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Started by Rix Gins, January 01, 2016, 08:20:14 PM

Rix Gins

From the Library of Congress.  The Tonopah Daily Bonanza, February 2, 1918.


WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE

  Feb. 1. (Friday) The American troops are now in trenches only sixty feet from the German line at one place. They are separated from the enemy by a mile at another point. It is all marshy ground and the trenches were shallow when the American troops occupied them, but they have since been deepened and improved. The soldiers are almost constantly pumping seepage water from their dugouts.

  The Norwegian explorer, Amundsen, and Captain Oberling of the Swiss general staff are visiting the American Army zone, obtaining information concerning the American expeditionary forces for Scandinavian newspapers.



MULLIGANDERS IN ACTION

  With Ryder Ray at the head of the table, and some of the other members of the Mulligan club under it, the organization last night sent away with an assorted bundle of smiles two of its members, Pinky Ray and Alva Miller.

  There were just forty-three hungry and thirsty and musical and patriotic Mulllganders present. It looked almost like an assemblage of the Manhattan Skeeter club when the bunch foregathered in the Mizpah grill. A number of the members, physically assisted by those who sat next them, made speeches such as would have caused Patrick Henry to have turned green with envy if he had heard them.

  Dancing on the table was not enough after the fair entertainers arrived. Some of the bunch assayed even to waltz on the ceiling. It was some party. Hurray!


MOONEY'S SPECIAL SUNDAY DINNER -  PRICE 75 CENTS - FEBRUARY 3, 1918

MENU:

SOUP
Consommé
Schlastien

RELISH
Celery
Pickled Beets
Ripe Olives

ENTREE
Sweet Bread Patties

ROAST
Stuffed Turkey, Cranberry Sauce
Roast Loin of Pork,- Baked Apple
Milk-Fed Chicken, Stuffed

VEGETABLES
Mashed Potatoes
Green peas
Baked Potatoes (5pm)

DESSERT
Black Coffee
Assorted Pies


Now playing at the Butler Theatre:


Ad for the 1917 film Sleeping Memory from Motion Picture World.
By Metro Pictures - page 1778, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=57791237

Synopsis of A Sleeping Memory: https://www.allmovie.com/movie/sleeping-memory-v110592/


Rix Gins

The great boxer John L Sullivan passed away on February 2, 1918.

Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_L._Sullivan

Some interesting facts:

1. His folks had wanted him to be a priest.
2. He enjoyed playing baseball before taking an interest in boxing.
3. When he turned professional, he was called the Boston Strong Boy.
4. He never fought a black fighter though he might have sparred with one once.
5. He was considered the last bare knuckled champion.  The champions after him all wore boxing gloves.
6. He died at age 59 from heart disease brought on by his fighting and overindulgence of food and drink.  (Not to
    mention women.)     
7. He was buried at Mount Calvary Cemetery in Massachusetts.  Babe Ruth's wife Helen, Timothy J. McCarthy (Titanic
    Disaster Victim,) and Edward L. Logan (Logan Airport is named in his honor) are some other notables at rest there.
     


John Lawrence Sullivan (October 15, 1858 â€" February 2, 1918), also known as the Boston Strong Boy, in his prime. He was recognized as the first heavyweight champion of gloved boxing from February 7, 1882 to 1892, and is generally recognized as the last heavyweight champion of bare-knuckle boxing under the London Prize Ring rules.
By Jose Maria Mora - http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/sully.htm, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19845505

       

Rix Gins

Quote from: GravitySucks on February 02, 2018, 02:54:26 AM
All that carnage. All those men. And they still had the respect to dig single graves.

It is a shame that this was supposed to be the war that ends all wars. Instead, I believe it began the end times.

Yes, those are finely dug graves, with built in pathways around them.  I don't think they buried the enemy dead.  I come across lots of pics showing dead Italian soldiers that are nothing but mummified skulls and bones, still wearing their uniforms, laying out in the snow.   

Little Hater

Quote from: Rix Gins on February 02, 2018, 03:19:56 AM
From the Library of Congress.  The Tonopah Daily Bonanza, February 2, 1918.

