Mail Rates and Local Government Tax Burden Note
The item discusses mail subscription pricing by mail or delivery at $44.54 per year with monthly and weekly rates, and mentions Hawken Bauer as a representative. It also cites an editorial noting that farmers bore $1.436 billion in 1920 for government operations, equaling 1.75 percent of farm property value, plus further implied tax burdens on farmers including a $6 per capita tariff portion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Th Heath Jonathen
Hagerstews, Me
Adenote
United States
Daily Thought on Wisdom and Truth Illuminating Minds
A compact reflective piece quotes wisdom from Daniel and a paraphrase on being wiser than others. It links brightness, righteousness, and strength of mind with discerning truth and guiding others toward virtue. The text blends archaic phrasing with moral exhortation.
Christmas Story and Freight Trends in 1923
A piece reflecting on Longfellow and a tale called The Norman area contrasts with year-end rail freight data. It notes 1923 closing with railroads moving record freight and forecasts growth, citing 46 million cars loaded by Dec 1 and a projected total over 156 million, signaling active business and stock replenishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milla
Jadmarr
A Christmas Lesson From Noble Deeds and Song
The passage reflects on Christmas carols and the noble act of a prince freeing enslaved workers. It emphasizes Christmas spirit as a transient but powerful force, inspiring generosity, family joy, and a renewal of goodwill that society should carry beyond the holiday.
Farmers Pay 20 Per Cent Taxes Plus Tariff
A National Industrial and Board of New York statistics report shows American farmers pay total taxes of 1,436,000,009 dollars. The data imply taxes consume about 20 percent of income, with differing rates across groups, highlighting tax burden beyond tariffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fasord
National Inductrial and Board of New York
Ideals of The Crowd and Athletic Spirit
The piece argues that public enthusiasm for athletic success fuels national progress and self improvement. It notes Americans admire sport as a form of skill and believes energy in athletics correlates with broader achievements, warning against excessive focus on games at the expense of serious effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uccessful
Sparta
Tsue
Haskins Letter on Contour Maps for Soldiers of War
Washington dispatch outlines Frederic J. Haskin describing the military value of contour maps. Engineers have created three dimensional relief maps to reveal terrain for quick, accurate decision making in battle. The piece argues maps are essential war weapons and predicts future army officers will come from civilian and technical backgrounds.
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Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D.C
Bini
United States
A. FE. F
France
Open Country Roads Echo Fragment
Fragmentary OCR style text reflects a poem or verse about loving the open country and air. Mentions a sedan car and a breezy scene, with garbled phrases and partial lines. No clear dates places or names.
Elevation maps described as for engineers only
The passage notes that maps showing altitudes in ten or twenty foot levels advance understanding but only create a mental picture useful to trained engineers after extensive instruction and practice in their use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Yale Freshman Class Size and Miscellany Q Asks
A reader asks about Yale’s freshman class cap now set at 850 due to capacity. The piece mixes Q and A on topics from stamps to Paradise nuts, a distance by rail, Washington’s first term, rust removal, curry spices, Juggernaut worship, nightshirts, and a Wilton painting.
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Continental Congress
George Washington
Undefined phrasing prompts odd cautionary tale
Fragmentary OCR style text discusses mischief and identity themes with mentions of a doctor changing appearance and complaints about white shoes. A vague newsy tone hints at an arrest related to a New York woman and a threesome accusation, yet details are unclear and names are absent. The passage feels like an oblique society column fragment.
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Utes
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Prom Ho Farmera
Daily Thought
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Longfellow
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Ike Aaron
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Turkey
Thor
Yeeey
Clirisimas
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Corskrit
Yale University
Baring
King George Mit
A. P. A. Ims
British Empire
New York City
Chicago
Pennsylvanian
New York Central
H.T. A
Pennaylvania Railroad
Fernant
India
Wilatler
Publie Gallery
Carlyle
New York
Hell
Prestolite
Hagerstown Tire Co
South Potomac St
Hagerstown
Typewriters
Hagerstown Cookbinding 4 Painting Co
Frenkiin & Jonathan Cie
Glasgow
Lurembourg
Weisb Jter
Brining
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C.K. Hoffman & Sons
FABER
Franklin
Jonathan
Ang Bae Pay Shoes
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Central Garage & Electric Supply CO
Ispeerits
Danzer Metal Works
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