Senate votes swallow war tax plans in high tax clash
In Washington the Senate rejected key proposals to raise war taxes on profits, voting 57 to 12 against a Hollis plan and 60 to 18 against a La Follette flat 60 percent rate. The fight shifts to refining graduated rates as finance leaders push a roughly 1.06 billion dollar increase, while critics warn of “treasonable profits” and unfair wealth conscription amid the war tax debate. Also notes ongoing local society items and a correction to a quote about North Dakota representatives.
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Washington
Senate
Holis
Finance Committee
la Follette
Hollis
Kenyon
Smooth
Smoot
Willis
Changberlain
Kendrick
Myers
Phelan
Borah
Trammell
Kenyon, Johnson
California
Rogers Citizen Social Roundup and Local Visits
Local residents and visitors frequent Rogers with travels to Valley City Mason City Bismarck Chicago and Sanborn. Notables include Miss Karen Lee Miss Sophia Bartheas Capt Frank Booth and families from Lora Moore to E M McGarry. Typhoid fever illness noted for Gladys Stearns with community checks on home visits and business matters.
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Karen Lee
Valley City
Mary Simon
Capt
Frank Booth
Rogers
Nelg Larson
Albert Zimma
Mason City
Iowa
How to Address Mail to the Men at Camp Dodge
Des Moines Ja September 4 G A Huff postmaster outlines mail handling at Camp Dodge to speed delivery. If the recipient’s company and regiment are known address Private John Jones with unit and Camp Dodge Iowa. if unknown use the sender’s state and Camp Dodge Iowa. Mail will be sorted by state until troops are organized.
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Camp Dodge
Des Moines
G. A. Huff Nan
National Army
John Jones
First Infantry
Iowa
Minnesota
Minois
North Dakota
How Mature Must Corn Be for Seed
Tests at the North Dakota Experiment Station show glazing stage corn makes seed about as well as fine. Dough stage gives good germination but not as strong as more mature seed. milk stage yields very low germination. Seed for field use should be at least in the dough stage. milk-stage seed can save a particular strain. Immature corn is harder to cure and store.
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North Dakota Experiment Station
Two Seven Room Houses for Sale in City Districts
Major Frank Henry arrived Tuesday evening to inspect the companies forming his battalion. He praises Company G and the old town as he tours. Notices offer two seven room two story houses with cellars and sheds, one with a cistern and barn. Apply to Chas. J. Johnson, 222 Fifth Street.
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Chas. J. Johnson
Fifth Street
Frank Henry
Old Town
Silk hats fall from favor among trendsetters
A historical note on silk hats tracing their decline in popularity. The piece contrasts the top hat with modern raincoats and umbrellas, noting British and American fashion shifts. It mentions etiquette guides calling a top hat a “high hat” and references royal and clubmen styles seen at the royal course and in Paris society.
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Iic Ume
London
At Ia
England
Capa
Orhag
King Edwards Exchange
A Glimpse of Medieval Popularity in The Romance of the Rose
The piece discusses William Wistar Comfort's Bookman note on The Romance of the Rose, a vast medieval French poem of about 23 000 lines. It reflects on how copies multiplied, with nearly 200 surviving manuscripts and many more lost over four centuries, illustrating medieval literary demand and the labor of copying.
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William Wistar Comfort
Bookman
Europe
Training with Mills bombs in reserve battalion earthworks
The London Times reports recruits in the reserve battalion of the London regiment are trained under near war conditions near huts. They practice bombing from a fixed mark, then from observer directions using a periscope to target enemy heads on hinged traverses, requiring keen aim and quick, blind throws.
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London Regiment
London Times
Similarities Between English and Chinese Tongues at Shanghai Lecture
An Inet report describes a Royal Asiatic Society meeting in Shanghai where a United States lecturer compared 4000 Chinese words with English equivalents. Examples show strikingly similar sounds such as To with to, Hu with house, Min with man, and Chou with child. The speaker also aligned Anglo-Saxon terms with Chinese equivalents, noting likenesses in pronunciation including the old English word for island, al, and the Shanghai dialect transliteration fa al.
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Inet
Royal Asiatic Society
Shanghai
United States
Min
Chou
Island
European Water Transport Costs and Profits in 1906
European water transportation runs at a loss per mile while railways profit. In 1906 Prussia showed a waterway deficit of 5523 dollars per mile contrasted with a rail profit of 1814 dollars per mile. The government uses railroad gains to offset waterway shortfalls as few canals or rivers carry traffic economically.
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Europe
Prussia
Keeping Late Hours on the Farm Life in Town Shifts Routine
A humorous dialogue contrasts farm life with town leisure. A farmer notes nightly theater attendance alters his sleep, reflecting changes in rural routines as social options expand beyond dawn chores. The joke centers on adapting to later hours and the evolving pace of rural living.