MOONEY'S SPECIAL SUNDAY DINNER -  PRICE 75 CENTS - FEBRUARY 3, 1918

MENU:

SOUP
Consommé
Schlastien

RELISH
Celery
Pickled Beets
Ripe Olives

ENTREE
Sweet Bread Patties

ROAST
Stuffed Turkey, Cranberry Sauce
Roast Loin of Pork,- Baked Apple
Milk-Fed Chicken, Stuffed

VEGETABLES
Mashed Potatoes
Green peas
Baked Potatoes (5pm)

DESSERT
Black Coffee
Assorted Pie



Why did they have to wait until 5:00 to get a baked potato?

Lord Grantham

Quote from: Rix Gins on February 02, 2018, 04:13:07 AM
Yes, those are finely dug graves, with built in pathways around them.  I don't think they buried the enemy dead.  I come across lots of pics showing dead Italian soldiers that are nothing but mummified skulls and bones, still wearing their uniforms, laying out in the snow.

Battlefield burials really depended on location and circumstances. Whenever possible allied and enemy bodies were burred for hygienic reasons. If you were in the mountains (which is where Italy did most of it's fighting) there wasn't anywhere to bury bodies / the cold took care of preserving them.  In areas with no-mans lands in between the trenches bodies would lie exposed until they were blown apart by artillery shells or decomposed. In some circumstances trenches would be dug through unmarked mass graves when the front lines moved, so you'd end up digging through corpses, or have body parts emerge out of trench walls.     

albrecht

Quote from: Rix Gins on February 02, 2018, 03:19:56 AM


SOUP

Schlastien
I think they are talking about "Schlesian soup," which is a pumpkin-based soup popular in Silesia, like a creme of pumpkin soup?

Rix Gins

Quote from: Little Hater on February 02, 2018, 07:07:54 AM

Why did they have to wait until 5:00 to get a baked potato?

Probably because the turkey and pork took up all the oven space until 4 o'clock, and only then could the cook start in on the baked potatoes.  That's my guess, anyway.

Rix Gins

Quote from: Lord Grantham on February 02, 2018, 07:35:19 AM
Battlefield burials really depended on location and circumstances. Whenever possible allied and enemy bodies were burred for hygienic reasons. If you were in the mountains (which is where Italy did most of it's fighting) there wasn't anywhere to bury bodies / the cold took care of preserving them.  In areas with no-mans lands in between the trenches bodies would lie exposed until they were blown apart by artillery shells or decomposed. In some circumstances trenches would be dug through unmarked mass graves when the front lines moved, so you'd end up digging through corpses, or have body parts emerge out of trench walls.   

My great uncle was blown up by a high explosives shell but this occurred right outside his trench, so they were able to gather up his remains and put them in a temporary cemetery in France.  After the war, his father elected to have them returned for a military burial in Iowa.  You are right.  A lot of the ways in which the remains were disposed of did depend on time and circumstance.  I think that skeletal remains from the Great War are still being uncovered to this day.

Rix Gins

Quote from: albrecht on February 02, 2018, 12:21:19 PM
I think they are talking about "Schlesian soup," which is a pumpkin-based soup popular in Silesia, like a creme of pumpkin soup?

Probably so, I think the person writing out the menu probably misspelled it.  But still, I think I'll go with the consommé, especially if I can get some crackers with it. 

Rix Gins

From the Imperial War Museum, February 3, 1918.


QuoteRoyal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 fighter biplane flying over a British Caquot kite balloon attacked by an enemy aircraft. Boyelles, 3 February 1918.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205247518 © IWM (Q 11970)


QuoteA British Caquot kite balloon falling down in flames after having been attacked by an enemy aircraft. Boyelles, 3 February 1918.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205247519 © IWM (Q 11971)


QuoteA British Caquot kite balloon falling down in flames after having been attacked by an enemy aircraft. Boyelles, 3 February 1918.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205247520 © IWM (Q 11972)


QuoteThe end of an observation balloon brought down in flames. Boyelles, 3 February 1918.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205238428 © IWM (Q 6492)


QuoteRFC personnel trying to rescue the remains of a Caquot kite balloon which is burning on the ground near Boyelles, 3 February 1918. It was shot down by enemy aircraft.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205247684 © IWM (Q 12153)


From the Europeana Collection, February 3, 1918.


