Duty On Silk Ribbons Raised To Sixty Percent
Washington December fourth 1903 secretary Shaw sustained the board of general appraisers decision that certain silk ribbons are dutiable as trimmings not manufactured silk. The duty rose from five percent ad valorem to sixty percent until March first 1904. The ruling follows conflicts with Robinson v United States and directs collectors to apply the higher rate pending further court guidance.
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Washington
Shaw
Board of General Appraisers
Collector of Customs
Robinson
United States
United States Circuit Court For
Southern District of New York
Circuit
Treasury Department
Department of Justice
Attorney General
Circuit Court
Secretary of Treasury
Board General
Circuit Court of Appeals
Home Dressmaking Hints With May Manton Features
May Manton explains deep yoke collars as a defining fashion element for the latest waists. The illustrated model shows a removable yoke that enables high or low necklines, with options to wear with or without the yoke for different occasions.
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Manton
Many Indiana holiday travelers and weddings in state
The column lists numerous holiday journeys and social events across Indiana and nearby states. It notes engagements and marriages, including Gertrude Dauber and Isaac H. Barbee, Nelson D. Stanbro and Addie Hamper, and Leroy Goodwine with Bessie Wiltshire, detailing venues, families, and towns like Lafayette Kokomo and Chicago correspondence.
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Wynn
George Catterson
James Winters
Chapin Foster
M. B. Wilson
A. Lemcke
Miss Bull
Talbott
Miss Beach
Miss Appel
Miss Ruble
Miss Chenoweth
Mr. Ketcham
Bert Coffin
Barbee—Dauber
Indianapolis Journal
Lafayette
Ind
Purdue
Gertrude Dauber
Joseph E. Dauber
Isaac H. Barbee
Ripley
Tenn
Barbee
Dauber
Walter D. Cole
Trinity Church
Edith Steifer
Robert Neumann
H. W. Caldwell Company
Chicago
Kokomo
Nelson D. Stanbro
Addie Hamper
W. D. Williams
Markland-avenue Methodist Church
Howard County
Henry Hamper
Benjamin
The Wrong Anniversary
Indianapolis matrons recall awkward sayings and a tale of a principal’s second marriage as a Christmas train talk. A chatty group roams memory lane recounting a cake delivery to a wife with a sharp temper, while a shuttle of money woes among companions ends in humorous, tangled cents and dollars amid holiday chatter.
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Indianapolis
Virago
Becky’s Red Christmas Plan and Color Cheer
A talkative matron explains giving Becky a red Christmas to lift her spirits, listing red gifts planned for Becky and others. She argues mood and tolerance improve with thoughtful gestures, noting her family’s modest means and hopes Becky will respond to the festive color scheme. The hue becomes a morale booster in their household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Becky
Henry
Britain’s Metropolis Deserted For Christmas By Rich And Poor
London reports a near-empty metropolis on the eve of Christmas as King Edward and the royal family retreat to country estates and aristocrats follow suit. Americans abroad socialize at Sandringham and Windsor kitchens shrink while a festive, pantomime season grows in Chatsworth. European crop shortages boost American apples as windows glow with fruit displays.
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London
Britain
King Edward
Queen Alexandra
Prince
Princess of Wales
Ambassador Choate
Stocket Hall
Hatfield
Hertfordshire
Lord Mount Stephen
John R. Carter
United States
Charles H. Stockton
John H. Bencomb
Hogland
Evans
Mr. Evans
Sandringham
Edward
Ing Edward
Victoria
Windsor Castle
Queen Victoria
Joseph Chamberlain
Highbury
Premier Balfour
Whittingham
Maddingtonshire
Scotland
Chatsworth
Duke
Duchess of Devonshire
Princess Henry of
Pless
Muriel Wilson
Baker University Appeals for 25000 from Santa Claus
Rev L H Murlin president of Baker University issues a printed appeal for funds in a booklet of holiday greetings to Santa Claus. The piece highlights a 100 percent rise in enrollment over five years and total gifts of 117200, with an immediate need of 25000. The appeal ends with Baker’s big stocking hanging by President Murlin’s fireplace.
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Indianapolis Journal
Baldwin
Kan
L. H. Murlin
Baker University
Indiana
de Pauw University
Santa Claus
Baker
Marlin
Indicted impersonator found in Toronto linked to Miss Anderson case
James Abeel once charged with impersonating J Ogden Goelet Jr to wed Grace Anderson a telegrapher at the Grand Hotel. He was reportedly located in Toronto claiming his New York departure had no ties to the case. A $100,000 check bearing the Goelet signature had been offered to Miss Anderson prior to the proposed marriage.
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Dwight Fraser
L. N. Poyser
Goshen
Arthur W. Allen
Elkhart
Ind
Herbert de Prez
Shelbyville
Edna Rodenberger
Seymour
Nettie K. Bruenig
Los Angeles
Cal
Mary King
Pittsburg
Eleanor Lemcke
Chicago
Miss Smith
Miss Herr
Brazil
Alice Long
Louise Parrott
Dayton
E. B. Peck
New York
Orin Ragsdall
Franklin
Columbia Club
Findley Pugh
Colorado Springs
Courtland van Camp, Jr
Princeton
Miss Taube
New Orleans
Iater
Grace Cavanaugh
Estella Sterne
Colorado
Mrs. Greenbaum
Meridian
Hugh J. McGowan
Regine Reinheimer
Philadelphia
R. Kirshbaum
John Landers White
State University
Frank BE. Jones
Daniel de Prez
H. G. Niles
South Bend
W. W. Hubbard
North Delaware Street
Walter Werenkle
Byron K. Elliot
Collins
Asheville
N. C
Earl Barrows
Richard Craft
Ingler
Chalfant
Bloomington
Pfaff
Henry
Chica
O. H. Pfaff
Schuyler Beauclere Eddy
Elizabeth Cooper
Louis Deschler
Dorothy
Sophie Lohman
Kendallville
Charles George Lohman
Clara Case
Kenosha
Talbott
North Meridian Street
Schu
Canton
Dr. Conklin
S. A. Conk
James Abeel
J. Ogden Goelet, Jr
Grace Anderson
Grand Hotel
Toronto
Onto
Anderson
Miss Anderson
Goelet
The Funny Side of Life Opens at Park With Loder
Charlie A Loder opens a half week vaudeville at English Park in a new musical farce The Funny Side of Life The show features Frank Umont and a large specialty cast with lively musical numbers and comic bits The Serenade also tops the bill with a future matinee and a schedule of Robin Hood at Englishs afternoon slot.
