Diary: William W. Moore, 1916

Principal Cities Census of 1910

Cities population New York, N. Y, 4,766,883 Chicago, Ill, 2,185,283 Philadelphia, Pa, 1,549608 St. Louis, Mo, 687,029 Boston, Mass, 670,585 Cleveland, Ohio, 560,663 Baltimore, Md, 558,485 Pittsburgh, Pa, 533,905 Detroit, Mich, 465,766 Buffalo, N. Y, 423,715 San Francisco, Cal, 416,912 Milwaukee, Wis, 373,857 Cincinnati, Ohio, 364,463 Newark, N. J, 347,469 New Orleans, La, 339,075 Washington, D.C, 331,069 Los Angeles, Cal, 319,198 Minneapolis, Minn, 301,408 Jersey City, N. J, 267,779 Kansas City, Mo, 248381 Seattle, Wash, 237,194 Indianapolis, Ind, 233,650 Providence, R. I, 224,326 Louisville, Ky, 223,928 Rochester, N. Y, 218,149 St. Paul, Minn, 214,744 Denver, Col, 213,381 Portland, Ore, 207,214 Columbus, Ohio, 181,548 Toledo, Ohio, 168,497 Atlanta, Ga, 154,839 Oakland, Cal, 150,174 Worcester, Mass, 145,986 Syracuse, N. Y, 137,249 New Haven, Ct, 133,605 Birmingham, Ala, 132,685 Memphis, Tenn, 131,105 Scranton, Pa, 129,867 Richmond, Va, 127,628 Paterson, N. J, 125,600 Omaha, Neb. 124.096 Fall river, mass, 119,295 Dayton, Ohio, 116,577 Grand Rapids, Mich, 112,571 Nashville, Tenn, 110,364 Lowell, Mass, 106,294 Cambridge, Mass, 104,839 Spokane, Wash, 104,402 Bridgeport, Ct, 102,054 Albany, N. Y, 100,253 Hartford, Ct, 98,915 Trenton, N. J, 96,815 New Bedford, Mass, 96,652 San Antonio, Tex, 96,614 Reading, Pa, 96,071 Camden, N. J, 94,538 Salt Lake, Utah, 92,777 Dallas, Tex, 92,104 Lynn, Mass, 89,336 Springfield, Mass, 88,926 Wilmington, Del, 87,411 Des Moines, Ia, 86,368 Lawrence, Mass, 85,892 Tacoma, Wash, 82,972 Kansas City, Kan, 82,331 Yonkers, N. Y, 79,803 Youngstown, Ohio, 79,066 Houston, Tex, 78,800 Duluth, Minn, 78,466 St. Joseph, Mo, 77,403 Somerville, Mass, 77,236 Troy, N. Y, 76,813 Utica, N. Y, 74,419 Elizabeth, N. J, 73,409 Fort Worth, Tex, 73,312 Waterbury, Ct, 73,141 Schenctady, N. J, 72,826 Hoboken, N. J, 70,324 Manchester, N. H, 70,063 Evansville, Ind, 69,647 Akron, Ohio, 69,067 Norfolk, Va, 67,452 Wilkes-Barre, Pa, 67,105 Peoria, Ill, 66,950 Erie, Pa, 66,525 Savannah. Ga, 65,064 Oklahoma City, Okla, 64,205 Harrisburg, Pa, 64,186 Fort Wayne, Ind, 63,933 Charleston, S. C, 58,883 Portland, Me, 58,571 East St. Louis, Ill, 58,547 Terre Haute, Ind, 58,157 Holyoke, Mass, 57,730 Jacksonville, Fla, 57,699 Brockton, Mass, 56,878 Bayonne, N. J, 55,545 Johnstown, Pa, 55,482 Passaic, N. J, 54,773 South Bend, Ind, 53,684 Honolulu, Hawaii, 52,183 Rutland, Vt, 13,546

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES PRECISE METRIC EQUIVALENTS

1 mile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . equals 1.609 kilometres 1 millimetre . . . . . . . . . . . . " 0.394 inch 1 ounce (av'd) . . . . . . . . . . . " 28.35 grams 1 ounce (Troy) . . . . . . . . . . . " 31.10 grams 1 peck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 8.809 litres 1 pint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " .4732 litre 1 pound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " .4536 kilo 1 quart (dry) . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 1.101 litres 1 quart (liquid) . . . . . . . . . . . " .9464 litre 1 sq. centimetre . . . . . . . . . . " .1550 sq. inch 1 sq. foot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " .0929 sq. metre 1 sq. inch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 6.452 sq. centimetres 1 sq. metre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 1.196 sq. yards 1 sq. metre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 10.76 sq. feet 1 sq. yard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " .8361 sq. metre 1 ton (2,000 lbs.) . . . . . . . . . . " .9072 metric ton 1 ton (2,400 lbs.) . . . . . . . . . . " 1.017 metric ton 1 ton (metric) . . . . . . . . . . . . " 1.102 ton (2,000 lbs.) 1 ton (metric) . . . . . . . . . . . . " .9842 ton (2,240 lbs.) 1 yard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " .9144 metre 1 acre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " .4047 hectar 1 bushel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 35.24 litres 1 centimetre . . . . . . . . . . . . . " .3937 inch 1 cubic centimetre . . . . . . . . " .0610 cubic inch 1 cubic foot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " .0283 cubic metre 1 cubic inch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 16.39 cubic centim'tr's 1 cubic metre . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 35.31 cubic feet 1 cubic metre . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 1.308 cubic yards 1 cubic yard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " .7645 cubic metres 1 foot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 30.48 centimetres 1 gallon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 3.785 litres 1 grain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " .0648 grams 1 gram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 15.43 grains 1 hectar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 2.471 acres 1 inch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 25.40 millimetres 1 kilo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 2.205 pounds 1 kilometre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " .6214 mile 1 litre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " .9081 (dry) quart 1 litre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 1.057 (liquid) quarts 1 metre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 3.281 feet

