Federal motor tax repeal urged by motorists
A column argues the 29 dollar federal motor vehicle tax is unfair to car buyers. It urges readers to contact their congressmen, citing Ways and Means Committee action and the influence of personal letters over lawyers. It notes opposition and summarizes arguments for and against repealing the tax.
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Uncle Sim
Momerit
Penrod
Booth
Tarkington
Congress
Washington
John Dough Smith
John D. Smith
John D
Ways and Means Committee of the House
John D.smith
Ways and Means Committee
Aleady
American Automobile Association
Mr. Smith
Madden
Smoot
Bacharach
Reader
Tragedy of Razor Blades On London Bridge
A young woman on Battersea Bridge drops a glass vial into the Thames. A curious bystander learns she threw her husband s safety razor blades into the river, a shocking statement that ends the moment. The tale reflects dangers in everyday objects and public warnings from a London paper.
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London
Battersea Bridge
Coach Properly Defined Now in Motordom
A fragmented note discusses a coach becoming a large factor in motordom and questions what is meant by the term. The text reads as an era reflection on coaching influence and its evolving definition.
Czecho Slovakia Debt Settlement Reached With US
The United States and Czecho-Slovakia agreed on funding the debt owed to Washington. They fix the capital at 115.6 million dollars as of June 16 1925 and set sixty two year payments with 3 percent interest for ten years then higher rates. An eighteen year plan aims for 3 million dollars annually. Congress approval pending.
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Washington
United States
Czecho- Slovinka
Pospisil
American Commission
American Debt Commission
Aum
Congress
Glepathhés
France
Root warns nations face inevitable quarrels and war’s end
Solemn warning by Elihu Root contends controversies among nations are certain to come and mere agreements won’t prevent them. He cites codification of international law and institutions like the League of Nations, the permanent court, and arbitration, as essential to peace through reasoned decision rather than war.
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Permanent Court of Justice
Elihu Roo
Theodor Burton Uo
Interparliamentary Union
Washington, DC
Permanent Court of International Justice
League O Nations
Hague Court of Arbitration
Ito
Mr. Root
Root
Committee of Jurists
Pan_ American’ Union
American Institute of International Law
League of Nations
Air Twister Caused Terror in Early England
A historical note recounts a 1602 English tornado described as a pillar of smoke resembling a steeple. It swept six to seven miles across, toppled fences and walls, uprooted trees, and frightened cattle, though largely spared inhabited areas.
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England
Cheshire
Lancashire
America
Europe
Cricket Revered in Shanghai As Symbol of Good Luck
In Shanghai crickets fill parks and streets, chirping from trees and cages. Boys catch and sell them in markets, and the insect is seen as a token of good fortune. The cricket song outshines local traffic and even opera in popularity among the Chinese.
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Shanghai
Cathedral Yard
I am the American tourist old colony memorial quote
I have scattered breadcrusts and trash from Maine to Florida. I have hacked trees and left campfires burning from coast to coast. I have hooked apples, walnuts and oranges, rolled rocks, and tossed tin cans in every state. I have seen and heard and know all yet destroyed much.
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Maine
Florida
California
Atlantic Seaboard
New England
Willamette Valley
Crater Lake
Union
Old Colony Memorial
Furnished Rooms Sign Sparks Domestic Row
A mono bell ringer asks to rent a room but the foreign woman refuses claiming the family takes the whole house. She points to a window card saying “To dell you Tarnished Tooms” and recounts a prior neighbor’s sign. The exchange centers on a sign and occupancy claims in their building.
Bahama Islands Description Fragments and Numbers
A fragmented OCR snippet references the Bahamas as a group of 8 000 islands with reefs, mentioning only 20 and 3 in unclear context. The text lacks coherent facts, locations, dates, or names to form a full report.
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Bahamas
Lancaster Youth Killed In Accidental Shotgun Incident
Pauline Weidman aged 12 was fatally shot on an attic in Lancaster by her twin brother Paul while hunting Halloween costumes. The gun, a gauge double barrel, discharged from the right barrel, killing Pauline instantly as Harold Hein and two sisters found her in a pool of blood. Coroner Trexler ruled accidental death. parents Jacob and Martha Weidman were away in Akron.
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Pauline Weidman
Harrisburg’ Avenue
Racé Avenue
Lancaster
Paul
Harold Hein
Weidman
St. Joseph's Hospital
Trexler
Pauline
Hallow
Nein
Hein
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Howard Anderson
Jacob
Martha Weidman
Akron
Katherine
Lillian
Ruth
Anna
Russel
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Gieghs
P. C
China
Bahama Islands
J. F. Knittle
Manheim
Egypt
Blue Ball Fire
Knittle
Orient
Palestine
Woman’s Home and Foreign Missionary’ Society
Cedar
Grove
Presbyterian “Church
We Mery of
Ranck’s WU
Meeiing
Mra
Ober
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