Cost of living shows CT wage trends and price shifts
The Manufacturers' Association of Connecticut reports a twenty four point nine percent drop in food prices in six cities over the past year, with higher decreases in some areas. Wages declined modestly while the general cost of living remains well above 1914 levels, and rents and fuel prices have not fallen.
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Connecticut
Manufacturers’ Association of Connecticut
United States
National Industrial Conference Board
Poor Losers Strike Boston Newspapers Down
Estedray compositors at five Boston daily papers walked out without notice after arbitration. They demanded a wage raise, quit despite a board decision against them, and left the papers with only a few pages. The incident is criticized as poor sport and likened to volatile ballots turning to force.
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Estedray
Boston
Mexico
South America
House Passes Porter Peace Resolution on War Status
Still far away. The House passed the Porter Peace Resolution declaring that a state of peace exists with Germany and the former Austro Hungarian monarchy. It substitutes for the Knox Resolution from the Senate, but does not repeal the declaration of war. The Senate preference and eventual agreement remain uncertain.
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House
Washington
Germany
Knox
Senate
Europe
Disarmament conference urged by Borah gains support
The Senate backed Borah's call for a conference with the United States, Japan, and England on disarmament. Japan’s Uchida and public officials express relief at potential reductions, stressing cooperation to ease burdens and establish world peace. England also appears prepared to participate, prompting debate on seizing this moment.
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Aio
Borah
America
Japan
England
Senate
Uchida
Seyins
A Good Suggestion Man on Horn Etiquette in Traffic
A veteran driver argues that many urban accidents stem from side street drivers not answering honks from main street. He proposes a boats like rule where horns are answered by the approaching or exiting party. With traffic heavy, drivers must signal intent clearly to avoid tangles.
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Mary
Mary Fraser
Rock of Gibraltar
Night Watch
India
Sydenham
Theresa Wright
Theresa
eMary
Nie Jife
Hera
Ionrone
Firat
Kant
Poem and Letters Mix In Worcester News Note
A Worcester county gentleman receives a Madrid letter offering a fortune in exchange for freeing the sender from a dungeon. The item mocks cons, notes Horace Mann's May 4 anniversary, and recounts Mann’s career from Massachusetts legislator to Antioch College president and author of educational works.
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Worcester Daily Telegram
Worcester
R. de
Madrid
R. de S
Worcester County
Ranane de Sepcton
Columbus
TL de Swan
Horace Mann
Franklin
Massachusetts
Brown University
Litchfield
Connecticut
Dedham
Massachusetts Board of Education
Massachus Selis
Bosra
Europe
Congress
Antioch College
Ohio
Germany
Ireland
Burial Plan for Unknown Soldier Debated at Legion Meeting
At Indianapolis executive committee of the American Legion no change to burial plan for the Unknown Soldier. Body from France to be placed in Capitol crypt near the rotunda instead of Arlington, with support from several posts including George Washington No. 2. Proposals favor Capitol burial as more impressive to visitors, versus national cemetery.
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Boston Post
The
American Legion
Indianapolis
France
Arlington Cemetery
Capitol Building
Rotunda
George Washington No
Edd
Arlington 1
Capitol
National Cemetery
Tennon
Ford attacks Jews amid publishing row in Fortes
Henry Ford and his Dearborn Independent publish a two page critique alleging Jewish influence and conspiracies to control government and media. The item frames liberal Judaism as opposed to reform, linking to prohibition and moral decline while condemning press freedom for airing opposing views. Fortes Magazine notes Ford’s bias and contrasts civil liberty with religious intolerance.
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Agats
Martford Daily Courant
Henry Ford
Michigan
Newberry
Senate
Dearborn
Ihs
Ford
Education and Work Versus Dead Knowledge in America
From the Cincinnati Enquirer a meditation on education and labor. It praises Cannon Bryce Morley and Gompers as enduring workers who shaped the republic. It honors Torece Mann’s anniversary and argues education plus effort sustains national progress across ages.
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The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Joe“ Cannon
Eighty-Five
Congress
Hoe
Viscount Bryce
Viscount Morley
Samuel Gompers
Franklin
Republic
Lfe
Hunger in Russia Distorts Everyday Life Across Provinces
In a six month stay in Russian provinces the journalist notes widespread hunger for ordinary goods. White bread, meat, butter, sugar and fat are scarce. Milk and eggs limited to children. No chocolate oranges lemons coffee tea cake. Tramways few, lamps out, pipes burst, and urban disease rises. Rural areas crave salt kerosene fabrics nails and tools.
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Russia
Russian
Moscow
News Republic
Predicting Harding Foreign Policy From His Own Words
The Evening World argues that Harding’s foreign policy is deducible from his statements, citing his August remark that Congress should promptly urge passage ending technical war, and that he has no expectation of negotiating a separate peace with Germany, raising questions about what peace he envisions.
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Wis
Harding
Congress
Mlement
Germany
The Abbey Grange Case Ends With a Vow of Justice
Captain Crocker confesses a dramatic tale of love and revenge at Abbey Grange. Holmes convicts the true killer in spirit and parries a perilous escape offer, hinting at future reform for the accused and Mary Fraser’s fate.
Hearing completes in Bridgeport Chain damage case
The year old case of Hie mund Hutkowsld against Bridgeport Chain Co seeks 5000 dollars for partial tax or tax-like damage due to alleged negligence on a section of chain. Judge Reed, state receiver, approved his recommendation.
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Bridgeport Chain Company
Jlel H. Reed
Adventure of the Speckled Band in Paris hotel clash
Paris dispatch reports wealthy American guests at Hotel Tite in agitation as the Aga Khan of the Ismaili sect refuses to fetch drinks for them. The Aga, aged forty six, hires a boxing instructor and works out outdoors, prompting disturbance among guests who seek morning quiet. The Aga continues training despite tensions with Americans.
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Paris
Tite
Fan
Iades
Rew Khan
Hether
India
Reliselous
Temalll Mussutmane
Aga
Toms
Tie Paveren
Anit
Ores
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Yale Teeview
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Paradise
Pipe
Dome Fortes Magazine
Education and Work
Dwig
Vt Ave
Sue Moc
Ano Gwett
Bolkery
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Harper & Bron
Special Art the McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Gonne
Stanley Hopkins
Mr. Holmes
Randall
Hopkins
Kent
Holmes
Athia
Watson
Fure
Stanley Hopkin
Captain Crocker
Offea
Abbey Grange
Branktin
Thes
Crocker
Fedse
Dagon
Indy
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Aga Khan
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