Taxpayer Costs Skyrocket as Millionaire Incomes Rise in 1920
The 1920 internal revenue report shows 7,259,944 individuals filed returns paying 1.075 billion in tax and 203,283 corporations taxed at 1.625 billion. New York and Michigan each had two taxpayers with incomes over five million, while New York led in both returns and net income.
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Washington
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
United States
New York
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Illinois
World flight survivors recount Bay of Bengal wreck ordeal
Capt Norman Macmillan and Capt Maillins spent 60 hours aboard a wrecked seaplane in the Bay of Bengal during a round the world flight. Adrift amid undercurrents, they battled sharks appears and a hostile current, plus abandonment by a sailing brig before rescue by a steam launch.
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Norman Macmillan
Maillins
Bay of Bengal
The
Daily News
Macmillan
Bargain with the Bread Line: Schratt’s Fall From Court to Poverty
Vienna's once celebrated actress Katherina Schratt, lifelong companion of Emperor Francis Joseph, has fallen into poverty. Once favored and lavishly supported, she now stands in the bread line with jewels gone and clothes in tatters. The article links her decline to wartime hardship and legends of the Hapsburg curse.
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Katherina Schratt
Francis Joseph
Vienna
Austria
Archduke Verdinand
Sarajevo
Flees man and leaps to death on West Twenty-seventh Street
In New York a young woman Mae Leamon leaped from the fourth floor of 271 West Twenty-seventh Street after being chased by a man. Neighbors heard cries and a whip-like crack before she jumped from the roof to the fire escape and then to the street. Patrolman Frederick Robenstein raced to assist but arrived too late.
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New York
West Twenty-seventh Street
Mae Leamon
Frederick Robenstein
Thirtieth Street
Heart Pierced by Glass At Inglewood High
James Thomas fourteen a student at Inglewood High School attempted to stop a glass panel door from slamming his hand pierced the panel a sliver of glass pierced his heart He walked down the steps then collapsed and died quickly
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Los Angeles
Cal
James Thomas
Inglewood High School
Thieves Strip Berlin Billboards for Waste Paper
Berlin police report a new theft trend as billboard stripping rises with the value of waste paper. Officials note rising incidents of stealing signs from streets and public displays, affecting advertisers and city districts.
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Berlin
Alaska Seals Yield $3 600 000 From Gear Skins
Seattle report says Pribilof Islands harvest this summer of gear skins totals 3.6 million dollars. Government workers and natives killed 30,000 seals this season, up from 26,500 the previous year.
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Alaska
Seattle
Wash
Pribilof Islands
Milwaukee magnate top life policy payout of 1.5 million
Ferdinand Schlesinger of Milwaukee, chairman of Milwaukee Coke and Gas Co. of America, held the highest life policy paid last year in the United States and Canada, totaling 1,517,820 dollars. Insurance distributed among 24 concerns. inheritance tax on his 30 million dollar estate exceeded 1.25 million.
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New York
United States
Canada
Ferdinand Schlessinger
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Coke and Gas Company of America
Schressinger
No Monotony About That
A woman files for divorce claiming her husband forced 63 relocations in 12 years. The piece notes multiple complaints about married life and monotony.
Lost in Jungle Almost Starved During 25 Days
Ernest C. Holt says he and a companion endured 25 days in a Brazilian jungle with scarce food. They survived mainly on monkeys and snake stew after killing a poisonous nine foot snake and eating its sirloin to avoid starvation. Holt and his wife returned to New York aboard the Pan American after three years abroad collecting specimens for the American Museum of Natural History.
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New York
Ernest C. Holt
South America
Pan America
American Museum of Natural History
Deputy Sheriff Cosgrove Charged After Fatal Hat Trick
William Cosgrove deputy sheriff and ranch foreman in St. Xavier Montana is held on 3000 bond for manslaughter after attempting to shoot a hat off Henry Obendorf. The bullet killed Obendorf when Cosgrove shot through the hat top missing the target. Cosgrove surrendered to the sheriff.
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St. Xavier
Mont
William Cosgrove
Liberty
Wilhelm Tell
Cosgrove
Henry Obendorf
Rat Attacks Girl as Bronx Rats Deemed Hungry
In New York a huge rat attacked four year old Helen Miller while she played with other children near Bronx park. An onlooker grabbed the animal by the tail and killed it on the sidewalk. A box of crackers dropped by the child was left behind. Six large rats were killed in a hunt and Bronx zoo keepers said further rats sought scraps in lion and tiger cages.
