Record of Internal Revenue Revenue Totals and Opium Mention
The annual report of Commissioner Royall B. Cabell shows a 1911 internal revenue total of 322 million dollars, with 270 thousand corporations filing under the new tax law and large gains from ordinary sources and corporate taxes. It notes opium denials, margarine frauds, and forecasts 315 million dollars in receipts for the year ending June 30, 1912.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royall BE. Cabell
Cabell
Supreme Court
Taft urges federal incorporation to curb trusts and protect competition
President Taft argues for voluntary federal incorporation to regulate large enterprises under anti trust law. He warns against repealing the act and cites Northern Securities and Standard Oil cases as proof of enforcement. He stresses preserving individual initiative and warns against centralized monopolies as a danger to freedom. The message is dated December 5, 1911.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Republic
WM. H. Taft
White House
Dec
Gericke Plans February Atlantic Balloon Crossing
Hans Gericke, winner of the 1911 Gordon Bennett balloon race, announces a bold plan to cross the Atlantic in a spherical balloon with two assistants. He believes the voyage could take four days if all goes well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Ocean
Hans Gericke
Gericke
Atlantic
Storm produces photo of tablecloth design in Fond du Lac
A storm in Fond du Lac Wisconsin yields a striking lightning bolt photograph of a tablecloth panel on a door. Mrs Sarah Challoner of Western Avenue presents the exhibit showing a flower pattern clearly visible in the image.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
Sarah Challoner
Western Avenue
Hard to Bear See Public Deception Undermines Trust
The remark criticizes repeated public deception and the pain it causes observers. It urges vigilance against fools who mislead audiences and erode confidence in civic or communal institutions.
Carnegie Names Twenty One Men
A Carnegie staff list names twenty one men with emphasis on Scotch origin. Talks on large public questions are scheduled as citizens consider prospects and marriage plans with weekly earnings cited as twenty five dollars.
Carnegie's Twenty One Great Men
List of notable figures with brief identifiers. Notable names include Arkwright Bell Bessemer Burns Columbus Edison Franklin Gutenberg Hargreaves Jenner Kay Lincoln Morton Murdock Mushet Neilson Shakespeare Siemens Stephenson Symington Watt and others. Each entry notes a key invention or contribution.
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Arkwright
Sir Richard
Bell
Alexander Graham
Bessemer
Sir Henry
Burns
Robert
Columbus
Christopher
Edison
Thomas Alva
Franklin
Benjamin
Gutenberg
Johannes
Hargreaves
James
Jenner
Edward
Kay
John
Lincoln
Abraham
Morton
William Thomas Green
Murdock
William
Mushet
Neilson
James Beaumont
Shakespeare
Siemens
Sir William
Stephenson
George
Symington
Watt
Carnegie outlines three key questions facing Americans
Andrew Carnegie praises self made leaders and calls for action on three issues. He supports the Aldrich plan but urges congress debate and refinement. He advocates an industrial court to curb monopoly power and protect consumers and discusses peace treaties and senate approval. He also says $25 a week suffices for early marriage.
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Andrew Carnegie
Mr. Carnegie
Aldrich Monetary Commission
Roosevelt
Senate
Confederate States
Carnegie
Jameson Raid Origins disputed by Hammond statement
John Hays Hammond releases details from a long silence and states the Jameson raid of 1895 96 was driven by a Johannesburg reform group largely American not under British direction. He claims Kruger betrayed reformers, that no Americans enlisted, and that sentences for the raid leaders were later commuted after Olney’s dispatch and Hammond paid $125000 for liberty.
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John Hays Hammond
Hammond
Johannesburg
Iammond
Paul Kruger
Kruger
Jameson
Irkruger
Reform Committee
Hercules Robinson
Olney
France to award 1870 War Medal to all veterans
The French government will grant a medal to all participants in the 1870 war against Germany. In a month 900,000 applications were filed though official estimates expected 600,000. This implies about 2.5 million men served for France during the conflict.
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Germany
France
Alchemy of Wild Mountain Sheep Reported by William Frankel
William Frankel of Bullion Mountain California, an accredited Smithsonian collector, claims to have developed a wool bearing sheep by crossing wild mountain sheep with Leicester does. The resulting animals are large, notably nimble, and yield fine wool after more than ten years of experimentation.
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William Frankel
Bullion Mountain
Cal
Frankes
Smithsonian Institution
Leicester
East Orleans Fisherman Hooks 15-Inch Smelt Record
Harold Eldridge of East Orleans Massachusetts caught a fifteen inch smelt in Meeting House pond at Pleasant Bay head. The salt water smelt is typically about eight inches long and the catch sets a Massachusetts record for size.
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Harold Eldridge
East Orleans
Mass
Massachusetts
Meeting House Pond
Pleasant Bay
Football Casualties of the 1911 Season
A summary of the 1911 football season records the total number of deaths and serious injuries. The article notes the casualty figures and emphasizes the dangers faced by players during the era.
Hogs and cattle market report from Chicago 1911 opening
Market results show mixed hogs with prospects 5 to 10 lower than yesterday. Cattle and sheep volumes noted with demand slowing for cattle and weakness in sheep, with various price ranges across packing grades. Official receipts and shipments for Dec 5 are reported with dull to slow demand across segments.
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Chicago
Lil
Texas
Mnamaras Sentenced Today In Fifteen Year Confinement
John J. goes up for fifteen years in a high profile case as MNAMARAS receive sentencing. Prosecution argued for a strict term while defense noted mitigating factors. The court delivered the judgment this morning.
MeNamara gets life and John J names 15 years
James B McNamara is sentenced to life imprisonment and John J receives fifteen years. McNamara confesses to dynamiting the Times building to frighten owners but says no one else was harmed and he regrets the 21 deaths. The Supreme Court refused a stay in the packers case.
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Winter of
Washington County Savings Bank
Savings Bank
North
Marion Ave
C. W. Busby & CO
Pleasant View Fruit and Poultry Farm
G. W. Dodder, Prog
Route
Poland
Taft
Storm
Wisconsin
ELGIN
W. J. Bradley
Southwest Corner Square
New England
ES A
Beaca-wi
Vam Ft Company
Timels Graph Building
Reister
Roosters
Kula
Abe Eiek
Pete
John J
James B
Los Angeles, Calif
Dee, Co
James B. Me
Namara
Bordwell
James B. McNamara
McNamara
Nimited
Times
Grets
Washington, D.C
the Evening Journal
the Supreme
Paeckers
John A. Babcock Commission
U. S. Yards
Illinos
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