Billion-dollar swings mark national income history
The article traces national income from 1909 to the early 1920s, noting a rise from 27 billion to a peak near 34 to 34 billion, then 32 1/2 billion in 1921, reaching 83 billion in 1929 before a downturn. It argues population and wealth growth could lift the decade average above 70 billion, implying a need for 10 to 20 billion more in public and private spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Industrial Conference Board
Aprie Bi Oly
Renovizing drives housing boom and steady work
The term renovize marks a shift from cleanup to broader home and property improvement. Experts say a housing shortage for quality living spaces will widen as employment rises, prompting owners to repair decorate and modernize. Renovizing signals lasting activity beyond spring cleaning with added construction and planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay
Union League Club Plans Wall Decor From Historic Stocks
The Union League Club of Chicago considers papering a private dining room with stock and bond certificates from the boom era. Members joke that brokers will dine beneath their devalued holdings, while noting that many investors faced financial ruin as those securities became worthless.
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House Committee
Union League Club
Chicago
Big money at auctions in Wisconsin region
A flood of old currency appeared at recent sale events in northern Wisconsin. In Chetek near Lake, more than 18 thousand dollars in pid currenciyy changed hands after a local auction drawing significant sums from buyers and sellers.
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Rich Lake
Wis
Chetek
Washington Sideshow: Lyons, Yucatan Doctor, Fumigation Trade Noise
Washington gossip and society notes detail William Cyclone Lyons, Post Office aide and promoter, jetting to New York for hamburgers and back to D C. The piece also highlights Consuelo Radello, a 28 year old doctor in Merida, to receive a 1500 scholarship for gynecological study. A trade notice on fumigation explains signs and safety lapses, with Blue Eagle décor and office rules noted.
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Washington
Yucatan
Consuelo Radello
American Association of University
Merida
Frances Dee on posing and natural behavior in public
Frances Dee compares public posing to a monkey in a cage, saying audiences force unnatural behavior. She argues the danger of posing becoming part of personality and vows to stay natural, letting the chips fall where they may.
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Hollywood
Mar
Frances Dee
Corunon
Jadore Browning
Fragmented Historic Mentions in a Jumbled Entry
The readable segments reference 19th and early 20th century items including Uncle Tony's Gabin and Garman events in Paris with dated gun mentions, a 1901 to 1918 timeline, and a 1900 note about a Republican symbol. Details are garbled with missing context and inconsistent dates.
Paris Styles Cocoon Coats Blend Winter Warmth With Spring Color
A Paris fashion note highlights cocoon coats that cling to Winter yet hint at Spring. Worth showcases crepe heavy wraps trimmed in black fox with bold sleeve pleats, while a Worth 8 Sport tweed dress coat offers brown fur accents and a hip length jacket. The look pairs with green wool accessories and bright accents as a transitional wardrobe.
New Lincoln Life Records From Mrs Deland Unearthed
United Press reports that Margaret Deland uncovered reminiscences from Dr Stone’s wife revealing Lincoln’s courtship with a Southern physician during the Civil War. The items, published in Woman’s Home Companion, portray Lincoln’s tolerance and the Stones’ wartime concern for safety and honor.
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United Press
New York
Abraham Lincoln
Margaret Deland
Lincoln
Robert ‘Stone
Dr. Stone
Robert B. Lee
Washington
White House
Lineal
Stone
Tam Lee
Twenty Years Ago Taken from the Journal Files
In Corry City a window display showed sixteen hatchery white Wyandotte chicks the first electricity hatch in the city. The NuBone Cor set Company reports heavy business. Erie and Corry plants are swamped. About 9,000 yearling trout were sent to Old City from the local hatchery. Fifteen couples hosted a birthday surprise for Mrs. Mary Craker on West Congress 8th. The High School basketball team departed for Cambridge Springs for an evening game.
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Incu
Old City
Woodmen and
Ladies Circle
Mary Craker
West Congess
Erie fire razes home at 2040 Lingwood avenue
A March 20 blaze at 2040 Lingwood avenue in Drip, Erie burned William Zurn's home and forced the family into the street in nightwear. Zurn received forehead burns, treated at Hamot hospital and released. Loss: 1600 to the house and 1200 to contents. Fire started from a broken stage oven after furnace failure. Assistant Chief Lawrence Scilly led firemen to control the flames.
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William Zum
Lingwood Avenue
Hamot Hospital
Lawrence Scilly
Zurn
Fire Dept in Haddonfield Marks 170th Birthday
The volunteer fire department in Haddonfield New Jersey celebrates its 170th birthday this month. It was organized in March 1764 and still preserves equipment over a century old though today operates modern motorized gear. It has long stood by the fire service through thick and thin.
Dubois Farmer Mortally Hurt by Bull
Clarence Keil, a well known Dubois farmer, died in Maple Avenue hospital after being gored and crushed by a Guernsey bull on his South Highland street extension farm. His daughter Natalie and his dog aided, but the injuries proved fatal despite medical efforts.
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Dubois
Clarence Keil
Maple Avenue Hospital
Mr. Keil
Keil
South Highland Street
Cluc
Tanine
Natalie Krell
Miss Kell
Veteran election judge counts seven decades of service
Gatesville Wisconsin resident J A Kell man upholds a 47 year record on every election board in Gatesville. He bets on his tally of collated votes and claims to have served longer than any other election official in the United States with 47 years on local boards.
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Gatesville
Wis
J. A. Kellman
United States
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Corry
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Detrott Chamber of Com
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Philadelphia
Exyl Cy
William Cyclone Lyons
Morris Sheppard
Blue Eagle
Texas
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Itm
Tentings Bryan
Ities
Uncle Tony's Gabin
New Orleans
Garmans Firs
Paris
Funston
Journal
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Federal Reserve System
Greene
Anna Rose
New England
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Marth
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