Tax Confusion Montages New Federal Income Levy
New York financiers and bankers wrestle with the new federal income tax as it goes into effect, facing unprecedented complexity at the source. Banks and bondholders await Treasury clarifications on exemptions, while clerical staff brace for a flood of forms and checks this morning.
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Treasury
The
United States Treasury
Congress
Treasury Department
McAdoo
United States Army
New York
Middleman Targeted as Prices Set by Taylored Conspiracy
The piece argues observers should focus on middlemen rather than manufacturers in price trends after the Underwood tariff. It notes wholesale food prices fell 10-15 percent, while retail costs resist, due to packers and wholesalers holding prices high. It asserts a conspiracy to sustain high prices exists but anticipates a market correction as high-priced stock is worked off.
The Little Black Book and the New York Election
A look at the so called little black book claimed to record conversations between John A. Hennessy and ex State Senator Stilwell now imprisoned. The piece argues the book has shaped voters views as graft and conspiracy rumors swirl around Tammany and Sulzer.
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New York
John A. Hennessy
Stilwell
Sing Sing
Hennessy
Willam Sulzer
Tammany
Sulzer
Martin Glynn
Hook
Hine
Sinker
Charles
Murphy
Whitman
Men Around the Kaiser Not One Man Rule in Germany
The narrative argues Germany is not ruled by one man, noting Crown Prince William’s growing influence and public stance against limits on the Brunswick succession. It cites Frederick W. Wile’s view of key German figures, the Crown Prince’s rising prominence, and contrasts with Britain’s figurehead monarchy, while foreshadowing crises linked to Emperor William’s reign.
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Germany
Duke of Cumberland
Brunswick
Empire
Frederick W. Wilé
Berlin
London Daily Mail
Kaiser
Admiral von Tirpitz
Alfred Ballin
Prince Furstenberg
England
Wales
Edward
William
Wilesaye
Wilett
Critical Turn in New Jersey Politics Spotlighted
A report from Newark suggests Nugent Smith faction may break with Fielder while Democratic leaders urge the President to stay away. The Essex Democratic split looms as Nugent vows loyalty. Stokes gains progressive support, and Colby might offset Nugent’s defection if he polled strongly.
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Washington
New Jersey
Newark
Nugent-Smith
Fielder
James R. Nugent
Hagex County
Nugent
Wielder
Essex
Fieldher
Fislder
Pat
Lafeat
Uea
Colby
Bull Moose
Stokes
Roosevelt
Paris salons and noble lineage mark a refined era
The late Countess Aimery de la Rochefoucauld is remembered for presiding over Paris’s most exclusive salon, a bastion of old aristocracy defying new money. Her husband, famed for heraldry and ancestry, fiercely challenges pretenders while Verteuil Chateau houses a storied legacy with medieval roots and royal guests.
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Aimery de la Rochefoucauld
Spain
Italy
Verteuil
Children's Protection Society of
France
Duc de St. Simon
Gabriel
Odile de Richelieu
Duc de Richelieu
Princess
Moneco
Michael Heine
New Orléans
Aimery de la
Chatéhte
la Rochefoucauld
Comtesse de
Grand Conde
Francois
Duke de la Rochefoucauld
Marguerite de Valdla
Francois de la Rochefoucauld
Proissart
Polton
Stre de Lusignan
Foucauld
la Roche
Gironde
la Rochefoucaula
Francia I
Duc de la Rochefoucauld
Mattishell
Portland
Orey
Duke de Liancourt
Count Gabriel de la Rochefoucauld
Germany's Rise Seen Through Kaiser's Shaping Hands
A historical reflection lists key German figures such as Ike Ballin of Hamburg Furstenberg Vor Gwin ner and Emil Rathenau as shaping the nation. It argues their talents could have built any other country if similar encouragement had existed.
