New Revenue Law Sets Taxes on Loquors, Tea and More
A sweeping 1890s revenue act outlines new duties on beverages beer tobacco medicines and various goods, with stamps required for customs entries sales and transfers. It details rates per pound on beer tea cigars and cigarettes and extends to taxes on inheritances licenses and many service fees.
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Dai
Amist
Warrhorses
Treasury
Sulver
Pune
Yue ‘Secreiary
Smmins Tubacen
Jeng Tub
Chusa
War and punishment and a Pennsylvania gardener
Fragmentary history items describe a wife asking for her Olympia husband’s cremation in Hong Kong, a private in the U S Army sentenced for firing a ker and later confessing no purpose, a congress grant of twelve dollars a month to Nancy Ann Skipger of Williamsport, and Mrs Barger in central Pennsylvania boasting a thriving garden with no glasses and good health despite aging, all within a distant war era context.
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Hlete
Mayes
Ulliyd Suttes Infantry
Nancy Ann Skipger
Williamsport
Wrizahy
Barger
Dale
Pennsylvania
Eerness Ag Age
New Consumption Cure Prompts Skepticism in Chicago
Dr Murphy of Chicago touts an experimental pleural gas cure for consumption involving filling the pleural cavity with gas to compress the lung. The treatment requires anesthesia and a six inch needle. Philadelphia’s Dr Elder calls the principle sound though unproven. Five patients at Dunning hospital reportedly received the treatment, with widespread interest in its potential impact on a leading cause of death.
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Boy Murphy
Chicago
Bet
Murphy
Elder
Philadelphia
Dunning Hospital
Insurgents Capture Family of Governor General Augusti
Manila reports from Hong Kong and London detail insurgent advances in the Philippines including the capture of Governor General Augusti's family. Dispatches mention attacks from sea and land, proclamations calling natives to independence, and deteriorating Spanish military readiness as Dewey’s forces watch.
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Madrid
Camara
Porte
Spain
Cardinal Cisneros
Laponte
Alfonso XI
Hopping Islands
Pend
Santa Croz
la Gant
Pampanga
Admiral Dewey
Paterno
Lac
Steston
Augusti
London
Hong Kong
Manila
Madidd Sys
Jong Sung
Philippine
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United States
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Board of Audit
Lravidad
Aniila
Foe Valle
Custom
Jay Gymattorat
Meneuges
Vuployes
Relief Asxaciings
Bol Fur Protic
Marine, International
Cagualiy
Fidelity and
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Memoridu of
Wasograti
Morkaages
Perth
Cateo
Liege
iWon
Camara’s
Mediterranean Sea
Washington
State Department
Agen
Gibraltar
Carlos
Pelayo
Rapido
Patriota
Audas
Osada
Vrosperium
Giralda
Prelajo
Colon
Treoya
Admiral Camara
Cadiz
Lo Ue
Mediterranean
Manaila
Mong Kung Aguinulao
Lealer
Frederle C. Wardell
Long Branch
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