War Revenue Bill Aims to Raise 1.8 Billion Yearly
Washington reports the war revenue bill to produce 1.8 billion dollars annually. It expands taxes on incomes inheritances amusements liquor tobacco automobiles and many goods and services. The tariff adds 10 percent on free list items and 10 percent on dutiable list items. Inheritance tax scales rise with estate size and a new one third income tax applies to June payments.
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Washington
House Committee On Ways and Means
House
Kitchin
Euclidean Axioms Test Attributed To Leacock In Lodging Tale
A humorous passage cites Professor Stephen Leacock of MGI university as testing Euclidean axioms through a boarding house scenario. The setup compares the sums of weekly bills between boarders to illustrate a logical impossibility if one bill exceeds another, noting the absurdity of unequal totals.
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Stephen Leacock
MGI , University
Plans for raising new United States armies by draft
The war bill sets a draft plan for about 2,001,000 military personnel with 600,000 initial recruits and 500,000 as the first quota of a 1,000,000 man conscription army. Volunteers 18 to 40 allowed. Roosevelt volunteers eliminated. Prohibition for troops and camps strict. machine gun units added. pay raises for enlisted ranks. officers assigned to France and West Point cadets to train.
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Germany
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Senate
Regular Army
National Guard
War Department
United States
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Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Wilson
England
Belgium
Egypt
Balkans
Mesopotamia
Baker
William L. Keller
Daniel P. Card
George M. Edwards
Ris Orangis
Army
Scott
Staf
West Point
Explaining Workings of New Conscription Law
Washington outlines the universal service act with draft ages 21 to 36 and volunteers 18 to 40. It projects 2,001,000 total strength with drafts, exemptions for officers and religious workers, and a pay scale from private to sergeant. The plan includes two drafts of 500,000, registration by age, and selection from a national register.
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National Guard
Caseree
Ister
Ser- Peanls
Ready For Separate Peace Betrograd War Talks
Twelve members of the council of soldiers and workers delegates including the president have traveled to Schlusselburg to handle the crisis created by the district committee. The executive committee advocates a socialist conference at Stockholm to restore the internationale and end the war, even offering to meet Scheidemann and even the devil and his grandmother. The Russian socialist pacifists, as shown by Gor'ki's Novaia Zhiga, expect participation by all sides if needed.
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Betrograd
Council of Soldiers
Schlusselburg
Meclaring
Amnelfa
Satt
Stockholm
Scheidemann
Devil
Gorki
Novaia Zhiga
Lawyers Cash In After Death of Partner
In Los Angeles the Simpkinson brothers devised gut check payments to one another to avoid lawyer fees after death. When one brother died the survivor presented a check for the estate to a bank, which refused since the drawer was dead. The bank’s refusal led to the surviving brother ultimately receiving the funds.
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Simpkinson Brothers
Los Angeles
Dodd's Kidney Pills End Kidney Disorder Says User
Mr Robert W Peruson of Hinigham Massachusetts credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with curing years of kidney disorder and backache after a Vancouver scare. He says occasional use keeps kidneys regulated and urges others to choose Dodd's for relief.
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Robert W.perguson
Hinigham
Mass
Vancouver
Dejdd
Dodd’s
Dodd's
Mr Ferguson
Adv
Late Hours for Two? Ed and Co-ed Inquiry
The reader muses about late hours and companionship with playful banter. A casual tease hints at social scenarios without naming people or locations, keeping the tone light and cheeky.
Catherine Modine Hosts Nemesis of Wildcats in Timber Reserve Claim
Miss Catherine Modine of northern Curry county credited as state’s top bobcat huntress has filed for a homestead in the timber reserve. She and her shepherd dog say they have accounted for more than 100 wildcats and lynx, while running a stock and dairy ranch with her mother near Denmark. The pair do all farming work themselves with no men on the place.
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Catherine Modine
Curry County
Bobeot
Uncle Sam
Nodine
Brandon
Portland Oregonian
Denmark
Isabell Rejects Tea Not Milk at Lunch
A Buffalo Express item recounts Isabel, a child whose mother fed weak tea with meals. At a friend’s house a servant offered milkless tea in a broad fancy cup. Isabel stared at the mill and then declared, I ain't a cat, in a sharp, witty quip.
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Isabel
Buffalo Express
Freckles vanish with double strength ethine treatment
Advertisement claims ethine double strength removes freckles with nightly applications. One ounce usually suffices to clear the skin and reveal a clear complexion, sold with a guarantee. Also mentions self-adhesive soles and women taxi drivers in England.
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