Prescott Welcomes Red Cross Train in War Charioteer Event
A Red Cross Special train met a Prescott welcome yesterday as officials led a rally at the courthouse. Brigadier General R. P. Davis, Lt. Reeves, Capt. Rawcliffe, and Lt. DeSault spoke on war effort, Red Cross support, and national unity, urging donations and continued support for the war effort. The local canvass gained momentum with many joining the Red Cross drive on the spot.
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Prescott Thay
Allies’ Red Cross
Court House
R. L. Blakely
Arkansas
Harry Myers
Little Rock
Aise
Kaiser
R. P. Davis
Genis
U.S
Davis
Termany
Ily
Belgium
Russia
Luls
United States
Oys
Camp Pike
Prat Wilson
van Schnick
U. S. Army
Red Cross
Reeves
Myers
Helena
Ark
Wilhelm
Rawcliffe
DeSault
America
Col. C. C. Hamby
Bitter fighting on Italian front reaches Caprille Hill
Headquarters in Northern Italy report after five days of heavy combat the enemy gained a slight advance to Caprille Hill east of the Brenta river. The gain, about three quarters of a mile, places the height at the head of the San Lorenzo Valley with both sides contesting passes along the Brenta. Austrians briefly held Caprillo before Italian lines drew back.
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Italy
Caprille Hill
Brenta River
Caprille
San Lorenzo Valley
Brenta
Caprillo
Income Taxes Under New Law War Time Tax Provisions
The article explains a new federal income tax law during wartime, expanding who must pay. It notes tax returns are due by March 1, 1918, with penalties for noncompliance, and highlights the push to involve all citizens in funding the war effort. It mentions county collectors and a traveling tax agent to assist, with income thresholds for married and single individuals.
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Arkansas
Defining Income and Tax Liability Guidance
The document explains income as every cent from any source and gross income minus expenses to yield net income for taxation. It notes exemptions for living costs, outlines what counts as expenses, estimates thirty tax payers per thousand and about 60,000 in Arkansas, and describes efforts by tax officials and the State Council of Defense to publicize and educate the public on the tax campaign and patriotic duty to bear the tax burden.
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Arkansas
State Council of Defense
Man has misgivings about married life in Bluff City
St Louis diary reports August Soya a Bluff City coal miner who, while seeking a movie, narrowly dodged a flying shoe hurled by a towering woman. She warned him to go home next time, calling him a husband, and he was hospitalized after the incident.
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St. Louis
Soya
Bluff City
Gus
St Louis Man Stricken by Peculiar Animal Disease
A St Louis man develops a strange disease described as peculiar to animals. Doctors suspect infection from exposure to a fur cap after a fever developed. He was taken to a hospital for treatment as physicians investigate the illness.
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St. Louie
Dee
Anthony
South Americ
Janes
Lelievu
Nevada County Boy Sees Service in World War I
Captain Thomas A Price, former Arkansas Guardsman and Canadian artillery veteran wounded in France, arrives at Camp Pike assigned to a company. A top officer from Camp Stanley, he previously ran a London newspaper, trained in bayonet use, and was later with the First Arkansas National Guard. Arkansas claims several WWI veterans including Lieut Alfonso Dodson of Berryville who served with Canadians and fought at Ypres.
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Thomas A. Price
Arkansas National
Western Front
Canadian Artillery
Price
Germany
First
Arkansas National Guard
Arkansas
Alonzo Dodson
Berryville
France
Dodson
Ft. Boots
Camp Pike
Yvres Chappel
Man robbed by deaf mute at store, clerk reports tale
Walter, store keeper, told police a deaf mute man entered the shop and demanded money. He could not speak but indicated a desire for cash and received 58.98 dollars before fleeing. The incident was reported to authorities for investigation.
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Bouts
Dee
Danes Walter
Hoe
Wien
Sige Tavis
Walter
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