Viewpoint Cercenpass: View towards Gabroli.
https://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/record/9200291/BibliographicResource_3000073498717.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=api2demo http://www.bildarchivaustria.at/Pages/Search/Result.aspx?p_eBildansicht=2&p_ItemID=1 https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Rix Gins

Entertainer Joey Bishop was born on February 3, 1918.

Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Bishop

Some interesting facts:

1. His birth name was Joseph Abraham Gottlieb.
2. He was the fifth of five children and was born in The Bronx.
3. He was drafted into the Army during WWII and became a sargent at Fort Sam Houston in Texas.
4. He got his start in early day television and as time went by, he began to appear on talk shows and in movies.
5. He was a member of the famous Rat Pack (though none of the members ever acknowledged the name.)
6. He hosted his own talk show for two years and his side kick was a young Regis Philbin.
7. He died on October 17, 2007 at the age of 89.  He was cremated and his ashes were scattered into the Pacific Ocean, not
    far from his island home on the California Coast.


Publicity photo of Joey Bishop.
By ABC Television - eBay itemphoto frontphoto back, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19421382

Rix Gins

From the Imperial War Museum, February 4, 1918.


QuoteA 12 inch howitzer mounted on a railway carriage near Arras, 4 February 1918. Note the distinctive camouflage pattern.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205213531 © IWM (Q 8464)


QuoteServicemen of the Royal Flying Corps repairing a kite balloon at Boyelles, 4 February 1918.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205245683 © IWM (Q 9968)

Rix Gins

From the Library of Congress.  The Tonopah Daily Bonanza, February 4, 1918.


SLAB OF MARBLE FAILS TO ARRIVE - SO GYPSIES SILENTLY STEAL AWAY

  OAKLAND, Cal., Feb. 4. Because a slab of marble needed to complete the mausoleum of the late King Alexander Adams, ruler of the Gypsies of the country, failed to arrive here recently, approximately 1500 of these nomads who had reached here from all parts of the country to vote on a successor, silently stole away again. They will be recalled when the slab arrives.

  The normal population of Gypsies in California is estimated at 300 persons. The other 1200 came from all parts ot the Pacific coast, the eastern and middle western states. Many of them came in the gaudy but ramshackle, covered vehicles drawn by horses, familiar to those who have seen the fortune telling Gypsies on the roadside. It was noticeable, however, that a large proportion of them arrived in automobiles, many of these being of the latest model and far from being inexpensive cars.

  The election was postponed. Gypsies learned the tomb of King Alexander could not be completed until a single missing slab of marble arrived from Italy. Until the tomb is finished the old king may not be burled, and until he is buried Romany must do without a king.

  The son of Mark Adams, brother of the late king, is the latest choice of Mrs. Alexander Adams for the succession. He is 19 and he knows an automobile as his Gypsy ancestors knew a horse. His bride-to-be is the pride of Romany. Her name is Amelia Mitchell.

  Miss Mitchell is several years older than the son of Mark. It is the law of Romany a wife must be her husband's senior; so that any inclination toward work that he may have may be curbed properly. It is a disgrace when a man of a Gypsy house works.

  Once, the late king, who weighed 350 pounds and was 6 feet 6 inches tall, looked forward to old age and decided to put some of his $1,000,000 into a business venture, his plan involved building a fine bungalow on his property in Berkeley and starting there a fortune telling center, which the queen should head. An agent asked Mrs. Adams about it.

  "If he goes into business," she said, "I will leave him. I will not live in a bungalow. My home is the world. The men of Romany shall not work. It is for the women to tell fortunes: the men must stay home and take care of the babies. Work is degrading."

  A Gypsy told the story of Romany's desertion of homes and tented wagons in favor of automobiles. It was for business reasons.

  "When the old king still lived," he said, and sighed, "we learned that Americans would flock to us if we came into a town in big automobiles. Our women told many fortunes. We banked many dollars. Yes, many thousands of dollars. So we use automobiles."


