I think their ham looks a little...dry. 1947 as from the American Meat Institute shilling ham for the Easter season.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Ham Time!
I think their ham looks a little...dry. 1947 as from the American Meat Institute shilling ham for the Easter season.
100 Years Ago Today - the Seeds of World War I
If you remember from our last visit to the run up to World War I Mehmedbašić, the would-be assassin of Bosnian governor Oskar Potiorek, had been forced to throw his weapons from a Bosnia-Herzegovina-bound train window when police searched it for a thief. The search for replacements delayed Mehmedbašić's attempt on Potiorek and on March 26th, 1914, before he was ready to act, Mehmedbašić was summoned to the city of Mostar. There separatist leader Danilo Ilić passed on the news that the Black Hand leaders in Belgrade had selected a new target. The new plan was to murder Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
The target would not change again, from this point forward the assassins had only one aim, to kill Ferdinand and it would be this mission that would ignite Europe.
The target would not change again, from this point forward the assassins had only one aim, to kill Ferdinand and it would be this mission that would ignite Europe.
Monday, March 24, 2014
The Funnies - Froggie Tango (1914)
Life Magazine, April 1914
I thought I'd get this one out in time for frog season here in Indiana. Soon the woods will be filled with the courtship songs of frogs. We've got quite a few ponds nearby and on a warm night when the windows are open you can sit and listen to the thrumming of amore. Nothing like it to cure insomnia.
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Green Giant Peas!
In honor of the recently passed St. Patrick's Day, may the luck of the peas be with you...
Monday, March 17, 2014
The Funnies - Signs of Spring (1914)
Life Magazine, April 1914
With the first day of spring coming Thursday, I thought it'd be appropriate to kick the week off with a little comic that's just as fitting today as it was when it ran in 1914.
A St. Patrick's Day Reminder
A while back I received a summons for jury duty and wound up serving for a case that related to a traffic accident that occurred on St. Patrick's Day when a pair of (former) friends had one too many and wound up in a traffic accident. Now, there's nothing particularly "St. Patrick's Day" about drinking, especially drinking too much, but I thought it'd be a good time to delve into the TGFI film vault for a little information about the intoxicating effects of alcohol and to offer a word of caution.
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