1918 US income study shows price driven gains
National Bureau of Economic Research reports that 1918 total national income reached 61 billion dollars, up from 44 billion in 1918, but real production hardly grew as price rises shrank dollar value. The study notes income distribution, labor share, capital share, and farm contributions, with tax discrepancies and the large unpaid labor of housewives.
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National Bureau of Economic Research
New York
United States
Wesley Chatt Mitchell
Willford IT
King
Frederick St. Micaulay
Oswald Wykhonuth
International Law Discussion at 1922 Buenos Aires Conference
The Argentine branch of the International Lawsasso ciation prepared a program for the Buenos Aires conference of 1922. Topics include inviolability of mails in wartime, international labor organization at sea, freight contracts, submarine regulations, recognition of de facto governments, and state responsibility for damages to foreigners during civil wars.
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Buenos Aires
International Lawsassociation
London
Association
International Organization of Labor
Williams Re-elected President of World Press Congress
Walter Williams of the University of Missouri School of Journalism was re elected president of the Press Congress of the World by acclamation. The congress passed a resolution asking President Harding to admit press representatives to disarmament conference deliberations.
Red Cross Work in China Road Building and Relief Efforts
Shanghai reports that the American Red Cross spent Mex. $2,425,000 on famine relief in northern China building 15 miles of roadways at about 388 to 6410 per mile and digging wells at 19 each. About 145,000 workers were trained and 847,000 reached. 50,000 trees were planted in Shantung. J. Baker led the relief mission and forwarded the results to Washington.
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Shanghai
American Red Cross
Shantung
Ted Cross
Washington
J. Baker
Yale to Honor Marshal Foch with Degree on November 12
Yale University will confer an honorary Doctor of Laws on Marshal Ferdinand Foch on November 12. The ceremony will occur before Yale’s home football game in Woolsey Hall, allowing thousands of spectators to attend. The decision marks one of Yale’s rare occasions for a special honorary degree.
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New Haven
Conn
Marshal Foch
Yale
Woolsey Hall
Yale Corporation
Spectt
Cardinal Mercier
Mars Seekers Eye 25 Millionfold View Of Red Planet
The article examines 1924 close approach of Mars and the idea of using a colossal 60 foot Chilean mine shaft telescope to read signs from the planet. Skeptics warn such magnification would blur details due to Mars rotation and atmospheric limits, making practical observation unlikely.
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New York
Earth
Marconi
Mars
Trocker
Mt. Wilson
D. David Todd
Amherst
Chile
Robert Williams Wood
Johns Hopkins
Long Island
Der
Frank Schlessinger
Yale Observatory
Mount Wilson
Kinloss heir weds Katherine MacKenzie Jackman
The master of Kinloss, grandson of the late duke of Buckingham and son of the Baroness Kinloss, marries Katherine Beatrice Mackenzie Jackman, daughter of a village blacksmith from Stowe estate. The couple’s romance is highlighted in this notice.
Buck Deer Attacks Auto Strikes Pitssfield Car
Walter C. Rocchelo of Pittsfield reported a 400 pound buck attacked his slowly moving touring car. Four additional deer jumped aside as the leader charged with lowered horns, smashing headlights and bending mud guards before the impact stunned the animal.
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Pittsfield
Manass
Walter C. Rocchelo
Rochelo
Deer Seeks Aid From Loggers Near Downieville
A wild deer and her fawn fled into a lumber camp wagon yard near Downieville California to escape a mountain lion. The loggers started for the woods but the deer and fawn stayed in camp until danger seemed past.
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Dee
Fawn
California
Mountain Lion
Downieville
Cal
Animal Kingdom
Doe
School House Distillery Rumors End with Moonshine Find
Citizens' reports of eerie lights in an isolated Emerson, Minnesota school house led police to a hidden moonshine still on the former teacher’s platform. The apparatus allegedly produced 40 to 65 gallons daily during a recent visit.
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Emerson
Min
Manchester Fund Drive Aids Mezieres Parade
A pageant parade in Manchester, England raised 25000 dollars for Mezieres France. Mezieres has adopted Manchester in gratitude and will dedicate a street to the English city in return.
