Objections to Sales Tax Answered
An editorial discusses Professor Adams and the sales tax debate. It cites the New York Times review noting opposition to tax bounties and the idea of taxing intercompany transactions within integrated industries. The piece argues the sales tax is a long tested, practical option with universal appeal and urges taxpayers' support.
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Adams
Glu
New York Times
the Times
Snowbird
Times
Prevent
Chatin
Adar Ag
United States
Too Many Congressmen Senate and House split on district sizes
The New York World argues against increasing district counts and endorses reducing the House size. It critiques Calder and Brexel proposals to redivide districts by 29 000 inhabitants and add no seats. The piece notes past growth and favors a 100 member House for efficiency. It compares past chamber sizes and calls for restraint.
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New York World
Calder
Brexel
6Th Congress
H. A. Herbert
Crisp
Blount
Hitt
Springer
Cannon
Holman
Henderson
Callisto
Breckinridge
Reed
Dingle
Long
Burrows
Bland
Mc Joy
Randall
Culberton
Roger Milly
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Illinois
A Golfer's Fancy Salary and Eastward Prospects
A famed golfer signs a three year deal with a New York club at twenty thousand dollars per year with extra perks possibly increasing income. The piece notes his high value among professionals and compares his pay to state officials while musing on opportunities in both west and east, highlighting choice and speculation in the golf world.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
New York
Empire State
Babe Ruth
Manhattan
Cockiall
Heath
Jon Top
Statesmen and Their Letters. Roosevelt and His Time
A New York Post note on the Bucklin Bishop collection linking Theodore Roosevelt to his era. The item claims Roosevelt authored numerous letters and discusses the scope of the correspondence.
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New York Post
Joseph Bucklin
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Value and scope of statesmen letters in American history
The piece argues that Jefferson’s vast 25 000 plus letters span nearly 70 years and that private secretarial staffs hinder publishing complete stateman correspondences. It notes Roosevelt Wilson and Lincoln letters becoming national literature and predicts future writings will merit inclusion in literary histories.
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Jefferson
Roosevelt
Jared Sparky
Rosevelt
Wilson
Franklin
Lincoln
Gun sales spark call for limits on automatics
A Boston salesman reports selling 40 to 60 automatic revolvers daily at 28 to 50 dollars each and urges a legal limit on indiscriminate auto sales. A New England manufacturer supports easier access for responsible citizens while restricting criminals. The Boston Herald notes that New York issues Sullivan Law permits, and a local magistrate once signed 200 blank permits for criminals.
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Boston Herald
New England
New York
Herald
Modest Youth and Family Humour in Hazardous Night
A fragment from a Houston Post item notes a stern corrective scene with a father and daughter Kitty. The tale shows a household routine after a day of business and a distant maternal mood. It includes a cheeky remark from Miss Brown and a hopeful line about future suitors.
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Boston Lacret
Holiday cookie recipes from old fashion baking guide
A long list of cookie and cake recipes using minimal sugar. Includes crispy snaps honey nut cookies rolled oats fruit and nut cookies and hermits with ingredients and method. Also covers prune marshmallow cookies and general baking tips for holiday sweets.
Wages Elsewhere in England Reported by Ole Hansen
The Minneapolis Journal notesbrakemen in England earn 10.50 dollars weekly and engineers average 2.01 dollars per day. Shoe workers make 12 dollars weekly plus 1.25 dollar bonus. Walters receive 7 dollars weekly with tips banned. Barbiers earn 4 dollars weekly. bus drivers up to 15.75 dollars. Streetcar conductors after three years earn 14.20 dollars weekly. Living costs in Britain resemble those in the United States.
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Minneapolis Journal
Ole Hansen
England
America
Walters
Barbiers
Great Britain
United States
Nebraska Mrs Townesend Marriages Recalled By Belgian Paper
The Independence Belge of Brussels notes Mrs Townesend of Nebraska reportedly marries for the 14th time. It recalls a famed beauty known as the Gedon Hand who wed 16 times and allegedly took all her husbands fortunes on their wedding night. Her ninth victim was the Mexico City police chief who arrested her and then married her the next day.
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Independence Belge
Brussels
Townesend
Nebraska
Mexico City
Testing leather for army shoes by a walking machine
The Chicago Herald and Examiner describes a 15 inch wheel testing leather to be used in army shoes. The device walks 40 miles on each sample and discards unsatisfactory material, testing 12 pieces at a time at 30 revolutions per minute.
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Chicago Herald and Examiner
Uncle Sam
Depths and ducks and a warning on fires
A rider learned the river was deeper than expected after a youngster explained it only reaches grandfathers ducks up to their middies. Separately, fire prevention expert Charles J. Case told Baltimore chambers of commerce that preventable fires average one every minute in the United States, driven by wastefulness and prosperity.
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United States
Charles J. Case
New York
Chamber of Commerce
Baltimore
Hall's Catarrh Medicine claim and dramatic anecdote
An item notes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a claimed cure for catarrh and related deafness via internal liquid action. It mentions Druggists Circulars and Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. The piece then pivots to a humorous tale about a rigged oil drill worker suddenly dropping to the depths of degradation and a Waldorf story about spats.
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Hall
Circulara Freq
Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Jones
Gosh
Waldorf
New York Times
Riddle on a Quaker State Memorizing Request
A wry quip plays on memory and household tasks. A husband recalls his wife asking him to remember the first part of the Quaker state and jokes about whether she wants a pen or a pencil.
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Boston Transcript
Beneficence Quote Attributed to Immanuel Kant
A Kantian maxim on benevolence noting that repeated charitable acts lead to genuine affection for the recipient as benevolent intentions are fulfilled. The text emphasizes duty and moral growth through consistent kindness and its rewarding outcomes.
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Immanuel Kant
Dear Dear Bickers Over Coinage Joke
A playful exchange between Slopay and Hardup about striking Easycoin ends with a punning remark on being struck centsless, as quoted by the Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Slopay
Hardup
Miners Leaving Nome Decline After Camps Fade
The Nome beach camp, once hosting thousands, now hosts under 200. Returning Alaskans report the curtains nearly drawn on the camp known for its wild summers and placer camps across many western regions from the 1860s to the 1880s, including Coeur dAlenes and Leadville.
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Nome
Coeur d'Alenes
Central City
Leadville
Colorado
Matin
Idaho
Colimbia
Oregon
Nevada
California
Fragmentary Speech on Identity and Deception
A terse dialogue fragment questions perceived sexual orientation and trust. The speaker shows hesitation and distance, while another concedes uncertainty about the subject’s true nature amid a tense exchange.
Incomplete Federal Sentence for Woman in 10 Month Term
Fragmentary text describes a woman sent to federal confinement for ten months after a prior period. The excerpt mentions Eatonie assisting people, possible health issues, and references to acid and gas symptoms, with garbled phrases about sourness and heartburn.
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