December 23, 2019December 8, 2019Other eras Adjustment of prices from 1946 to 2019 Is there some way to adjust the prices described in my […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]