Lex Anteinternet: Wednesday, April 11, 1923. Forgotten islands, forgotten roles.

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Wednesday, April 11, 1923. Forgotten islands, forgotten roles.

Laysan Island, April 11, 1923. It's a Hawaiian Island.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover addressed the League of Women's Voters and advocated participating in the World Court.

Hoover, truly, was a great man. Like the song "Those Were The Days" held, we really could use a "man like Herbert Hoover again."

News reports on the capture of the ill-fated, and perhaps ill-advised Liam Lynch, started hitting the press.

Former Congressman Thomas F. Smith, age 57, was hit by a taxicab crossing 14th Street in New York City after leaving his office in Tammany Hall, and was killed.

Laysan Island. It's only a little over one acre. The interior lake is three times as saline as the ocean.

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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.

We hope you'll feel moved to comment as well. While we moderate every comment, so as to weed out Spam, we greatly appreciate the comments where they are offered, and hope to see more.

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