Ford tax leader in 1924 income returns
Detroit reports show Henry Ford personal tax of 2,608,808.65 and Edsel Ford at 2,108,050.99 with the Ford company paying 46,493,000. The combined tax contribution represented about a quarter of eastern Michigan's income levy. President Coolidge paid 14,091.56 in income tax.
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International News Service
Detroit
Mich
Eastern Michigan
Fords
Henry Ford
Edsel Ford
Coolidge
Boston
Bureau of
Yeverns
Louis
Liggett
United States
David J. Walsh
Frank W. Stearns
Mulcahy Stops Travel on New Bridge at Mahoningstown
Mulcahy objects to travel over the Mahoningstown bridge until officially released. He says he is responsible until the approaches are formally transferred and will not permit further traffic. County Commissioners Davis McCullough Matthews and Engineer Milholland inspected the site to determine next steps.
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Mulcahy
Mahoningstown
M. A. Mulcahy
Registration Reminder Warns Voters to Register Now
An unsettled notice urges readers to register before voting. It emphasizes that a vote is invalid without registration, mocks nonvoters, and notes the importance of acting as weather warms in the year 1866.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imen
Anthracite Miners Hit 100 Percent Strike Across PA
Reports from miners at Bellevue Stratford indicate about 145000 to 148000 anthracite workers answered the strike call led by John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers. The old wage contract expired at midnight, and operators are blamed for failing to negotiate in good faith as miners vow to wait for consideration of their demands.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Bellevue Stratford
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of Am
Lewis
Sunflower With Nearly 200 Blossoms Noted by Gillespie
Mrs. Martha Gillespie of McClelland avenue showcases a prince sunflower boasting almost 200 blossoms and a height near 4.14 feet with 20 blooms and 14 buds. She also grows a rare white sunflower plant about two feet tall with a single blossom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Gillespie
McClelland Avenue
Gillespie
Many Autos Race To Fire Scene
Report of a Highland Avenue fire at the Smith residence shows many autoists sped to the blaze last night around 11 30 creating traffic chaos. Horns blared and few offered aid to firefighters, prompting officials to note a city ordinance bans racing to fires and vows action to curb interference.
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Smith
Highland Avenue
Passes Examinations To Become Doctor
William F. Clark of Highland avenue passed the Pennsylvania State Board Examinations in Medicine and Surgery. He recently completed a successful internship year at Sacred Heart Hospital in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and plans to visit his parents at home soon.
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William F. Clark
Highland Avenue
Dr. Clark
Sacred Heart Hospital
Allentown
New Castle Schools Prepare For Opening In September
About 10 000 public school pupils and 230 administrators will return to 17 buildings for the 1925 26 term. New teachers gather Friday morning with Dr Ben G Graham. veterans enroll Monday after Labor Day. Vaccination rules apply for new pupils. existing students need not show certificates.
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New Castle
Aysttem
Ben G. Graham
North Street
Graham
Benjamin Franklin
Overland Trip to the Pacific Coast Described in Letter
Percy P. MacNab recounts driving overland from Pittsburgh to California from July to August 1925. He details heat, mud in Missouri, a dip in a saltwater pool in St. Louis, fording flooded areas, and vast Kansas and desert plains, naming places and people met along the way.
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Percy P. MacNab
Pacific Coast
Ting
Fred L. Keats
News Company
Percy FP. MacNab
Pat Preire
San Diego
California
Fred L. Rentz
New Castle
Fred
Kate
Pittsburgh
Dayton
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
St. Louis
Missouri
Mysterious Fire at Home of Jas M Smith
Fire destroyed part of the home of James M Smith president of Shenango Pottery at 1900 Tighland Avenue last night just after 11. Cause unknown though believed to be spontaneous combustion in painting materials. Loss about 12000, insured. Fire started in kitchen or pantry during remodeling. Mrs Smith alerted by Reed Megown of next door. two alarms sent for firemen.
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Jamees M. Smith
Shenango Pottery Company
Tighland Avenue
Fail To Locate Lost Submarine Sebastiano
Aeroplanes and seaplanes have not found any trace of the missing submarine Sebastiano between Cape Passero and Cape Murro Di Porco. The admiralty announced that the search will continue, though no indication exists of what befell the vessel or whether she was on the surface or submerged.
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International News Service
Rome
Cape Passero
Cape Murro di Porco
Sebastiano
Ventera
Admiralty
Difcult
Enraged husband shoots former wife and lover in love triangle
Fred Thomas, a special police officer, killed Rosa Goodman after divorcing her for alleged ties with Ben Starrick. Starrick was wounded by four bullets after Thomas followed them from a movie to Goodman’s home and opened fire, then surrendered to authorities.
