Inheritance tax proposal shocks readers and powers
A Manley report on industrial conditions urges drastic inheritance tax plans. Proposals include 100 percent bequest taxes on large fortunes to widows and other heirs, with varying thresholds. The commission and employers dispute the most extreme figures, while alternate drafts offer milder approaches.
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Chicago
Manley
Congress
Star Chamber
Seasiona
Industrial Relations Commission
Mra
J. Borden Harriman
New York Society
Harris Weinstock
Nell Pickerell Faces Dismissal of Burglary Charge
Judge Brinker takes under advisement the dismissal of a second degree burglary charge against Nell Pickerell who allegedly aided in the Roope and Co. store burglary at 334 First Ave. N on July 21. An alleged male accomplice escaped.
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Justice Brinker
Nell Pickerell
Roope & Co
First Ave. N
Sheriff to Auction 268 Tax Land Parcels
Sheriff Hodge prepared to offer for sale at public auction 268 parcels of land for delinquent taxes by order of Superior Judge Smith.
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Hodge
Publc
Smith
Theda Bara Appears in Lady Audley's Secret at Colonial
The Colonial manager Hamrick cancels prior plans after previewing Theda Bara in Lady Audley s Secret and books a full week run through Saturday with Freaky Fay Tinder in The Deacon s Whiskers as a complement.
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Hamrick
The
Colonials
Lady Audley
Theda Bara
Theda Vara
Freaky Fay Tindher
Deacon
Confessions of a Wife The Sentence 18 Death
A dramatic wartime family scene unfolds as Aunt Mary lies under anesthesia and the nurse, interns, and Dick counsel Margie Waverly. The intern explains the condition is inoperable and that Mrs. Waverly senior has days to live, while doctors promise a potentially longer but painful, comforted end. The excerpt ends as Margie is urged to go home, with the tale to continue tomorrow.
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Aunt Mary
Inferne
Mary
Margie
Standard Grand Opera to rehearse two shows Thursday night
Chorus rehearsals for The Flying Dutchman and The Merry Wives scheduled by the Standard Grand Opera company. Principals not yet chosen. O J Saville of Spokane named parole officer for the state training school at Chehalis.
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Standard Grand Opera Company
O. J. Saville
Spokane
Chehalis
Liberty Ending Saturday Night Crooky Frank Daniels
The listing notes a program with a Class A ending Saturday night featuring Crooky starring Frank Daniels along with films The Phantom Extra When Quality Meets and The Van derbilt Cup Race and a Chaplin short A Film Johnnie.
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Ctuarley Chaplin
Clase A
Johnnie
Liberty
Crooky
Frank Daniels
Chaplin
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