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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

May 16, 1922

Page

13

Tax Record Keeping Tips For Year 1921 Taxpayers

Accounting consultant R A Conkey outlines the value of maintaining simple records of income and expenses. He notes that accurate itemized records speed up returns, reduce errors, and help distinguish income types that are taxable or exempt, with examples such as salary, corporate bonds, and municipal bonds.

Central National Bank Savings & Trust Company Cleveland Transac Balary Gebter Corporation Corporaoe Municipal Liberty

Specifications of a Majestic vessel with listed dimensions

The Majestic measures 956 feet in length with a beam of 100 feet and hull depth of 102 feet. It displaces 56 000 tons with a 35 foot draft across nine decks and 7 percent deck area. Passenger capacity is 4 100 and engine power 100 000 horsepower. Fuel is oil and speed is 23 sean miles per hour.

Tax Records For Year End Declares Key Deductions And Rules

Guidance outlines record keeping for interest, rents, business income, real estate sales, stocks and bonds, dividends, interest paid, taxes, luxury tax, charitable contributions and insurance losses. Notes emphasize simple kept records suffice, with strong entity mentions and a San Francisco item: Captain Rohberg charged after distress signals at Poirt Arena.

Victory San Francisco Far Rohberg Svea Union Whittier Poirt Arena

Delightful hair wash remedy from druggist ad

A vintage advertisement promises a delightful sham poo from can thrax dissolved in hot water. It yields a full cup of shampoo liquid for easy, all over hair application and promises thorough dandruff oil dirt removal with quick drying and glossy softness.

Length of Majestic Shown on Maiden Voyage

The Majestic, the new White Star liner, is shown on her maiden voyage from Southampton and compared in length to famous structures. The graphic places the 956 foot ship beside the Washington Monument 555 feet the Metropolitan Building 700 feet the Santo Campanile 325 feet the Eiffel Tower 984 feet St Pauls Cathedral 405 feet the Woolworth Building 792 feet and the Statue of Liberty 306 feet.

Majestic Southampton New York Eiffel Tower Washington Monument Metropolitan Santo Campanile St. Paul's Cathedral Woolworth

World’s Largest Vessels Battle for Length Crown

The Cunarder Berengaria will hold second place in length for about two years as the Majestic surpasses it. The older Leviathan reborn as President Harding is undergoing extensive overhauls and may not be in service before 1924.

Berengaria Majestic Harding

Majestic Built With Fail-Safe Bulkheads And Lifeboats

Designers of the Majestic announce a bulkhead system learned from the Titanic to render the liner practically unsinkable. The ship is fireproofed and equipped with three wireless stations. Lifeboats for 6,000, plus two wireless motor boats, boost passenger and crew safety.

Judge rules marriage no shield for abuse in Portland

Circuit Judge Ekwall stated that 32 years of marriage do not justify beating a wife. He sentenced P. A. Kitne of Portland to 15 days in city jail after conviction on wife beating charges.

Portland Ekwall P. A. Kitne

Proposer George Plans Swim Lesson After Marriage

In a fragment from Richmond Times Dispatch a young woman jumps with joy at the idea George will propose. She notes his promise to teach her to swim on the first warm day. The text also mentions English law linking married women to bankruptcy rules and protection from jail under a deteriorating act.

George Richmond Timee Dispatch

Largest Liner Majestic Arrives in New York on Maiden Voyage

The White Star liner Majestic, the world’s largest ocean steamer, arrived in New York on its maiden voyage from Southampton and Cherbourg marking a historic maritime debut for the vessel and the company.

New York Majestic Southampton Cherbourg

Skagit Ford Idea Ridiculed in City Debate

Mayor Caldwell dismissed the plan to lease the Ruby power site to Henry Ford as impossible since the city only holds a revocable government permit and does not own the land. He warned that any lease would face a hefty tax per horsepower to the government. A council resolution by C. B. Fitzgerald proposes starting negotiations with Ford for a Ruby site lease, to be reviewed by the utilities committee Thursday.

Henry Ford Ruby Skagit Caldwell Ruby Creek C. B. Fitzgerald Ford Ruby Power Utilities Committee

Cabaret fate up to council set after license delay

Mayor Cald well orders immediate action on pending cabaret license applications and a special Saturday council session will finalize licenses for Bungalow Lodge Butler Alhambra and Dreamland. The curfew bell at Lincoln's Inn London once rang at 9 PM after being brought from Calais in 1696.

Beattie Caldwell Altho Ft Lodge Butler Alhambra Dreamland Lincoln’s Inn London Calais

Ski Club to Be Organized in Rainier National Park

A Rainier National Park ski club will be organized at a Wednesday noon meeting in the Washington Annex. Sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce the group aims to foster ski tournaments and contests across seasons in Rainier National Park with Roald Amundsen backing the project. A Tacoma delegation and leading Scandinavians from Puget Sound area are expected to participate.

Rainier National Park Washington Annex Chamber of Commerce Norway Roald Amundson Tacoma Puget Bound

Witte Tower Stands Tall Yet Light at Four Thousand Tons

Despite its great height and vast footprint the Witte tower weighs only 4,000 tons making it comparatively light for its size.

Witte

Chile and Peru Envoys Agree on Tacna Arica Talks Chair

Chile and Peru delegates reached a procedure framework for the Tacna Arica conference at a Pan American Building session. Carlos Aldunate of Chile and Dr Milton Porras of Peru will alternate as chairmen, with Aldunate presiding today and Porras expected to chair the next session tomorrow.

Washington Carlos Aldunate Milton Porras Peru Aldunate Porras

PT A Envoys Lunch with Seattle PTA Leaders

Three hundred Seattle PTA members hosted a luncheon at the Seattle Yacht Club for visiting delegates to the state and national PTA conventions in Tacoma last week. Speakers included Dr. Henry Buzzallo and Mrs. Milton P. Higgins, with musical selections by Lincoln High School Orchestra and Ruth Bamford soloist. The afternoon highlighted Mrs. Higgins’s inspirational remarks at age 75.

Seattle P.T. A Henry Buzzallo University of Washington A. H. Wiseman Seattle Chamber of Commerce Milton P. Higgens Worcester Mass PT. A Mra Victor Mahlstrom Tacoma Mra. C Higgins

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