One Hundred Years Ago

[Corona Kitty]

Do you think Decon is really API?  I absolutely adore, them, the most beautiful people in the world!

Lolz

[Rix Gins]

From the Library of Congress.  The Rock Island Argus and Daily Union., November 02, 1920.

[Rix Gins]

November 2, 1920.  Public Domain

[WOTR]

From the Library of Congress.  The Rock Island Argus and Daily Union., November 02, 1920.

I've known people who looked as old as Methuselah, but I don't think that was their goal...

[K_Dubb]

From the Library of Congress.  The Rock Island Argus and Daily Union., November 02, 1920.

That is precious; these days it'd wind up in a food fight I think.

Also I think this is the time for geese due to the old Martinmas tradition which nobody in this country remembers any more.  Maybe a hint of cultural retention!

[Rix Gins]

That is precious; these days it'd wind up in a food fight I think.

Also I think this is the time for geese due to the old Martinmas tradition which nobody in this country remembers any more.  Maybe a hint of cultural retention!

Thanks for the Martinmas mention, K.  I never had it in my mind to forget it, so I looked it up.  Sounds like a fun time, though not so fun for cows and geese.

[Rix Gins]

From the Library of Congress.  November 3, 1920.

[Rix Gins]

From the Library of Congress.  The Rock Island Argus and Daily Union., November 03, 1920.

[Rix Gins]

November 3, 1920.  Public Domain

[Rix Gins]

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

[Rix Gins]

November 4, 1920.  Public Domain

[albrecht]

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

Heating varnish on the stove. Seems like a good plan! Once again car accidents without much injury. And other accidents. K_Dubb, Pate, and MalachaiMartini will be interested in the result of the embezzling baker- off with the truck, cash, pastry, and bread!

[Rix Gins]

Heating varnish on the stove. Seems like a good plan! Once again car accidents without much injury. And other accidents. K_Dubb, Pate, and MalachaiMartini will be interested in the result of the embezzling baker- off with the truck, cash, pastry, and bread!

I can picture a modern day looter coming out of a store with a big screen tv and sneakers.  "Shit just laying around in there, bro!  Don't belong to nobody."

[K_Dubb]

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

Great little vignette!  If I am hearing things right this recording seems to match the listed instrumentation except for the banjo-mandolin (whatever that is), though I suppose one could be strumming in there somewhere.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsQsS9K_e88

Also the house of "the Nelson woman" seems like a fun place.

[albrecht]

Great little vignette!  If I am hearing things right this recording seems to match the listed instrumentation except for the banjo-mandolin (whatever that is), though I suppose one could be strumming in there somewhere.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsQsS9K_e88

Also the house of "the Nelson woman" seems like a fun place.

I assumed he played both for different songs or parts of songs. But maybe there is some weird combination instrument? Maybe like a mandolin string and fret arrangement but with the drum back like a banjo? Yep, a quick search reveals:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandolin-banjo


"Wednesday, March 5, 1919, Amoo Caldron No. 2 seceded from the “Supreme Caldron,” which was mostly being operated out of Chicago. The ladies in Rock Island promptly declared themselves the new Supreme Caldron and Amoo Caldron became No. 1. On November 18, 1920, Mrs. Vashti H. Bollman, acting Supreme Enchantress of the "new" Supreme Caldron notes that Mrs. Josephine Mace, Mysterious Enchantress of Amoo No. 2, withdrew Amoo from the parent organization in Chicago. It is reported that she was brought up on fraternal charges, to which she pled guilty, surrendering the charter of Amoo No. 2 in the process. However, she refused to give up the name “Amoo Caldron” and used it to “usurp the name Supreme Caldron from the parent organization.” The Amoo group began opening new Caldrons, getting up to at least five with the institution of Hapac Caldron No. 5 in 1920.[" 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystic_Order_of_Veiled_Prophets_of_the_Enchanted_Realm


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu9J-zc7RHA

[Rix Gins]

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

[Rix Gins]

November 5, 1920.  Public Domain

[WOTR]

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

Drowned from the water from the tender? Wow, what a way to go.

[Rix Gins]

Drowned from the water from the tender? Wow, what a way to go.

Yeah, poor guy.  He probably thought he had it made once he jumped into the ditch.

[Rix Gins]

From the Library of Congress.  The Rock Island Argus and Daily Union., November 06, 1920.

[Rix Gins]

November 6, 1920.  Public Domain

[Rix Gins]

From the Library of Congress.  The Omaha Daily Bee., November 07, 1920.

[Rix Gins]

From the Library of Congress.  The Rock Island Argus and Daily Union., November 08, 1920.

[Rix Gins]

November 8, 1920.  Public Domain

[Rix Gins]

From the Library of Congress.  The Rock Island Argus and Daily Union., November 09, 1920.

[Rix Gins]

November 9, 1920.  Public Domain

[Rix Gins]

From the Library of Congress.  The Rock Island Argus and Daily Union., November 10, 1920.

[Rix Gins]

November 10, 1920.  Public Domain

[Rix Gins]

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

[Rix Gins]

November 11, 1920.  Public Domain