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...Coolidge declined with thanks the offer of an apple pie for Thanksgiving from the Girls' Club of Vermont University. The gift was declined because it was offered as a part of "Apple Week," as the White House does not wish to lend itself to advertising...
...gift tax should be repealed...
...Texas Tax Club, which the Texans, including the Speaker of the Texas House cf Representatives, claimed to represent. The Iowa Tax Club delegation came in two special cars, and included the Lieutenant Governor and several state senators. They advised the Committee to cut surtaxes and abolish estate and gift taxes rather than play to the galleries. They characterized tho inheritance tax as "picking tho pockets of the dead." Next day Messrs. Green and Garner said that there had been too much political talk and the Committee would stick to economics...
...destruction of Harvard Hall by fire in 1764 called forth the gift of an engine, which was manned by a group of kindred spirits known as the Engine Society. This organization was very select and it was considered a high honor to be numbered in its ranks...
...Lowell's "flagrant abuse of her poetic gift...