tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37745303984355951952012-02-16T18:14:48.624-08:00Here we read about a generation so ghostly-gone that their departed souls were being summoned in seances of the 1940's. In N.Y.City, suicides among prominent people seem epidemic. There is a wide spread belief that Mars has canals and an advanced civilization: a dizzying, new, accepted 'fact of life' that immured people from any more "future shock". There are cars, suddenly, but few traffic laws. There is 'wireless' and "musical sparks' may fly through the air someday...Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04667284149635234951noreply@blogger.comBlogger551100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774530398435595195.post-70134123212796984842009-07-13T15:05:00.000-07:002009-07-24T13:05:54.379-07:00

Thanks to reader Steve Barton for this peculiar New York Times report from 1902. There's a glimpse of vaudeville here (rarely mentioned in any stories I've read from the TimesMachine) and I suppose this also touches upon the relatively recent social acceptance of tobacco smoking.I've seen this writing style before, where a high-minded but rather silly public demonstration is reported due to its

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Mod Slimness

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Fashions Immodest

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Zionists Wrangle Over Palestine

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Jews Expelled Due to Czar's Visit - June 14, 1909

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Baseball Played at Night

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Beer and Morals

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Also we learn about 'anacoluthons', with an amusing example (third article). Better Weather Reports

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A good story, told in the day's style:City Typewriters

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Here is a New York Times book review from 1914. There are copies of this book available through Amazon and evidently there was a co-author, but we're not told so in 1914: The Crystal Rood

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In the 10 articles reproduced here from the Gould trial, we have a scant view of 1909 law, a very fractured view of an instance of the New York Times' journalistic practices 100 years ago, and surely an unfair view of the people involved. The law doesn't interest me much, the newspaper was changing each day as the miraculous, flying new century threw new sparks, and the people were mercurial

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By now, the story has moved from the front page, top of the fold, right hand column (usually reserved for most important news), to the back page of the Times.I like the actor Farnum, especially his last quote. I find myself 'standing around like a mutt' quite often. Well put, well put...Mrs. Gould Denies Drinking and Swearing

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Wrights Prep for 40mph

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This sounds familiar. He doesn't say flying is safer, you notice. Actually the New York Times' headline is wrong. Wright says flying is 'nearly as safe'. Aeroplane as safe as auto, says Wright.pdf

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Of course, it's still five years before the Great War. The Lusitania was sunk in May, 1915, almost nine months after the war began.Big Liners Cut Ocean Rate

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The New York Times saw nothing alarming about the arms race between Germany and England, and here mocks worried souls and their visions of Dreadnoughts. (Use Toggle at top right to enlarge. Scroll down for opening paragraph.)English Exaggerate Fear of Barbaric Europe

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England Warns Us of Germanic Wave

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Mrs. Gould Wanted to Act

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School Lunch

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Remember you can use the toggle button on far top right, for easy reading.Note how the Southern man refuses to hear of a black woman referred to as a 'lady'...Mrs. Goulds Checks for St. Regis Drinks

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"I don't see what is exciting you so much, Mr. Shearn."Mrs. Gould's Refreshment Checks

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Hopefully Mrs. Gould's rebuttal will be as thoroughly described as all the testimony against her was last week. There ought to be a book about this divorce trial. Mrs Gould Will Testify Again

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Navy Ban on Cigarettes As we accustom ourselves to the new sanity about cigarette smoke, we marvel at what was 'normal' only a few years ago. It's already becoming hard to believe people smoked in resturants. Years ago, of course it must have been appalling as

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Unless Mr. Gould takes the stand tomorrow, I think our 1909 serial may be over. Everything went so poorly for Mrs. Gould, I feel like taking up a collection, so she can continue to change clothes three times a day (as she's accustomed to)...and certainly so she can move out of the Belmont Hotel, where that awful maid from Friday's testimony coincidentally is working now. (Or, WAS that a

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In the Spring of 1909, Coney Island's amusement proprietors were compelled to present themselves as "Educational", due to a new 'Sunday Law'. The weekend of May 24th was no rehearsal. Luna Park became "The Luna Park Institute of Sciences".Coney Island This Fatty Short

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Today's witnesses included grand-hotel desk clerks, who made sure that everyone was sleeping where they should be sleeping. There is a desk-clerk on each floor and they have strategically placed mirrors in order to keep a keen eye out for signs of gross immorality.In October, 1906, a Miss Harris was stationed on the 6th floor of the Bellvue-Stratford in Philadelphia, where our excitable Mrs.

