Transportation tax reforms eyed to boost revenue in prewar era
Officials study increased taxes on transport freight and passenger travel, plus new income taxes for railroads. Credit for government revenue hinges on postwar price rises and broader excises. Analysts forecast substantial sums from railroad taxes, passenger and freight charges, and indirect levies affecting millions of workers.
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Tyne
Sun
Oitelals
Aye Hany
Digo
Prae- Healy
Airmens Seek Bandits In Flying Chase Across States
In Moline Illinois on August 4 six men robbed the Commercial Savings Bank and escaped with $20000 after a gunfight with civilians. An airplane piloted by Private First Class Brierly and Fred Wallace pursued the bandits as they fled toward Henry and Mercer counties Illinois. The fugitives, armed and unknown, were last seen scouring the countryside with assistance from lawmen and citizens.
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Moline
Pedee
Wibes Wadter
Charles Mohter
Bretebbers Ede van Automobile
Sa. Synet
Chace
Davenport
Elentemint Pfc
Brierly
Fred ‘Wallace
Ayintons
Henry
Mercer
Inlinois
Alon
Shamokin Justice Swift Afdemon Kenkse Nab Bea
Shodden sentence from Northumberland leads to capture as police close in, reporting a swift justice action. The brief item notes a suspect named Bea taken into custody after a rapid investigation and pursuit.
Meningitis Tale Supposedly Kills Marquess in South Africa
Fragmentary OCR reports from Aug 4 cite Jon Annesbire about a meningitis death tied to Percy Sholto Douglas, ninth Duke of Queensberry. The text is garbled with names and phrases scattered, mentioning an autopsy and unclear events around a Sunday announcement.
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Marquess
Jon Annesbire
South Africa
Percy Sholto Douglas
Wmnarqness
Queensberry
Aiea
Pisek
Mail Box Hike Post Reveals Lost Letters Mystery
A garbled 19th century clipping describes letters dropped into a city mail box near Twenty and Market Streets. Clergy returns show George Bang, a carpet cleaner, as linked to the incident. The effusive note hints at a street theft or mis delivered mail with racial bias implied.
Communist party foe sentences span years in prison
A garbled report names several defendants linked to the Communist Party. It notes sentences ranging from one to five years for sedition and related offenses, with mentions of a millionaire and other members, but many names and details are unclear.
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Chicaxn
Willim Bros Troyd
Soest
Hine
Communist Aabor Party
Ates
Bivsings
Rela Ung
Ireland faces a religious war as boycott warnings rise
Dublin reports indicate rising economic hostilities between north and south Ireland as Catholic workers are expelled from Belfast shipyards and other industries by Protestant peers. Some fear the boycott could spread to banking, risking northern capital and breaching the island’s fragile ties. A railway incident near Ahughig mentioned suggests ongoing tensions.
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Dublin
Ireland
Catholi
aSatie
Belfast
Ikistdr
Coles Groin
Soutern
Western Ireland
Mystery Arrest in Norristown Stirs Local Press
A postal inspector claims a man who abducted the Coughlin baby from Norristown home on May 2 is in custody. Federal agents separated from the search, with reports of a possible hideout and a long ride by auto. The father, George A. Coughlin, awaits confirmation as authorities piece together the kidnapper’s identity and motive.
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George
A. Leonard
Coughlin
Norristown
Informa
Howe
Brett
Boturti
Pitine Mackmail
Blakeley
Engle Family Plans Departure For Mill With Travelling Car
The Engle mill owner announced plans to depart with his family for a year’s travel in a specially built car containing sleeping and cooking facilities. The Engle site and feed mills will be handed over to new operators as the journey begins.
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Ensie
Engle
Major liquor seizures highlight Chicago confiscations
Prohibition officers seized liquor valued at 2 100 000 in Chicago and reported thefts totaling 2 445 000 during the same period. The Twenty first Amendment and enforcement chief AVDA 18 noted the era’s intensifying clampdown amid warehouse thefts. Major officials announced the findings in a turbulent time for prohibition enforcement.
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Chicago
Ang
Isic Ghiies
Avda
Anthracite Commission Report Nearing Final Submittal
Washington August 4 The Anthracite Commission appointed by President Wilson is adjusting wage schedules for the industry and preparing its report It is expected to be ready for submission to President Wilson within ten days two weeks, with details to follow in the final document
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Washington
Wilson
Baseball Scores From Sunday in the American League
Beaten, teams and players are listed with scattered batting and pitching lines. The report notes results from games in St Reuit Athletics and New York, naming Harris, Herllis, Sever, Faber, Schalk, Zachary, Gharrlig, and others amid unclear box score details.
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St Réuist-Athletics
Harris
Herllis
Sever
Cmake
New ‘York
We Batteries
Faber
Schalk
May
Zi Ruel
al Betecht
Watteries
Petnoek
Sehang
Axers
Sae Beinte
Zachary
Gharrlig
Sewadis
Glave
Metropolitan Museum of Art Anniversary Noted In New York
The piece recalls the Metropolis Museum of Art’s 1870 opening and its early fundraising. It notes $250,000 raised for outfits and purchases to establish the institution, with the Rosso cup of Benvenuto Cellini highlighted as a valued centerpiece amid a vastly valuable collection.
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Museum of Art
Ste S Adleth Ansniversary
Metropolitan Museum. of Art
New York
Erening- Suan
Tite | Museu
Benvenuto Cellini
Crowded Hotel Phrases on Sleep and Rates
A fragmented hotel scene emerges with quotes about sleeping arrangements and rates. A speaker asks about charges for beds and billiard room use, mentioning forty cents an hour and warnings against profiteering amid ongoing trouble. The garbled dialogue references Louguilie and Joarpal as possible names.
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Loulguilie
Reariar Joarpal
Aspirin marketed as safe and widely prescribed for pain
An older Bayer aspirin advertisement touts tablets as genuine and safe, claiming over twenty years of physician use. It promotes a small 12 tablet tin with directions for relief of head and toothache earache neuralgia rheumatism colds and general pain, noting low price and easy availability.
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Bayer
Lange
Many Tales and Royal Rings From Distant Shores
The fragmentary text recalls tales of a priceless diamond retrieved by a fisherman and a ring found by a king’s throne, alongside scattered notes on colonial prosperity, tax revenue, debt status, and a 1918 end milestone. Names and places are garbled, but themes include wealth, inheritance, and population figures.
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Flehaa
Wren
Ivan
Deposit
Moubled, Inc
Kent
Presen
Ely
Toits
United States Factory Growth in Early 20th Century
In 1913 the nation possessed 1 factorpes prodding storey to the value of more than 7,000,000. By 1918 the number of factories increased to 105 and the amount of manufactured goods reached 20,000,000.
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United States
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