BUTLERS BUY A HOME IN SOUTH - BIRD ROCK, THEIR WINTER HOME, IS KNOWN AS THE NEWPORT OF THE PACIFIC

  Word comes to the Bonanza from San Diego that James L. Butler, the father of Tonopah, has purchased the beautiful home of Theodore Hall, a nephew of H. J. Hall of Tonopah. Theodore Hall is proprietor of the Tioga hotel in San Diego.

  The residence is situated at Bird Rock. This is a beautiful residence tract in the suburbs of that city, with a steam railroad passing through its center. Quite a few Tonopah people have purchased lots and erected residences in this addition. It is only a five minute walk to the beach, where bathing is enjoyed throughout the year.

  Bird Rock is now known as the Newport of the Pacific and is fast being built up with palatial residences. Mr. and Mrs. Butler will continue to spend their summers in Inyo county, but their new purchase will be their winter home.

  M. Hall, brother of H. J. Hall, is the owner of this beautiful residence district.


Now playing at the Butler Theatre:


'Key Motif' stone litho poster for the American film Seven Keys to Baldpate (Artcraft, 1917) with the likenesses of George M. Cohan and Hedda Hopper (who billed under her real name Elda Furry).
By Artcraft Pictures - Heritage Auction Gallery, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17281411

Info on the movie Seven Keys to Baldpate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Keys_to_Baldpate_(1917_film)

(This 1917 movie can be viewed in full on YouTube but it has no musical soundtrack.)



Rix Gins

Actress and film director Ida Lupino was born on February 4, 1918.

Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Lupino

Some interesting facts:

1. She was born at Herne Hill, London to show business parents. 
2. She wanted to be a writer but she had to put that off for awhile because her father enrolled her into a theatrical college.
3. Her first film appearance took place when she was 13 years old.
4. She became a citizen of the United States in 1948.
5. She had a contract to act in movies for Warner Brothers but she didn't get along with studio boss Jack Warner.  She would
    reject film rolls that she didn't like and so Warner would suspend her.  Since she couldn't act, she would hang around the
    set and learn how to direct movies.
6. She was once suspended for refusing to act with fellow actor Ronald Reagan.
7. She acted in 59 movies and directed 8 others. She directed hundreds of television shows.  She was the only woman
    to direct an episode of the original Twilight Zone television series.   
8. She died of a stroke on August 3, 1995 at the age of 77.  She was cremated and her ashes were scattered on her mother's
    unmarked grave.


Ida Lupino in It Takes a Thief, 1968.
By ABC staff? - This file was derived from  Malachi Throne Ida Lupino It Takes a thief 1968.jpg:, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27153857

albrecht

Quote from: Rix Gins on February 04, 2018, 03:18:13 AM
From the Library of Congress.  The Tonopah Daily Bonanza, February 4, 1918.


SLAB OF MARBLE FAILS TO ARRIVE - SO GYPSIES SILENTLY STEAL AWAY

  OAKLAND, Cal., Feb. 4. Because a slab of marble needed to complete the mausoleum of the late King Alexander Adams, ruler of the Gypsies of the country, failed to arrive here recently, approximately 1500 of these nomads who had reached here from all parts of the country to vote on a successor, silently stole away again. They will be recalled when the slab arrives.

Not a hundred years ago but this still goes on and is interesting:
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1997/may/23/celebrating-a-gypsys-life-romani-hold-traditional/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Marks

https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-culture/the-curse-of-romeo-and-juliet/  (young people from rival Gypsy clans fall in love)

Rix Gins

Quote from: albrecht on February 04, 2018, 10:56:04 AM
Not a hundred years ago but this still goes on and is interesting:
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1997/may/23/celebrating-a-gypsys-life-romani-hold-traditional/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Marks

https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-culture/the-curse-of-romeo-and-juliet/  (young people from rival Gypsy clans fall in love)

Interesting.  Nice to know some things haven't changed in a hundred years...
QuoteOthers arrived in shiny, expensive cars: Cadillacs, a Corvette, a Mercedes, a Rolls-Royce and numerous Suburbans.

