G.O.P. Plans Tax Cuts to Reduce Consumer Costs
Republican members of the house ways and means committee tentatively agreed to repeal or halve several taxes. They propose cutting the sporting goods tax to 5 percent and repealing the soda water tax. Luxury taxes on clothing items were trimmed, while some taxes on carpets frames and umbrellas remain in place.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
Treasury
Senate passes Willis Campbell anti beer bill after amendments
The Willis Campbell anti beer bill cleared the senate by 39 to 20 and moves to conference with the house. It keeps limits on prescriptions and alcohol content while adding a search warrant protection for private property and stiffer penalties for unlawful searches.
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Washington
Senate
House
Treasury
Mellon
Palmer
Stanley
Kentucky
Reed
Missouri
Harvey Leaves for Paris Meeting as U S Ambassador
George Harvey American ambassador to Great Britain departed for Paris Saturday morning to attend the meeting of the supreme allied council.
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Harvey
Meet
London
George Harvey
Great Britain
Paris
Supreme Allied Counsell
Bay City's First Bale of 1921 Cotton
Bay City Texas reports the first bale of 1921 cotton arriving from Sargent grown by Frank Korvas. The bale weighed 640 pounds and he has a smaller bale also ginned at Sargent at the same time.
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Bay City
Tex
Frank Korvas
Sargent
Korvas
Weeklong market dip dampens wheat and corn prices
The Markets report shows the grain trade easing with large winter wheat receipts depressing prices while export demand remains brisk. Chicago prices for No 3 red winter wheat and No 2 hard wheat fell, and corn prices dropped on selling pressure despite good export demand. Dairy and hay markets show mixed moves with light receipts and steady to firm prices for top grades.
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Chicago
Minneapolis
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New York
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Boston
Wisconsin
Wiscon
Virginia
Eastern Shore
New Jersey
Kansas
California
Arkansas
Georgia
Elberta
Tse
Baltimore
South Carolina
Tom Watson
Cincinnati
Timothy
Atlanta
Memphis
Prairie Chicago
St. Louis
Northeastern
Neff submits seventeen additional Texas legislative proposals
Governor Neff sent a special message to the Texas legislature listing seventeen proposed laws. The measures cover poll tax receipts, county records transcription, banking and insurance deposits, loan and investment company regulations, corporate debt instruments, depositor guaranty fund increases, ranger force creation, and several new or redefined independent school districts. Also proposed are boundary clarifications for Winnsboro district, repeal of Laketon act, Kerr County court jurisdiction changes, and a Pecos River fishery regulation.
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Austin
Tex
Neff
Commissioner of Banking and Insurance
Texas Rangers
la Porte Independent School District
Laketon Independent School District
Red River County
County Court
Kerr County
District Court
Pecos River
Reeves, Loving, Ward, Crane
Pecos
Governor's Daughter Named Cotton Palace Princess
Waco Texas Miss Hallie Maude Neff daughter of Governor Pat M Neff accepts the Texas Cotton Palace Association invitation to represent Texas as princess at the coronation of the Cotton Palace queen October 25. She studies at the University of Texas. The governor of Zacatecas Mexico names Miss Maria de los Angeles Cansino to represent that state and Governor A Silva asks the Mexican consul in San Antonio to name the princess from San Luis Potosi.
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Waco
Tex
Hallie Maude Neff
Pat M. Neff
W. V. Crawford
Texas Cotton Palace Association
Texas
Cotton Palace
Neff
University of Texas
Zacatecas
Mexico
Maria de Los Angeles Cansino
A. Silva
San Antonio
San Luis Potosi
Brownsville Storms Hit Cameron County Ranches and Beach Tragedy
Lows from the Texas Mexico border cause extensive stock losses on northern Cameron County ranches with several colts killed at the James A Stillman ranch. In Freeport a drowning at Bernard River claims Dora Hill and Raymond Hardcastle after Miss Hill and Mrs. Hardcastle tried to save two boys. Dora Hill's body recovered while search continues for Jesse Hardcastle and the other boy. The accident occurred minutes after arrival on the beach.
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Brownsville
Tex
Cameron County
James A. Stillman
Freeport
Dora Lee Hill
Jesse Hardcastle
Raymond Hardcastle
Bernard River
Gulf
Familiar With Scripture. The Squire and His Gardener Joke
A quip in London Answers where the Squire ponders marriage for his gardener John. John replies that the first gardener had a wife but lost his job soon after, implying a humorous take on domestic life and employment.
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John
London
Aspirin Safe Bayer Guidance for Pain Relief
Bayer advises taking aspirin only as directed on genuine Bayer tablets and using products bearing the Bayer Cross. The ad touts aspirin's safety for colds headaches neuralgia rheumatism earache toothache lumbago and pain with affordable twelve tablet tins and larger packages sold by druggists. It notes Bayer trademark status and the history of physician developed dosage.
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Bayer
The Limit of Devotion
A brief comedy of manners centers on a couple who navigate closeness and control. Their dynamic surfaces during a casual poker game as their rapport evolves through subtle exchanges.
Brilliant Idea Tops Teacher Uses It For Arithmetic
An Indianapolis schoolteacher spots a alluring spinning top, sees its financial appeal and novelty. She asks the clerk what it does, learns it serves as a diversion and a teaching aid for combinations in numbers.
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Indianapolis
Humbers
Indianapolis News
Moneyed Crowd Prompts Budget Bout Over Songs
The artist complains about a two song contract while at a Wadleigh event. he insists three are due, claiming royal audiences. Wad leigh reassures that the audience is real people with substantial money, enough to rival a king's fortune.
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Wadleigh
Europe
Mr. Wadleigh
Birmingham Age-Herald
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