Your congressman in a precedent shattering decision
The supreme court ruled states may levy income tax on U S government employees. The six to two decision, written by Justice Stone, involved James B. O Keefe of the Federal Home Owners Loan Corp. It broadens tax coverage to about 3.8 million federal and local workers, pushing action on reciprocal taxation bills. The article also notes appropriations for agriculture soil conservation and other programs, and discusses wage and hour realignment debates and Idaho tension.
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Supreme Court
United States
Justice Stone
State of New York
James B. O'Keefe
Federal Home Owners Loan Corporation
High Court
Senate
House
Department of Agriculture
Congress
South
Idaho
Neighbors recall Wilhelmina Nelson born in Sweden in 1854
Willhelmina Nelson of St Charles born in Malma Sweden January 9 1854 is 85. As a teen she and sister Josephine Matson joined the L D S church and faced persecution. She left Sweden with her sister, endured hardships crossing oceans and travel to Bear Lake Valley where she settled near St Charles with husband Rasmus Peter Nelson after meeting him during these travels.
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America
Bear Lake Valley
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Rasmus Peter Nelson
St. Charles
Parrot Speaks Lord’s Prayer 85-Word Record
Collier’s Weekly notes a parrot repeating the Lord’s Prayer, an 85 word sequence considered perhaps the longest continuous verbal feat. The study highlights the bird’s capacity to recall a lengthy liturgical text.
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Collier’s Weekly
Art of Making Honey
A bee collects nectar from flowers and converts it into honey. The hive relies on many bees, with about 80 000 workers needed to produce one pound of honey.
Transportation on Show
The article recalls Xenophon’s Anabasis as the first to mention transportation on the snow with Armenians who fitted enlarged shoes on their horses while crossing mountain passes.
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Xenophon
Color Indicates Food Value of Squash and Carrots
The article notes that color signals food value in squashes, pumpkins, and carrots. Yellow color comes from the pigment tene ne which in the body converts into vitamin A.
Venus with arms missing from Milo statue fragment
The Venus sculpture originally had arms that were likely broken off. A polished shield in the mirrored surface may have been the goddess gaze, and fragments of the upper left arm were found with the 1820 Milo grotto discovery. The timing of the break is unknown, a common fate for ancient statues.
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Venus
Milo
Melos
Early Wood Tourniquets and French Innovation
The text explains that the first tourniquets were simple wooden blocks under bandages used in many ancient wars. A French surgeon later devised a complex band with a pad that secured over an artery, and the term tourniquet derives from the French tourner meaning to turn.
Guitar bears Stradivari name in Paris Conservatory
The sole guitar attributed to Antonio Stradivari, famed violin maker, is housed in the museum of the Paris Conservatory of Music. It bears the signature and is a rare example of his stringed instruments surviving to the present day.
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Stradivari
Antonio Stradivari
Paris Conservatory of Music
Eternal Flame On Gettysburg Monument Fed By Gas
The Eternal Light at the Gettysburg monument is fueled by natural gas piped from western Pennsylvania, keeping the perpetual flame lit.
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Gettysburg Monument
Pennsylvania
Hardest Job Warns Jud Trittins On Self Doubt
In a candid remark Jud Trittins says the toughest task a man may face is convincing others that he is unsure of himself. He stresses humility and the burden of doubt in leadership.
Wilhelmina Nelson Cares Through Hard Times For Family
The story recalls Wilhelmina Nelson enduring severe tests after losing her band and raising seven children amid poverty. She wove clothes, traded hats, and kept her family in school while guiding them to U S A and Idaho safety exams. Despite multiple deaths, she remains sharp and continues to support her name and kin, with great grandchildren noted.
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Cache
Bear Lake
Toutes
Wilhelmina Neon
Asass
Maerial
Pater Jensen
Nelson
Sedot
Nelsaph
Bank Robbery Plot Drives Trucker Across County
In a tense sequence, Jane Aartman lures Tony Andrews into a gang operation. Police close in as a barricaded truck is driven under gunpoint away across the county while state troopers intervene, revealing Tony’s reputation as an honest trucker amid the mounting danger.
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Mr. Gibba
Swarthyout Nolan Wells Into Summit Cafe Heist
Tony Gibbs leading a masked trio robs a truck and takes Sidney and Pop Stebbins at the Summit Cafe. Jane aids by untangling a gun plot while Officer Sam Moore pursues the criminals, ending with a dramatic exit and a cliffhanger.
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Ant
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Randall
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Henry Dworshak
House Committee On Irrigation and Reclamation
Secretary of the Interior
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Virginia
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Winchester
Byrd
Senate Labor Committee
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Washington
Senator Barkley
Miss Townsend
Idaho State Society
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D.W. Davis
Addison Smith
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Willam E. Lee
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Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor, Immigration and Materialization Service
Children’s Bureau
Women's Bureau
U. S. Employment Service
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Harold Nickerson
Detroit Police
Betty Dane
Wayne University
Williams Mortuary
Montpelier, Idaho
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Crossitt
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Summit Cafe
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