Rix Gins

From the Library of Congress.  The Tonopah Daily Bonanza, February 5, 1918.


GOOD FORTUNE COMES IN HIS OLD AGE

  Fortune has come in plentiful measure to J. J. Hill, who has been a resident of Tonopah at intervals since 1904. He purchased stock in the Eagle River Tunnel Mining company at Redcliffe, Colo., on Battle Mountain, about twenty-two years ago. The estate consisted of twenty-two patented claims, carrying zinc and lead, with a small percentage of gold and silver. He supposed that this property was worthless. At the time that Mr. Hill left Redcliffe he was a wealthy man. His fortune dwindled away from him and he went to work for wages as a millwright, hoping to recover his lost fortune, and remained in obscurity.

  Four months ago James Law, a timber man in the Belmont mine, who formerly resided at Redcliffe, met Mr. Hill and returned to Denver. He gave the information to Denver people that he had seen Hill in Tonopah. In the last year this mining property had changed hands and additional ground had been acquired. The property was developed on a large scale and dividends to the amount of 48 cents per share have been paid to the original holders of the mother company. Mr. Hill's portion, which has been deposited in a Denver bank, it is estimated, will net him near the hundred thousand dollar mark, to say nothing of the value of the interest he retains. The quotations on the stock are now $1.15 bid. A large smelter concern is seeking to take over the property.

  Mr. Hill was apprised of his good fortune a short time ago and expects to learn within the next week the amount of shares in his name, which he has in a safety box in Oakland. Mr. Hill, who is a millwright, erected, in the palmy days of Southern Nevada, mills at a number of points in this region. Among these were the Standard at Beatty, a Nisson mill in Death valley, and a Wiswell mill at Beatty. He erected the courthouse in Tonopah and was superintendent of the Continental Construction Company in the early days. Other structures he put up were the Kendall block and the public library.

  Mr. Hills family, who reside here, consists of his wife, a daughter, Miss Laurel Hill, who was a graduate of the Tonopah normal school in 1917, also a daughter, Miss Constant Hill, who is attending the public schools.

  Mr. Hill and his wife take their good fortune as philosophically as he did his financial reverses in the early days. During the past few years Hill has invented a jig concentrator that will undoubtedly bring him another fortune in his old age.


PLEADS GUILTY 

  Carl E. Austerman, who stole blank checks from the office of the White Caps Mining company and forged and issued eight or nine of them, pleaded guilty yesterday afternoon. Sentence will be passed , Thursday morning.



ON WAY TO RECOVERY

  Robert Dalzell, formerly a Tonopah police officer, but later employed in the Belmont, is recovering from a recent operation for appendicitis.


Now playing at the Butler Theatre:


Poster for the 1917 film The Pride of New York.
By Fox Films - source, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=57637142

Info on the movie The Pride of New York: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pride_of_New_York
QuoteLike many American films of the time, The Pride of New York was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors required cuts of the two intertitles "A very small percentage of these young men enlisted because of a desire for comfort rather than patriotism" and "Kill the men and help yourself to the women", closeup of German officer striking man's wounded foot, first two struggle scenes between German officer and nurse in living room, German officer unfastening sword and belt, attempting to unfasten coat, taking coat off, all struggle scenes between German officer and nurse in room where bed is shown including taking nurse to room and excluding other young woman, and the struggle between German officer and young woman on couch.

albrecht

Quote from: Rix Gins on February 05, 2018, 03:16:46 AM
From the Library of Congress.  The Tonopah Daily Bonanza, February 5, 1918.


GOOD FORTUNE COMES IN HIS OLD AGE



  Mr. Hill and his wife take their good fortune as philosophically as he did his financial reverses in the early days. During the past few years Hill has invented a jig concentrator that will undoubtedly bring him another fortune in his old age.


ON WAY TO RECOVERY

  Robert Dalzell, formerly a Tonopah police officer, but later employed in the Belmont, is recovering from a recent operation for appendicitis.

Lawmen back in the day seem to have appendix problems!

