Mr Simpkins Pays His Income Tax
An elderly man in 1917 calculates his $15 000 income tax under the 1916 and 1917 laws. He notes surcharges and excess profits taxes and reflects on sacrifice versus others’ wartime contributions, ending with a personal act of patriotic duty.
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Mr. Simpkins
Colonel Simpkins
Bess
John
Internal Revenue Officer
Simpkins
Henry Wilkins
Jake Johnson
Willoughby
Judge Willoughby
America
The Heavy Hand of Justice
A brief note reflects on two butchers discharged for light fingered actions. The Courier-News recalls a case where weighing or weighing accuracy impacted retail profit and moral judgment in a local justice context.
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Courier-News
Wheat stocks isolated raise Allied shipping crisis
The report notes large wheat stocks in India, Australia, and Argentina but a global shortage due to shipping limits. Australia holds 180 million bushels awaiting ships, India 70 million, with April adds of 50 million and 135 million more from Argentina’s new crop. The issue is shipping, not supply, forcing the United States to share stocks with the Allies.
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United States
India
Australia
Argentina
America
Gnat a Source of Mirris in Bug List Notes
Fragmentary notebook style entry lists odd items like tant eeler feta cere POAT hie and Seis ins Ceteho. The note appears to catalog various terms or misspelled nouns without clear context or names.
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Mirris
Nuit
Local Rail Schedule Notes for Five Towns
Marquette Howe DePue Bureau and Princeton times listed for morning and evening departures. Daily except Sunday service to DePue. Passengers urged to buy tickets in advance to save money.
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Marquette
Howe
DePue
Bureau
Princeton
A. M
P. M
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