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"Bellefonte, Pa., June 20, 1924.
——A large party of Swedish set-|
tlers will arrive in Alberta shortly
with sufficient financial resources to
purchase farms. Some 5,000 are ex-
pected during the present year.
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TAXES WILL BE CUT $100,000,000.
The Democratic Tax Bill Passed by
the Last Congress Cuts out
Many Annoyance Taxes
The tax bill which the Democrats
offered in Congress as a substitute
for the Mellon measure and was ac-
cepted as a compromise became par-
tially operative on June 2nd and by
July 2nd most of its provisions will
be in force.
The new Act repeals or reduces
excise taxes totaling $100,000,000,
besides providing for a refund or cred-
it of 25 per cent in the levy on indi-
vidual incomes for 1923, it was
pointed out by the Internal Revenue
Department in a statement issued
Monday detailing benefits of the much
discussed law.
In three specific classes the taxes
were repealed, effective June 2nd.
The tax on beverages derived from
cereals, fruit juices and on mineral
waters and soft drinks sold by manu-
facturers, producers and importers
was abolished at 4:01 p. m. of that
date. At the same time the 5 per
cent tax on sales of works of art to
religious and educational institutions
and public art museums was abolished.
The 5 per cent tax imposed by the
Revenue Act of 1921 on the sale for
an amount in excess of a specific
price on carpets, rugs: trunks, valises,
purses, pocketbooks, handbags, port-
able lamps and fans also was repealed
June 2nd. These taxes were known
as manufacturers’ sales taxes.
Other taxes which will be reduced
or repealed beginning at midnight
July 2nd, the expiration of the thirty
days after the law’s enactment, are:
The tax on telegraph and telephone
messages, five cents for the transmis-
sion of a message the charge of which
is fourteen cents and ten cents if the
charge was fifty cents.
The tax on admissions is changed
to apply only to admissions in excess
of fifty cents. Under the Revenue
Act of 1921 the tax of one cent for
each ten cents or fraction thereof of
the amount paid for admission applied
to admissions in excess of ten cents.
The 5 per cent jewelry tax does not
apply to sales or leases of musical in-
struments, silver-plated flat tableware
or articles sold or leased for an
amount not in excess of $60.
The stamp tax of two cents for each
$100 imposed upon drafts, checks and
promissory notes is repealed. The
stamp tax on sales of produce on ex-
changes, boards of trade and similar
places is reduced from two cents on
each $100 or frational part thereof.
Articles taxed by the revenue act
of 1921 under manufacturers’ sales
tax but not taxed by the revenue act
of 1924 are X-ray films or plates
candy, hunting and bowie knives, dirk
knives, daggers, sword canes, stilettos
and brass or metalic knuckles, smok-
ing stands, liveries and livery boots
and hats, hunting and shooting gar-
ments, riding habits, yacht and motor-
boats not designed for trade, fishing
or national defense and pleasure boats
and canoes, irrespective of the price
for which sold.
The 1924 act imposes a tax of 3 per
cent on automobile trucks. chassis and
automobile wagons chassis sold or
leased for an amount in excess of $1,
000 and on automobile wagon bodies
sold or leased for an amount in excess
of $200. On other automobile chassis
and bodies and motorcycles, except
tractors, the tax is 5 per cent. The
tax on tires, inner tubes, parts and
accessories of any of the articles e-
numerated is reduced from 5 to 23 per
cent. The tax on playing cards is in-
creased from 8 to 10 cents. These
taxes are affective midnight July 2.
Ford Float takes First Prize.
The one note of happiness in
Detroit’s annual safety parade sig-
nalizing the opening of safety week
was the beautiful float entered by the
Ford Motor company. Judges
awarded it the first prize, a large
silver loving cup.
The float was designed to suggest
the spirit of happiness which is the
reward of safety. It presented a May-
pole party, with little girls dressed
in white holding the varied colored
ribbons which hung from the gold
topped pole. The floor of the float
was all of sod, the natural grass
coming in a terrace effect, the words,
“Happiness is Our Reward” being
worked in bright yellow tulips on
either side of the float. A white
fence enclosed the “yard” little green
chairs were placed for each of the
girls and a pleased mother, seated on
a lawn bench, looked on the happy
party of little ones.
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She was a dainty young thing,
dressed in the latest fashion, and as
she tripped up the stairs the office boy
gasped, then grinned as she came to
a standstill before him.
“Yes, Miss?” he asked, rather im-
pertinently.
“Could you tell me if Mr. Jenks is
in?” she replied.
The boy nodded and pointed vague-
ly over his shoulder to the open door.
