Antique Clippings

Antique humor and clippings, randomly discovered ephemera and interesting things! A lot of the things here are from before 1950, maybe way before. There will be things not politically correct today, ethnic humor, and enemies called names. The past is very messy.

Showing posts with label cost-of-living. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cost-of-living. Show all posts
Sunday, April 20, 2008

Possibly No Newspaper Next Week — High Paper Costs

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Maine, 1916 Note: This notice, letter, and editorial concerns high rates for the paper they needed to print newspapers. The publisher of the...
Friday, July 13, 2007

Federal Clerks Receive Small Salaries

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1910 By Arthur Blanchard Government clerks are generally thought to have an easy time by many outsiders, who envy the short hours and suppos...
Friday, April 20, 2007

Congressman Seeks Apartment at Swellest Hotel

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1903 The salary of a member of congress is $416.66 2-3 a month. "Uncle Joe" Cannon, of Illinois, when it became apparent that he w...
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