New Long Distance Rates Set By Postal Service
The Postmaster General on January 21 ordered uniform long distance telephone rates nationwide while keeping lower rates unchanged. Rates vary by service type station to station appointment and report charges, with night discounts. Initial charges use per six or eight mile blocks, plus different premiums for person to person and appointment calls. Night rates reduce day charges to about half or one quarter depending on time.
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Burlesen
Onler
United States
Persan
Tax Details Discussed at Des Moines Sessions
Officials led by William M. Dale of the internal offices outlined proposed income tax rules during sessions in Des Moines. The plan would tax incomes up to 1000 dollars at six percent and amounts above that at seven percent. married men would qualify for exemptions up to two thousand dollars.
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Dea Moines
William , M. Dale
Congress
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Defferson Stepheny Jefferson D Stephens Burial at Goldfield
Births and deaths narrative recounting Defferson Stepheny Jefferson D Stephens born October 20 1880 in Mvttoon Hlinvis moved Iowa from Illinois in 1900 lived Eagle Grove Goldfield Renwick farm life with family. funeral January 26 conducted by Rev J H Perry at home with burial at Goldfield Cemetery. family notes and ad for Quaker Brand flour by Ross and Maurer promising refunds if unsatisfied.
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Jefferson D. Stephens
Mvttoon
Hlinvis
Renwick
Towa
Illinois
Iowa
Eagle Grove
Goldfield
Frank Blook
Bernadine
Twola
Irene
Marie
Lester
Hamond
Munny Felicity
J. H. Perry
Goldfield Cemetery
War is Over as Allied Forces Retire in Archangel Sector
An official dispatch dated January 23 reports American losses at Ush Pedenga with seventeen killed and eleven wounded while others are missing. Subsequent attacks were repelled as forces held positions after retreating in the Archangel area amid Bolshevik pressure.
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Archangel
Ush Pedenga
War Department frees soldiers to seek work during demobilization
The War Department orders that no man be discharged from the army against his will until he can secure employment. Soldiers may remain temporarily in service at their own written request while they obtain work, and those who would have been discharged may later be released if they think they can find employment. Tribute to Country Press notes a dispute over treasury policy and defends country editors’ influence on national affairs.
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Rermain
Ata
Tate
Philadelphia Ledger
Silya
Glass
Daniels
Mugly
Pershing's Tosquat Hospital Figures Released
An official war department report shows on January 9 the American army in France and England totaled 105,768 in hospitals. Of these, 12,642 suffered from disease and 33,111 from wounds and other injuries.
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Pershing
War Department
France
England
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Salmon P Chase
the Treasury
President Lincoln
Supreme Court
First National Bank
Ted
Memmer
SIAL
RSE Syatrs
Trebley
Defferson
Stepheny
Ross & Maurer
Cedar Rapids
al Kitehena
Mego
State Bank of
Renwick, Iowa
Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Ford Cars
White Auto Company
Goldfield, Iowa
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