Governments Sought To Make Money Speedily
A Bankers Trust Company study on English Public Finance details how governments sought rapid profits from credit schemes. It recounts the South Sea Bubble of 1711 1712, the Bank of England and East India Company opposition, and the collapse that ruined many investors while the South Sea Company survived as a public debt entity until 1854.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bankers’ Trust Company of
New York
Brittah
South Sea Company
Bankers
Trust Company
Costeerie Sqireer
Bank of England
Fund of Credit
Poe Meion
Fast India Company
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic
Bank of Finland
East India Company
Bante
Bank of England and East India Company
South Sea
Bankers’ Trust Company
Sinn Fein Plans Court of Last Appeal In Ireland
Dublin reports that Sinn Fein under the Irish Republican government aims to establish a supreme court of appeal to supplement tribunals. Arthur Griffith says judges and precise bench size undecided as British courts falter. Courts meet in public halls, with Irish volunteers handling criminal penalties and civil decisions announced locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Sine Fein
Supreme Court of Appeal
Ireland
Arthur Griffith
Sinn Fein
Associated Press
Supreme Bench
Ris
Griffith
Eecase
Supreme Court
Department of Justice
Irish Republic
Irish Volunteers
England
Almanac for Sunday Want Ads in The Times
The text promotes packing troubles into Times Want Ads and encourages reading Times Classified Ads as a habit. It emphasizes the almanac vibe for Sunday and ties in with the newspaper’s classified section. It frames ads as a solution and routine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ty Times
Times
Giant R-38 dirigible nears completion for U S Navy
Washington reports say the R-38 airship, built by Royal Airship Works in Bedford England, is over 60 percent finished and could fly by late November. It will be the largest rigid craft yet and carry an American crew for trials and a planned trans Atlantic flight next spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Department
Royal Airship Works
Bedford
Eng
Zeppelin Company
Atlantic
Cape May
N. J
Lakehurst
Austria saved from hardships by big crops
Vienna reports bountiful early fruit and vegetable crops along with hopes of hardy water yields from fields and orchards. The American flour credit remains for daily bread but will exhaust before winter. Meat is scarce and costly. fuel reserves are thin as strikes affect coal, gas, and coke supplies. The weak crown boosts a small export trade as factories restart on a limited scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Austria
Teschen
Silesia
Bohemia
Use Arrow and Bow on Sharks in Ventura County
Ventura California August 13 hunting sharks with bow and arrow is the latest sport. Dr B K Roberts and Harry Van de Linder report exciting experiences after a day at Point Magu. Arrows remain in sharks as hunters speed to overtake them. The sharks are not man eaters, not known so far north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ventura
Cal
Ventura County
B. K. Roberts
Harry van de Linder
Point Magu
Winds to Drive Future Air Travel Across Oceans
In a forecast by Aeromarine's Charles F. Redden, colossal upper air currents over 200 mph will shape the next fifty years of aviation. He cites Capt Rudolph W. Schroeder's 220 mph record aloft and predicts wind-assisted routes yielding speeds of 300 mph or more, enabling feats like breakfast in San Francisco and dinner in New York. Advances include turbochargers and variable pitch propellers, plus cabin planes to solve oxygen and heating needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Redden
Aeromarine Plane and Motor Company
Keyport
N. J
Mr. Redden
Rudolph W. Schroeder
Army Air Service
Dayton
Ohio
Schroeder
San Francisco
New York
London
Aeromarine
Germany imports luxuries as simple life movement grows
Berlin reports that since the blockade lifting Germany has bought 10 billion marks in silks perfumes chocolates oranges and cigarettes while a League for the Regeneration of Germany promotes plain living and high thinking. The group decries 26 million marks in paper currency and urges Germans to limit to essentials avoiding foreign clothes luxury foods trips and costly gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
League For the Regeneration of
State Insurance Funds For Workmen's Compensation
