One Hundred Years Ago

[K_Dubb]

The Six Brown Brothers (their last name was Brown) stopped by the Victor Recording Studio in Camden, N.J. on this date, one hundred years ago, to record three songs and here is one of them called 'The Chicken Walk.'
http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/700002937/B-17899-Chicken_walk

That is a mighty bass saxophone, and you can actually hear it really well!

[Rix Gins]

So they are rustling votes!  That makes sense.

That's the first I've heard of a bull's-head breakfast.  I wonder how it was prepared.

Here is a drilling competition in Tonopah:

I'm glad you showed that picture, K.  When I saw that teams would be drilling I thought they would be doing military like maneuvers.  Now I see that real drilling is going on.  Thanks!   

[K_Dubb]

I'm glad you showed that picture, K.  When I saw that teams would be drilling I thought they would be doing military like maneuvers.  Now I see that real drilling is going on.  Thanks!

Ha, I would have thought the same had I not come across a number of pics like that looking for the Airdome.  But military-style makes sense, too.

They still do it, too!  http://pvtimes.com/sports/annual-tonopah-mining-competition-something-see.html

[Rix Gins]

Everett True, June 22, 1916.

[K_Dubb]

Everett True, June 22, 1916.

Take the stove down?  I'm imagining a small wood stove for extra heat in the winter.

Also like the old-fashioned wooden screen door.  Went to a bakery last week that had one -- had to resist opening and closing repeatedly just for the feel and sound.

[Rix Gins]

Dick's Diary entry for June 22, 1916.
http://www.willisfleming.org.uk/dicksdiary/entries/1916/06/thursday-22-june-1916.html

[Rix Gins]

Recorded 100 years ago today.
http://bellgab.com/index.php/topic,9331.msg661447.html#msg661447

Same song...better fidelity but no cute video.
http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/700003051/B-18013-Pretty_baby

[gabrielle]

Dick's Diary entry for June 22, 1916.
http://www.willisfleming.org.uk/dicksdiary/entries/1916/06/thursday-22-june-1916.html

oh oooh.  Looks like things are heating up.  Somewhere I have a pic of my great grandpa in Egypt....I hope I can find it.

[gabrielle]

Meanwhile, in Toronto, the horses saved the day for this drunken man.  Sometimes I think we need horses instead of computerized vehicles or AI.

[albrecht]

So they are rustling votes!  That makes sense.

That's the first I've heard of a bull's-head breakfast.  I wonder how it was prepared.

I'm wondering also, if it was headcheese maybe spread on bread or biscuits or more like barbacoa, like the Hispanics do here and in Mexico (though I think, technically, it is illegal to sell it done the traditional way due to threat of BSE now and brains and food prep laws.) Basically you bury a wrapped head of the cow or goat and put hot coals on top and then after several hours take out and scrap the meats off and in the skull (which now is very tender) and serve on a tortilla with cilantro, lime juice, and onions. Very tasty and good for a hangover because greasy.

[albrecht]

Meanwhile, in Toronto, the horses saved the day for this drunken man.  Sometimes I think we need horses instead of computerized vehicles or AI.

This happens. Several years ago this happened here some cowboys arrested for drunk driving by a bar a neighbor owns. They later got the "drunk driving" charges reduced to "public intoxication"- not sure if that was the usual plea bargaining deal or if there was no specific statute about drunk riding a horse.
http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/only-in-texas-men-arrested-for-dwi-on-a-horse/

[gabrielle]

This happens. Several years ago this happened here some cowboys arrested for drunk driving by a bar a neighbor owns. They later got the "drunk driving" charges reduced to "public intoxication"- not sure if that was the usual plea bargaining deal or if there was no specific statute about drunk riding a horse.
http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/only-in-texas-men-arrested-for-dwi-on-a-horse/

How very strange.  How does the law deal with cases where the horses are smarter and safer than their drunk riders?   I wonder if this raises parallels to future cases in which the AI car knows better than the drunken driver.

[albrecht]

How very strange.  How does the law deal with cases where the horses are smarter and safer than their drunk riders?   I wonder if this raises parallels to future cases in which the AI car knows better than the drunken driver.

Horse are definitely safer for the drunk and the public but still it is an offense here to be intoxicated in public, though admittedly usually, if you aren't driving something or causing a disturbance, or wandering into traffic etc you won't be arrested. Some states have laws that specifically mention horses in DWI/DUI law. Some drunk driving stories here are funny (guys steal steamrollers or farm equipment and cops chase at 5 mphm drunks on a mule and horse etc, but too many tragic ones also where a whole family is killed etc.