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Europe
Ballin
Hamburg
Furstenberg
Vor Gwinner
Emil Rathenau
Germany
Senate and House Proceedings Outline Bank Plan and Churchill Sympathy
Senate not in session but to meet Monday at noon. Banking and currency committee endorses a four regional bank plan. House lacked quorum. consideration of a sympathy resolution for Winston Churchill naval holiday plan postponed. House adjourned until noon today.
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Senate
Banking and Currency Committee
Winston Churchill
Admiralty of
Great Britain
The Railroad Problem and the Road to Constructive Policy
From the Chicago Evening Post the Massachusetts public service commission approves New Haven Railway bonds to fund debt and improvements. The piece argues for a shift from negative restrictions to constructive support, linking railroad welfare to general prosperity and urging balanced wage and rate policy.
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Chicago Evening Post
Massachusetts Public Service Commission
New Haven Railway
Massachusetts Commission
Army Orders Wide Dispatches and Transfers
Military officers receive extended leaves and multiple transfers across infantry cavalry and artillery units. Names include Lieut Col Benjamin Atkinson, Maj Godfrey H MacDonald, Capt Bruce Palmer, Capt Arthur P Shyhon, and Lt Clarence T Marsh, with postings to Bloomington Peoria St Louis and Manila, plus hospital reports for treatment and assignments to inspector-instructor roles. The note records resignations, reassignments, and depot quartermaster movements in late Army orders.
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Benjamin W. Atkinson
Second Infantry
William
Rochester
Quartermaster Corps
St Louis
Milwaukee
Wis
Mutta Cavalry
William B. Rochester
Wellias R. Bettison
Coast Artilisty Corps
Walter Reed General Hospital
District of Columbia
Vic
Bruce Palmer
Cavalry
Pristt Jennings
New Orleans
Hatol Rogge
Olidmah
Oklahoma City
Okla
Amarillo
Houston
Corsicana
Mitra Cavalry
Arthur P
Hydh
Coast Artillery
State of Washington
Count Atlfiling Corp
Ate
Arthur
Bryant
Samuel Minglish
Charles K Wing, Jr
Coast Artillery Corps
Manila
P. I
Charles L J. Pron Witter
Sixty
Ralph 1. Bates
Clarence T Marsh
Constattétlary Corps
Li7th
Henry A. Bhle
Eighteenth Infantry
Walter Hest
Hos Pital
Firat Liew
WILLIAM #. McCLEARY
Cosat
Sabic Bay
Clair W. Baird
John R. Ellis
Depot Quartermaster
Ben Francisco
Cal
Mapa
Quartermaster
Navy assigns officers and ships in west and pacific moves
The dispatch lists multiple officer transfers including Lieut A T Church from Hannibal to Lautefana and Lieut W H Toaz to Hannibal as executive officer and navigator. It notes other detachments to Portland Idaho Helena Saratoga and Philadelphia as well as arrivals at Annapolis Guaymas Caesar Guantanamo and ships sailing routes from Newport Norfolk and Guaymas for San Francisco and Charleston. The Denver Republic item expresses discouragement about a novel’s reception after 28 librarians did not place it on shelves.
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T Church
Hannibal
Lautefana
W H Toaz
Portland
Oreg
A W Bentfield
Idsha
Wisconsin
G. E Brandt
Helena
Strait
Helens
G. Kirk
Withington
Saratoga
L J Magile
Eastern
Philadelphia
A J Corberier
Naval Academy
Agnapolis
E N McClellam
Marine Barracks
Mare Island
Navy Department
Annapolis
Guaymas
Caesar
Guantanamo
Monaghan
Newport
Charleston
Norfolk
Nanshed
Guaymes
San Francisco
Denver Republican
Stamp Collecting as a Serious Yet Silly Pursuit
The New York Times notes stamp collecting as a solemn hobby where enthusiasts boast strict honesty and rare stamps drive value. It argues women are less prone to stamp fever, calls philately a pure but ridiculous pursuit, and praises the bizarre charm of rarity over beauty or history.
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New York Times
Horse Dies of Terror as Elephant Passes
A horse hitched to a buggy driven by Sam Brown of North Main Street died after a circus elephant passed by causing fright. Brown obtained an attachment against a zebra. the circus settled by paying Brown. The horse reared and collapsed near Decatur Street as the elephant neared.
