One Hundred Years Ago

Rix Gins · April 29, 2020, 02:17:17 AM

April 29, 1920. Public Domain

Rix Gins · April 30, 2020, 03:13:41 AM

From the Library of Congress. The Rock Island Argus and Daily Union., April 30, 1920.

Rix Gins · April 30, 2020, 03:21:30 AM

April 30, 1920. Public Domain

Rix Gins · May 01, 2020, 01:54:35 PM

May 1, 1920. Public Domain

Rix Gins · May 02, 2020, 02:35:01 AM

May 2, 1920. Public Domain

Rix Gins · May 03, 2020, 01:58:26 AM

May 3, 1920. Public Domain

Rix Gins · May 04, 2020, 02:29:16 AM

From the Library of Congress. The Rock Island Argus and Daily Union., May 04, 1920.

Rix Gins · May 04, 2020, 02:35:19 AM

May 4, 1920. Public Domain

Rix Gins · May 05, 2020, 01:56:04 AM

From the Library of Congress. The Rock Island Argus and Daily Union., May 05, 1920.

Rix Gins · May 05, 2020, 02:03:25 AM

May 5, 1920. Public Domain

WOTR · May 05, 2020, 02:34:50 AM

Quote from: Rix Gins on May 05, 2020, 01:56:04 AM

Again a street car rams a truck. Truck overturns. The driver who would not have had a seat belt presumably does a half twist and full rotation somersault in mid-air then sticks the landing for a judges overall score of 9.2 with no injuries.

Rix Gins · May 05, 2020, 02:56:15 AM

Quote from: WOTR on May 05, 2020, 02:34:50 AM
Again a street car rams a truck. Truck overturns. The driver who would not have had a seat belt presumably does a half twist and full rotation somersault in mid-air then sticks the landing for a judges overall score of 9.2 with no injuries.

Haha! Remember that guy who jumped out of the hospital window? He fell a number of floors into a flower bed. He actually survived the fall, but passed away after they brought him back into the hospital.

WOTR · May 06, 2020, 12:08:42 AM

Quote from: Rix Gins on May 05, 2020, 02:56:15 AM
Haha! Remember that guy who jumped out of the hospital window? He fell a number of floors into a flower bed. He actually survived the fall, but passed away after they brought him back into the hospital.

I recall that post. Quite the story.

Rix Gins · May 06, 2020, 02:09:06 AM

May 6, 1920. Public Domain

Rix Gins · May 07, 2020, 02:56:36 AM

May 7, 1920. Public Domain

Rix Gins · May 08, 2020, 02:31:23 AM

From the Library of Congress. May 8, 1920.

The Seattle Star

The Rock Island Argus and Daily Union.

Rix Gins · May 08, 2020, 02:36:54 AM

May 8, 1920. Public Domain

Rix Gins · May 09, 2020, 02:08:21 AM

May 9, 1920. Public Domain

Rix Gins · May 10, 2020, 02:37:39 AM

From the Library of Congress, May 10, 1920.

The Seattle Star

The Rock Island Argus and Daily Union

Rix Gins · May 10, 2020, 02:42:58 AM

May 10, 1920. Public Domain

WOTR · May 11, 2020, 12:42:13 AM

Quote from: Rix Gins on May 10, 2020, 02:37:39 AM
The Seattle Star

The Rock Island Argus and Daily Union

I would love to actually taste how bad some of that old home brew must have been. No aging, no professional distiller, probably a good amount of "tails" so as not to waste any. It must have been absolutely disgusting...

And now for the "roughly 100 years ago" image.

Rix Gins · May 11, 2020, 01:58:06 AM

Quote from: WOTR on May 11, 2020, 12:42:13 AM
I would love to actually taste how bad some of that old home brew must have been. No aging, no professional distiller, probably a good amount of "tails" so as not to waste any. It must have been absolutely disgusting...

And now for the "roughly 100 years ago" image.

Some of those illustrations still apply to today.

Rix Gins · May 11, 2020, 02:01:34 AM

From the Library of Congress. The Rock Island Argus and Daily Union, May 11, 1920.

Rix Gins · May 11, 2020, 02:04:28 AM

May 11, 1920. Public Domain

Rix Gins · May 12, 2020, 01:56:54 AM

From the Library of Congress. The Rock Island Argus and Daily Union., May 12, 1920.

Rix Gins · May 12, 2020, 02:01:52 AM

May 12, 1920. Public Domain

Rix Gins · May 13, 2020, 01:59:33 AM

From the Library of Congress. The Rock Island Argus and Daily Union., May 13, 1920.

Rix Gins · May 13, 2020, 02:03:38 AM

May 13, 1920. Public Domain

WOTR · May 13, 2020, 02:08:31 AM

Quote from: Rix Gins on May 13, 2020, 01:59:33 AM
From the Library of Congress. The Rock Island Argus and Daily Union., May 13, 1920.

More of the invincible people... But the real gem is that they got away with "hundreds of dollars" in booze. I would love to know how many bottles. Today, "hundreds of dollars" would amount to a case of whiskey...

Rix Gins · May 13, 2020, 02:49:51 AM

Quote from: WOTR on May 13, 2020, 02:08:31 AM
More of the invincible people... But the real gem is that they got away with "hundreds of dollars" in booze. I would love to know how many bottles. Today, "hundreds of dollars" would amount to a case of whiskey...

I was wondering the same. It sounded as if the night watchman was coming around on a regular basis. That probably kept the burglars from absconding with the entire inventory of hooch. Still, what they got away with probably amounted to a pretty penny. After all, the black market could probably name their own price for the stuff. Only doctors could write prescriptions to get booze legally, for medicinal purposes only. I don't know if everybody catches that in the Gasoline Ally strips. The fellows try to get the Doc character to write prescriptions up for them.