The girl hesitated for a moment.
“Do you know if he is engaged?”
she inquired.
The boy looked astonished.
“Engaged?” he almost shouted.
“Engaged?” Why, he’s married and
got two kids!”—Pittsburgh Post.
Defective Children are Placed in In-
stitutions. °
Washington.—Enrollment of men-
tally defective children in the United
States has increased from 10,217 in
twenty-nine institutions in 1900 to
63,399 in 214 schools in 1922, and dur-
ing the last four years has shown a
gain of 15 per cent. The figures,
which were issued by the federal bu-
reau of education, were cited as in-
dicating a growing interest in efforts
to provide for subnormal children.
The increase, it was added, does not
mean the percentage of defective chil-
dren has grown, but merely that the
enrollment of them has extended with
the advance of work in their behalf.
MEDICAL.
A Talk With
a Bellefonte Man
Mr. Nighthart Tells Something of In-
terest to Bellefonte Folks.
There’s nothing more convincing
than the statement of some one you
know and have confidence in. That’s
why this talk with Mr. Nighthart of
E. Bishop street, should be mighty
helpful here in Bellefonte. :
Charles Nighthart, 331 E. Bishop
St., says: “I became run down with
kidney trouble and felt tired and worn
out mornings. I could hardly get to
work. There was a steady, dull ache
across my back ‘and when I stooped
or lifted, sharp catches took me. I
also had dizzy spells and my kidneys
acted ‘irregularly. I used Doan’s
Pills from the Mott Drug Co. and they
strengthened my back and kidneys.”
Price 60c¢c, at all dealers. Don’t
simply ask for a kidney remedy—get
Doan’s Pills—the same that Mr.
Nighthart had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y. 69-25
Excursion
Bellefonte
Atlantic City
Wildwood, Cape May, Ocean City
Sea Isle City, Anglesea, Avalon,
Peermont, Stone Harbor.
THURSDAYS
June 28, July 10, flug. 7-21, Sept. 4
Tickets good returning within 16 days.
Valid in parlor or sleeping cars
on payment of usual charges for
space occupied, including sur-
charge. Tickets good via Delaware
River Bridge Route 36 cents extra
round trip.
t77 Stop-overs allowed at Philadelphia
on return trip.
See Flyers. Consult Ticket Agents
Proportionate fares from other
points.
OceanGrove Excursion August 21
Pennsylvania RR System
The Route of the Broadway Limited
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Jewelers ad Optometrists
Bellefonte, Penna.
he Investment of Money—the selection of
proper securities—is a business requiring
long study and experience.
Many persons exercise great self-denial
in saving money—and an utter lack of judgment in
caring for it when saved.
The safe guarding of securities also involves
careful attention.
We can help you in both ways.
By advising you as to
proper investments
By our facilities for safe
keeping when bought
The First National Bank
Bellefonte, Pa.
81-48
ever too hot
Never too cool ~
The famous Westinghouse Iron—the iron
with the beveled base, greatest ironing sur-
face, even heat distribution, perfect balance—
now performs the almost impossible.
Whether you work fast or slow; whether
you use it constantly, leave it for a while or
even forget it—it is thinking, acting and main-
taining that perfect ironing temperature.
Get one today from your Dealer
estinghouse
IRON
KEYSTONE POWER CORP.
ake the average man—what does he know about
the inside details of clothes? Can he really tell
the difference between artful tailoring and indiff-
erent making? The chances are that he can’t.
All he can do is take the word of the store.
Lots of men in this locality take our word when it
comes to clothes because we have gained a reputation
for keeping the faith.
For one thing, we have Griffon Clothes
here. Famous clothes. Clothes known for their un-
failing quality. When men choose clothes here, they
pick the style and color that they want knowing that
the rest will be all right.
A. Fauble
Care of the Feet
Foot Trouble is Unnecessary, unless
caused by some Physical Ailment.
he trouble with the average person is
that they do not give foot trouble
the proper attention. Ill-fitting shoes
usually cause foot trouble—and fitting feet
is’a profession. Thirty-seven years at the
game of fitting feet eliminates all guess
work as to our proficiency in that respect.
Mr. Wilbur Baney, our clerk, has had twen-
ty-five years experience. We do not guess.
We know how to give you the proper size,
and the kind of shoes that your feet need.
The Next Time you are in Need
of Shoes, and your
Feet are in Trouble—try Yeagers
Yeager’s Shoe Store
THE SHOE STORE FOR THE POOR MAN
Bush Arcade Building 58-27 BELLEFONTE, PA.
Bellefonte, Pa.
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