tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post7853498218419163594..comments2024-03-29T09:57:23.666-05:00Comments on Jackson Jambalaya: Yankee reporter discovers how dysfunctional Mississippi is in 1947Kingfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06184990110961727404noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-29121777578884966712017-05-07T06:40:02.215-05:002017-05-07T06:40:02.215-05:00Wow, unnbelievable. More articles please!Wow, unnbelievable. More articles please!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-79405753955938720192015-07-25T23:23:46.596-05:002015-07-25T23:23:46.596-05:00A basic Cadillac today lists for $33,000 and can b...A basic Cadillac today lists for $33,000 and can be purchased new for under $30,000.Halldorsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-10651308056339737232015-07-20T14:50:39.436-05:002015-07-20T14:50:39.436-05:00Popcorn said...
"That would be roughly $11 mi... Popcorn said...<br />"That would be roughly $11 million in today's dollars."<br />July 20, 2015 at 7:52 AM<br /><br />Actually, it was a lot more than that. The official inflation figures are a bit off. A basic Cadillac, in '47, was around two thousand Dollars. Today, it's around forty thousand. And a ten thousand Dollar house was considered a luxurious 'dream home', to people moving into the shiny new South Jackson of 1947. So, I'm guessing that it would take well over twenty million, to equal the buying power of that one million 1947 Dollars.<br /><br />Here's something about '47 prices, I found just now: http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1947.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-47301835098721271012015-07-20T13:03:19.477-05:002015-07-20T13:03:19.477-05:00Interesting and revealing article written by then ...Interesting and revealing article written by then reporter Clayton Kirkpatrick. In 1969, Kirkpatrick became the Editor of the Chicago Tribune and served in that capacity until 1979. Often referred to as the paper's first "modern" editor, Kirkpatrick has been credited with "laying the groundwork for what the paper is today."<br /><br />http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2004-06-22/news/0406220265_1_clayton-kirkpatrick-tribune-editor-chicago-tribuneJanicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09457670091960461148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-14730821318634491382015-07-20T12:06:32.200-05:002015-07-20T12:06:32.200-05:00It is interesting. But I have no doubt that one co...It is interesting. But I have no doubt that one could go to Chicago today and find a long list of things that make this look normal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-3354956895196639482015-07-20T07:52:32.599-05:002015-07-20T07:52:32.599-05:00That would be roughly $11 million in today's d...That would be roughly $11 million in today's dollars.Popcornnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-68297796880753836372015-07-20T07:15:08.348-05:002015-07-20T07:15:08.348-05:00Heritage by God!Heritage by God!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com