Income Tax Burden by States in 1920 Revealed
The 1920 tax study shows seven central states Indiana Ohio Iowa Michigan Minnesota Wisconsin paid nearly 7 million more income taxes than 80 southern western and eastern states. Illinois paid 85.4 million third highest while New York led with 228.6 million and per capita peaks at 27.60. Mississippi had the lowest per capita at 1.30.
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Tiheis
Indiana
Ohio
Iowa
Michigan
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iyeisie Coast
Treasury
Tilnois
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Maryland
Delaware
District of Columbia
Central States
New England
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Tiiais
Mississippi
Dr Abbot's Solar Cooker Plans Mount Wilson Experiments
Dr C G Abbot assistant secretary of the Smithsonian announced he left Washington for Mount Wilson California to advance solar cooker experiments. The device concentrates sun heat to ovens for cooking and can preserve and can fruits and vegetables. He aims to improve oven temperatures and heat storage for broader West usage despite desert conditions.
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Smithsonian Institution
C. G. Abbot
Washington
Mount Wilson
Cal
Doctor Abbot
Imperial Valley
Death's Valley
All Year National Park Bill Proposed For New Mexico
A congressional bill would create an All Year National Park in southern New Mexico comprising scattered parcels within the Mescalero Apache reservation and adjacent desert areas. The plan allows limited tribal hunting and timber cutting, plus irrigation use of streams, then surveys desert regions including White Sands and Elephant Butte lands. Local opposition argues against reworking existing reservoir plans and the shift away from established park goals.
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Congress
New Mexico
Mescalero Indian Reservation
Secretary of the Interior
Mal Pats
Otero
Elephant Butte
Jake
Senators Debate Tariff Bill and Women's Attire
Debating the tariff measure, senators discuss scanty women's clothing. Underwood contrasts grandmothers’ modest dress with modern life noting health and homes were simpler and goods dearer. McCuimber recalls long knitting nights and shared beds and laments loss of old fashions.
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Hile
Underwood
Florida
Paris
Senator McCuimber
Corncob Fuel Dream Tells of Corncob Motor Fuel Emergence
Department of Agriculture chemists claim corncobs can be converted into furfural motor fuel, replacing diminishing petroleum. The novel fuel would require new carburetors, and experts predict a shift to imports from Mexico and Colombia within two decades.
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Department of Agriculture
Department
Farm News and Local Incidents From Iowa Listings
Iowa City scientist Prof C Nuttings party arrives safely in Fiji. Arthur Wright of Denison killed and wife wounded by neighbor in Washington. Keota men haul cattle to Chicago and settle $9.50 top price. Shenandoah elevator bought for 2250 by ten farmers syndicate. Sioux City seeks parents of two week old baby left at maternity hospital. Nashua printer H G Bentley dies in New York rooming house burial in Waukon. Smoky Hollow Mine No 11 fire destroys boiler house and hoisting gear. Grundy Center widow Laura Knapp Carpenter dies at 80. Lime Springs donor W C Brown gives organ to Methodist church. Wilton jury awards 20000 to Bessie Loveless against city after electrocution death. Decorah Bakke farm gas strike. Davenport Roy Burbin drowns bathing near Montpelier. Creston child Homer Skinner scalded to death. Osage split church plans second building. Paullina studies municipal ice plant. Allison farm sale confirms 120 acres at 950 per acre. Wyndham barns burn with losses. Charles City Ralph Marrow dies after brief illness. Belmond heat yield prospects good, sugar plants repairing. Osage missing Gardner and Horner reach Deadwood. Iowa board of curators named for historical society. Polk county ship subsidy votes show 5 percent in favor. Cedar Rapids Mrs Rickard dies from racing accident injuries. Centerville Carmella Russo faces possible state reformatory with infant. Anthon livestock shipping association reports 250000 business. Glenwood Frances Engle dies after auto crash. Rome bridge drowning of Lester Herron.
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Donald Stewart
Keota
Chicago
Shenandoah
Sioux City
H. G. Bentley
New York
Nashua
Minneapolis
Waukon
Smoky Hollow
Hiteman
Laura Knapp Carpenter
Grundy Center
W. C. Brown
New York Central
Lime Springs
Methodist Church
Bessie Loveless
Wilton
Bakke
Decorah
Roy W. Burbin
Davenport
Mississippi
Montpelier
Homer Skinner
Lloyd O. Skinner
Creston
Lutheran Church
Osage
Paullina
D. Tellinghuisen
Evans
Allison
R. H. Reiher
Ralph O. Marrow
Charles City
Belmond
Candace Gardner
Marian Horner
Deadwood
John H. Grimm
Cedar Rapids
Lillian Clark Cary
Dubuque
William G. Kerr
Mary J. Coon
Estherville
A. C. Smith
Clinton
Polk County
John Rickard
Vinton
Emmett Schrader
Newhall
Carmella Russo
Centerville
Rockwell City Reformatory
Farmers' Cooperating Livestock Shipping Association of
Anthon
Frances Engle
Glenwood
Lester Herron
Skunk
Rome
Economy in Washington offices reshapes federal buildings
Congress backs a public buildings commission to move bureaus from rented spaces to government owned offices. The plan aims to cut rents by over half a million dollars in three years while replacing lavish war era structures with economical, durable designs. The Navy and Munitions complex, the largest in the world, faces potential demolition to restore Potomac park.
