December 23, 2019December 8, 2019Other eras Adjustment of prices from 1946 to 2019 Is there some way to adjust the prices described in my grandfather’s 1946 probate document into today’s dollars? Developing some way […]
December 20, 2019December 2, 2019Other eras Consumer price index from 1940 through 2019 For an indicator of the changes in prices from the World War 2 era through today I pulled CPI information from the […]
December 18, 2019December 18, 2019Other eras Military pay rates during World War Two compared to 2019 What were the pay rates during World War Two in contrast to pay rates in the U.S. military today? What is the […]
December 16, 2019December 16, 2019comparison data, Other eras, U.S. Civil War Pay rate for privates in each of America’s wars Pay for American soldiers during each major war is provided by We Are the Mighty. Their article, This is how much troops […]
December 2, 2019November 30, 2019Other eras Economic life on a farm in 1945: family size This is the seventh in a series of posts exploring the economic life of a 1940s era farm in South Dakota. My […]
November 1, 2019December 29, 2019Other eras A few indicators for King Solomon’s wealth – part 3 Previous post took a guess at quantifying the value of King Solomon’s chariots and warhorses. Earlier post estimated the number of warhorses […]
October 30, 2019December 29, 2019Other eras A few indicators for King Solomon’s wealth – part 2 Previous post estimated the number of warhorses King Solomon owned along with citing the number of chariots in his kingdom. Here are […]
October 28, 2019December 29, 2019Other eras A few indicators for King Solomon’s wealth – part 1 King Solomon, ruler from about 970 B.C. through 931 B.C., had both wealth and wisdom beyond compare. One source (didn’t make note […]
July 22, 2019Other eras Picture of life on a South Dakota farm based on what can be seen in a probate document In 1945 my paternal grandfather departed this vail of tears. The probate document filed for his estate the next year provides a […]
July 19, 2019July 20, 2019Other eras First estimate of value of my grandfather’s estate at close of probate The probate document for my paternal grandfather listed the assets in his estate. What is the total value of his estate? Let’s […]