War Tax Is Again Payable Special Taxes Imposed
Internal Revenue Collector B E Williamson has issued notices from Washington calling attention to the reenactment of the special taxes required by the October 1914 act. The war tax is payable in two installments on January 20 and July 31, 1916, with a 50 percent penalty for failure to pay.
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Columbus
Internal Revenue
B. E. Williamson
Revenue Department
Washington
Congress
Ohio Officials Settle Spelling Contest Comeback
Official announce ment says the State Department of Public Instruction led by Superintendent Frank W. Miller wins over the State Board of Agriculture in the dispute over next year's state spelling contest. A big spelling bee is planned for June 2, 1916, with 5 000 words distributed to schools. Miller believes Ohio can produce the best spellers in the union.
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Columbus
State Department of Public Instruction
Frank W. Miller
State Board of Agriculture
A. P. Sandles
State Agricultural Commission
Agricultural Commission
Mier
J. L. Clifton
Miller
Ohio
State Chapter Planned for Navy League in Ohio
Cincinnati will host a meeting to plan an Ohio state chapter of the Navy League with headquarters in Cincinnati. John Temple Graves will speak on Preparedness as the league aims to strengthen national defense and navy power. Field Secretary W A Du Puy leads the campaign to expand membership and organize the state committee.
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Cincinnati
Ohio State
Navy League of the United States
John Temple Graves
W. A. du Puy
State Committee
Ohio League
Final Testimony in Hocking Valley Railway Case
Columbus Ohio final testimony was offered before the Utilities Commission in the coal rate dispute started by the United Mine Workers of America and now handled by Sunday Creek Coal company. The case seeks a rate reduction with briefs due within 30 days and later oral arguments, aiming for a March 1 decision, though expectations include appeal to the courts for final resolution.
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Columbus, O
Hocking Valley Railway
Utilities Commission
United Mine Workers of America
Sunday Creek Coal Company
Monument plan for Ohio's first president at North Bend
U S Daughters of 1812 Cincinnati announce a memorial project led by C H M Atkins and Rutherford H Cox to launch a nationwide push for a monument to Ohio's first president over his tomb at North Bend.
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Cincinnati
William Fleury Harrison Memorial
Cincinnati Enquirer Becomes Yellow Journal Text
Cincinnati reports the Enquirer admits turning yellow due to dye shortages. Papers previously whitened with aniline dye now use natural color as supply dwindles. Other major papers including Chicago Tribune New York Times World Boston Globe follow suit.
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Cincinnati, O
Enquirer
Germany
Chicago Tribune
New York Times
New York World
The
Boston Globe
Western Newspaper Union
Commercial Tribune
Cincinnati
Buckeye Briefs: Fatalities, Robberies, and Local News
A roundup of Ohio items: George Kesler, 70, killed crossing Big Four tracks in Plymouth. Carl Gregg, 41, a prominent Springfield farmer, dies by suicide. Charles Stultz, 31, Newark, dies after a fall from a roof. Nicholas Dozek, 30, and wife Catherine, 28, killed and injured by a yard engine in Youngstown. Ridgeville Corners robbers steal from four stores and a post office safe. Ruth Halliday, 13, sundered by a candle blaze while Santa Claus at a school event. Akron council expands city by 10 square miles adding near a million dollars to the tax base. John Kleinlein, 53, and wife 48, die when buggy struck by Erie train near Mansfield. Edward McGinty, 69, dies after being struck by jitney in Youngstown. Columbus reports sheriffs face 45 cent daily prisoner feed suit. Hunter licenses for 1916 required after 1915 expires. Tiffin schools close early due to la grippe. 25 percent absent. Urbana: Andrew Dodge returns from Westville owner of half mine stake worth about 600000.
The Lost Fish Mystery in a Boston Apartment
Hilda discovers goldfish vanish from her balcony aquarium and a cuff link with a diamond. A monkey returns a fish and links to Hubert Field, a library acquaintance who explains a pet thief in the building. Field and Hilda form a cautious new acquaintance as the mystery unfolds.
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Hilda
Boston
Finney
Hubert Field
Jocko
Neighbor
Eating for Twenty-Two Years Outshines Six Weeks with Gun
A Tit-Bits quip compares a musketry instructor’s short training to a soldier who has practiced eating for twenty-two years. The sergeant replies that eating days outnumber his weapon handling, humorously highlighting experience versus training.