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Charlies A. Loder
the Park
Frank Umont
Philadelphia
Loder
Gus Williams
George M. Cohan
al Edwardes
Frank Rusgeil
Ed Howard
George H. Davis
James Harmon
George Addison
Louis Voikey
Lillian Lawson
Hazel Burt
Alice Hare
Charles Loder
Ida Carney Daley
Indianapolis
Reginald de Koven
Harry B. Smith
Chicago Opera House
Messrs. Barnabee
MacDonald
de Koven
Smith
England
Australia
New York
Robin
Daly's
Standard
Old Standard
Garden Theater
H. C. Barnabee
W. H. MacDonald
Nottingham
John
Edwin W. Hoff
Eric Cowles
George Frothingham
Peter Fans
Marie Stone
Jessie Bartlett Davis
Carrie Maconde
Josephine Bartlett
Barnabee
Howard
Chambers
Douglass Ruthven
Peter Donald
Kate Condon
Agnes Brown
Gertrude Zimmer
Bostonians
Amateur Night at Unique Theatre Pleases Crowd
An appreciative audience enjoyed Amateur Night at the Unique Theater with acts by J Ff Williams Sam Perrneth the Bonna brothers and Miss Leona Thompson. A gold headed cane was presented to Manager Ralph Thorbus by stage manager Will D Maine.
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J. Ff. Williams
Sam Perrneth
Bonna Brothers
Leona Thompson
Thompson
Ralph Thorbus
Will D. Marine
Thorbus
Will D. Maine
Parsifal staged at the Metropolitan amid vast crowds
Richard Wagner's Parsifal opened at the Metropolitan Opera House before a massive audience. Director Conried delivered a sumptuous production with elaborate scenery and a strong cast including Burgstaller, Tornia, Van Rooy, and Goritz. The performance featured groundbreaking stage machinery and panoramic scenes, with a reverent, attentive audience and widespread acclaim for the cast and visuals.
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New York
Richard Wagner
Metropolitan Opera House
Bayreuth
Wagner
Europe
Conried
Bavarian Hills
Boston
Philadelphia
Washington
Baltimore
Chicago
Societ
Frau Wagner
Herr Alois Burgstaller
Parsifal
Frau Hilka Tornia
Kundry
Herr Blass
Gurnemanz
Anton van Rooy
Amfortas
M. Marceljourant
Titurelu
Herr Otto Goritz
Klings
Agner
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Pettis Dry Goods Co
Leitch & Company
Suirt Macers
Pennsylvania
Market
BM. Marth, Wm. C Lee
Jas. Lelteh
the Hygiene CO
Virginia Ave
Iternng
Albert J. Beveridge
Henry Bennett
Pennsylvania Street
J. M. Wiley and Family
Buffalo
Jane
Arthur Meeks
Muncie
Ernest Abbott
Columbus
Mr. Abbott
Charles Abbett
Helen Day
Farmington School
Hudson
Fred Day
Yale
T. C. Day
Annie Lemon
Springfield
Hoyt
Abbie
Norman King
Smith King
Cecil Hell
Sprankle
Wheeling
W. Va
Amber Asbury
John M. Lyons
Ella
Else Lyons
Charles EB. Shover
Margaret Shover
Maplehurst
John B. Griffey
College Avenue
Elizabeth Griffey
A. G. Griffey
Harry B. Griffey
Pleasant Griffey
Horace Starr
Marie Starr
CaroMl Bayes
Sullivan
Margaret Fodren
Melvin L. Cardwell
A. H
Union Street
N. S. Rader
Madison Avenue Church
Blanche
Emily
Blagche
The
President Murlin
Robin Hood
Unique
Charles T. Aldrich
Charles Leonard Fletcher
Binns
Mise Wynne Winslow
Sam Edwards
Mile
Alcide Capitaine
Nevarros
Trask
Gladden
Merry Maidens
the Empire
Nellie Bee
Combination
Bich
Connied
Burgstallers
Siegfried
Bergstaller
Madam Terminal
Am “Kundry
Etm
Knight Ee Ben Pasuital
Pajal
Scarcia
Wiegand
Beyreuth
Herr Goritz
Mephistopeles
Herr Goruts
van Rooys Amfortas
Klingsor
Heurty
Graff Knights
Vance
Beyreu
Grail Hall
Alfred Hertz
Amu
de Koven-Smith
Charles T. L. Aldrich
SAM. Edwards & CO
Binns & Binns
Miss Wynne Wustog
Chas Ees Fle Trask
GLA Scope
Empire Theater Software
the Merry Maidens’ CO
P' Doyle
Gi Grace
Harry Newman
Osborn Daley
Josephine
Motiie Granger
Yize
Haron
Muncle
Hooder's
Richens Putdeg Atverepet
Elwood
Evra
Chickering
Wose
R. W. Furnas
Bwr
Marion Trust Company N. B. Cor
Monument Place
Market Street
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