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Sulletin
Teternational
Benton
Rosa Goodman
Fred Thomas
Ben Starrick
Marton
Thomas
Rockefeller Tops 1924 U S Income Taxes
John D Rockefeller Jr led American taxpayers with the largest income tax payment for 1924. The public release shows Rockefeller paid 4 277 668. Rockefeller's relatives and other figures include Henry Ford 2 408 808 66 Edsel 2 168 055 99 Calvin Coolidge 14 091 84 Andrew Mellon 1 882 606 25 Chauncey Depew 126 920 and Charles Dawes 24 884 among numerous others.
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International Wawa Service
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
New York
America
Book of Income
Rockefeller
Henry Ford
Edsel
Detroit
Joan D., Sr
Calvin Coolidge
Elbert H. Gary
John W. Davis
Charles B. Hughes
Louis K. Liggett
Andrew W. Mellon
Charles G. Dawes
Charice A. Comiskey
White Box
Disabled Kearney Reaches Boston Harbor After Salvage Battle
Forty officers and men aboard the U S Shipping Board Steamship Kearney fought time and tide as water crept through holes from rocks off Seal Island N S. Coast Guard Cutter Gresham and U S Destroyer Fanning aided rescue. The Fanning made a record run across Massachusetts Bay to the disabled steamship and kept pace as Kearney entered the upper harbor under her own steam.
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International News Service
Boston
U.S. Shipping Board
Kearney
Rocka
Seal Island
N. S
Ord Craw
Coast Guard
Gresham
U. S
Fanning
Utah
Plymouth
Detroyer
Massachusetts Bay
Arthur Williams Faces Liquor-Charge
Arthur Williams, a Black man, was captured by Officer Greer with two one gallon liquor containers in a suitcase. He has been charged with transporting liquor and will have a hearing before Aldermen Walter T. Hamilton and Chief of Police Henry Dysart at a later date.
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Arthur Williams
Greer
Henry Dysart
Walter T. Hamilton
Marriage Licenses for New Castle and Ellwood City Couples
Luigi M. F. Poilfront of New Castle and Maria D. P. Sansotta of New Castle received marriage license. Robt L. Mellon of Ellwood City and Lillie T. Wallace of Ellwood City also secured a license.
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Luigi M. F. Poilfront
New Castle
Maria D. P. Sansotta
Robt, L. Mellon
Ellwood City
Lillie T. Wallace
Elwood City
Lawrence County Mouth Organ Championship Proposed
The News seeks Lawrence county best mouth organ player after WRKBG broadcasts. A contest at Penn theatre on Wednesday evening September 9 offers a silver loving cup for the champion and prizes for second and third. Players choose their own tunes and may hail from across the county, with figures like Bert Sanford and G C E Smanley named as contenders.
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Lawrence County
Chemlion
WRKBG
Lawrence
Penn Theatre
GC. E. Smanley
Cascade Park
Sanford
Blackbern
New Castle
Punkins
Second Plane Is Forced Down Early In Tip
Planes from the navy’s Hawaii flight report progress as Plane One nears Hawaii and Plane Three is found safe after being forced down 300 miles off the Golden Gate. Flight leaders John Rodgers and wireless operator report everything OK despite dawn glare and missed searchlights. The California to Hawaii flight continues 2100 miles across the Pacific with ships in support.
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Ellis H. Martin
International
Gervion
San Francisco
Navy
Hawaii
Doyen
John Rodgers
Rodgers
O. K
United States
Steamer Burns On Lake Erie
The Colonial of the Western Reserve Navigation Company burned to the water’s edge off Westfield New York while en route to Dunkirk for Crystal Beach excursions. One dead, several missing, passengers and crew rescued by fire crews from Erie Buffalo and Dunkirk. The dead is Thomas McGinn, second engineer of Cleveland Ohio. Missing include Earl Bunting second cook and Robert O’Brien wheelsman from Cleveland Ohio. The fire’s origin is unknown.
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Sulleton
International News Service
Erif
Colonial
Western Reserve Navigation Company
Westfield
N. Y
Dunkirk
Erie
Crystal Beach
Fite
Buffalo
Thomas McGinn
Cleveland
Earl Bunting
Robert O'Brien
Wheelsman
Death Record: Oliver McClung 75 Pulaski Township
Lucretia Cornelius TD Osceola Pa announces death of Oliver McClung age 75 in Pulaski Township. Funeral arrangements are not yet listed.
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Oliver McClung
Pulaski Township
Lucretia Cornelius
Oscéola
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Atudney Weel
Jefferson City
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Nettleton
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Ilinois
Husband Woltows
John D. Rockefeller
Shipping Board
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Fred Wolford
Eweethaerts
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