Summary of Revenue Bill Passed by Congress
The act raises taxes on corporate and individual incomes, non resident aliens dividends, dyestuffs, estates, liquor, banking and amusement businesses, and more. It creates a tariff commission, includes anti dumping rules, and sets escalating rates up to 12 percent for high incomes, with a 2 percent corporate levy and a 1 percent estate tax, plus extensive exemptions and duties on printing paper and munitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Journal of Commerce
Cstom
United States
Senate
Congress
Jewels Found in Black Leather Box Reunite Owner
A tax box left on a Grand Central taxi seat contained diamonds emeralds and rubies worth over 10000. Chauncey D Steele notified Mrs Thomas White of 5 East Seventy fourth Street who later acknowledged the loss and is believed to have dropped the box on a Montreal bound trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chauncey D. Steele
Algonquin
Grand Central Terminal
Steele
Thomas White
No. 5
East Seventy-fourth Street
Richard Croker
The City of Mexico A Grand Plaza and Ancient Cathedral
The article surveys Mexico City’s layout and sights including the Grand Plaza, the president’s palace, the national gallery, and the cathedral built on Aztec ruins. It notes low houses, a forty acre public park, Trieste Noche street, Tivoli gardens, and evolving industry as war fades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf of Mexico
Pacific
Mexico
Spain
New World
Texcoco
Grand Plaza
Great Square
National Picture Gallery
Mextilo
Trieste
Cortez
Old Fashioned Oven Treats From a Home Kitchen
A collection of recipes includes three cupfuls hot water with dark brown sugar and cornstarch for popcorn mold, waffles and muffins, a fruit cake crumble, a rice mold with bananas, a cheese pepper salad on lettuce, rich currant cake batter, a chili sauce, vanilla blanc mange, and a carrot croquette finish.
Mr Baed-a-kin Leads Kids on a Dream Ocean Voyage
A playful poem about Mr Baed-a-kin guiding young Jerry Trott and friends on imagined world travels. The group imagines sailing beyond England, meeting wonders, and sharing adventures with a toy Go-go dog aboard a sky worthy voyage as they learn geography and daring.
Thousands of Women Work on Vienna Street Cars
In Vienna during September 9, over 5,000 women joined the municipal street car service as 10,500 men left for the war. The system now operates near 24 hours, hauling coal and goods at night. Women serve mainly as conductors while authorities weigh allowing women to drive due to steep grades and brake strength. Military labor shortages may force the driver experiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Vienna
Ministry of Railways
Two Sino Japanese Banks Proposed by Government
The Economic Investigation Committee under Premier Okuma endorses creating two Sino Japanese banks one in Manchuria and one in China proper with joint Japanese Chinese ownership. Negotiations with Beijing will set terms including a subsidy from Japan and one third Chinese directors for the China bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Tokio
Economic Investigation Committee
Okuma
Manchuria
China
Rest Needed. Chicago Herald humorous exchange
A lighthearted cartoon caption from Puck features a restaurant cashier asking for a holiday to recuperate as she laments fading beauty. The proprietor questions the claim while noting men counting change, followed by a joke about competition and crooks, including a quip about three being police workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Herald
Puck
Diary in a Police Cell Wins Release for Polakov
Ter Walter Polakov a consulting engineer for the Board of Estimate was jailed after speeding in Lincoln Place. He kept a diary in Bergen Street Police Station noting alleged improprieties and claimed mistreatment. Magistrate Reynolds suspended the sentence and Polakov was freed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bergen Street
Liberty Ter
Walter N. Polakov
Board of Estimate
Polakov
Mott
Lincoln Placeland
Flatbush
Reynolds
Model Township Planned for Manila Tuberculosis Shelter
Manila plans a model township for tuberculosis patients and families in Balic-Balic. The Philippine Anti-Tuberculosis Society, now run by Filipino leaders, acquired land for a sanatorium and a settlement with an open air school for delicate health children, expanding from the San Juan del Monte facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Philippine Islands Anti-Tuberculosis Society
Balic-Balic
San Juan del Momte
Eleanor Franklin Egan
San Juan del Monte
Philippines
Wife Visits War Prisoner From Kut Surrender
London dispatch reports the wife of a senior officer who surrendered at Kut has arrived in Constantinople to visit her husband. Permission was granted after the Kut surrender and Turks appeared not to oppose. The piece notes hostility to the Young Turks and ongoing executions while food and luxuries grow scarce in the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Tross
London
Top Eral Townsend
Kut
Constantinomie
England
Also Mentioned on This Page
Labor and Agricultural Organizations
Mutual Savings Banks
Domestic Building and Loan Association
Chambers of Commerce
Federal Land Banks
Europe
City of
Alice A. Clark
Paris
America
New Orleans
Mr. Baed-a-kin
Allene Wilkes
Tristan Tupper
M Mr. Baed-a-kin
C. Columbus
Egypt
Jerry
Jerry Trott
Merry
Sky Pilots
Merry Trott
Go-go’s
Kavala
Athens
Bulgaria
Baltimore American
Asher
Atlant Charle Charlo
Enicaé Galves
N.orl News
St. Lo
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!