One Hundred Years Ago

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The Webster City Freeman, September 5, 1916.

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Everett True, September 6, 1916.

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The Chicago Day Book, September 6, 1916.

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The Bismarck Daily Tribune, September 6, 1916.

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Johann Wirthmiller was the son of a mercenary soldier and was in the 16 Infantry Regiment, 10 Company.  He died on September 4, 1916 at the age of 30.

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Georg Judenfeind was a son of a leatherworker in the town of Wimberg, Germany.  He was a soldier with the 2 Bavarian Landwehr Infantry Regiment, 5 Company.  Georg was killed on September 5, 1916 as a result of continuous shell fire.  He had served 25 months of faithful service.  He was 29 years old.  (That might be a musician's lanyard there on his uniform.  Have seen them on other soldiers.)

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Ludwig Petzi was a Farmer's son from Unterkashof, Bavaria/Germany.  Ludwig was a member of the fire brigade in that town.  He entered the service and was a soldier with the 16 Infantry Regiment, 12 Company.  He was killed on September 6, 1916 from a shot to the stomach.  He was 23 years old.

Interesting photo of Ludwig because it shows the spike of his pickelhaube (helmet) uncovered.  Most of the soldier's photos have it covered up with cloth or leather.  The photo also shows the straps to his knapsack.  The front and back cover for this card are exactly the same as the one shown above.

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Everett True, September 7, 1916.

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The Chicago Day Book, September 7, 1916.

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The Tonopah Daily Bonanza, September 7, 1916.

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Everett True, September 6, 1916.

Ha the organ grinder makes an appearance!  I'd rather listen to him, too.

The above cartoon is horrible.  I remember that sense of dread and loss when school started all too well.  Sucking the poor boy into its insensate maw.  *shudder

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Ludwig Petzi was a Farmer's son from Unterkashof, Bavaria/Germany.  Ludwig was a member of the fire brigade in that town.  He entered the service and was a soldier with the 16 Infantry Regiment, 12 Company.  He was killed on September 6, 1916 from a shot to the stomach.  He was 23 years old.

Interesting photo of Ludwig because it shows the spike of his pickelhaube (helmet) uncovered.  Most of the soldier's photos have it covered up with cloth or leather.  The photo also shows the straps to his knapsack.  The front and back cover for this card are exactly the same as the one shown above.

The uncovered helmet is nice to see.  Also that the straps are worn secured by the epaulettes.  That never occurred to me, but it makes sense.

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Everett True, September 7, 1916.

Hahaha that is choice!  Poor Everett.  Probably a snapped tenon.  There are still a few places that will fix them, but I've never broken one on a nice-enough pipe to warrant a repair.

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The Chicago Day Book, September 7, 1916.

What a horrible lady!  I wonder, is the poison pen a lost art?  Does it still survive in email or on Facebook?

I was excited thinking "deligious" was a word new to me, but it seems to be a simple typo.

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The Tonopah Daily Bonanza, September 7, 1916.

Another beautifully written piece!  Thanks be to Allah, indeed.  "Amidships"  hahaha

Always wondered whether the scarecrow wearing clothes was just a picturesque fiction, but I guess it was real enough.

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Everett True, September 8, 1916.

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The Chicago Day Book, September 8, 1916.

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The Golden Valley Chronicle, September 8, 1916.  (Same older couple that was in last week's illustration.) 

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The Golden Valley Chronicle, September 8, 1916.  (Same older couple that was in last week's illustration.)

Wow!  I may be making too much of this, but can't we see the beginning of the dumb-husband/savvy-wife trope still popular with advertisers today?  Even their postures convey submission vs. authority.

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Everett True, September 8, 1916.

Haha the demise of the full Victorian beard!  I don't remember seeing health concerns cited before, but why not?  Everett is at the forefront of a revolution that would see nothing but a tiny moustache tolerated until the hippie era.

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Everett True, September 9, 1916.

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The Chicago Day Book, September 9, 1916.

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The Tonopah Daily Bonanza, September 9, 1916.

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A hundred years and one day ago.  This must have made a lot of people happy.  (sarcasm)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenue_Act_of_1916

[pate]

I figured I would just leave this hear:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPXMSB3MSPg

When I heard it I immediately thought of one of my favorite places to hang out.

I imagine this sort of music was in its infancy a-hunnert yarns ago.  Not Sure.


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Seriously, Rix.  I do enjoy this thread.

ediot:   'pologies for bringing modern douche-baggery to such a fine establishmint.  Gub-mint?  At least it's somewhat minty-fresh haberdashery witch in a doggURL sorta way rhymes with ass-hattery.  Again, I do apologize.  I am a hobo proto-type...

twiTe'ot:  That fancy modern Selectric guit-steel hadna yet been invented, methinks.  Perhaps the theremin?  Had the proto-git quietly appeared in some corner of the planet back then?  Unnoticed, unrealized and unutilized, a WTF do we do with this modern anachronism?  Not Sure.  If it made the papers I am sure we would find out about it in some fashion or t'other in the coming dark days of radio...

3diot:  Please delete if not topical or tropical.  Thankee!

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I figured I would just leave this hear:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPXMSB3MSPg

When I heard it I immediately thought of one of my favorite places to hang out.

I imagine this sort of music was in its infancy a-hunnert yarns ago.  Not Sure.


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Seriously, Rix.  I do enjoy this thread.

ediot:   'pologies for bringing modern douche-baggery to such a fine establishmint.  Gub-mint?  At least it's somewhat minty-fresh haberdashery witch in a doggURL sorta way rhymes with ass-hattery.  Again, I do apologize.  I am a hobo proto-type...

twiTe'ot:  That fancy modern Selectric guit-steel hadna yet been invented, methinks.  Perhaps the theremin?  Had the proto-git quietly appeared in some corner of the planet back then?  Unnoticed, unrealized and unutilized, a WTF do we do with this modern anachronism?  Not Sure.  If it made the papers I am sure we would find out about it in some fashion or t'other in the coming dark days of radio...

3diot:  Please delete if not topical or tropical.  Thankee!

Thanks, pate.  It does sound pretty old, doesn't it?  At first I thought the guy playing guitar was Art.  haha

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The Chicago Day Book, September 9, 1916.

Free Zeebo!  But I have a feeling the image of a kindly officer bumbling through the park after the poor lady's squirrel belongs to a bygone era.

The limerick, too hahaha

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Free Zeebo!  But I have a feeling the image of a kindly officer bumbling through the park after the poor lady's squirrel belongs to a bygone era.

The limerick, too hahaha

Haha, Free Zeebo.  That's good, K.  I'm glad he made it to the park.  I imagine he lived the life of Riley once he got established there.  People feeding him nuts, crackers, bread and whatnot.  Plus he could make little Zeebos.

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The Battle of Ginchy was fought one hundred years ago today.  It involved the British, the French and even some Irish, going up against the Germans who were holding the high ground.  The British did most of the fighting on this day, and for once they seemed to get things right.  They had a successful rolling barrage followed by a late afternoon attack that won some ground.  It got dark and fogy then, and the German's weren't able to mount a counter attack.

If you think that World War One was a war where one side attacked another in big, massive battles (like The Battle of The Somme) then you would only be partly right.  I invite you to read this account of The Battle of Ginchy so that you can see for yourself how complicated the whole affair was.  Remember, this was just one battle, and the groundwork for it started back in the month of July.  Warning, I was a young man when I started to read the article. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ginchy

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Everett True, September 11, 1916.