New Year Reflections and Tax Changes Stir Readers
A year end meditation contrasts youth and old age perspectives on the New Year and hints at hope amid trouble. The piece notes Uncle Sam’s income tax updates, raising exemptions to 2500 for individuals, 400 per dependent, and panels that most locals won’t face higher surtax, with readers gradually adjusting their return forms.
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Sam
Indiana man works on wind driven electric plant
An Indiana man advances a wind driven electric device aimed at supplying Nebraska and Kansas where power is scarce. The project envisions a ready market once perfected, offering a new energy option for sparsely served regions.
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Indiana
Nebraska
Kansas
Gov Shoup Speaks At Colorado Farmers Congress
Governor Oliver H. Shoup tells the Colorado Farmers Congress at Colorado Agricultural College that farming remains a path to wealth despite yearly losses, underscoring agriculture as a profitable long term enterprise.
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Oliver H. Shoup
Farmers’ Congress
Colorado Agricultural College
Foch and the Marne Turning Points shaped by morale
The article contrasts Ferdinand Foch and Hindenburg, tracing Foch’s flexible, morale based doctrine from the First and Second Marne battles to his leadership in 1918. It highlights his graft of Napoleon and German methods, his role as instructor at the School of War, and his tactful conduct during armistice negotiations and the Paris victory parade.
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England
Paris
The
Marne
Ferdinand Foch
France
Foch
la Fere-Champenoise
the Marne
Flanders
Metz
Lorraine
Marshal Foch
Germany
Hindenburg
Asia
Masurian Lake
Berlin
Napoleon
E Foch
Suuperior School of War
Feole de Guerre
Ecole de Guerre
William Patterson
Alsace-Lorraine
Tarbes
Thier
St. Clement's
Polytechnique
Fontainebleau
Arc de Triomphe
Joffre
Amusing Mixed Metaphor From a Recent Novel
A novelist crafts a playful mixed metaphor about a cloud and rumor. The speaker notes the cloud seemed to stab business but proved harmless, while the bitter taste failed to dull the project’s bright, bubbling energy.
The Whitewash Affair of Mr Possum and Mrs Rabbit
In a winter warning tale Mr Owl predicts hard days as Mrs Rabbit preserves corn and beans. Mr Possum tries to peek at the pantry and falls into a barrel of whitewash, mistaken for a thief by the Rabbit family who pursue him. The white coat gives him away for days.
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Mr. Owl
Mrs. Rabbit
Mrs
Squirrel
Mr. Possum
Mr. Rabbit
Possum
Mrs. Possum
Rabbit
Boss Raises and Beef Prices Confuse a Worker
A worker explains after seven weeks of good treatment and a promised raise the boss grants a small raise while prices rise. The worker notes meat and cattle feed costs soar, wondering if pay or costs should reflect the higher expenses. He asks for guidance on his tough situation.
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Costa
Leeving
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