ASK
ON RESEARCH: According to our Governor (of the State of Illinois), it is OFFICIALLY
STUDS TERKEL Day here in Chicago – upon his 100TH Birthday! What a wonderful Tribute to a Man that gave
so much of himself to the Advancement of People – Chicago – the Midwest and The
Life of Literature. Always being curious
I decided to see what exactly was happening back in the Day – 40 years before I
was born (in 1952): In May of 1912, Year
of the Dragon and I pulled up some incredible
facts, thanks to the Internet & Google,
of course, that were not even ON THE DRAWING Board ‘back then.’
A
Summary Article on the Life & Times of Studs may be found at:
From that article we find that: “In the late 1930s, while acting in the theater, Mr. Terkel dropped his given name, Louis, and adopted the name Studs, from another colorful Chicagoan, James T. Farrell’s fictional Studs Lonigan.”
NOW
that the Subject of History is piquing as you read this: All you have to do is type in:
What
happened on May 16, 1912?
And you’ll
find a plethora of info on every Date there is, as these:
http://www.maplandia.com/news/1912/may/16/
http://www.troyrecord.com/articles/2012/05/16/opinion/doc4fb29db282a7d044185819.txt
FURTHERMORE: The price of gold in 1912 shot up to $
20.67
The Price
for one-way tickets on board the Titanic were:
First Class (parlor suite): £870/$4,350 ($50,000 today)
First Class (berth): £30/$150 ($1724 today)
Second Class: £12/$60 ($690 today)
Third Class: £3 to £8/$40 ($172 to $460 today)*
First Class (parlor suite): £870/$4,350 ($50,000 today)
First Class (berth): £30/$150 ($1724 today)
Second Class: £12/$60 ($690 today)
Third Class: £3 to £8/$40 ($172 to $460 today)*
A
Loaf of Bread cost 5 cents in 1912 (not sure if that was sliced or not).
$20 in
1912 would be comparable to $500 today.**
STUDS
made it to 96! He saw a lot – he experienced
a lot – he shared a lot. Today, we have
his Stories that will live on forever.
For that, we will never forget this remarkable America.
Ah…
If he could have only held on 4 more years!
As
the New York Times piece summed up: “It
may be the one time in his life that Mr. Terkel’s ruling passion failed him. “I
don’t have to stay curious, I am curious, about all of it, all the time,” he
once said. “Curiosity never killed this cat’ — that’s what I’d like as my
epitaph.”
FOOTNOTES:
*$20
= $500 Stat:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080117165250AAufCLH
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080117165250AAufCLH
**TITANIC
STATS AT:
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20120412101501AAVKwxl
Posted by: ASK: Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 10:38 AM CST
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