Lex Anteinternet: June 10, 1920. Activities in and about Washington.

Wednesday, June 10, 2020

June 10, 1920. Activities in and about Washington.

Republican Convention, June 10, 1920.

While the Republican Convention was going on in Chicago, back in Washington the Federal Water Power Act, now the Federal Power Act, went into law The act regulated hydroelectric activities and is the basis for power regulation in the United States.

Also in Washington some young women were getting a lesson in baseball.

Germany on this day announced that it had reduced the size of its army to 200,000 men in compliance with the Versailles Treaty.

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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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