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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1913
Page
7
Washington reports tariff bill revisions affect household necessities. rates shown for items like lentils, barley, macaroni, poultry, raw wool, and meats vary from cents to a few dollars per unit or per weight. Free and post 1914 adjustments noted with several percentage changes and new defaults.
Local pages list numerous taxpayers urged to file income tax returns under the new schedule. Officials remind residents to submit by the deadline and ensure accuracy to avoid penalties.
Washington reports the Democratic tariff reform bill advances with broad support and aims to reduce duties by 27 to 29 percent from the current 40 percent. The measure enacts income tax provisions, broad exemptions, and tax at the source for many incomes, with initial returns due by March 1, 1914.
Iowa legislators failed to fund new prison industries last winter, risking the renewal of the Iowa Farming Tool company contract with the board of control for prisoner labor at Fort Madison. Senator A M McColl warns against long terms, preferring only a temporary extension to cover the next session. The issue, along with the board’s upcoming appointment of a third member by Gov. Clarke, shapes debates on chair contracts, state run factories, and rural education reforms.
The article reports rate changes for yarns and cloth under a new provision. Bleached and dyed colored yarns see raised rates while cotton yarns and cloth from numbers 79 to 99 remain largely unaffected. Handkerchiefs and mufflers not hemmed see a deduction from 30 percent to 25 percent.
The text recalls Emerson memory lapses and a Longfellow funeral moment as well as notes on the Special Court of Marshalsea at Windsor and Green Cloth authority. It highlights how the court managed domestic service ranks and royal kitchen hierarchies under Henry VII and later.
The piece notes the allure of uncharted exploration and hints at personal reflection as a speaker jokes about tracking a wife's rug, contrasting grand journeys with domestic curiosity.
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