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Memphis
Tegn
New York
Sam Brown
Brown
Decatur Street
Divorce Suit Reveals Romance of Old Austchiaty Days in Chicago
The Chicago Record-Herald reports a divorce suit by Mrs Rose Salamo against Gregory Salamo, tracing a dramatic past linked to 1886’s Haymarket era. It cites her prior marriages to anarchist Augnat Spies by proxy and to Stephen Malato, now an assistant state’s attorney.
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Chicago
Chicago Record-Herald
Rose Salamo
Haldwin
Gregory Selamo
Nina van Zandtahe
Augnat
Haymarket
Stephen Malato
Malato
Gregory Salamo
Salamo
Today’s Sun and Tide Table and Weather Bulletin
Weather and tide data from the Weather Bureau Washington notes high and low tides for today, with sunrise and sunset. It reports a high pressure pattern across the country, with below normal temperatures except on the Pacific slope, snow flurries near the Great Lakes and New York, and rain in southern Florida. forecasts show a generally unsettled trend with temperatures rising in the plains and Mississippi Valley through Saturday and Sunday. Local temperatures and humidity readings are listed with daily rainfall and sunshine percentages, plus temperature comparisons to last year and scattered city readings.
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Eastwark
Plains States
Mississippi Valley
South Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Lakes
Life Too Cheap at a Dollar in New York Death Case
Abraham Lincoln Graham, printing shop owner in Manhattan, organized the Society for the Protection of Life after a Jersey City trolley accident left his child dead and a court verdict of one dollar for damages. The group aims to raise values in court, prevent accidents, and teach children street safety to reduce fires and factory accidents.
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The
New York Herald
Lincoln Graham
Manhattan
Lift
Graham
Jersey City
Hecaps
Dolar
Oak leaf gathering thrives in New Jersey fields
In parts of New Jersey an autumn industry sees families drying oak leaves to bale for shipment. Workers gather hundreds of bunches daily, fetching about five dollars per ton with brisk European demand. Some woodland owners charge for the privilege. the harvest is described as a natural gift rather than cultivated crop.
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Camden
New York Sun
New Jersey
Dream leads Chicago mother to Moravia reunion with daughter
Mrs Marian A Dexter of Chicago traced her long lost daughter Alice G Dexter after a dream guided her nearly a thousand miles to Moravia New York. Fifteen years earlier the parents separated at Boston and the father died in New York. The daughter, a miniature painter, had been visiting the Slocum family for a week.
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N.Y Tribune
Marian A. Dexter
Chicago
Alice G Dexter
Moravia
Mias
Dexter
Boston
New York
Slocum
The Penman James Townsend Saward Forgery Saga
A London Chronicle account recalls James Townsend Saward known as Jim the Penman, famed for exquisite forgeries that unsettled merchants in 1857. He forged checks and bills of exchange, used attorney signatures to recover fake debts, and was captured by treachery, tried, and sent to Australia for life.
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London Chronicle
James Townsend Saward
Jim the Penman
Australia
Washington recollections from a 97 year old observer
Seventy one years ago William F Gros visited Washington with his wife of 63 years and his brother in law Edwin F Valentine. Now 97, he recalls horse routes to White Sulphur Springs, the city as a village, and passing doctors’ doubts about his sight. He notes longevity factors, life philosophy, and a doctor’s prognosis reversed by a new era of medicine. He praises progress, jokes about abstinence, and reflects on age and worry.
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Willlam F Gros
Washington
Yesterdas
Edwin F. Valentine
Richmond
Gray
White
al Bhur Springs
Mr Gray
Shoreham
Carolinas
Europe
Newton
Mitchel
John Purroy Mitchel
Greater New York
William Barry
Brooklyn
Willard
St Nicholas
Bragdon
New York
Havre
Pasenger
John Mitchel
Ireland
United States
Puns
Irich
Oldman Mitchel
Jonn
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