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...12???Rangers v. Canadiens at Manhattan; Black Hawks v. Maroons at Chicago; Senators v. Bruins at Ottawa...
...12???Chinese national celebration of the late Dr. Sun Yat-Sen's birthday...
...William Parkes whose daughter Eleanor later became the mother-in-law of Statesman Patrick Henry. Mr. Parkes described himself as a "Printer, by whom subscriptions are taken . . . at 15 shillings per Ann. And Book Binding is done reasonably, in the best manner." The issues, 7½ in. wide by 12?? in. long, contained but four pages (one sheet folded like letter paper), with two columns on each page...
Half a million sturdy Lancashire cotton folk had ceased to spin and weave. Their grievance was specific, precisely stated. The mill owners had announced a 12??% wage cut. That would pare the average wage of each male Lancashire breadwinner from a pitiful 47 shillings ($11.08) weekly to a scandalous 41 shillings ($9.84). Sisters, wives and mothers, long since driven by necessity to eke out the family income by working in the mills, would get not 30 shillings ($7.20) but 27 shillings ($6.48), for a week's skilled labor with trained and nimble fingers...
...corn duty was moved up from 15¢ to 25¢ per bushel (30¢ was the farm demand). Beef went up from 3¢ to 6¢ per pound (farmers wanted an 8¢ rate). Butter was left at 12?? per lb., whither President Coolidge had temporarily raised it from 8¢. Tariff duties on milk and cream were doubled. Poultry & eggs, lard & swine, vegetables & fruits all moved up proportionately on the new tariff scale...