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Congress
Commission
Washington
D. C
United States
Chicago
Potomac Park
Capitol
Ery
Department of Agriculture
Public Buildings Commission
Veterans’ Bureau
Bureau
War and Navy
Treasury
Maine
Forgetful convict sent back to Sing Sing for parole violation
Alexander Verchinsky, a convict, is returned to Sing Sing prison as a parole violator after five months’ freedom. He faces two and a half more years to serve, originally sentenced from two and a half to five years for alleged assault in Manhattan. He was paroled last December 12 but failed to report, claiming he is absent minded and forgot to report.
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New York
Alexander Verchinsky
Hag
Sing Sing
Manhattan
Food prices show fluctuation in 25 cities
The Department of Labor reports retail food prices rose in 15 cities and fell in 10 from April 15 to May 15. Increases ranged up to 2 percent in Richmond and Philadelphia, with smaller gains elsewhere. Decreases appeared in Newark and Detroit, among others. Households face higher overall costs versus 1913, with Richmond and Washington showing 53 and 49 percent rises respectively. Excerpt ends with an unrelated moralizing line about temptations.
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Washington
Department of Labor
Richmond
Washington, D. C
Baltimore
Birmingham
Ala
Supreme Court ruling limits alimony rights for husbands
Washington State Supreme Court sets aside a prior ruling in the Agnes Jacobson case. The decision holds husbands do not have a legal right to alimony and temporary support from wives in certain proceedings. The report also mentions Dr. Ethel Smyth achieving recognition as England's sole female composer of grand opera.
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Seattle
Washington State Supreme Court
Agnes Jacobson
John
Fashion Drives Monkeys to Edge of Extinction
A Commerce Department report from Aden warns Abyssinian monkeys face severe mortality due to fashion demands for black and white skins. Paris influences push demand for fur trimmings, with annual supply limited to 15 000 to 20 000 skins, risking total extermination of the species.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Aden
Arabia
Paris
Golf grows popular among the Japanese
Japanese enthusiasm for golf is rising with crowded courses in Tokyo and nearby cities. A new eighteen hole course is planned on 112 acres between Tokyo and Yokohama, part of a country club project with a club house design from America.
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Tokio
Japan
ERROR STOPS PERFECT PLAY RECORD FOR STUFFY MCCINNIS
One hundred sixty seven consecutive games without an error by Stuffy McInnis of the Cleveland Indians, a record set in the 1920s era. He hadn’t committed an error since May 80, 1921, until a recent Detroit game when a miscue occurred due to a fielder’s failure to reach third base in time.
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John 8
McInnis
Cleveland Indians
Boston Red Sox
Detroit
Sports notes outline early 20th century athletic trends and leaders
The note list surveys tennis rising in France general sport expansion with lacrosse plans for Syracuse to visit England, Harvard lacrosse captaincy, golf and boxing remarks, track and field meets in Newark, college captains like Louie Wienecke, fund raising for Port Jervis golf, Exterminator and Man o War stakes, Pope Pius XI athletic site gift, heavyweight boxing, multi language athlete Samuel Harrison Thompson, steel shafts in golf and steel rackets in tennis, boxing age rule affecting Dave Shade, Manchester City new stadium, Yale field drainage, and West Virginia baseball captain Fulton Woods.
Persevering Prayer in Faith and Intercession
Reverend John C argues that persistently asking seeking and knocking through faith leads to answered prayer. He cites biblical examples Nehemiah and Jesus Christ and quotes Andrew Murray on prayer as divine cooperation. He warns unbelief and urges believers to pray as the highest show of allegiance and power to bring blessing.
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Seale
iXnock
Nehemiah
Jesus Christ
Israel
Christ
Andrew Murray
Adorning of Women and Temptation in Scripture
A devotional excerpt contrasts outward beauty with inner virtue. It cites first Peter on the hidden heart ornament and the value of meekness before God, then cites Luke on resisting temptation with scripture.
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Peter
Doing God's Will Patient Waiting and Perseverance
A devotional note on patience as divine will. It frames patient waiting as active faith. Prayer for patience brings grace of perseverance, turning contemplation into steadfast action in daily life.
Psalm Verse Reflects Righteous Provision
A biblical verse from Psalm 37 25 emphasizes faithfulness as the righteous are not forsaken and their descendants not left to beg. The text echoes assurance of divine care across generations.
He Deceiveth Himself Quote From Galatians 6 3
A short biblical verse states that anyone who believes themselves important is deceiving themselves since they are nothing. The line emphasizes humility and warns against self-importance.
Fate of the Sluggard Proverb Reflection
A compact proverb note cites Proverbs 24 4 about the lazy person avoiding plowing due to heat and ending with harvest failure, stressing toil and consequence. The brief reflects a moral lesson on diligence and penalties for idleness.
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Uncle Sam
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Monkey
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Francis Boulillard
Chicopee
Harvard
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Jack Dempsey
N. J
Louie Wienecke
Tulsa
Okla
Phillips Andover Academy
Port Jervis
C. A. McHugh
Pius XI
Farmer Lodge
Louis Firpo
South America
William J. Bingham
Harvard College
Samuel Harrison Thompson
Princeton
Dave Shade
California
New York Boxing Commission
Shade
Manchester City
Yale
Fulton Woods
University of West Virginia
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