A national campaign urged exclusive state insurance funds for workers compensation. The AFL resolution praises Ohio's plan, urges other states to adopt similar exclusive funds, and cites studies showing state funds save money, aid injured workers, and outperform private insurers. Sixteen states already run funds. Manitoba provinces join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Montreal
American Federation of Labor
American ‘Federation of Labor
Morrison
John P. Frey
The
Molders’ Union
Canada
Manitoba
Miles M. Dawson
New York
Pennsylvania
American Association For Labor Legislation
Dawson
Oho
Manila Then and Now A Stranger City of Contrasts
The piece recalls American occupation twenty one years ago transforming Manila from a disease ridden walled town into a bustling modern city. It notes contrasts between ancient streets and new shops, old Spanish churches and American churches, and the blend of natives homes with palm gardens and busy traffic. The essay praises sanitation improvements and calls Manila one of the Orient’s most fascinating mysteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Republic
Aguinaldo
Orient
Washington
Toronto
Dublin
Rome
Venice
Concrete slab roads tested in Wyoming factories
Plans for highway construction falter due to costs while poor roads raise commodity transport prices. Wyoming explores factory made concrete slabs hauled to sites, potentially cheaper than traditional road building. If soil supports it, slabs could resist frost and be moved with locomotive cranes, marking a noteworthy experiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Akron Tire Industry Cuts 25000 Jobs Amid Slow Demand
Akron officials report 25,000 tire workers laid off as production drops to year low. Half-time shifts will continue until November 1. Contributing factors include railroad and coal strikes, tighter credit, and weak demand. No surplus labor issue. workers are finding other employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Rubber Company
Vacation Bible School to Close at United Church
The Daily Vacation Bible School at United Church, led by Rev. G. H. Exins with H. W. Gaylord as principal, will conclude next week. Attendance is voluntary and neighborhood children of all creeds are welcome. Faculty includes Miss Mastronie, Miss Parsons, Miss McElroy, and Miss Fitzwater. Sessions run Monday to Friday, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Tomorrow, Rev. Jason Nobie Pierce speaks on Thy Will, My Will. Joseph S. Weiler sings Mendelssohn and Mrs. Elmer Beardsley performs organ numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
United Church
G. H. Exins
Church Federation
H. W. Gaylord
Yale
Joseph S. Weiler
Mendelssohn
God
St Paul
Elmer Beardsley
Flagler
Armstrong
George E
Silk Fabrics Sale Announcement From Silks Manufacturers
A silk fabrics sale begins Monday morning offering discounts on satins crepes and Kobe crepe in multiple colors. Items include satin messaline 36 inches wide at 2.15 to 2.50 per yard, crepe meteor 40 inches at 2.95, crepe de chine 2.50, Kobe crepe 1.45, and dress satin 3.50 at select shades. Third floor front.
Kodak As You Go Vacation Photo Prompt
Travel friendly ad urges readers to carry Kodak as a vacation companion and record moments. It offers developing and printing by mail with careful attention, featuring film rolls or packs from $2.86, development at 10c, prints from 4c to 6c, and notes location on the fourth floor front.
Connecticut Patents Granted August Nineteen Nineteen Twenty
A Bridgeport based list details patents granted across Connecticut on August 19. Names include Wil liam A. Eliasson Deimar G. Roos and William J. Newton of Bridgeport along with others from Hartford New Haven Waterbury Ansonia Stamford Southington and Stamford. Notable items cover lasting machine engine indicator tor gle switch plate designs rubber footwear glass feeding machine cigar eyelet machine and various textile and piano trademarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Wooster
Bridgeport
Conn
William A. Eliasson
Deimar G. Roos
Pridgeport
William J. Newton
H. Warner
Joseph M. Rice
F. A. Joseph
A. D. Rupp
New Haven
John P. Dolan
Hartford
Karl B. Peiler
Robert L. Couch
G. H. Conners
William D. Pierson
Waterbury
John Boryk
Ansonia
Noisy Toy
Ju- Hus Brensinger
Fairfield
Helen 5
Carson
Stamford
Fred. C. Niebling
Southington
Jesse A. B. Smith
Nath
Rogers
Dai
B. Shoninger Co
Cheney Bros
South Manchester
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Almanac
Frisco
Atly Vacation Bible School
Fowland
Fairfield Ay
Kobe
Kodak
Connecticut
Howland Dry Goods CO
DR. G. Hunt Wilber
Meigs
Noble
Meme
Prisbie
Frisbie
Naugatuck
New One
NEW England Steamship Co
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