Items from inside the journals:
In the back of the 1913 journal my grandfather Ray has a slip of paper that is actually filed in the wrong journal. He must have carried it around for a while and then slid it into the 1913 one by mistake.
This slip of paper is from the "Anti-Saloon League of Michigan". The phone number is "Main 3347". It is dated February 20, 1914 and at the bottom Aril 20, 1914.
The text reads as follows:
Ray Schneider,
We are pleased to acknowledge the receipt of 4.00 dollars for the full payment of subscription for the Anti-Saloon League of Michigan.
Interestingly, if you look at an inflation calculator, $4.00 in 1914 was equal to $92.09!! That's quite a chunk of change both now and then. I can't think of anything I'd subscribe to for almost $100 unless it were a requirement to stay up to date for work.
I can only assume they recieved his payment in February, and then mailed his receipt in April.
Take a deep breath, nephews of mine. Your great-grandfather was probably dancing a jig when the 18th Ammendment was passed.... And remember, in Feb-April, 1914 he would have been 21 years old.... Perspective.
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