Changes in Revenue Law Takes Effect July First
A historical overview notes that starting July 1 a war revenue bill changes many taxes since enactment June 13 1898 after the Spanish American War. Highlights include removal of tax on bank checks drafts money orders leases mortgages and telegraph messages while retained taxes cover bankers brokers pawnbrokers and other services. Tobacco discounts apply and certain industries face new or retained rates. Legacies to charitable religious literary or educational institutions will be exempt after July 1.
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Congress
Epitaph and Pun in a Party Tale
A publisher and two friends discuss epitaphs after a party. Douglas Jerrald tells Charles Knight the epitaph he would choose for him: Good Knight Youth's Companion. In Russia, 27,000 car loads of grain sat unsent at rail stations, prompting complaints railroads cannot handle traffic.
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Douglas Jerrald
Charles Knight
Knight
Jerrold
Russia
Queen Victoria’s hands on royal catechism lessons
The London Beacon notes that Queen Victoria kept religious instruction for her children in her own hands. A London archdeacon praised the governess, but the princes replied that mamma taught them catechism. The queen even taught a Bible class for Windsor palace attendees.
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Victoria
London
Mamma
Windsor Palace
London Beacon
Movement to honor Eli Whitney near Augusta Georgia
A Georgia effort aims to memorialize inventor Eli Whitney by transforming the site of his cotton gin experiments into a country club. An organized group has formed and secured a charter for the club near Augusta.
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Georgia
Eli Whitney
Augusta
The Tooth of Buddha at Kandy Temple
In Ceylon the sacred tooth of Buddha is venerated amid Hindu relics, with ceremonies at Dalada Maligawa in Kandy. Pilgrims shower offerings of gold, jewels, flowers, and fruit. legends claim millions of blossoms once offered in devotion to the tooth relic guarded within the palace precincts.
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Ceylon
Isle of Flowers
Kandy
Gaatama Buddha
Buddha
Tala
Cat Saves Boy in River Lesson for Henry Wilczs warski
A Baltimore boy attempted to drown a long suffering cat named Genevieve. The cat, clinging with a single claw, thwarted the plan and helped the boy outlast the river ordeal until a Rawson street officer pulled them to safety. The tale ends with a plea for kindness to felines and a hoped lesson for the boy.
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Genevieve
Grandma Eat
John Wilezswarski
Henry Wilczswarski
Henry
Blanche Street
Rawson Street
Fragmented verse inquiry about a poet and a book
A reader questions what a poet meant by a line in a book of sonnets. The dialogue mimics a playful exchange asking if the recipient read the book and expresses delight at finishing it.
Birds as surgeons observed by M Fatio in Geneva notes
The Physical Society of Geneva discussed observations by M Fatio on birds repairing wounds. Snipes reportedly mended fractures using beak and feathers as dressings and splints. In one case a snipe with two broken legs resembled a medical patient, applying impromptu dressings and feather moss banding.
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M. Fatio
Physical Society of
Geneva
M. Maginn
Bible as a Civilizer in Micronesia Reach
When the first missionaries went over forty years ago to the thousand islands that form Micronesia there was not a single book in the region. Today hundreds and thousands of natives are intelligent church members owning and prize their Bibles.
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Thousand Islands
Micronesia
How Mothers May Help COO Te LLL LC
Mothers possess vital information for their daughters and must guard their future. When a girl shows sluggish thoughts headaches dizziness and social withdrawal the mother should act promptly. Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is presented as the reliable aid during the coming changes. Letters from Miss Good illustrate Mrs Pinkham's guidance for young women.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Miss Good
Miss
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