Ghost Dance Misidentified by Ethnologist on Border
A Smithsonian ethnology expert says the Apache scouts’ border performance for General Pershing was not the Ghost Dance known to Plains tribes and Paiutes. The article contrasts the Ghost Dance’s simple, trance driven rite with the Apache display, noting no drums, fires, or masks.
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Washington,d. C
Bureau of American Ethnology
Smithsonian Institution
Pershing
James Mooney
Nevada
Revenue Bill Aims to Raise 200 Million in Emergency Tax Plan
Washington dispatch describes the emergency revenue bill expected to raise 200 million dollars. It retains the Underwood income tax with higher rates, adds a 12.5 percent war profits tax, and imposes estate taxes. A tariff commission is created and powers granted to defend American commercial rights amid foreign boycotts.
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Washington, D. C
Sam
Congress
Simmons
Senate
Treasury
Smoot
Mayr's Wonderful Remedy Promises Relief for Stomach Ailments
Gall stones cancer ulcers of the stomach and intestines auto intoxication and yellow jaundice are listed as fatal ailments caused by stomach trouble. The advertisement claims thousands are cured by Mayr's Wonderful Remedy sold by A. M. Fischer Sommer's drug store J Pfeiffer and other druggists.
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Mayr
Onlely
A. M. Fischer
Sommer
J. Pfeiffer
New Operatic Star Emerges From War Turmoil
Berlin reports a machinist turned tenor Johann Elbe as a new operatic star after service in France left his right arm shattered yet saved. He was told he could not work his trade again, but his recovery led to a remarkable musical breakthrough and rising status on the German stage.
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Berlin
Johann Elbe
France
Elbe
Veteran singer from Breslau earns first engagement at Würzburg
A convalescent war veteran who impressed a Breslau Conservatory music professor has begun formal training last February and secured a first engagement. He will perform at the Municipal Theater of Würzburg this season for a large salary, with critics predicting a bright future. Also noted is a Bombay dam project raising water capacity by eight and a half feet, increasing storage by 10.8 billion gallons.
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Breslau
Wuerzburg
Bombay
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