One Hundred Years Ago

[Rix Gins]

Love seeing the music program, Rix!  Nice mix of light classics, what must be a very early blues, and a rag.

God I wonder what "ten-twenty-thirt" meant!  I want to read the Mormon comment as a reference to scandalous polygamy rather than the man's hypothetical daughters but there isn't enough to go on.

I wonder how long the Grand Concert lasted?  16 opera bits via violin and piano.  Haha.  Here is one of the 'latest hits'.

https://youtu.be/R-8zcCH3M3g 

[K_Dubb]

I wonder how long the Grand Concert lasted?  16 opera bits via violin and piano.  Haha.  Here is one of the 'latest hits'.

Now that's a catchy one, Rix!  Though I listened in vain for anything Hawaiian about it.  I think a lot of those early songs were set there because of the fun of rhyming Honolulu hahaha.

Of course I had to look up Chinese Blues since I love that I guess you'd call early exotica.  Always makes me hungry for cheap chow mein and a dragon bowl.  It's pretty funny  He's too busy smoking to let her in:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmX3xSdehA0

And a remarkably full-throated version without the lyrics, almost early big-band sound.  Hard to tell through all the reverb but it sounds like they've got a big set of chimes in there -- sure wish someone would redo with modern sound:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95w2DK4VF8w

[Rix Gins]

Haha, great!  I love that 'drumming on empty coconut shells' sound.  Kaufman has a voice very similar to that Billy Murray fellow. 

[Rix Gins]

The Chicago Day Book, August 7, 1916.

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The Tonopah Daily Bonanza, August 7, 1916.

[K_Dubb]

The Tonopah Daily Bonanza, August 7, 1916.

You see a lot of baking-powder-related marketing in old magazines and stuff.  It's pretty basic chemistry (baking soda plus cream of tartar, which when wet activates the reaction) which can be duplicated with baking soda and any acid -- vinegar, buttermilk, lemon juice.  You may recall the hundred-year-old cake recipe was leavened with baking soda, the raisins alone being sufficiently acidic.  I suppose dry yeast wasn't around, hence the popularity of sourdough starters and such.  Still, it's a lot of fuss over biscuits, where I am guessing most of it went.

I wonder why they just didn't sell the two ingredients separately.  When mixed, the reaction slowly occurs in the can even when dry, meaning it loses its potency with time.  That impulse to simplify baking, which led to Bisquick (hey, throw in the flour, too!) and eventually to cake mixes containing all the dry ingredients, is a mystery to me.  It's not that hard to measure stuff.  Maybe they just didn't like washing up all the little measuring cups.

[Rix Gins]

The Bismarck Daily Tribune, August 8, 1916.

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The Chicago Day Book, August 8, 1916.

[pyewacket]

This occurred in 1874- well over the 100 year mark, but I thought this sad event and the origin of the phrase "Don't take candy from strangers" might be a good addition to your historical collection.

The Kidnapping of Charley Ross

http://all-that-is-interesting.com/charley-ross-disappearance

[Rix Gins]

This occurred in 1874- well over the 100 year mark, but I thought this sad event and the origin of the phrase "Don't take candy from strangers" might be a good addition to your historical collection.

The Kidnapping of Charley Ross

http://all-that-is-interesting.com/charley-ross-disappearance

Indeed it is.  Thanks, Pye.  Of course, hindsight and all, but the dad and his help should have kept a better eye on the wandering tots.  I liked the judge's neighbors response to the sound of someone breaking into his residence.

[Rix Gins]

Just in case any of you were born 100 years ago.
http://birthdayscan.com/1916/august/8/

[Rix Gins]

Everett True, August 9, 1916.

[Rix Gins]

The Chicago Day Book, August 9, 1916.

[K_Dubb]

The Chicago Day Book, August 9, 1916.

That is quite an extravagant recipe for orangeade.  For my mom in the '40s they were a once-a-year Christmas treat, to be eaten with feeling and the rind later candied or used for marmalade.

[Rix Gins]

That is quite an extravagant recipe for orangeade.  For my mom in the '40s they were a once-a-year Christmas treat, to be eaten with feeling and the rind later candied or used for marmalade.