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Manchester
England
Mezieres
France
Flashless powder to boost night firing at Army Ordnance meeting
Demonstrations at the Aberdeen proving grounds will showcase flashless powder enabling night firings with guns up to five inches where muzzle glow remains imperceptible at 59 feet. The program includes the Weinehteuber gun on a disappearing carriage, a 69 foot long 2400 pound projectile weapon, and a Browning .50 caliber rapid-fire gun for aircraft and tanks.
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Army Ordnance Association
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Borrowed a Fire Engine on Sayville Island
Early morning a fire alarm drew volunteers to the firehouse where the door stood open and the apparatus missing. A search found the engine safe inside after a thief used a road truck to fight a fire and flee. Four arrests were made as investigators sought the suspect’s name.
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Sayville
Mhcy
West
Strength and weakness clash in a brittle man
A terse verse contrasts a man of great physical strength with his inability to restrain emotion after being stung. Lament and wrathful curses amplify his folly, turning strength into weakness in a brief dramatic remark.
Kitten's Vanity Hat Tells Birds' Harsh Lesson
Miss Kitten treks to church in a new feather trimmed hat, angering forest birds. Willy Bluejay and Tommie Sparrow strip her headgear while the chorus of birds denounces her cruelty, driving her to hide until dusk and abandon feather trimming.
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Iss Kitten
Miss Kitten
Willy Bluejay
Will
Tommie Sparrow
Early heat methods traced to Franklin and steam with Cook
The first hot air heating was by Benjamin Franklin with a furnace built in Worcester Massachusetts in 1835. Ancient heat used hot water by Romans and steam heating idea surfaced in England in the 1700s with William Cook of Manchester for public works and greenhouses.
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Benjamin Franklin
Worcester
Mass
M. Bounemain
Jardin Des Plantes
Paris
England
William Cook
Manchester
Careful Buying The Jeweler Says Cheaper Rings Fail Fast
The jeweler warns cheaper wedding rings are plated and won’t last beyond a year or two. Titus Wadie bargains, choosing a plated ring and quips that if his marriage outlasts the ring it can be replated.
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Titus Wadie
Right Guest Etiquette When Invited Home
Guidance on proper invitation etiquette for male guests and host families. Emphasizes that the invitation should originate from the hostess or acting hostess, the guest should send a card and flowers, avoid smoking without permission, and write a farewell letter within one or two days of leaving. Unmarried men should write personally. married men may have their wives handle it.
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Nachum
Marcia Martius and Martius Names in Roman Lore
Discussion centers on Sabine gens Martius and the name Marcus derived from Mars. It traces Martius origins and its feminine form Marcia, notes the cat's-eye stone as Marcia's talisman, and mentions the curious tale of a boy in Indiana praising a cow’s brakes after a humorous farm accident.
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Martius
Marcus
Mars
Maareia
Marsia
France
Marcie
Mareia
Vogue
Meu
Italy
England
Martin
Marcia
Society Notes Mention Family Plans At Church
In the society column, Mrs De Style comments on taking a child to church with her, while Marie asks which child will accompany her in a new purple gown. A quirky aside mentions a fountain pen and a rod in its barrel.
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Mrs. de Style
Marie
Tak
Britain’s Many Islands Count Said To Exceed Ten Thousand
A description notes that within the British empire there are more than 10,000 islands though no exact figure can be given as some rocky outcrops may not be counted as islands.
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Mars
Sahara
Marconi
Brent
Earth
Lowell Observatory
Flagstaff
Ariz
Moon
List
Britain
British Empire
Two London Theaters Sheltered Shakespeare During His Life
The Middle Temple Hall and Gray's Inn Hall in London hosted early Shakespeare performances offering rare firsthand glimpses into the dramatist's era.
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London
Lfe
Middle Temple
Gray's Inn
Poker Lesson Turns Confusing and Confessional
A first time player recounts a confusing poker experience filled with dodgy chips and odd betting. He questions a con man, reflects on card pairings and a misled game, and ends with a proverb about dust and ancient cloth.
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Intercollegiate Socialist Society
Minood Mead
University of California
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New School For Social Research
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National Industrial Conference Board
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American Federation of Labor
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American Economic Association
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J. M. Larkin
Industrial Relations Association of America
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American Federation of Farm Bureaus
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