Changes in war revenue bill take effect July first
Summary of alterations to the war revenue act enacted June 13 1898 including removal of taxes on bank checks drafts money orders leases mortgages and telegraph messages retained taxes on bankers stock brokers pawnbrokers commercial brokers and custom house brokers amusement venue taxes while certain excises on tobacco confections and mixed goods are adjusted or repealed tax on transfers of stock extended to bucket shops and on sales of merchandise in transit eliminated insurance taxes repealed certain charities legacies exempted and sleeping car tickets taxed one cent. detailed terms apply to refinements in bonds stock certificates and other fiscal measures.
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Congress
Suaenedebs
Dahaed Sans Et UK
Sickie Ee Sewer
Eeereses
Pawnbrokers
Reet
Otteukilwawiee Saeesen
USA
Todacco Arng Snul
Vanes Esmee
Seer
Peuah Ener Seur
Eeees
Saeco 12
Eee Tee Eee
Epitaph and Pun at a Party
A small party with Douglas Jerrold and Charles Knight sparks a witty exchange on epitaphs. As they walk home Knight asks Jerrold for his epitaph, and Jerrold replies with a pun: Good Knight.
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Douglas Jerrold
Charles Knight
Knight
Jerrold
Grain Backlog Delays On Russian Railroads In April
Early in April, 27,000 car loads of grain lay at the stations of three Russian railroads, awaiting forwarding. The shipment equates to about 12,000,000 bushels, much of it waiting for months, and complaints grow that railways cannot handle the traffic.
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Russia
Ocean Trout Returns to Atlantic Coast Delights Diners
The ocean trout, once misnamed as a weak fish, reappears along the Atlantic coast, pleasing epicures who savor this seafood reappearing in markets and menus.
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Atlantic
Epicures
Outdoor relief rates in English regions decline westward
The article reports that in southwestern England 37 of every 1000 people receive outdoor relief, while in the northwest counties the rate drops to 19 per 1000.
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England
Arsenic Used to Harden Shot in Lead Alloys
Arsenic is added in small quantities to lead to harden shot. This practice improves material strength for use in ammunition.
Queen Victoria Teaches Bible Class at Windsor
The London Beacon notes the queen kept religious instruction close. It recalls an archdeacon’s remark on the governess and the princes replying that their mother teaches them catechism. The piece adds Victoria sometimes led a Bible class for attendees’ children at Windsor palace.
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Victoria
London
Mamma
Windsor Palace
London Beacon
Movement to honor Eli Whitney to form Georgia country club
Georgia backers establish an organization and secure a charter to convert Eli Whitney’s Augusta area laboratory into a genteel country club honoring the inventor of the cotton gin.
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Georgia
Eli Whitney
Augusta
Free Medical Help Worldwide Health Cost Comparison
In England 972000 people receive free medical attendance each year versus 230000 in France. French invalids cost £58000, while Ireland spends £150000 on medical relief.
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England
France
Ireland
New 16000-ton Battleship Proposed for U S Navy
A 16 000 ton battleship planned for the United States Navy could become the largest ever built if it achieves a speed of 21 knots. The design is described as a naval construction masterpiece.
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United States Navy
June in Full Bloom Poem by Edna Kingsley Wallace
Poem praises June as a living emblem of peak life with imagery of roses moonlight and cherry trees. The author Edna Kingsley Wallace appears in Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly. The piece exults in sensory pleasures and the magical allure of the month.
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Alfright
Edna Kingsley Wallace
Frank Leslie
As We Near Home and The Happiest Heart Poem Pair
A pair of short poems with reflections on homeward longing and a childlike, contented heart. The first conveys darkness giving way to an ultimate solo journey home, while the second praises simple happiness, frank vision, and enduring gladness in youth and simplicity.
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D. Saunders
St. Louis Republc
Be Free to Follow Your Own Path
A compilation of verse from S E Kiser of the Chicago Record Herald and George Bancroft Griffith of the New York Observer in Washington Star. The pieces urge personal liberty and resilience, contrasting individual joy with public judgment and urging patience through misfortune.
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S. E. Kiser
Chicago Record-Herald
George Bancroft Griffith
N. Y
The Scarecrow’s Complaint and a Meadow Poem
A farmer’s daughter mocks a scarecrow while the speaker laments being bound by a ragged coat and tightened trousers. The scene shifts to a wind swept meadow where grass swells like a green sea and a butterfly drifts as a weary bird rests mid air.
The City Poet and a Traveler’s Reflection
A fragment from the City Poet recalls rural scenes of green fields and cornblades while a traveler in August awaits music from nature. Verse by F. L. Stanton and S. E. Kiser, from Atlanta Constitution and Washington Star, urges timely praise and appreciation before fame and opportunity pass.
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Arcaé@ian
Flowering Valleys
F. L. Stanton
Atlanta Constitution
Washington Star
Arctic Sun Rises After Six Months of Darkness
In a Philadelphia Record snippet, Mr. Ojibiwockky returns from the Eskimo club and answers a wife asking the time with a garbled Quar'er pash February. The scene hints at late May reality, but the paper vows to veil family matters.
Danger in Old Sayings
A quip from Stray Stories about a boy labeled a blockhead by an admiring friend and a father, with the boy replying that a teacher called him a young blockhead yesterday. The exchange satirizes how praise can sound like insult in playful dialogue.
Trust magnate and citizen clash over reckless speculation
A Baltimore American excerpt shows an earnest citizen opposing reckless speculation by a trust magnate. He cites outsiders profiting from flyers, noting several thousand dollars earned by those not in their crowd, urging action against the practice.
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Baltimore American
Allen's Foot Ease Advertisement and a Doctorly Joke
An Allen's Foot-Ease advertisement promotes a foot powder to ease tight shoes and relieve corns itching swelling and sweating feet with 25c price and free sample. A Philadelphia Press quip recounts a stingy man asking a doctor about foot pains and the doctor replies it signals rain.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Sharpe
Philadelphia Press
Relieve Whooping Cough With Hoxsie's Cure
Advertisement style note mentions Hoxsie's Croup Cure priced at 50 cents and non nausea. A humorous carpenter dialogue from Punch and a testimonial claim Piso's Cure for Consumption saved a life followed by a reference to an old schoolhouse relic.
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Hoxsie
Nonausea
Thos. Robbins
Maple Street
Norwich, N. Y
Market summary across multiple cities on June 11
In New York prices range for flour and grains with wheat at 7.914, corn at 41.84, oats at 33.14. beef and pork values show steers 5.00 to 5.90, hogs firm 6.10 to 6.35. Similar figures reported for Cleveland, Toledo, East Buffalo, East Liberty and Cincinnati with flour, grains, butter, cheese, eggs, potatoes and livestock prices noted.
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New York
Minnesota
Cleveland
York State
East Buffalo
Peruna praised by editors and readers in letters
Clem G Moore editor of the Advocate-Democrat Crawfordsville Ga credits Peruna with curing systemic catarrh after years of illness. Captain Percy Moss of Paragould Ark and Judge Wm T Zenor of Washington DC also endorse Peruna as an effective catarrh remedy and tonic. Readers are invited to write Dr Hartman for free advice at The Hartman Sanitarium Columbus Ohio.
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Clem G. Moore
Advocate-Democrat
Crawfordsville
Peruna Medicine Company
Ciem G. Moore
Percy W. Moss
Paragould
Ark
Wm. T. Zenor
Washington, D. C
N. Capital Street
Wm. T. Zener
Interstate Physicians League
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Sterling Rexedy Co
Chicago
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