I've heard that some of the "driverless" car law discussion has said that driver still needs to be able to operate (so don't be drunk) but then I've also heard others where there would be no way even for a human to take over the driving? So I don't know which way it will go. Also with regard to insurance, liability, etc (blame the AI/Software company for accidents, owner of car, driver of car?)

[gabrielle]

Horse are definitely safer for the drunk and the public but still it is an offense here to be intoxicated in public, though admittedly usually, if you aren't driving something or causing a disturbance, or wandering into traffic etc you won't be arrested. Some states have laws that specifically mention horses in DWI/DUI law. Some drunk driving stories here are funny (guys steal steamrollers or farm equipment and cops chase at 5 mphm drunks on a mule and horse etc, but too many tragic ones also where a whole family is killed etc.

I've heard that some of the "driverless" car law discussion has said that driver still needs to be able to operate (so don't be drunk) but then I've also heard others where there would be no way even for a human to take over the driving? So I don't know which way it will go. Also with regard to insurance, liability, etc (blame the AI/Software company for accidents, owner of car, driver of car?)

[albrecht]

Will do.

[gabrielle]

Will do.

I love you guys!!!!

[Rix Gins]

I love you guys!!!!

And we love you, Gabby!!!!

[Rix Gins]

Everett True, June 23, 1916.

[Rix Gins]

The Chicago Day Book, June 23, 1916.

[Rix Gins]

The Tonopah Daily Bonanza, June 23, 1916.

[gabrielle]

The Chicago Day Book, June 23, 1916.

OMG those are funny.  Was the lady in the ambulance dead before or after she was knocked out of the ambulance?  The one searching for the gas leak with a match is just....explosive.

[Rix Gins]

OMG those are funny.  Was the lady in the ambulance dead before or after she was knocked out of the ambulance?  The one searching for the gas leak with a match is just....explosive.

Haha, that was good, Gabrielle.  That guy reminded me of this set of roadside Burma Shave signs that I saw as a kid.

[Rix Gins]

Dick's Diary entry for June 23, 1916.
http://www.willisfleming.org.uk/dicksdiary/entries/1916/06/friday-23-june-1916.html

[Rix Gins]

Georg Hausruckinger was a Farmer's son from the town of Lederling, Bavaria, Germany.  He was a soldier with 5 Company, 24 Bavarian Infantry Regiment.  No details are given, other than that he was killed in an assault on June 23, 1916.  Georg might possibly have been killed in the Battle of Verdun.  (Only a guess, other battles were being fought.)  http://world-war-one.net/diary-june-23-1916/  He was 23 years old.

This is another rare German memorial card that has an actual, trimmed photo of the deceased glued to it. 
 

[K_Dubb]

I'm wondering also, if it was headcheese maybe spread on bread or biscuits or more like barbacoa, like the Hispanics do here and in Mexico (though I think, technically, it is illegal to sell it done the traditional way due to threat of BSE now and brains and food prep laws.) Basically you bury a wrapped head of the cow or goat and put hot coals on top and then after several hours take out and scrap the meats off and in the skull (which now is very tender) and serve on a tortilla with cilantro, lime juice, and onions. Very tasty and good for a hangover because greasy.

I suspect it is the former since this would be very early for Mexican cuisine to have reached this country, but who knows?  The taco truck where I used to work offered a mix of tongue and what they (euphemistically?) called cheeks that was truly delicious; very unctuous as you say.

[K_Dubb]

The Tonopah Daily Bonanza, June 23, 1916.

Canaries in the palms!  Sadly the photo I remember must be of the union of the North and South.

[K_Dubb]

Dick's Diary entry for June 23, 1916.
http://www.willisfleming.org.uk/dicksdiary/entries/1916/06/friday-23-june-1916.html

This is not the first I have read of Turkish soldiers commended as gentlemanly.  I believe they had imported European officers for decades prior and were seen as culturally more European than their Middle-Eastern fellows.

[Rix Gins]

Victor Chapman was an American pilot and charter member of the famous Lafayette Escadrille.  He was the first American in the group to be killed, having been shot down on June 23, 1916.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Chapman 


                   Victor Chapman at the far right.

He was flying a  Nieuport 16.


                 Nieuport 16 with Le Prieur rockets

Victor was shot down by German flying ace Leutnant Kurt Wintgens,  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Wintgens


Kurt Wintgens  (Note the Pince-nez glasses that Kurt was allowed to wear under his flight goggles.)

Kurt was flying a Halberstadt D.II.


                          Halberstadt D.II

Victor was buried at the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial in France.


              Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery





   

[Rix Gins]

Everett True, June 24, 1916.

[Rix Gins]

The Chicago Day Book, June 24, 1916.