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London
European War a Year Ago This Week December 27 1914
A summary of World War I actions around December 27 1914 including German defenses at Antwerp and Rhine fortifications, Allied actions at Cuxhaven and Dunkirk, Russian and Austrian movements, attacks on Pola and Kielce, and humanitarian relief efforts by the Rockefeller Foundation amid ongoing global conflict. The report notes political protests, embargoes, and naval losses such as the sinking of the British battleship Formidable and the capture of refugees.
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Rhine
Cracow
Russian Caucasus
Kars
Ardahan
Pola
Rockefeller Foundation
Massapequa
Belgium
Philadelphia
Hungary
Carpathians
East Prussia
Suwalki
Russia
English Channel
Dunkirk
Chicago
Condensations of A World of Oddities and Inventions
A survey of curious notes includes the magenta color’s battle history, Lake Erie’s record fish yield, Gardner Savage of North Anson as a blind telegraph repairer, Baltimore costs of living for women, a Connecticut inventor’s clothes prop with a spring hole, a cigar end cap for sanitation and advertising, and an English ice cream freezer delivering continuous output after cranking.
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Lake Erie
Gardner Savage
North Anson
Baltimore
Connecticut
Peculiar Hogmanay Ceremony Of The Seaforth Highlanders
The Seaforth Highlanders in barracks perform a New Year Eve ritual led by the oldest soldier dressed as a Druid and the second oldest as Father Time. Veterans parade in historic uniforms to the pipes and brass, then the guard changes as the sentry challenges the gate at midnight with the New Year countersign.
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Seaforth Highlanders
Scotland
Father Time
Halto
Youngest Boy Entered as High Chief of Ross for New Year
The youngest boy of the battalion enters dressed as the high chief of ancient Ross to represent the New Year. The colonel shakes his hand as the band plays A Guid New Year to Ane and A'. After the colonel greets the battalion, the national anthem is played and the men fall out.
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Ancient
Ross
New Year, Fresh Vision Promises Change Across Society
A reflective essay notes a renewed perspective with a post New Year dawn. The author highlights gentler faces and hopeful attitudes, urging renewed efforts to tackle age old problems and pursue better deeds, envisioning a world transformed by individual kindness and shared purpose.
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Ralph Welles Keeler
A New Year's Prayer by Rev Grover C Clark
A New Year’s prayer asks for a higher plane beyond selfish strife and a pure life. It appeals for guidance to reach God’s Pisgah heights, even at the cost of this present life.
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Pisgah Heights
Grover C, Clark
Two Musicians Meet and Mock Fame in Vienna
Victor Herbert quotes a tale from the Philadelphia Ledger about two famed composers Goldmark and De Pachmann. Goldmark’s brilliance is marred by conceit while De Pachmann predicts a modest house will earn a posthumous tablet with the inscription To let.
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Victor Herbert
Goldmark
de Pachmann
Philadelphia Ledger
Emerson Quote on Friendship
The excerpt reflects Emerson praising friendship as total integrity and trust, describing it as complete magnanimity between souls. It emphasizes unwavering loyalty and openness as core elements of true companionship.
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Emerson
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Western Newspaper Union News Service
National Navy League
Hocking Valley
U. S. Daughters OF 1812
Harrison
Cincinnati Enquirer
Plymouth
Shiloh
George Késler
Springfield
Carl Gregg
Newark
Charles Stultz
Youngstown
Nicholas Dozek
Catherine
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Napoleon
Ridgeville Corners
Here
Delaware
Ruth Halliday
Rev
J. J. Halliday
Santa Claus
Akron, O
Akron
Mansfield
John
Kleinlein
Erie
Edward McGinty
Frank White
McGinty
Market Street
Supreme
John C. Speaks
Fish and Game
Tiffin
la Grippe
Urbana
Andrew Dodge
George Dodge
Westville
Carson City
Louise Oliver
Antwerp
Cuxhaven
York
Gibraltar
Paris
United States
Saida
Turkey
Tennessee
Syria
Steinbach
Sace
Sennheim
Warsaw
Bzura River
Flanders
Aus
tria-Hungary
Austria
Kielce
New York Harbor
Harlow Randall HO
CTE
Goethe
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