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Emma Goldman mentions this in her lecture about "Puritianism", below.Bridal Morning Bridal Morning Painting Opposed in Pittsburg

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She refers to nude "Bridal Morning" painting (see above), saying it caused 'Pittsburg to hold its hands up in horror'. Emma Goldman 2

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Emma Goldman 1

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The article is in two parts, so be sure to enlarge the file with the toggle button in the upper right corner and scroll all the way down.I don't know what to make of this. Did Mrs. Gould stab her hostess with a fork and punch her friend in the eye? Mrs Gould at Party

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The Times Machine is broken today and we have found ourselves stalled in the most awful year of 1915, when the world was truly coming to an end, for some. This curious article about the 'artificial' canals on Mars seems to peter out from exhaustion. Also the headline does not warn of the startling blow to come: the Martian canals are not ancient! There seem to be new canals, and recently repaired

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The Gould divorce was covered on the front page and above the fold. By comparison, the New York Times was more distinguished and proper than its Hearst competitors, so you can imagine what may have appeared in the "New York World".The Goulds were married for eight years , probably married in 1898. Her acting career began in the 1880's, but the court did not allow Mrs. Gould's age to be put in the

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Gould Divorce Replete With Surprises Publish at Scribd or explore others: divorce gould

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(Use toggle button on the far right of the document for easy reading.)Hapless Husband Gets Heave-ho Publish at Scribd or explore others: marriage 1909 news article

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Our year 1909 produced silent movies with amazing stop-action special effects. What is going on here, I have no idea, and neither does The Internet, apparently.

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Italy was like, 'meh'. Triple Alliance Made New Publish at Scribd or explore others: 1909 news article triple alliance

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Robert K. Massie's Dreadnought is a great history of the British/German naval rivalry that proceeded World War 1.Kaiser to Recieve Clergy Publish at Scribd or explore others: 1909 news Kaiser

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Who, what, when, where? At some point a Prussian officer declared, "Something must be done!" (according to Paul Fussel, a Prussian declaration that best demonstrates that culture's mind-set). What was the last straw, do you suppose? Prussian Military Bans Blacks

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Fort Des Moines Corporal Shoots Commander Publish at Scribd or explore others: Magazines & Newspape fort des moines murd 1909

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Front page below the fold today: 'wash and work' method failed.Bean Soup for Dipsomaniacs Publish at Scribd or explore others: dipsomaniacs 1909 news article

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“The District Attorney laughed aloud when the witness stated that an attack of impulsive insanity lasts only as long as it takes the impulse to work its purpose.”(jdj: Remember you can use the toggle button in upper right corner of pdf reader for easier reading...)Alienist Confronted by DA Publish at Scribd or explore others: Non-fiction

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See related post First, Leave The Lights On

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Gould divorce.pdf Publish at Scribd or explore others: divorce gould Editorial on Gould Divorce

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Some American theater slang was not merely accepted, but celebrated by some as "purer English" and rooted in Chaucer and Shakespeare:London Sees Value in American Slang Publish at Scribd or explore others: slang 1909 new york

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Taft on Negros Future Publish at Scribd or explore others: race president taft

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Absent-minded beggar...After you with the push(ed: being polite to someone who is pushing and/or rushing)The call of the wildCrazy as a bedbugHave bats in one's belfry jdj: and bees in one's bonnet?To go over something with a fine-toothed combA dastardly crime jdj: Two from A. Conan Doyle, perhaps?Muckraker (ed:meaning exposer of unpleasant things first used by Teddy Roosevelt) jdj: Nelly Bly is

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You will begin to notice that many stories like this conclude, "A good time was had by all"...Of course these censors were not really prudes. As you read the article you understand they are not only well-meaning but also realistic. There are moderating voices, to keep the 'clergy' to one side and permit genuine entertainment. According to this 1909 article, at least 300,000 people attended the

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Occasionally the 1909 New York Times' front page would offer a humorous treat for its' readers. This now reads as a reporter's daydream, though I'm sure it was not a complete invention.Suffragettes and Small Boys' Impertinent Questions Publish at Scribd or

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Here is more information about the famous "Mad Mullah", Mohammed bin Abdullah Hassan. Mad Mullah Wild Somalis Publish at Scribd or explore others: 1909 nytimes

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Armenian Massacres 1909 Armenian Massacres 1909 new_eyes Publish at Scribd or explore others:

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England's Wary Anticipation England's Wary Anticipation new_eyes Publish at Scribd or explore others:

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Germans Hiss English Play 1909 Germans Hiss English Play 1909 new_eyes Publish at Scribd or explore others: School Work How-to-Guides & Manu Fiction language learning

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Note that you may toggle to full screen mode for easier reading. Simply click the little box in the upper right side corner of each document.

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1Her Schoolmates Said.. Publish at Scribd or explore others: Fiction New York Times 1909 ____2Missing Girl Second Report Missing Girl Second Report new_eyes Publish at Scribd or explore others: 3Found

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Psychiatrist Insane Publish at Scribd or explore others: Fiction alienist historical document

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