The 100 Years Ago Thread

[whoozit]

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I cannot give you a Lifesaver as I had my last one 5 minutes ago.

[anniem]

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Whaa? No masks?

[Ciardelo]

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"mmm...your coat has very nice "lapels" ma'am."

[Rikki Gins]

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@ShayP: 10 points
@FISH: 10 points
@Bart Ell: 10 points
@juan: 10 points
@whoozit: 10 points
@anniem: 10 points
@Ciardelo: 10 points

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What was really going on here:  John Stuart Webster was able to buy his way into a full sized stateroom on the next steamboat to Buenaventura, Central America.  To celebrate, he had a grand dinner at Antoine's (a real restaurant in New Orleans, still there to this day.) and the next day he took a taxi down to Jackson Square (also a real place) and was enjoying a leisurely stroll when he noticed a pretty creole girl walking down the path ahead of him.  A handsome young man got up from a park bench and gave her a big hug.  Then they kissed and John didn't want to intrude on their special time so he ducked behind General Jackson's statue and then made his way onto a parallel path.  The two lovers walked along and John was able to see them through a hedge.  The girl was crying and they kissed again and then she left.  John Webster surmised that there was a Romeo and Juliet drama going on there.  The man continued to walk down the path and it was then that John noticed the two suspicious Central American guys who were buying tickets the previous day.  They had knives and were going to attack the young man.  John picked up a small rock and threw it at the young man's back, thus alerting him that he was about to be attacked.  There followed a long, dragged out fight between the two Central Americans with knives, and John and the younger man with canes.  John and the young guy won the fight.  He wanted to take the attackers to the police but the younger man thanked him for his help and said that they should beat it.  The young man ran off and John noticed that he had left an expensive looking, sterling silver cane behind.  So John picked it up and made a hasty retreat back to his hotel.  Later that night, John Webster was happy that he didn't get involved with the police.  It would have most likely delayed his ability to board the steamship which was scheduled to depart for Buenaventura the next day.       

[Rikki Gins]

From the Library of Congress.  The Richmond Palladium and Sun-Telegram.  September 14, 1920.

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[Bart Ell]

From the Library of Congress.  The Richmond Palladium and Sun-Telegram.  September 14, 1920.

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Kitchener has never been the same.
Same for Waterloo.

[anniem]

Caption Contest Winners

@ShayP: 10 points
@FISH: 10 points
@Bart Ell: 10 points
@juan: 10 points
@whoozit: 10 points
@anniem: 10 points
@Ciardelo: 10 points

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What was really going on here:  John Stuart Webster was able to buy his way into a full sized stateroom on the next steamboat to Buenaventura, Central America.  To celebrate, he had a grand dinner at Antoine's (a real restaurant in New Orleans, still there to this day.) and the next day he took a taxi down to Jackson Square (also a real place) and was enjoying a leisurely stroll when he noticed a pretty creole girl walking down the path ahead of him.  A handsome young man got up from a park bench and gave her a big hug.  Then they kissed and John didn't want to intrude on their special time so he ducked behind General Jackson's statue and then made his way onto a parallel path.  The two lovers walked along and John was able to see them through a hedge.  The girl was crying and they kissed again and then she left.  John Webster surmised that there was a Romeo and Juliet drama going on there.  The man continued to walk down the path and it was then that John noticed the two suspicious Central American guys who were buying tickets the previous day.  They had knives and were going to attack the young man.  John picked up a small rock and threw it at the young man's back, thus alerting him that he was about to be attacked.  There followed a long, dragged out fight between the two Central Americans with knives, and John and the younger man with canes.  John and the young guy won the fight.  He wanted to take the attackers to the police but the younger man thanked him for his help and said that they should beat it.  The young man ran off and John noticed that he had left an expensive looking, sterling silver cane behind.  So John picked it up and made a hasty retreat back to his hotel.  Later that night, John Webster was happy that he didn't get involved with the police.  It would have most likely delayed his ability to board the steamship which was scheduled to depart for Buenaventura the next day.     

Why did the young man have a cane?

[anniem]

From the Library of Congress.  The Richmond Palladium and Sun-Telegram.  September 14, 1920.

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75708076/clyde-emmett-shelburne

[JUAN]

And then they dug him from under three feet of dirt and put him under six feet.

[Rikki Gins]

              From the Library of Congress, 1920.

        What Will Mrs. Thompson Say?

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  The boy should not have smoked
when you asked him not to.  It seems
to me he is rather young to begin
bad habits.  Probably he thinks that
smoking is ("blank,") and if he does,
he will go further and consider other
bad habits ("blank.")
  I think you should drop him if he
continues to (blank) your request.
At your age you should be very careful
not to go with a young (blank) who
is (blanking) for himself a reputation of
being ("blank.")

Ten points for every correctly filled in blank.

[Ciardelo]

1. grown-up
2. mature
3. ignore
4. beau
5. building
6. inconsiderate
7. borax

[ShayP]

  The boy should not have smoked
when you asked him not to.  It seems
to me he is rather young to begin
bad habits.  Probably he thinks that
smoking is (good) and if he does,
he will go further and consider other
bad habits (soon)
  I think you should drop him if he
continues to (ignore) your request.
At your age you should be very careful
not to go with a young (man) who
is (building) for himself a reputation of
being (inconsiderate)

[Bart Ell]

Cool
Cool
Ignore
Man
Creating
Inconsiderate

[JUAN]

              From the Library of Congress, 1920.

        What Will Mrs. Thompson Say?

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  The boy should not have smoked
when you asked him not to.  It seems
to me he is rather young to begin
bad habits.  Probably he thinks that
smoking is ("blank,") and if he does,
he will go further and consider other
bad habits ("blank.")
  I think you should drop him if he
continues to (blank) your request.
At your age you should be very careful
not to go with a young (blank) who
is (blanking) for himself a reputation of
being ("blank.")

Ten points for every correctly filled in blank.

1. 23-skidoo
2.  Drunkenness
3.  Ignore
4.  Building
5.  Moron

[whoozit]

              From the Library of Congress, 1920.

        What Will Mrs. Thompson Say?

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  The boy should not have smoked
when you asked him not to.  It seems
to me he is rather young to begin
bad habits.  Probably he thinks that
smoking is ("blank,") and if he does,
he will go further and consider other
bad habits ("blank.")
  I think you should drop him if he
continues to (blank) your request.
At your age you should be very careful
not to go with a young (blank) who
is (blanking) for himself a reputation of
being ("blank.")

Ten points for every correctly filled in blank.

1. Debonair
2. Shortly
3. Ignore
4. Lad
5. Creating
6. Cavalier