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Lyle Johnson
Albert Johnson
Kearney
Hamilton Farm
Wymore
Blue Valley OH and Gas Company
Ernest Vincent Shayler
Nebraska
Episcopal Church
McKelvie
Alexander McFarlane
Friend Commercial Club
Southern Commercial Conference
Chicago
A. B. Albright
San Antonio
Tex
Hooper
Dodge County
Hallam
Lancaster County
Presbyterian Synod
York
Laura Longacre
Eagle
Cass County
Weeping Water
South Omaha
Clay Center
Scotts Bluff
Cattaraugus County
New York
van Armum
Willett
Congress
United States Department of Agriculture
State Agricultural Colleges
Scottsbluff
Nebraska City
Frank Deittmer
John Schmidt
Wounded Knee
Custer County Board
State Agricultural College
U. S. Department of Agriculture
State Railway Commission
Omaha “Ad
Agnes Russell
Pawnee
Bogota
Colombia
South America
L. W. Powell
Minature
Liberty
Nebraska Press Association
Lincoln
Falls City
Hubert Work
John H. Bartlett
Omaha
Nebraska State Nurse's Association
Weylan Case
Gordon
Case
Robert Thomsen
North
Plainview
Public Library Board
Gage County
Fremont Manufacturing Company
F. M. Welch
Columbus
Missouri
Anselmo
Joe Wagner
Charles Wagner
Wolbach
M. L. Rawlings
Blue Springs
R. M. Jenkins
Lew T. Skinner
University of Nebraska Agricultural College
Agricultural College
Scottsbuff
Seventh Corps
Duncan
German Evangelical Lutheran Church of Emerald
Lawrence
Charles Strecker
Tecumseh
Elmer
Bronx Park
Helen Miller
Bronx
Lightning Kills Five Cows on Farm Near Unionville
A bolt of lightning struck Frank Ford's farm near Unionville in Orange County killing five cows tied to the same chain. A second bolt ripped off part of Grace Church steeple in Port Jervis, causing damage.
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New York
Frank Ford
Unionville
Orange County
Grace
Thieves Steal Town Fire Truck in North Pelham New Jersey
Thieves took the town hook and ladder truck while firemen attended a festival dance. The truck had been left in front of the dance hall when it was seized by the burglars.
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North Pelham
N. J
Horse Bites Off Man's Ear in Glencove Incident
In Glencove two pieces of a man’s ear were bitten off by a horse. Joseph Sviderskis, injured, was taken to a hospital where surgeons sewed the ear back. Doctors expect it to heal nearly like the original.
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Glencove
L. L
Joseph Swiderskis
Taunton Woman credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Mrs Blanche Silvia of Taunton Massachusetts says monthly back and leg pains that kept her in bed eased after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports regaining energy to do laundry and housework and recommends the remedy to others.
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Taunton
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
Blanche Silvia
Grant St
Taking No Chances in Press Room Banter
Senator Sorghum quips that applause is like money and must be collected in advance as teams of managers ensure public approval. The exchange underscores political theater and the strategic use of applause to signal support to audiences.
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Senator Sorghum
Diamond Dyes Promise Easy Home Dyeing for All Fabrics
An advertisement proclaims Diamond Dyes as the simple at home dye kit for wool silk linen cotton and blends. It claims the product will not spot fade streak or run and urges buyers to tell their druggist the fabric type before dyeing.
League of American Penwomen Urges National Loyalty Campaign
The League of American Penwomen, a group of professional women writers nationwide, calls on its members to join a countrywide effort against disloyalty in any form whether spoken or printed.
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League of American Penwomen
United States
War doubles prices of cotton and linen
The notice reports war driven price doubling for cotton and linen and suggests extending garment life by laundering with Red Cross Ball Blue. An advertisement from grocers follows.
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Indiana
Iowa
New Jersey
California
Mary
Captain Macmillan
London
Ashoure
Dorothy Ruth
Babe Ruth
Mig. Ruth
Dorothy
Ludwig of
Bavaria
Maximilian
Mexico
Johann Orth
Archduke Albrecht
d’Alencon
Paris
Rudolph
Meyerling
Elizabeth
Geneva
Explorer
Brazil
Cracker
Pablem Oy
Holland
C. H. Berry CO
Michigan Avenue
Optician
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Labo
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