Lex Anteinternet: April 4, 1920. Treasure Island released, France announces advance, Soviet Union requires workers to have identification.

Saturday, April 4, 2020

April 4, 1920. Treasure Island released, France announces advance, Soviet Union requires workers to have identification.

On this day in 1920, the film Treasure Island, or rather one of its earlier (not its earliest) versions, was released. The popular novel has lead to frequent cinematic adaptations.

On the same day France announced it was going to occupy German cities in the Ruhr due to the failure of the besieged Ebert government in Berlin to withdraw the Reichswehr from that region. On the same day the benighted government of the workers in the Soviet Union announced that all the benighted had to carry identification as to their place of employment so as to be able to make sure that they were remaining benighted.

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This blog has been around since 2009. In the very first post, we asked the question: "What the heck is this blog about?"

Our answer to the question was: "The intent of this blog is to try to explore and learn a few things about the practice of law prior to the current era. That is, prior to the internet, prior to easy roads, and the like. How did it work, how regional was it, how did lawyers perceive their roles, and how were they perceived?"

We also noted: "Part of the reason for this, quite frankly, has something to do with minor research for a very slow moving book."

All of this is still true, but the focus of the blog has changed somewhat. It now focuses on the era from 1890 to 1920 in general, rather than on the law and lawyers specifically, although that may be far from obvious. It's also become the location where we comment on anything we feel moved to comment on.

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