One Hundred Years Ago

[Rix Gins]

The Daily Telegram, May 6, 1916.

[Rix Gins]

The Tonopah Daily Bonanza, May 6, 1916.

[K_Dubb]

The Tonopah Daily Bonanza, May 6, 1916.

HA!  I knew the Professor would eventually get around to the Holy City!  This was the closest I could find:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG85rKaqZfw

I hope he blew the Presbyterians out of their pews with the final chorus hahaha.

What a great article on the party!  Now I want to make Pisco punch.  The Elks' home sounds like a wonderful place to be.  You'd find me on the porch.

[Walks_At_Night]

Following are two pictures of a reunion of Confederate soldiers was taken on May 6th, 1916 in Franklin, NC at the Train Depot


Perhaps they even let out the Rebel Yell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6jSqt39vFM

[Walks_At_Night]

Some Ads from the Singapore Free Press - May 6, 1916

[Walks_At_Night]

Interesting article from May 6 1916 that involves a Skull, Burnt House, plus a "Witch and a Voodoo"

http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1916/05/06/page/1/article/skull-found-may-clear-up-gunness-case

[albrecht]

Interesting article from May 6 1916 that involves a Skull, Burnt House, plus a "Witch and a Voodoo"

http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1916/05/06/page/1/article/skull-found-may-clear-up-gunness-case

Wow, that is a weird one. It seems, vaguely, familiar. Like a guest on one of the "shows" mentioned it, or something similar. I seem to recall a similar story that I think Dave Schrader had on about some family who would kill travelers, often using the daughter as bait etc, as I recall.

[cosmic hobo]

Wow, that is a weird one. It seems, vaguely, familiar. Like a guest on one of the "shows" mentioned it, or something similar. I seem to recall a similar story that I think Dave Schrader had on about some family who would kill travelers, often using the daughter as bait etc, as I recall.

I recall that too.

[Rix Gins]

From the West Virginian Sunday Telegram, May 7, 1916.  (Bottom photo is of the actor Herbert Rawlinson starring in the Ed Wood classic 'Jail Bait'.  Herbert played a plastic surgeon and he was extremely ill at the time.  Rumor has it that he died the very next day.)

[K_Dubb]

From the West Virginian Sunday Telegram, May 7, 1916.  (Bottom photo is of the actor Herbert Rawlinson starring in the Ed Wood classic 'Jail Bait'.  Herbert played a plastic surgeon and he was extremely ill at the time.  Rumor has it that he died the very next day.)

Good stuff, Rix, thank you.  Some interesting distinctions being drawn in that article on mediums.  The headline of course refers to the famous Witch of Endor who summoned the spirit of the dead prophet Samuel for Saul.

The idea of Caruso serving in the army is delightful!

[Walks_At_Night]

From the NY Times 100 years ago today.  French nurse catching a train of wounded leaving the
Verdun sector.

[albrecht]

From the West Virginian Sunday Telegram, May 7, 1916.  (Bottom photo is of the actor Herbert Rawlinson starring in the Ed Wood classic 'Jail Bait'.  Herbert played a plastic surgeon and he was extremely ill at the time.  Rumor has it that he died the very next day.)

Ha. Some of the people in those articles should be guests on C2C- alternative fuel "discoveries" and claims and spiritualist. Classic stuff.

[Walks_At_Night]

In 1916 the Liberty Motor Company was building automobiles in Detroit, Michigan.  They were a small company that did not last long but they have left two legacies - they were one of the very first in the industry to focus on human factors with the goal of making automobiles more comfortable and of course their headquarters building still stands to this very day is one of the more interesting buildings inside the city limits of Detroit.

The company started in early 1916 when it was founded by Percy Owens who had gained experience in the industry while working at Chalmers.  Through out the existence of the company they would only produce one type of car - the Liberty Model 10.  Owens grew up in the industry in sales and he knew customers well and thus focused on styling and the interior of the car.  The seats of a Liberty Model 10 were more comfortable to sit in than just about any other vehicle of the time.  The Liberty Model 10 was powered by a 6 cylinder, 207 cubic inch monoblock engine which in its final form would put out 56 HP - not too shabby for the day. 

In 1919 Liberty would produce 6,000 cars and their production would peak in 1921 with 21,000 units built.  However they always had difficulty obtaining parts - it was difficult to compete with the larger firm in the industry and by 1923 Liberty Motors went into receivership.


The Liberty Motors factory was located at the corner of Connor and Charlevoix on the East Side of Detroit.  The factory was unexceptional but the
headquarters building located next door was built as a replica of Independence Hall.  The Budd Company would use the the factory and HQ building for decades for the production of auto bodies.  Detroiters would refer to the site  forever more  as "The Budd",  Budd would be acquired by Thyssen-Krupp in the 80's but they would continue to produce roofs, doors, fenders, tailgates, lift gates and body side panels at the plant up until 2006.   At that point the plant was closed - its stamping lines were dismantled and shipped to Mexico and other countries.  This story is told in
the book written by a fellow East Sider named Paul Clemens in his book Punching Out: One Year in a Closing Auto Plant

Liberty Model 10




Liberty Motors Ad


Liberty Factory


Liberty HQ








https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOgDw_xKHq4

[WhiteCrow]

Wiser Wisky ad..  Est 1857    Windsor, Ont, Canada

[Walks_At_Night]

On May 8, 1916 Frank Inn was born.  He would be a prominent animal trainer in Hollywood for over
50 years.  Some of  his more famous animals were "Orangey" the Cat who appeared in the movie
Rhubarb and Breakfast at Tiffany's, "Arnold Ziffel" the pig from Green Acres and
"Tramp" the dog from My Three Sons.

