Kaiser Tax Man Gets War Funds Boost For Nation
Washington reports wartime taxes to finance the war effort include three cent postage. two cent theater admissions. ten percent club dues over twelve dollars. five to eight percent taxes on tobacco, express, oil transport, passengers, and berths. and charges on telegraph, telephone, and insurance. The tax plan targets all citizens and carriers with monthly returns required. exemptions apply to government service and certain religious or charitable admissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Express
Washington
United States
Pulliman
Canada
Mexico
Lfe
Treasury Department
Indiana War Diet Enforces Meat and Wheat Reductions
Indiana launches a state wide food conservation drive led by H. E. Barnard with Meatless Tuesdays Wheatless Wednesdays and another meatless day on Friday. Officials urge substitutions and emphasize patriotism over personal economy while warning of looming coal rationing and county fuel administrator efforts to allocate scarce coal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
Federal Food Administration
The
Food Administration
Food-Administration
H. E. Barnard
Federal Foods Administrator
Evans Woollen
Indiana News Tersely Told
Bloomington figures include Benjamin F. Adams of Bloomington National Bank and Adams Bros. quarry operators as Monroe county fuel director. Methodist churches hold a three day meeting near Guilford. Mrs. Jane Sheldon, aged 99, moves back to Lawrenceburg. Various local items from Crawfordsville Shelbyville Greensburg Huntington South Bend Fort Benjamin Harrison Laporte Peru Kokomo Elwood Rushville Tipton Crown Point Wabash Rochester Greenfield Stagecoach era notes and labor actions. Eleven Southern Indiana Telephone operators strike at Evansville, union drive and pay asks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Benjamin F. Adams
Bloomington National Bank
Adams Bros
Monroe County
Lawrenceburg
Indianapolis
Mt. Pleasant
Guilford
Jane Sheldon
Cincinnati
Crawfordsville
George Forman
First Presbyterian Church
Greensburg
Johnson
Charles Zoller
Decatur County
Dudge Donaker
Fugit
Williamson
J. B. Crawley
Huntington
S. E. Cook
Union Township
South Bend
Harry Prichard
Jesse Eschbach
Prichard
Fort Benjamin Harrison
France
Laporte
Oscar Hitler
San Masterson
Peru
David Stitt
Harrison Township
Monkey Face
Wilson
Orlis Steigley
Westville
Kaiser
Steigley
Hammond
Farmersburg
John Welsh
Sharpsville Presbyterian Church
John M. McCarty
Carthage
Tipton
Claude Perry
Crown Point
Cedar Lake
Wabash
Charles Little
Presbyterian Church
Rochester
New Methodist Church
George R. Grose
DePauw University
Greenfield
E. B. Howard
Gooding
Lemuel Gooding
Richmond
Rushville
James Hinchman
Marion
Evelyn Wallace
Jay Wallace
Princeton
Indiana
Telephone ‘Company
Evansville
Army Cooks Train with Fancy Hotels in 1916 Menu Initiative
The quartermaster seeks 3840 chefs from 58 hotels to teach army kitchens during 16 cantonments. M. Panchard of the Hotel McAlpin instructs National Guard kitchens, and the Army's rolling kitchens prepare 200 meals per unit. The 1916 Manual for Army Cooks guides barracks and field rations as dining car service moves with the troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Irwin
Quartermaster General's Department
Fifth Avenue
Tremont Street
Army
M. Panchard
McAlpin
New York
Washington Barracks
Uncle Sam
Broadway
Sam
Commissariat
France
Fame While Dying: Watteau’s Struggle to Complete Panels
Antoine Watteau, France’s renowned artist, painted his celebrated panels while dying from tuberculosis. He rose from poverty and worked near starvation for most of his 37 years, intensifying effort as his fame grew before his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antoine Watteau
France
State councils assign men to aid food regulation
The state council of defense directs each county council to name a man to work with H E Barnard the state food administrator to enforce the presidents proclamation on licensed food commodities starting November 1 They will operate under Doctor Barnard as agent for Herbert Hoover with duties to curb excess profits ensure steady movement of goods and other war service tasks Deputy inspectors join the program The council also seeks approval to let county clerks invest uncalled heirs funds in Liberty bonds Bert Hendren states some clerks hold up to 30000 in such accounts
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Trade Commission
Washington
W. J. Hoover
Indiana
Northway
Defense
National Fuel Administrator
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Fort Riley
Kan
Monterey
Gal
Washington Barracks
State Council of Defense
H. E B. Barnard
Doctor Barnard
Herbert Hoover
State Board of Accounts
Bert Hendren
The
Board of Accounts
Governor Goodrich Returns to Office After Illness
Governor James P. Goodrich came back to his office after more than three months of typhoid fever. He stayed an hour and slipped out a side door to avoid the crowd, aided by assistants, and plans to work two or three days weekly until fully recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James P. Goodrich
Public Service Commission Sets War Burden Policy
The public service commission announced a policy to divide war burdens between utilities and consumers and rejected a temporary electric bill surcharge for Noblesville. The commission found the Noblesville company financially sound and authorized South Bend to end its certain charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Commission
Noblesville Company
South
Bend
Lama Gao
Also Mentioned on This Page
Prussia
Mr. Woollen
Federal Building
J. E. Northway
Columbus
Kokomo
Benton County
Charles N. Snyder
Fowler
Vigo County
Samuel H. McClary
Terre Haute
Randolph County
George H. Clark
Winchester
Jennings County
Harry H. Dowd
North Vernon
Adams County
Clarence E. Bell
Decatur
Wayne County
Bates
Boone County
C. F. S. Neal
Lebanon
Fayette County
B. P. Hawkins
Connersville
Lawrence County
Vincent
H. Lodde
Bedford
Lagrange
Leroy R. Wade
Carroll County
William H. Bradshaw
Delphi
Shelby County
Elmer F. Bassett
Shelbyville
Wells County
James A. Crosbie
Bluffton
Floyd County
Anderson Q. Moore
New Albany
L. BE. Northup
Northup
Indiana News
Hardtack
Diana
Dunne
Kubelik
Colonel Holbrook
Army Schools For
Army Schools For Cooks and Bakers Started In 1900 By Com. Gen. Sharpe
Wast Barracks
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!