1909: The Age of Melancholy and Morphia

Here 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...

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Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Land Development In Palestine

Zionists Wrangle Over Palestine
Posted by Jackson at 10:45 PM 1 comment:
Labels: Anti-semitism, Foreshadows, Race relations, Zionism

Expulsion Of The Jews Of Poltowa

Jews Expelled Due to Czar's Visit - June 14, 1909
Posted by Jackson at 10:40 PM No comments:
Labels: Anti-semitism, Foreshadows, Race relations
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