“A person could work in a mill from the end of one month to the end of another and never get a cent of cash for it. The Yellow mill had a store where the help had to trade, and at the end of each month when pay day came around the wages due and the store account were balan...
1921: The Emergency Quota Act In an overwhelming vote of 78-1 in favor, the Emergency Quota Act was passed and signed into law May 19 by President Warren G. Harding to restrict immigration in the United States by imposing a temporary quota system. The Act was the first federal law to li...
What does the red poppy signify on Memorial Day? 28% thought Memorial Day was a day to honor all military veterans and didn't know the difference between Memorial Day and Veterans Day. Also, only 46% knew that Memorial Day always falls on the last Monday in May, and 21% thought the ...
On June 18, the Permanent Appointment Act was signed into law and capped House membership at the level taken from the 1910 Census, and enacted a procedure to automatically reapportion House seats every 10 years. [Pictured: President Hoover addresses the House of Representatives on Feb. 22, ...
On June 18, the Permanent Appointment Act was signed into law and capped House membership at the level taken from the 1910 Census, and enacted a procedure to automatically reapportion House seats every 10 years. [Pictured: President Hoover addresses the House of Representatives on Feb. 22, ...
The second column provides the survey year or years. If there are multiple years, a survey invariably annualizes expenditures for a one-year period. Alternatively, data may be collected for a varying twelve-month period over two or three years. The proposition "to" between two years (the ...
Answer 1 of 28: Edited From http://www.penang-traveltips.com and other sources. 227 things to see and do on Penang Island 1. 120 Armenian Street : House where Dr Sun Yat Sen had his base in Penang. 120 Armenian Street is a shophouse built in the
A base period is usually a specified month or year, but it can be an average of selected months or years. Index-number theory often (but not always) assumes that the price and weight reference periods are identical; in practice, these periods often (but not always) differ. The index ...
Capt. Mabry was sent to Rome in the summer of 1921 as one of the company of flyers to bring the Roma to the U.S., the government having purchased the giant dirigible from Italy. He was on the Roma when it made its first trial trip. Capt. Mabry was 30 years old and unmarried whe...
Census error. No one around. PAB sits on the northern-most point of the Michigan Thumb, between Port Austin and Grindstone City, on Lake Huron. It was built as a resort community for St. Louis and Detroit business people in the mid-1890s. When I was growing up and we moved about ...