Wealth of U S. 1922 total wealth hits 820 billion
The United States total wealth at year end 1922 was 820,803,862,000, up 72.2 percent since 1912. Real estate topped the list at 155,008,625,000 with clothing and household goods second at 39,816,001,000, while manufactured goods on hand totaled 28,422,848,000 and exempt real property 20,505,819,000. New York led states with 37,032,262,000 in wealth.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Ohio
California
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Michigan
Iowa
McCormick Sues Ex-Wife Over Standard Oil Stock
Harold I. McCormick files suit in Indianapolis to block Edith Rockefeller McCormick from obtaining 123,824 shares of Standard Oil of Indiana valued over 7.5 million dollars. The shares, part of a trust fund created by John D. Rockefeller Sr., are tied to Anita Oser, nine months old, daughter of Max Oser and Mathilde McCormick.
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Chicago
Harold I. McCormick
Indianapolis
Edith Rockefeller McCormick
Standard Oil
Indiana
Mathilde McCormick
Senate approves Muscles Shoals lease by 50 to 30 vote
The Senate passed the Underwood Muscle Shoals bill by 50 to 30 ending the prolonged debate. The Norris amendment for government ownership was defeated and a modified investigation commission proposal failed 48 to 38. The plan leases the Muscle Shoals project for up to 50 years. A House fight and conference on the property are anticipated.
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Washington
Senate
Jones
Muscle Shoals
Secretary Hughes to quit March 4 in 1925
Secretary of State Hughes resigns effective March 4 1925. He will be succeeded by Frank B Kellogg, the American ambassador to Great Britain, as announced by the White House with full letters of resignation and replies from President Coolidge detailing gratitude and good wishes.
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Frank B. Kellogg
London
Washington
Hughes
Minnesota
Great Britain
White House
Kellogg
Ufe
President backs parts of navy build program
President Coolidge does not oppose all navy construction authorized by Congress but will not approve the gun elevation appropriation. Secretary of the Navy Wilbur sought to clear up misapprehensions about the President’s position on naval appropriations.
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Washington
Coolidge
Congress
Navy
Wilbur
South Carolina Rejects Child Labor Amendment
South Carolina legislature rejects the proposed constitutional child labor amendment. In both houses the vote was unanimous.
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South Carolina
Columbia
S. C
Michigan Youth to Get 2000 Dollar Reward for Bandit
Wayne Schaefer an Albion College student will receive a 2000 dollar reward from the Post Office department for aiding the arrest and conviction of the gang leader who robbed a mail train of 2 million dollars at Rondout Illinois last summer. He identified Brent Glasscock and his wife from a handbill in the Albion post office leading to their arrest in Battle Creek four hours later.
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Marshall
Mich
Post Office Department
Rondout
Wayne Schaefer
Albion College
Albion
Brent Glasscock
Battle Creek
Glasscock
Weller J Hill Breach of Promise Suit Settled
A $200000 breach of promise suit filed by Mrs. Elizabeth Gottlob of Chicago against Walter J. Hill, son of the late James J. Hill, was settled out of court without disclosure of the payment. The termination was filed in Hennepin County District Court in Minneapolis.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Elizabeth It, Gottlob
Chicago
Walter J. Hill
James J. Hill
Gottlob
Hennepin County
Farm export value rises to 975 million dollars for July to November
Washington reports the aggregate value of principal agricultural exports in July to November 1924 reached 975 million dollars, up from 756.7 million in 1923, per the Department of Agriculture.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Thing That Really Hurts Says the Osborne Enerprise
The Osborne Enterprise critiques a man for occasional lies and for the style of language he uses. The Atlanta Constitution reports the remark, emphasizing irritation with both deception and rhetoric in the speaker’s balance of lingo.
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Osborne Enerprise
Atlanta Constitution
Charge It Declared Final Word In Duluth Herald Quip
A Duluth Herald quip notes the phrase All right All right Just tell em to charge it as the last word in a lighthearted exchange. The cartoonish line reflects consumer habit and adds local flavor to the paper.
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Duluth Herald
Foundations Behind a Monumental Career
Forben Magazine notes a skyscraper like rise mirrors a career, emphasizing the slow foundation work. It highlights the digging, planning, and toil behind visible success, arguing early groundwork explains later rapid ascent.
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Forben Magazine
Women in Business Gathering in London
A recent gathering of business women in London drew diverse professionals including advertising agents agricultural engineers architects a dental surgeon a lawyer a publisher a florist a tea taster a horse breeder a surveyor a theatrical manager a color consultant an automobile saleswoman a pearl stringer and two members of parliament.
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London
Fish Scales Remain Constant Throughout Life
New York Herald Tribune notes that a fish's scales stay the same in number from birth while the scales grow proportionally as the fish enlarges.
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New York Herald-Tribune
Tin Can Triumph and American Tin Plate Prowess
A retrospective piece extols U S tin plate and can production praising quality and export reach. It cites The Nation's Business on tin can superiority and notes tin plate as thin steel coated in tin enabling preserved foods without tarnish. It links can use to kerosene beef salmon fruits and regional foods while praising efficiency and time saving in modern life.
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California
Maryland
Orientel
Language Variants Divide Indian Tribes Across Regions
The text notes that among Indian tribes language groups differ so much that speakers cannot understand each other. Even within the same linguistic family, tribes may use radically different dialects as seen with the Pueblos in the Southwest. Villages only 100 miles apart may have mutually unintelligible tongues.
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