In case anyone wondered? Here is the basic idea, but there are different designs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dauNWfbEBkM

Rix Gins

From the Imperial War Museum, February 6, 1918.


QuoteA wiring party of the 6th Battalion, the York and Lancaster Regiment in a trench at Cambrin, 6 February, 1918.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205244320 © IWM (Q 8455)


QuoteMen of the 6th Battalion, the York and Lancaster Regiment at a Lewis gun post, on the front line near Cambrin, 6 February 1918.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205196049 © IWM (Q 8460)


QuoteMen of 6th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment share a joke and a cigarette amid mud in a trench at Cambrin, 6 February 1918.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205196048 © IWM (Q 8458)


QuoteA stokes mortar emplacement manned by the West Yorkshire Regiment at Cambrin, 6 February 1918.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205216094 © IWM (Q 8461)


From the Europeana Collection, February 6, 1918.


Triangulation works - Sergeant Pachuco.
https://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/record/9200291/BibliographicResource_3000073601160.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=api2demo http://www.bildarchivaustria.at/Pages/Search/Result.aspx?p_eBildansicht=2&p_ItemID=1 https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/


Vladimir Wolinsky: Drawing Room of the War Survey No. 4.
https://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/record/9200291/BibliographicResource_3000073601145.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=api2demo http://www.bildarchivaustria.at/Pages/Search/Result.aspx?p_eBildansicht=2&p_ItemID=2 https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Rix Gins

From the Library of Congress.  The Tonopah Daily Bonanza, February 6, 1918.


ROUND MOUNTAIN MAN SHOT TO DEATH

  While working in a tunnel in his mining property on Shoshone creek, John McWilliams was murdered some time on Monday, his body being found that evening by Henry Schubert. The remains were removed to Round Mountain on order of acting Coroner Morris.

  Today County Physician Masterson. Under-sheriff Shade and Deputy District Attorney Daniels went out to Round Mountain to assist in conducting the inquest and obtain information relative to the crime.

  H. R. Kruger of Round Mountain, who went out to the Shoshone section on Monday, ostensibly to hunt, carrying a shotgun with him, has been arrested for the murder and brought to Tonopah. It was a charge from a shotgun which killed McWilliams. It has also been discovered that the two men have had difficulty over title to some mining ground.


DEPARTMENT CALLED TO QUELL TWO FIRES

  Two incipient blazes, which might have caused great destruction, were quickly checked by the fire department last evening. The first call was at 4:20. It was at the home of James Nesbitt, on Edwards street. The second was at the residence of Walter Bowler, on Summit street.

  Both fires were caused, by defective flues. The damage was slight, chemical streams being all that were required to stop the blazes.


BERNE THE WINNER

  SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Feb. 6. Berne, the Russian wrestler, defeated William Sandol here last night, the first fall going 14 minutes and the second four minutes. Berne challenged the winner of the Taramanashi-Romonof match.


AdvJ25tf

  I positively guarantee that every watch repaired by me will not lose or gain a minute a week. Emil Merman, at Roberts Grocery.


Rix Gins

From the Missouri State Archives.  Inmate photograph taken on February 7, 1918.


Lewis Landroy 
QuotePlead Guilty to 1st Degree Murder, sentenced to Natural Life from 1/28/1918. Trial held in Marian County. Escaped 6-29-49 returned same day; Sentence commuted 12/13/1958. Paroled 1/23/1953 by board of parole.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Landroy,_Lewis._Inmate_-20406_(MSA)_(6106142709).jpg
Rights: Copyright is in the public domain.

Rix Gins

From the Imperial War Museum, February 7, 1918.


QuoteOfficers of the 12th Royal Irish Rifles wading through the mud of a fallen in communication trench, the result of a thaw after weeks of snow and from Essigny, 7 February 1918. They had recently taken over from the French 6th Division.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205087482 © IWM (Q 10681)


QuoteOfficers of the 12th Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment outside their HQ dug-out, near Essigny, 7 February 1918. With them is their American Medical Officer.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205246361 © IWM (Q 10689)


QuoteOfficers of the 108th Brigade, 36th Division and the office and mess dug-outs recently taken over from the 6th French Division, near Essigny, 7 February 1918.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205246357 © IWM (Q 10684)


QuoteTwo Royal Garrison Artillery men look out from their dug-out under a ruined building near Essigny. Part of the 39th Division near Essigny, 7 February 1918.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205246360 © IWM (Q 10687)


From the Europeana Collection, February 7, 1918.


