Income tax rules for 1913 exemptions and rates
The January 1 1913 income tax starts at 1 percent on net income with exemptions. Unmarried individuals paying tax on income over 3000, and married couples with joint income over 4000, face 1 percent on the excess. Some exemptions apply to husbands and wives jointly, with a single 4000 threshold. The Washington Star notes enforcement details remain uncertain.
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Ding
Ciitizen
The
Washington Star
Coyotes Near Extinction Stirred by County Bounty
In Cottonwood Falls Kansas stock raisers report coyotes thinning under county bounty rewards. Hunters trap and raid dens for scalp rewards, wiping out litters and reducing yearly takings from hundreds to under a hundred. Farmers say coyotes threaten domestic stock and must be kept in check.
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Cottonwood Falls
Kan
Harvard President Dr. Abbott Lawrence Lowell Visits Tempe
The Tempe edition highlights Harvard University president Abbott Lawrence Lowell as a noted American scholar visiting the area. It praises his role as a leading reader of American letters and his influence in higher education.
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Tempe
Harvard University
Paris
Abbott Lawrence Lowell
Light beams turn to sound through rotating disk experiment
A beam of sunlight through a lens and a rotating disk splits light into flashes that produce sounds when ear is near a glass vessel with lampblack or silk. Using a prism to create the spectrum, colored light causes sounds from red green or blue parts. green silk often yields the strongest sound in red light.
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Harper’s Weekly
Man owes debt to the vegetable says English chemist
An English chemist argues that vegetables sustain animal life and humanity, noting sunlight feeds plants and that without the vegetable kingdom neither animals nor humans could exist. He suggests sun worshippers may have respected the sun’s value more than modern society.
Livingstone's Resourcefulness Amid Early River Voyage Hard Times
The article portrays David Livingstone as a versatile figure skilled in astronomy botany geology languages and navigation. It highlights his early education aboard ship guided by Sir Thomas Maclear and notes a perilous moment when his steamer voyage up the River Shire left him near an elephant marsh with scarce fuel.
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Livingstone
David Livingstone
Thomas Maclear
River Shire
Elephant Marsh
Luck Horseshoe Incident Leads to Fines in Dayton Street Court
William H. King of Bulwer avenue was fined five dollars and costs after a dispute with Charles Williams over child support ended with a thrown hatchet and a misdirected lucky horseshoe. Williams and his companion were fined five dollars and costs as well. King sought a warrant for wife abandonment.
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St. Louis
William H. King
Bulwer Avenue
Dayton Street
Charles Williams
Brooklyn Street
King
Williams
The
Woman jailed as "Common Scold" in Atlantic City
Mrs. Annie Chacano was charged by neighbors as a common scold and brought before Recorder Reefer. He ordered jail and warned banishment if she failed to verify the accusations.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Annie Chacano
Recorder Reefer
Figure Descending Staircase Sparks Mock Exhibition Debate
At a New York exhibition two Boston men debated a post impressionist canvas titled This is the worst yet. One man mocked the tangled streaks while the other blamed the vague title suggesting it should show a figure descending stairs after a soap incident on the top step.
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New York
Boston
Crambe and Relish Step into Hot Fat Frying
A fragment notes frying morsels in hot fat with a brief mention of a relish to accompany the dish. The text emphasizes a quick turn and tasting moment, reflecting a casual kitchen scene.
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