Inside View of the First District Internal Revenues Office
An in-depth look at the First District Internal Revenues office in the Government Building. Describes staff roles from the Collector W T Bishop to clerks and deputies, mail handling, tax stamps for whiskey and tobacco, warehouse controls, and district operations in Hamilton County. Highlights revenue flow, accounts, and enforcement across multiple counties.
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Ohie
Cornt
W. T. Bishop
Hiim
Ivar
Hamilton County
Sere
Estenda
Hamiton
Midietown
Diyton
Lynch- Tien
Hamilton
Alvakion
Divorce Grift Faints when Rich Widow Targets Whiteed Lawyer
A Putnam, Connecticut lawyer assists a wealthy widow seeking divorce in a tale of vanity and fraud. She arrives in luxury, pays a retainer, and promises alimony while forging checks. The attorney’s attempt to exploit the case collapses when a bank reveals the husband’s forged check title and the scheme unravels.
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Providence: Journal
Putnam, Conn
Blackstone
Lam
Sam
Mear
Husxband
Mia
Crogana
Go Weil
Dir
Bernard Hauteville's Bride and the Ideal House
Bernard Hauteville, a rising young architect of French descent, falls in love with Ada Ward amid church work and wealth, planning a dream home. After a broken engagement and misread motives, a fatefully chosen house is admired by a poised widow and her daughter, who seek beauty and meaning, and Bernard becomes their adviser as he nears a hopeful, transformative union.
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Bernard Hauteville
Bernard
Williamen
Ee Ada
Karly
Ada
Mrs. Williama
Pernard
Jusan Mach
Camelor
Love
Opulence Avenue
Evergel
Bie Baves
Louie
Wil
Shoaly
Peoria and Cincinnati Tax Collections Reported
The District of Peoria Illinois collected discusses last year amounting to 1.84066 dollars and Cincinnati reporting 10 204 744 dollars, noting seasonality with summer usually heavier and last month totaling nearly one million dollars.
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Peoria
Illinois
Cincinnati
King of the dates in town inspires mixed awe and rumor
A fantastical portrait of M. Tamuasso Lula Oniitia, titled Uravilan, famed for owning more horses than any other youth, and rumored to command vast wealth. The piece depicts him as a mysterious, almost mythic figure with striking appearance, rumored earnings, and a life built around elaborate, ritualized behavior.
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M. Tamuasso
Lula Oniitia
Uravilan
Mammoth Cave
Onativia
M. Onativia
Deceptive Appearances In Sunday Scandal Office
A terse comment from a neighbor notes how many people pass through the Sunday Scandal office with differing tales and hidden motives. The exchange hints at broader public intrigue and the era’s media sensationalism.
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New York
Man in the Moon’s Melancholy After Christmas Bill
The Man in the Moon laments amid a moonlit garden over human sadness he observed in an ordinary American citizen. He recalls a Christmas gift of a solid gold watch and chain, noting the burden of the bill as he withdraws in moodiness while his wife tends onions.
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Hrstan
Love
A True Texas Snake Story Breaks Up a Meeting
Colonel Dick Wintersmith tells a Texas rattlesnake tale at Chamberlain's that ends with a blunt moral. He describes riding past a huge rattler on a cart road, leaping over it with a sapling, and discovering the sapling was the snake’s mate, a twist that ends the gathering in laughter and disbelief.
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Dick Wintersmith
Dallas
Texas
Chamberlain’s
Marratora
Chaparral
Orward
Bustle Debate Bares Streetcar Comfort and Space
A Philadelphia conductor comments on bustles for streetcar riders warning they crowd straps and hinder access. The piece notes New York eliminated bouval care and hints abolition could ease conductor operations and economy of space amid morning and evening rides.
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Chicago Herald
Philadelphia
Their Wedding Journey on a Dreamy October Train
Billiger McSwat and Lobelia Grubb begin their wedding journey aboard a palace car as a breeze of fairy lightness fills the October day. The couple pose in fine dress, she in lilac, he in broadcloth, hoping their companions see only a brother and sister pairing not a newly married pair. A boy passengers’ quip about chestnuts calms the moment and confirms public restraint.
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Billiger McSwat
Lobelia Grubb
Billiger
Lobelia McSwat
Lobelia
Israel
Noveer
Brother
Slater
Venerable Father in Law of General Harrison
In the Pension Building Washington a gray bearded 88 year old clerk, Dr Scott, opens letters daily amid a flood of envelopes. A Virginia lineage with ties to General Winfield Scott, he taught at Miami University and led a girls school famed for scholarship. He awaits General Harrison’s inauguration with visible pride.
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Harrison
Washington Cor
Pittsburg Dispatch
Washington
Tuisaig
Scott
Winfield Scot
Ohio
Miami University
Oxford
Unio
Dr. Scows Girls
Dr. Scott
White House
How Doge Talk in a 19th Century State House Column
A quirky column from the St Louis Grove-L Democrat describes a dog’s vocal gestures and body language as a form of communication. It discusses tail movements and facial expressions as powerful expressive tools in canine talk.
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St Louis Grove
Ldemocrat
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