Unclear Civil Dispute over Steel Bonds and Coal Transport
Fragmentary passage shows a husband planning to place steel bonds in a safety box and a wife opposing, interwoven with statistics on coal and coke production in England in 1915 and railway transport figures. The text mixes personal dialogue with industrial data, presenting no coherent narrative or verifiable outcome.
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Jack
England
A Night On The Island With Mary Foster
Jim Higgins, twenty four, sees Mary Foster across the street and on a Republican club outing falls for her. A boat trip, moonlit water, and a sob in a hallway bring Mary to him. He comforts her and offers a ride home, discovering her vulnerability and a softer side beneath her usual pride. The moment changes their view of each other and life.
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Jim Higgins
Mary Foster
California Street
Jim
Mary
Republican Club
Adar
Jerry Lyona
Jun
Preople
Ty the McCure Newapien
Eleven Billion War Bond Bill Pass Debate Nears End
Washington moves toward approval of an 11.44 billion war bond and certificate bill after four hours of debate. Democrats back the plan while Rep Moore pushes for a war expenditures committee to scrutinize administration finances. President Wilson opposes a congressional war committee, with leaders planning to strike out the Moore proposal if needed.
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Washington
Bovee
Moore
Pennsylvania
Wilson
White House
Congressional War Committee
Congress
Fordney
Michigan
Wage Land Means Committee
Kitchen
House
United States
Joan Ao
Kitchin
Local notes on residents and visitors in the area
Prof Bow and family returned from Wisconsin last Sunday evening. He resumed school work on Tuesday September 4. Miss Hazel Whiting is visiting the Davidson home. Roy Stillingala plans a few days at home. Lou Simon is visiting the Fred Nelson home. Miss Gunderson of Valley City is visiting her aunt Mrs Ole Hapson.
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Valley City
Bow
Wisconsin
Hazel Whiting
Davidson
Roy Stillingala
Lou Simon
Fred Nelson
Miss Gunderson
Mra
Ole Hapson
Riga Ablaze as Russians Flee Before German Foe
Russian retreat across the Gulf of Riga coast continues with evacuees from Riga and nearby towns marching northeast toward the railway toward Pskoff and Petrograd. German ships shell the eastern Gulf coast while Russians blow fortifications at the Dvina mouth and destroy bridges, seeking to delay pursuit. Prisoners totaling thousands and hundreds of artillery pieces are reported, as Austrians and Italians engage in heavy artillery duels on the Isonzo front and Pola receives aerial bombardment.
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Riga
Uxkull
Gulf of Riga
Pskoff-Petrograd
Gulf
Prince Leopold of Bavaria
Pernan
Reval
Russia
Gulf of Finland
Dvina
Berlin
Talmino
Germany
von Hindenburgh
Isonzo
Hermanda
Trieste
Pola
Austria
Hig
Adriatic
Hale
Flanders
Courtrai
Thorout
Aisne Front
Fartegeetor
Calais
Dunkirk
France
Belgium
Getchen Prairie Community Notes In A Patchwork Of Visits
The clipping lists multiple social visits and movements around Getchen Prairie. Mentions visiting at M. M. White home, Whitcher family gatherings, Nellie Whitcher at a Chautauqua park picnic, Donald Neumann leaving for Minneapolis, Wimbledon plans for Friday, and families like Martin White White and Siblings preparing for school in Valley City. Various departures to Cooperstown and Washington state for schooling.
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Ficon Biron
Wils
Don
M. M. White
Whitcher Cummings
Nellie Whitcher
Donald Neumann
Charles Whitcher
Minneapolin
Nellie” Whitcher
Chautauqua Park
Odds and Ends Club
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General Peake
North Dakota J
Lee McCann
Sophia Bartheas
Alr
George Baumback
Chicago
Leyi Etzell
A. E. Stengik
Waseca
Minn
G.S. Hechtel
E. M. McGarry
Bismarck
R. J. Leahy
St. Paul
Lora Moore
Stanley Yule
Eva McGarry
Hannah McGarry
A. P. Farrell
Sanborn
Gladys Stearna
Alc
Earl Reed Silvers
Noltimier
Grosberg
Erima Belix
Mrs. Wolski
Tony Bruns
Henry Bruns
John Marshall
Frank Noeske
Bertha
Herman Schutal
Kranz
J. Raveling
E ‘al Iverson
E. H. Fargo
Organizati McFarland
Tecns Association
Slater Dorothy
Getchen Prairie
B. van Auken
Helen Rockwood
Waltabure
NFP
Cooperstoven
North Downa
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