New Britain herald., 1928-11-05
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Rev. r. r. Burhans
A sheik's conversation: Fancy
dressed bull!
Copyright, 1888. Reproduction
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g. When and where did Senator
Boise Penrose of Penn sylvania die?
A. He died in Washington. d. c.,
December 81, 1921.
Q, In what year since the out
break of the World War have wages
in the United States been highest :?
How did the cost of living compare
with the average wage in that year?
A. A recent statement by the
United States Bureau of Labor Sta
tistics declares that wages were at
their peak in the United States in
1920, when they were 1874 per cent
higher than in 1913. The depression
of 1921 brought the average down
and 1t dropped still lower in 1922,
but in 1922 wages were still more
than twice as high as in 1913. Since
1922 there has been a steady in
increase in wages per hour until in
1925 wages were 129 per cent high
er than in the pre-war year 1918.
While wages We're high in 1920. so
was the cost of living. In 1920 the
cost of living as 100 per cent higher
than in 1918. Cost of living dropped
in 1921 and 1922 and rose compare
lively little up to 1925. In 1926 with
wages per hour OF 129 per cent
higher than in 1913. cost of living
was only IS per cent higher than in
1913. Between 1926 and 1927 cost OF
living dropped about l IL per cent.
@. When wilt the present con-
tract of Babe Ruth, for a yearly
salary of s7c,ooo per year, expire?
A. At the conclusion of the 1929
season.
G. What is the value of a three
cent green u. S. postage stamp OF
the 1S70-71 issue with grill. printed
by the National Bank Note Com
pany2
A. If uncancelled it is catalogued
at $3.50: if cancelled, at 10 cents.
The same stamp without grill is
valued at $500 if uncancelled and
3 cents if cancelled.
G. What is the meaning of the
name Thelma?
A. 1t is from the Greek and
means bloom"
@. Can soldiers and sailors vote?
A. Soldiers and sailors may vote
If they have established residence
in some state, registered, and com
piled with all other provisions of the
voting law OF the state of which
they are legal residents. They may
vote by mail when the state law
makes provision for it.
@. Was Oliver Cromwell a KING
or Dictator of England?
A. He was never king, although
al d CERTAIN ptlIou lt eAeltlScu Vic
powers and unbounded prerogatlvcs
of the king. In 1853 the Little
Parliament" resigns all its au-
thority into the hands OF Cromwell.
dissolved itself. In the same year 1t
council of army officers, approved
by Cromwell, drew up a sort of
constitution called instrument of
Government" which made him
Lord Protector of the Common
wealth of England, Scotland and
Ireland" He was virtually die
tator, for he had the power of the
army behind him. He summoned
and dissolved Parliament at pleas
ure. For five years he carried OH
the government practically alone.