Tax measures loom as Congress nears budget balance plan
A heated House session backed by both parties produced a revenue bill replacing the defeated sales tax. The Ways and Means Committee listed proposed taxes on dozens of items from cosmetics to petroleum. Senate opposition looms, with chances of a different tax plan and a delay toward September. Hoover budgets and economy committees flag further cuts while various officials discuss defense and reform.
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Peaker
Joan N. Garner
House of Representative
Nation
Nationaal
Ways and Means Committee
House
Ways and Means
Crisp
Ile
Ec Eeveenveuns
Eadh Ec
Senate
Congress
Hoover
Joseph W. Byrns
Dem. Tenn
House’ Appropriations Committee
Special
Byrns
Burns
National Defense Appropriations
House of Representatives
American Legion
Detroit
Legion
United States
Abram Called to Leave Home and Step Into Blessing
The lesson centers on Abram’s divine call to sever ties with his homeland and family to enter a new era. It outlines the seven fold promise God attached to the call, including making a great nation, blessing all who bless him, and the eventual blessing of all earth’s families through him, plus Abram’s immediate obedience.
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Shinar
Abram
Christ
Quotations on merit and wisdom in business practice
A fragmentary excerpt discusses what constitutes a man of merit and wisdom. It contrasts trench philosophy with collegiate adages, noting that fault finding, talent, self-denial, and character are essential to succeed in business.
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wMec
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Promote Health and Birth Records
A fifty year Pratt County claim shows over three thousand births with no maternal or child loss. Dr W B Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin is touted as a gentle stomach and bowel stimulant for children and adults, improving digestion, energy, and appetite.
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Pratt County
W. B. Caldwell
Illinois
Dr. Caldwell
Odd Industries in the British Isles Dark Arches of London’s Stratton Ground
A Pearson's Weekly feature notes curious trades in Britain. An Armenian outdoor watch repairer works near Westminster Cathedral, bottles of smoke describe bacon curing, walrus whiskers are sold as toothpicks to China, and a London man once sold skin for grafting on a burned child for two hundred pounds, later traveling to hospitals worldwide.
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British Isles
Westminster Cathedral
Stratton Ground
London
England
Pearson’s Weekly
Have you any poor relations in the newspaper trade
A quip about relatives and the inevitability of friendships surfaces in a brief exchange. The speaker jokes about a cousin in the newspaper business, underscoring the close ties often found in media circles.
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Hyde
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Mark Hanna
Daisy
Sir Wilmott Lewis
Paulson Longworth
Lindbergh
Wilmott Lewis, Jr
Middle West
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Chicago Association of Commerce
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Davis L. Brainard
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Canada
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