Hoarfrost on the telegraph wires of the railway line.
https://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/record/9200291/BibliographicResource_3000073601158.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=api2demo http://www.bildarchivaustria.at/Pages/Search/Result.aspx?p_eBildansicht=2&p_ItemID=1 https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Rix Gins

The Cunard Liner SS Tuscania was sunk by a German U-boat on February 5, 1918.  There were 384 crew members and 2,013 United States Army personnel on board.  Approximately 210 soldiers and crewmen were lost.  One notable survivor was aeromechanic Harry Randall Truman, who would later die in the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens.

Info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Tuscania_%281914%29

https://youtu.be/bEZrFCSuMRE

Little Hater

Quote from: Rix Gins on February 07, 2018, 03:30:34 AM
The Cunard Liner SS Tuscania was sunk by a German U-boat on February 5, 1918.  There were 384 crew members and 2,013 United States Army personnel on board.  Approximately 210 soldiers and crewmen were lost.  One notable survivor was aeromechanic Harry Randall Truman, who would later die in the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens.

Drowning's too good for him - let's wait sixty-two years and light the guy up in a freaking volcano.

Rix Gins

Quote from: Little Hater on February 07, 2018, 10:04:39 AM
Drowning's too good for him - let's wait sixty-two years and light the guy up in a freaking volcano.

Yup, him and that resort of his are under tons of ash.  Nasty temper.  I read somewhere that merely asking where the bags of potato chips were, would set him off.

Rix Gins

From the Imperial War Museum, February 8, 1918.


QuoteFrench troops manning a bomb thrower in the trench in front of La Ville-aux-Bois, 8 February 1918.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205315517 © IWM (Q 70053)

Rix Gins

From the Library of Congress.  The Tonopah Daily Bonanza, February 8, 1918.


ROOSEVELT WRONGLY REPORTED DEAD

  A message from San Francisco this morning stated that Colonel Roosevelt was dead. The word spread like wildfire and within an hour flags were half masted all over the city and remained so until the Bonanza could communicate by phone to many places and tell them that the report was incorrect.

  People spoke in hushed voices as they discussed the former president, showing the esteem in which he is held; in fact, it may be termed love.

  The Bonanza's notification, which was through the Associated Press, the only reliable news bureau, brought relief and joy.


TAKES HIS LIFE

  NAPA, Cal., Feb. 8. The body of Frank Dostal, a rancher, was found today hanging to a rafter in a barn. He had been charged with selling liquor to soldiers.


AUSTERMAN SENTENCED

  Carl F. Austerman, the bad check artist, who pleaded guilty to passing forged White Caps checks, was sentenced by Judge Averill to serve from one to fourteen years in the state prison.


Now playing at the Butler Theatre:


The Pullman Bride starring Gloria Swanson and Phyllis Haver.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Swanson-and-mayer-Sennett.jpg

Info on The Pullman Bride: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0008474/


Dr. MD MD

Quote from: Rix Gins on February 08, 2018, 03:55:26 AM
Now playing at the Butler Theatre:


The Pullman Bride starring Gloria Swanson and Phyllis Haver.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Swanson-and-mayer-Sennett.jpg

Info on The Pullman Bride: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0008474/

Golly! Would ya check out those gams! Ha cha cha!! 23 skidoo!!!  ;) ;) :P

Rix Gins

Quote from: Dr. MD MD on February 09, 2018, 12:35:40 AM
Golly! Would ya check out those gams! Ha cha cha!! 23 skidoo!!!  ;) ;) :P

Ha, I didn't notice it at the time but her legs are wrapped in some type of cloth.  I think that Gloria's legs are bare, but you can't see much of them 'cause they're in the water. 

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