chatters lose friends and trust in business and personal relations.
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Learson
Try a Single Rose and Its Small Joys
Lucinda counsels that a single rose can beautify a home even when funds are tight. She suggests buying one rose for a vase, pairing red petals with green leaves to bring fragrance and grace to the room, rather than a costly bouquet.
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Lucinda
Adolphus
Luella
Tia
Claude
New York
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