Haha.  I had to look up loaf sugar. 
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-loaf-sugar.htm

[K_Dubb]

Haha.  I had to look up loaf sugar. 
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-loaf-sugar.htm

Haha I still have some of that Thai palm sugar that comes that way in the kitchen cupboard.  That stuff is hard as a rock!  I can't believe people used to have to go through all that work pounding and grinding just to make something sweet.

[Rix Gins]

Everett True, August 10, 1916.

[Rix Gins]

The Bismarck Daily Tribune, August 10, 1916.

[Rix Gins]

The Chicago Day Book, August 10, 1916.  (Blame it on the heat.)

[Rix Gins]

A day late and a dollar short with this soldier, but that's ok, he's free to haunt me for the slight.  Said soldier is Ludwig Kraus from Bernstein, Bavaria/Germany.  Ludwig was a Reservist in 3 Bavarian Field Artillery Regiment.  I'm kind of guessing here but I think Mr. Kraus died from a wound to his lung, (or lungs) on August 9, 1916.  He was 28 years old.  The card also notes that Ludwig died on the field of honor. 

The back cover of these memorial cards usually carry a depiction of Christ or angels but this one has a personalized prayer to Ludwig's memory.  It requests God to bless the memory of this soldier who died a sudden death, and one that was in the line of duty.   

[K_Dubb]

The Chicago Day Book, August 10, 1916.  (Blame it on the heat.)

Goodness, domestic life was dangerous back then, when the crockery was weaponized!  Where are the stories of beaten women, though?  Too common to make the news?

I wonder what intrigue secreted Miss Becker in the locker hahaha

[Rix Gins]

Goodness, domestic life was dangerous back then, when the crockery was weaponized!  Where are the stories of beaten women, though?  Too common to make the news?

I wonder what intrigue secreted Miss Becker in the locker hahaha

I wonder if this guy knew...only he's not talking.  (Swimming away from the scene of the crime?)

[Rix Gins]

An extremely rare German memorial 'death' card that shows the solder in military uniform and what he looked like in private life.  Matthaeus Prummer was the son of an Economist and a member of 8 Bavarian Reserve Division.  He was killed by an aerial bomb while on guard in Northern France (The Somme) on August 10, 1916.  The card states that Matthaeus was 22 years and 4 months old at the time of his death.   

[K_Dubb]

An extremely rare German memorial 'death' card that shows the solder in military uniform and what he looked like in private life.  Matthaeus Prummer was the son of an Economist and a member of 8 Bavarian Reserve Division.  He was killed by an aerial bomb while on guard in Northern France (read, The Somme) on August 10, 1916.  The card states that Matthaeus was 22 years and 4 months old at the time of his death.   

A Fliegerbombe!  That must be one of the rarest causes listed at this date.

[Rix Gins]

A Fliegerbombe!  That must be one of the rarest causes listed at this date.

Yeah, I think you are right, K.  Location wise, I remember seeing a card where the soldier died at a pow camp in Cameroon.  Probably bit by a mosquito? 

[K_Dubb]

Yeah, I think you are right, K.  Location wise, I remember seeing a card where the soldier died at a pow camp in Cameroon.  Probably bit by a mosquito?

Cool!  Yeah, some horrible disease.  Hopefully he got to wear the creases out of that cool tropical uniform first.

[Rix Gins]

Everett True, August 11, 1916.

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The Tonopah Daily Bonanza, August 11, 1916.

[K_Dubb]

The Tonopah Daily Bonanza, August 11, 1916.

I would never have guessed the buffet restaurant was this early, at least named as such rather than a smorgasbord.

The references to shirtwaist dances I found suggest it's a concession to the heat, which must be approaching torrid this time of year.

That must be the 225-pounder posing at upper left.  I am under the impression that men back then averaged about 150.  He must have carried it with grace to bear the mention so lightly.

[albrecht]

The Tonopah Daily Bonanza, August 11, 1916.

I like the "clever poodle dog" in the photo.

They are smart dogs, even the small ones. The full size are good hunters despite the foo-foo haircuts folks give them (originally intended to help keep joints warm) and that instinct can still be found in the small ones. Also, remember when former French President Chirac got mauled by his toy poodle mix who was "clinically depressed" and in therapy and on meds (the DOG, not him?) Haha. That's what you get Frenchie for making a German dog that wants to hunt become a lapdog. (And C2C "doctors" and Alex Jones will blame the SSRIs for the dog's attack!)