Lex Anteinternet: Friday, March 16, 1923. The Covered Wagon, Irish fun suckers, Weird airplanes.

Thursday, March 16, 2023

Friday, March 16, 1923. The Covered Wagon, Irish fun suckers, Weird airplanes.

The Covered Wagon appeared in theaters.

Odd to think of, but there were people living who had crossed the West, as very young people, at the time.

The IRA threatened to bomb the La Scala Opera House in Dublin on St. Patrick's Day if a boxing match between Mike McTigue and Battling Siki went forwards as scheduled.

What a bunch of fun suckers.

This exceedingly weird aircraft was photographed:

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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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