[Walks_At_Night]

Wash day in Elizabeth, KY during May, 1916

[gabrielle]

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[albrecht]

On May 8, 1916 Frank Inn was born.  He would be a prominent animal trainer in Hollywood for over
50 years.  Some of  his more famous animals were "Orangey" the Cat who appeared in the movie
Rhubarb and Breakfast at Tiffany's, "Arnold Ziffel" the pig from Green Acres and
"Tramp" the dog from My Three Sons.

Check out his career at IMDB. He was used in so many good shows and a very long  and storied career!
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0409146/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

[gabrielle]

Wash day in Elizabeth, KY during May, 1916

wow...we take so much for granted today.

[Walks_At_Night]

Estice Webb Herrmann, who left the seventh grade of the Elizabethtown, Kentucky Public School in October 1915, soon after commencing the grade, to be married. Was only 15 years old. Now living on a small farm far from neighbors and with no one but her husband and mother-in-law. White Mills vicinity, Kentucky: photo by Lewis W. Hine, 6 May 1916

[Walks_At_Night]

On May 8th, 1916 the Steamer S.R. Kirby would go down in a gale on Lake Superior off of the coast of the Keweenaw Peninsula:

Duluth, Minn., May 9. -- Twenty lives were the toll of death in the first steamer loss on the great lakes this season, when the steamer S. R. Kirby of the Northwestern Transportation company of Detroit foundered yesterday morning at 11 o'clock off Eagle Harbor, Mich., 194 miles from Duluth with all but two of her crew. Only the second mate, JOSEPH MUDRA, and one other of the crew were saved.
The boat broke in two and foundered. Just what the cause was will never be known, but it is supposed that the strain of fighting the heavy seas that were running in the gale that swept Lake Superior yesterday found some weak spot, although the United States inspectors of hulls and boilers here declare that the Kirby was inspected this spring and found in good condition.
The master of the ship was DAVID GERARD and her chief engineer was SILVESTER SMITH, both from lower lake ports.

Two Men Rescued.
The second mate was brought here this morning by the steamer Berwind, which brought coal, and the steamer Joseph H. Block picked up another of the crew and proceeded down the lake with him. The Berwind tried to rescue another of the crew, who was on a raft, but the man was so exhausted by the buffeting of the waves and by the cold that he fell off the raft and was drowned before aid could reach him.
The steamer Utley, which happened along shortly after the foundering, picked up the Kirby's consort, the George E. Hartnell, and towed her down the lake. She probably will be taken to her destination in Lake Erie.
Both the Kirby and Hartnell loaded ore at Ashland, Wis., and left there Sunday. The steamer and consort will be remembered by marine circles by the circumstances in which they figured two years ago when, because of a severe storm, the Kirby was compelled to drop the Harnell just outside of the Duluth harbor. The Hartnell drifted onto the beach on Minnesota Point and was the object of a good deal of anxiety for days before she was released.
The Kirby was of wood and steel and was built in 1890. She was 294 feet long with a beam of 42 feet and had a gross tonnage of 2,328.

Story of Survivor.
"I was standing the captain's watch," said Mate MUDRA, today. "The captain had gone below only a few minutes before. I never saw him again.
He probably was drowned in his cabin. We were making good headway past Eagle Harbor. The Kirby broke in two without any noise, quickly filled and settled. There was no explosion. I saw No. 1 hatch begin to crumple up, crack and part. Then the ship commenced to sink at the center, both ends rising. The cargo of ore ran out of the cracks in her middle. Then the vessel plunged. Two of us were picked up."

[Walks_At_Night]

Storms on Lake Superior are not trivial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cddtyqQNHtM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwIwmU50xDo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzi_WI5VWcs

[WhiteCrow]

Storms on Lake Superior are not trivial

We have been to the The Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum...located Michigan. UP.. Great museum

That have the recovered Ship's Bell from the Edmund Fitzgerald.  Not hundred years ago.. But really "dig" the tune.

https://youtu.be/9vST6hVRj2A

[Rix Gins]

Everett True, May 8, 1916.

[Rix Gins]

The Daily Telegram, May 8, 1916.

[Rix Gins]

The Tonopah Daily Bonanza, May 8, 1916.

[K_Dubb]

The Tonopah Daily Bonanza, May 8, 1916.

Very interesting, Rix!  In the movies they always just wanted whiskey.  I suppose most of it is grain alcohol with flavorings added?  A pre-mixed Manhattan would be a great idea.  Presumably the book is something like this, from the International Socialist Review in 1916:



Here are some Tonopah Indians from around this time in what looks like a very sturdy car:



And for the cat ladies, a photo captioned "Crewso family in Tonopah c. 1910":



A rare interior from one of those little cabins you see in all the pictures, maybe.

[K_Dubb]

In 1916 the Liberty Motor Company was building automobiles in Detroit, Michigan...

That is a new one on me, Walks, thanks!  Beautiful car, and love the factory building.  Why can't our industries be as aesthetically minded any more?

[Walks_At_Night]

That is a new one on me, Walks, thanks!  Beautiful car, and love the factory building.  Why can't our industries be as aesthetically minded any more?

As always the thread is more than welcome. 

I hope the Independence Hall replica won't be torn down.  Time will tell.

I'll also try and identify what type of car your Tonopah Indians are driving.  It will either be really easy or it is gonna suck!

[Walks_At_Night]

As always the thread is more than welcome. 

I hope the Independence Hall replica won't be torn down.  Time will tell.

I'll also try and identify what type of car your Tonopah Indians are driving.  It will either be really easy or it is gonna suck!

Had to laugh.  Did a google search on the car Pix and the googler came up with this gem as a visually similar image