Income tax law must be amended in Washington report
Treasury experts prepare a report on the income tax law’s defects and outline corrective action for Congress. The law’s deductions for losses “in trade” are disputed, and court rulings may be needed to interpret the phrase. Many contradictory decisions and refunds show the statute’s uncertainty under the Democratic administration. Bert Combes of Farmersburg, a former Wabash College Phi Beta Kappa senior, is mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Treasury Department
Bert Combes
Farmersburg
Wabash College
Crawfordsville
Eighty Percent Rise in Indiana Republican Club Membership
Indianapolis May 18. A surge in political activity marks Indiana campaigns early in 1916 with the Columbia club at Indianapolis driving a statewide Republican drive. The club reports over eight hundred new members since March 1 and aims for about five thousand by year end. Non resident members from outside Marion county join for 20 dollars annually as the state committee plans county by county outreach.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Columbia Club
Benjamin Harrison
Marion County
Dr Bell s Pine Tar Honey Remedy for Whooping Cough
Dr Bell s Pine Tar Honey relieves whooping cough by loosening mucous soothing the throat and lungs and reducing coughing severity. A growing family should keep it handy for all coughs and colds. 265¢ at your druggist Electric Bitters a Spring Tonic.
Automobile Crash Injures No One as Cars Damaged
Two Maxwell cars collided on Main street late Wednesday evening as Ray Steele Cass principal attempted to pass a wagon while Mr and Mrs Sevier Shelburn and children also tried to pass on the same side. Steele’s car was demolished and the Sevier vehicle rendered useless. No injuries were reported.
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John Sevier
Shelburn
Ray Steele
Cass
Maxwells
Steele
Main Street
Sevier
Self Starter for 1916 Campaign Urged Early Start
The Hamilton County Times argues the 1916 campaign must begin two years early to build momentum, organize resources, and align supporters for a strong national effort. The editorial stresses proactive planning and long‑term preparation to influence outcomes.
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Hamilton County Times
Indiana Rural Service Set for Major Overhaul
Washington reports upcoming changes to Indiana rural mail delivery aimed at expanding coverage without extra cost. The plan trims duplications, extends routes, and shifts to motor power, potentially closing some post offices and using carriers to serve more families across counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Michigan
Illinois
Connecticut
Post Office Department
Pana
Congress
Government valuation party tours railroad facilities
A twelve member government valuation party led by R. R. Wilson of the C and E I railroad arrived in a special car for a ten day stay. They will inventory the railroad including tracks buildings and air improvements. The group traveled from Shelburn and Terre Haute after ten days in each, part of a nationwide inspection for a statistical government report.
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Government
R. R. Wilson
Shelburn
Terre Haute
United States
Purchased Wilson Property Sells on South Main Street
The residence property of the late James Harvey Wilson on South Main Street was sold Friday afternoon to H. L. Dix of this city.
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Wilson
James Harvey Wilson
South Main Street
H. L. Dix
New Baptist Pastor Arrives in Madison Indiana
Rev. I. Long of Madison Ind has arrived to assume the pastorate here. He preached his first sermon at the church Sunday morning.
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I. Long
Madison, Ind
The
Baptist Church
List of Lusitania survivors compiled from cable dispatches
Washington released a compiled list of Lusitania survivors from New York cables and the Queens town consulate. Names span many cities including New York Boston Montreal London and Toronto with numerous entries marked not on passenger lists and some duplicated. Roosevelt calls for Germany to be held to strict accountability for submarine raids and immediate action.
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New York
Queens‘town
State Department
Washington
Abramowitz
Adams
Henry
Boston
Alles
N. N
Ayala
Julian de. Allan
Montreal
Aitken
Chriasie
Birchall
Roslyn
Wash
Bartlett
Brooks
J. H
Burgess
Henry G
Burnside
Mrs
Baker
James
England
Boulton
H., Jr
London
Bowring
Charles W
Buswell
Byington
A. J
Byrne
Michael G
Cairns
Cannon
Owen
Chambers
Guy
Charles
Toronto
Doris
Clark
Cliffe
Patrick
Horace Clift
Colebrook
H. G
Collis
Edwin M. Conner
Dorothy
Cowper
Ernest
Crosley
Cyrus
Ewart
Robert J. Ferereszewich
John
Fernandy
Edward
Fish
Fisher
Howard
Freeman
Gasden
A. Gardner
R. Gaudett
F. J
Ghiberdot
Herbert
Grab
O. H
Gwyer
H. L. Gwyer
H. L. Hammond
Hammond
Hardy
E. Harnwick
C. C
Harriman
Cornelius
Harris
D. C. Henderson
Huntley
Henderson
Violet
Hill
C. T
Robert
Holland
Nina
Hooke
Bigie
Geo. Hooke
Hotchkiss
Houghton
Houswell
Edgar
Inch
William
Jackson
I. Jeffry
A. M
Jeffrey
Lasseter
Lauriat, Jr
Charles E
Leary
Livermore
Vernor
Lockart
R. R
Loney
Miss
Lund
C. H. Lordon
Andrew
Levin
Thomas D
Levinson
Joseph
Lewis
J. F
Light
Lines
Stanley L. B. Lines
Stanley L. B. Linson
J. McConnell
John W
Memphis
McFadyen
H. McMadams
McMurray
Mackworth
Lady
Cardiff
Wales
Manley
Maderud
Una
Marichal
Martin
R. Mathews
A. T
Meyer
H. P. Mereline
Meyers
H. H. Meyers
Maycock
May
Mesh
Thomas
Moore
Daniel
John. Morris
H. C
Mosley
G. G
Murdock
Miss Jessie
Neath
North
Miss Olive
O’donnell
Ostevan
Pappadopoulo
Ardray
Pearl
Major F. Warren
F. Warren
Stuart Duncan
Perie
Robinson
Ontario
Parry
Miss L
Pavey
Perry
Frederick J. Perry
Phillips
William Phillips
Wallace B
Rankin
Reiddy
J. R. Readdie
Rowan
Frederick
A. Rowan
Scott
George Scott
Sharp
Samuel
Simpson
H. W. Slidell
M. T. Slidell
Smith
J. Preston
Jessie Taft
Braceville
Ohio
Steele
George
Stevens
Stockton
Ward
Webb
Minnie
Williams
Edith
Winter
T. Witherbee
A. F
Wolfenden
John. Wright
Robert C. Wilson
John. Williams
B. Williams
Thomas J. Young
Philip
Germany
Syracuse
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Passenger ships sunk by Germans headline list
A roundup of ships attacked and sunk in 1915 with casualty figures. Admiral Ganteaume the French liner sank off the French coast on October 26 with 2000 refugees aboard and forty lives lost. Florida and Guadeloupe French liners were sunk near Brazil and Fernando de Noronha with varied survivor counts. Falaba British liner carried 160 passengers with 112 dead including Leon C Thrasher. Aguila British sunk with three passengers and 23 crew lost. Lusitania British liner sunk off the Irish coast May 7 with 1254 aboard and unknown fatalities.
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Admiral Ganteatume
Florida
Guadeloupe
Fernando de Noronha
South Atlantic
Falaba
Leon C. Thrasher
Aguila
Lusitania
Trish Coast
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Indiana Rural Service
COMIG
R. 4H. Dockrill
Charles Tinney
John C. Chaney
Citizens Trust Building
H. Hill, JR
Insurance, Abstracts
Fidelity Loan CO
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