Value of investment taxes and war bonds argued in postwar boom
A young man explores mineral profits and Uncle Jeff’s investment plan, but taxes erode returns. The piece argues investors seek safe, taxable options like municipal bonds and urges buying war bonds to support postwar industry and job creation.
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Jeff
United States
Uncle Eben’s Quip on Sin and Entertainment
Uncle Eben jokes that a sinner seeks Satan’s exit and keeps watching for fresh entertainment schemes, reflecting a homespun comic view of temptation and novelty in popular amusements.
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Uncle Eben
Third Eye in Ancient Animals and Other Notable Extracts
Ancient animals related to extinct saurians evolved a third eye for rearward vision, a trait lost with large species except in infancy. Turpentine dominates U S usage in paint and varnish with shoe polish and other products also produced. The sun is a variable star with daily to monthly heat variation. Liverpool earthenware introduced cheap transfer-printed tableware in the mid eighteenth century with decorative prints.
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Liverpool
England
Good Neighbor Defined in Civic Guide
A good neighbor is defined as one entitled as a fellow being to receive and expected to render kindness. It also states a good neighbor is one who fulfills the obligations of a good neighbor.
English Dumb Waiters and Early Service Innovations
The text notes that dumb waiters were an English eighteenth century invention with tiers of trays on a central support and a tripod base. They sat diagonally at dining table corners for self-service after the servants left, with Chippendale listing "two mahogany dumb waiters on castors" supplied to Kensington Palace.
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Chippendale
Kensington Palace
Watches Once Sm20 Clocks Watches
Watches once Sm20 clocks were small clocks worn around the girdle as they were too large for pocket use.
First Plows Of Tree Branches Used By Hand Power
The earliest farming tools were bent tree branches shaped into plows and pulled by human effort, marking a simple start to agricultural innovation.
First Glass Maker in Scotland Found Cavern Worksite
George Hay (1566-1625) became Scotland’s earliest glass maker by using a cave at Wemyss on the Fife coast to set up his furnace. Captain Pipe, a Delaware chief of Ohio, boasted after the St Clair defeat of killing many white men with his hatchet and could still lift it.
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George Hay
Wemyss
Fife
Captain Pipe
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Gen. St. Clair
Europe’s Early Sugar Supply from Madeira and Canary Islands
The text notes Europe sourced most sugar from Madeira and the Canaries for two centuries. It then shifts to a flawed IQ scale, claiming morons average 50–70, imbeciles 20–50, and idiots 0–20.
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Europe
Madeira
Canary Islands
Hair Health Tells Blood Disease Or Anemia Conditions
A newspaper note explains that diseases affecting the blood show in hair. It states that poor circulation or anemia can yield lustrous or dull hair, indicating health issues through hair condition.
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