Houdini Is Dead — and a $25,000 Question in the Fine Print Begins
The world's greatest escape artist died on Halloween 1926. Within weeks, the biggest mystery was not how he died, but whether his insurance would pay double.
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In 1926, Gold Cost $20.67 an Ounce — by Law
A hundred years ago the price of gold was not set by a market. It was written into U.S. law. Here is what that meant, and what an ounce costs now.
Ford Makes It Official: Five Days, Forty Hours
In the fall of 1926 the Ford Motor Company told its workers that a week's work would be five eight-hour days. The weekend as we know it was taking shape.
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Every day we open the newspapers, patent records and price lists from exactly one hundred years ago and pick the stories about money, work and ideas that still matter. Each story ends with the numbers in today's dollars and one lesson you can use now. More about us.
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