ECLIPSES 1916

There will be five eclipses in 1916, as follows:

I. Partial of the Moon Jan. 19-20, visible throughout North America; size about 2 digits upon the southern limb of the Moon. The Eastern standard time of the phases is as follows: begins (umbra) 2:55 a.m., middle 3:39 a.m., end 4:24 a.m. Subtract 1h. for each time belt west of the Eastern - thus it will begin on the Pacific coast at 11:55 p.m. (19th).

II. Total of the Sun Feb. 8, visible as a partial eclipse on the Sun's southern limb throughout the U.S. except in Alaska, Hawaii, and the Philippine Islands. About 5 digits or less than one-half of the Sun's disk will be eclipsed in the Eastern states, from 4 to 5 digits in the Central states, and from 2 to 3 in the Western. The Sun will rise more or less eclipsed west of a line from near the southeast corner of Arizona to Fort Benton, Montana. At Washington, D.C. the eclipse will begin at 10:03 a.m. and end at 0:15 p.m.; Chicago 9:16 a.m. to 11:04 a.m.; St. Louis 8:57 a.m. to 10:51 a.m., New York 10:21 a.m., to 0:34 p.m.

III. Partial of the Moon July 14-15, visible generally in the U.S.; size 9.6 digits on the Moon's northern limb. Visible as follows: begin 10:19 p.m., middle 11:46 p.m., end 1:12 a.m. (15th), eastern standard time. Pacific coast at 7:19 p.m. or just after the rising of the Moon.

IV. Annular of the Sun July 30, invisible in the U.S.; visible in Australia, So. Philippine Islands, etc.

V. Partial of the Sun Dec. 24. A mere contact of limbs, and that in exteme southern latitudes.

PLANETS BRIGHTEST, MORNING AND EVENING STARTS, Etc.

MERCURY brightest as an eve. star Jan 15 to 20, and Sept. 6 to 10, setting near the close of evening twilight; also as a morn. star March 4 to 10 and Oct. 10 to 20, rising near the beginning of the morning twilight; practically invisible at all other times.

VENUS will be an eve. star to July 3, and after that a morn. star, being brightest May 24 to 30 and Aug. 6 to 12, and invisible July 1 to 6.

MARS will be an eve. star all the year, being brightest in February and dimmest the last of the year.

JUPITER will be an eve. star to April 1 and after July 27, and morn. star April 1 to July 27, being brightest Oct. 20 to 28 and invisble in March and April.

SATURN will be an eve. star to July 12 and after Oct. 24, and a morn. star July 12 to Oct. 24; invisble in July and brightest Jan. 1 to 10, and also very bright at the end of the year.

URANUS will be brightest Aug. 5 to 15.

NEPTUNE will be brightest Jan. 18 to 30.

NOTE:- When the superior plants, those exterior to the orbit of the earth, are brightest they are 180 degrees from the Sun, rise at sunset and are visible all night, and at such times they may be called all-night stars as well as eve. stars, for an eve. star should rise in the evening hours.

FIXED AND MOVABLE FEASTS

Seputuagesima Sunday ......Feb. 20 Rogation Sunday .............May 28 Sexagesima Sunday ............... " 27 Ascension (Holy) Thurs. ....June 1 Quinquagesima Sunday ....Mch. 5 Whitsunday (Pentecost)......... " 11 Ash Wed. (Lent begins)........... " 8 Trinity Sunday ...................... " 18 Quadragesima Sunday .......... " 12 Transfiguration .................Aug. 6 Palm Sunday ....................Apr. 16 Thanksgiving Day ............Nov. 30 Good Friday .......................... " 21 Advent Sunday .................Dec. 3 Easter Sunday ....................... " 23 Christmas Day ..................... " 25

CHRONOLOGICAL CYCLES Dominical Letters ................... BA Dionysian Period ................. 245 Epact - (Moon's Age, Jan. 1) ...... 26 Solar Cycle ............................ 21 Lunar Cycle (Golden No.) ......... 17 Roman Indication .................. 14 Jewish Lunar Cycle .................. 14 Julian Period ...................... 6629 Jan. 1 is the 2,420,864th day since the commencement of the Julian Period. Jewish Era, Year 5677 begins at Sunset, Sept. 27. Mohammedan Era, Year 1335 begins Oct. 28.

1916 Saturday January

H + S here worked around barn etc no outside work done.

January SUNDAY 2 1916 Sleets here in evening Jim to breakfast