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HEADLINES ON November 6, 1930
Full News Archive
- Headline: Cross Seeks Means to Effect Repeal. Impact: Prohibition snapshot: Prohibition was not background noise; it turned nightlife, courts, police, and politics into one long argument.. Fact: Prohibition pressure was spilling into courts, clubs, policing, and organized politics..
- Headline: Fire in Smith's Building. Impact: News snapshot: The item is small on its own, but it gives the date texture: a real notice, a real institution, and a real public record.. Fact: A small archive item can still reveal what people and institutions thought was worth printing..
- Headline: Ohio Mine Blast Traps 160, Including Company Heads. Impact: Culture snapshot: Culture was doing what culture does in a hard year: selling glamour, distraction, status, and argument.. Fact: Culture was doing what culture does in a hard year: selling glamour, distraction, status, and argument..
- Headline: Minnesota Battle for Senator Is Close. Impact: Politics snapshot: Power was being negotiated in public, through officials, pressure groups, and policy fights.. Fact: Power was being negotiated in public, through officials, pressure groups, and policy fights..
- Headline: Mrs. Straus's Work in Palestine Lauded. Impact: News snapshot: The item is small on its own, but it gives the date texture: a real notice, a real institution, and a real public record.. Fact: A small archive item can still reveal what people and institutions thought was worth printing..
- Headline: Mayor to Lecture Aides on Election Today. Impact: Politics snapshot: Power was being negotiated in public, through officials, pressure groups, and policy fights.. Fact: Power was being negotiated in public, through officials, pressure groups, and policy fights..
- Headline: Sift Sing Sing Outbreaks. Impact: News snapshot: The item is small on its own, but it gives the date texture: a real notice, a real institution, and a real public record.. Fact: A small archive item can still reveal what people and institutions thought was worth printing..
- Headline: Launch Standard Tanker. Impact: Culture snapshot: Culture was doing what culture does in a hard year: selling glamour, distraction, status, and argument.. Fact: Culture was doing what culture does in a hard year: selling glamour, distraction, status, and argument..
- Headline: Questions Dry Law Value. Impact: Prohibition snapshot: Prohibition was not background noise; it turned nightlife, courts, police, and politics into one long argument.. Fact: Prohibition pressure was spilling into courts, clubs, policing, and organized politics..
Wall Street Time Machine
JNJ
Johnson & Johnson
Johnson & Johnson - If you invested $1,000 in 1930, it would be worth $3,433,940 today (3433.9x return)
PG
Procter & Gamble
Procter & Gamble - If you invested $1,000 in 1930, it would be worth $586,657 today (586.7x return)
CVX
Chevron
Chevron - If you invested $1,000 in 1930, it would be worth $474,913 today (474.9x return)