One Hundred Years Ago

[K_Dubb]

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

Ha, lovely girl but she looks cross.  It's a rare woman who actually likes a convertible; it's nearly always a man driving alone.  I wish the tasseled brassiere and gaucho pants would come back as day wear, though!

The image is from here, though I don't think it's much help:  http://unrspecoll.pastperfectonline.com/photo/C8272063-1C07-475E-B237-789531714490

A bit of googling suggests the grille is Packard-shaped but those usually have the name.

[Rix Gins]

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

Haha.  Neat photo Walks.  The following words formed in my head on viewing it:  Reno.  Dude Ranch.  Divorce.

[Rix Gins]

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

Note the distinctive upper/lower headlights, similar to what the electric cars had.  That might aid in the search.

[Rix Gins]

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:

Cool advertisement, K.  I like the one guy's testimony, "Finest and cheapest I ever drank."  Did you notice that they sealed up the cabin until word was received from Frisco?  My first thought was that the cabin's interior, what with all the alcoholic mixtures, would certainly be volatile.  One careless match (tossed by a friend of the accused)  at the foot of the cabin door and all that evidence would certainly go up in smoke.   

[K_Dubb]

Cool advertisement, K.  I like the one guy's testimony, "Finest and cheapest I ever drank."  Did you notice that they sealed up the cabin until word was received from Frisco?  My first thought was that the cabin's interior, what with all the alcoholic mixtures, would certainly be volatile.  One careless match (tossed by a friend of the accused)  at the foot of the cabin door and all that evidence would certainly go up in smoke.

Yes, and the Elks' magnificent hall with it!  I'm surprised at the location.

[K_Dubb]

This is pretty darn close:  1906 Packard Model S Touring Car

[Walks_At_Night]

This is pretty darn close:  1906 Packard Model S Touring Car

You go out to mow the lawn and someone does your work for you!   See how this works?

Nice job K - it is a Packard. 

[K_Dubb]

You go out to mow the lawn and someone does your work for you!   See how this works?

Nice job K - it is a Packard.

Thanks, glad I got close.  I'm surely no expert.

Here's another famous early car in Tonopah during a 1908 race from New York to Paris:





Thankfully it needs no detective work as they thoughtfully labelled it themselves:



The same car, restored, at Pebble Beach.



I'm struck by how large some of those early cars were when you compare to the people.  Looks like large modern SUV size. 

[Walks_At_Night]

May 9th, 1916 - Chicago Trib.   A tale worthy of Maury Povich

[Walks_At_Night]

Good deals on golf equipment.  Get on down to Hnery C. Lytton & Sons today!

[Walks_At_Night]

Waste Not, Want Not.   Burn that Rubbish today!

[Rix Gins]

Re: The older wife.  Did they do photoshop back in the day?  The lady looks pretty youthful to me.  I declare the husband to be a cad and I hope he has to pay big time for support.  I wonder what ever happened to Edward.  Smart little tyke wasn't he?

[Walks_At_Night]

Re: The older wife.  Did they do photoshop back in the day?  The lady looks pretty youthful to me.  I declare the husband to be a cad and I hope he has to pay big time for support.  I wonder what ever happened to Edward.  Smart little tyke wasn't he?

"N.A. Jerejian.......................  You are *not* the Father!"   LoL.


Poked around quickly and there is a prominent Edward Jerejian in serving as a judge in modern day New Jersey so
perhaps the little guy started a legacy?   

[albrecht]

Waste Not, Want Not.   Burn that Rubbish today!

Nice, just drove by some neighbors today burning trash, leaves, and brush. Unfortunately, at my place, one block over, is now in city limits and banned! (Though one can, if careful, get away with it by claiming a "warming fire," for "ceremonial purposes," or bbq/cooking fire (I looked up the laws a while back.) Though "burning at night" statewide is, apparently, banned (though some exemptions for ceremonies. KKK? Funeral Pyres? St.Lucia parades (don't burn your hair!) ? Who knows why that is still on the books.) A Fire Marshall friend when I questioned him about it (me, thinking, hell if I'm burning stuff or clearing land wouldn't a fire be more easily seen at night and so less danger but he said it was more about concernsto getting access to fire if gets out of control, winds at night, and people being asleep at night if fire spreads.) Makes sense, I guess. Same guy also confirmed that, yes, spontaneous combustion occurs and actually more frequently than the layman thinks in hay-bales, compost piles, haylofts, etc. I didn't get into the C2C "human" type with him.

[Rix Gins]

Everett True, May 9, 1916.

[Rix Gins]

The Chicago Day Book, May 9, 1916.

[Rix Gins]

The Daily Telegram, May 9, 1916.

[Rix Gins]

The Tonopah Daily Bonanza, May 9, 1916.

[Walks_At_Night]

Creepy old Mrs. Archer

[albrecht]

Creepy old Mrs. Archer

Arsenic and Old Lace indeed.

[K_Dubb]

The Tonopah Daily Bonanza, May 9, 1916.

Never heard of the Knights of Pythias before!  How many clubs can one small mining camp hold?  The liquid refreshment sounds delightful.  I wonder if they can top the Elks' Pisco Punch.

[Rix Gins]

Everett True, May 10, 1916.

[Rix Gins]

The Day Book, May 10, 1916.

[Rix Gins]

The Daily Telegram, May 10, 1916.

[Rix Gins]

The Tonopah Daily Bonanza, May 10, 1916.

[K_Dubb]

The Tonopah Daily Bonanza, May 10, 1916.

"Acceptedly held"?  Surely that is faint praise.  The poor Professor, after all his years of service!  Maybe RGG is right; the guy is a mirthless automaton, quite unsuited to the post.  And very likely a prude, too.

That dogcatcher story has really come to a head.  What a brutal age!

[ShayP]

The Corsicana Daily Sun, Corsicana Texas.  3/3/1916



Still doesn't beat Outbursts of Everett True...IMO. 

[ShayP]

Been feelin' a little weak lately.  I could use a nice dose of Malt-Nutrine from.....Anheuser-Busch. 

[Rix Gins]

The Corsicana Daily Sun, Corsicana Texas.  3/3/1916



Still doesn't beat Outbursts of Everett True...IMO. 

That's a pretty cool comic Shay.  Thanks.  I honestly didn't know that Charley had his own strip.

[21st Century Man]

Opening this week.





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