Word: franc
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Duke believed that the Russian people would recall the old rulers if they had a free choice. He appealed to Russian emigres scattered all over the world, of whom there are said to be 2,000,000, to contribute one franc (about 5? ) per month for the dissemination of Tsarist propaganda in Russia with the object of delivering the people from the Bolsheviki and giving them a fair chance of holding a plebiscite for the election of a new Tsar...
...Goncourt Academy awarded the 5,000-franc ($300) Goncourt literary prize to M. Lucien Fabre, an automobile engineer, who wrote Rabevel, a family history in three volumes. The importance of winning the prize lies in the prestige it gives the winner and in the increased book sales which result...
Heugel, music publishing house, of Paris, offers 75,000 franc ($4,125) for the music and 25,000 francs for the words of an opera in four acts. Its duration must be not less than 21¼ hours nor more than 2¾ hours. Competition closes...
Decline of the franc to the lowest point in history...
Much alarm was evinced in Paris over the decline in the franc, which touched the lowest point in its history at 19.23 to the dollar. Bonds also suffered a serious decline...