Tax Burden Across Nation Topped 12.5 Billion Dollars
New York reporting on the vast tax load carried by every citizen. The study by the Twentieth Century Fund and the Institute of Distribution outlines how Federal, State, and local taxes slice into wages, prices, rents, and daily purchases from soap to theater tickets, showing a pattern of widespread hidden levies and differing local charges. The piece highlights major shares for the Federal government and property related taxes, with implications for farmers, workers, and households nationwide.
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New York
Federal Treasury
Washington
Picayune
United States
Uncle Sam
Twentieth Century Fund
Illinois
Institute of Distribution
Institute
True Quality and a Man's True Character
Grapeland Messenger argues true quality shows when profit tempts a man toward dishonesty. Character is proven by actions in opportunity, not by high sounding phrases or ideals on parade.
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Grapeland Messenger
Philippines Plans 4 Million Peso Public Works Next Year
The Philippine Islands will spend 4,000,000 pesos on public works next year, focusing on highways, irrigation, water works, ports and airports.
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Philippine Islands
Married Without Ceremony In New York Contract Marriage
Mr and Mrs Peter J Bitterman Jr wed using a typewritten contract rather than a ceremony. The Oswego Oregon artist Eleonor Andrus signed to become Mrs Bitterman, a New York architect, in a legally binding agreement. Only one prior case had used it in New York, where such marriages were permitted by statute since 1901. Pathfinder.
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Peter J. Bitterman Jr
Bitterman
New York City
New York
Bittermans
Where American Safety Lies in God Control
A quoted political tract argues that American safety rests with God controlling individuals, homes, schools, industry, politics, and nations. It claims voters must reckon with God in the coming election and asks if God will control America.
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America
Frank Buckman
Eighty second birthday celebrated with long country walk
Mrs. H L Gregory of Shelbyville Indiana marked her eighty two years by walking six miles into the country to visit relatives. The description notes a new floor lamp with an electric light for room illumination and a health lamp with a fan for warming or cooling air.
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H. L. Gregory
Shelbyville
Ind
Wish News and the Dangers of Fake Hype
The exchange warns editors and readers about wish news fake publicity stunts. It cites staged theatre scenes and sensational schemes from promotions to investors and medical quacks. It cautions that alluring promises tempt judgment and front-page exposure can mislead the public.
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Harry Reichenbach
Lindbergh
Mars
Marge
Reichenbach
Quack
Mrs Greene Overdrawn Account Prompts Quick Check
Mrs Greene is informed by the bank cashier that her account is overdrawn by fifty dollars. She reacts with urgency and promises to issue a check immediately.
Grasshopper Infestation Predicted For Texas Ahead
College Station Texas officials warn of a grasshopper outbreak rivaling 1924. R R Reppert of the Extension Service forecasts severe infestations after last fall’s egg counts, with county agents reporting heavier emergence. A state committee plans a federal material program, including 150 carloads of mash to control the pests, funded by a recent Congress appropriation.
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College Station
R. R. Reppert
Extension Service
Reppert
Texas
Congress
Texas Agriculture
Chin rubbing is courtship in New Guinea
New York report from Dr Reo Fortune to Columbia University details Purari district tribes noting that courtship centers on nightly chin rubbing at "petting parties" with young unmarried girls arranging the events annually in Purari society.
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New Guinea
New York
Council For Research In the Social Science
Columbia University
Reo Fortune
Purari
Chinning Courtship Under Chaperonage Described
Dr. Fortune notes a New Guinea custom where youths, invited by a married couple, stand facing a girl with arms folded while a chaperone couple talks. A girl lightly taps the boy by resting her chin on his cheekbones. The shy youths exchange no words, but after evenings of chin rubbing the couple grows fond and a marriage follows.
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Fortune
New Guinea
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Hardy
Grain
Lester Haile
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Dallas
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