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THE VETERANS POLL TAX In the Maine House Feb 7th on motion of Mr Skidmore of Liberty an act to amend Chapter 163 Public Laws ot 1905 relating to the exemption of soldiers and sailors from poll tax was taken from the table Mr Skidmore then addressed the House rs follows Mr Speaker in tabling this bill my purpose was to call the attention of the members of the House to the fact that this bill was treading ou dangerous ground that it created a class legisla tion that is it relieved from taxation a certain portion of onr people who were well able to pay The law relat ing to a poll tax by some is considered to be absurd and wholly wrong but as for me I do not think so It gives to those w ho are young and just coming on the held of action and who have not had the privilege that others have had to acquire property ou which to be taxed a better and more thorough knowledge of the plan and conditions of government Now there is a law on the statute books which this law calls attention to which exempted all soldiers
A Miracle of the Sea One Chance in a Million Saved thi Hannah F Carleton Mysterious Trag edy of the Active How the Charle Houghton Blundered into Boothbay Bangor Daily News When the old Bangor schooner Han nah F Carleton went to the bottom o Vineyard Sound Davy Jones claimed thi coaster that was famed all along shon as having been the victim of the Strang est collision ever known at seasuch i collision as never occurred before o since and is not likely to happen again There was one chance in a million fo the Hannah F Carleton in that famou crash and chance favored the schooner Old sailors regard her escape as nothin short ot a miracle They were telling about the Hannal F Carletons remarkable experience the mariners assembled around the fir in Mulvanys sail loft the other day am other close shaves were mentioned bu none to compare with the miracle of Cape Cod which is well remembered b the older captains The Hannah F Carleton was a twomaster of 189 tons built at Pembroke in 18S4 and at th time of her strange experience haiiin from Jonesport She had been to Ne York with lumber
From Nassau to New York in a CatBoat BY ALFRED JOHNSON FROM A LETTER HOME The following extracts from a letter home written on the trip will perhaps give an idea of what our life aboard was like On yacht Myrtle off Cape Fear April 17 1912 9 a m I have just come down to my watch below after holding the wheel for four hours i e since just before dawn of day this morning The half dozen breakfast dishes are cleared away the useless remnants of the baconandeggs and coffeegrounds thrown overboard the clean red checkered tablecloth spread on the cabin table and I am seated at it in a flood of sunlight A cool breeze is blowing through the open portholes into my face and feels good at my throat bared by the opennecked sailors blouse Charlie has a bottle of beer and Im likely to have an hour or more to myself alone with you in which Ill try to give you some idea of what our trip up the coast is like Myrtle as you know is the cathoat Mr Bacon uses to get back and forth to his island 3 miles from Nassau in
LA Pome Paper With A Horn Mississippi Standard Negri WLi mu x m n x newspaper of character circa rEditor That Tells State A l lafon and opinion with mar x News Weekly than 10000 readers j __ J iiinrTffmsssmJSSLMMMri fr6 nri hiii BiwiiMi ii Published Weekly At 250S5th Street aim mi VOLUM X X THE WEEKLY ECHO FEBRUARY 25 1914 NUMBER 22 PIN III I1 SOLDIER _ i r _ iii Ixclujiv JPS photvpnmt Vivacious Dolores Brown wants every soldier sailor and marine to know that she is their Valentine Come one come all And boys Dolores will gladly forward an autographed picture of herself if you write in and make the request All letters are to be written direct to the singing star with Don Red mans Orchestra in care of this newspaper The editors as a contribution to the morale of our fightin i n vll nblige by forwarding the requests to Miss Brown __ __ I Christianity As A Challenge To The I Races Of The World I The above Sermon was delivered at the First Presbyterian Church White of this City in an Interracial Service February 13th by Rev B Washington Coates Pastor of Union
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