Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Wednesday, January 13, 1909. A 100 Mile Ride.

President Theodore Roosevelt, having actually just been censured but determined to demonstrate his prowess in his remaining months in office, set off on a 100-mile horseback ride, accompanied by his military aid Captain Archibald Butt, Navy Surgeon General Presley M. Rixey, and Surgeon C. D. Grayson.

He left at 3:40 a.m., just about the same time in the morning I started typing this, from Warrenton, Virginia and returned to the White House, having completed the ride, at 8:40 that evening. Asked for a quote from a reporter, he stated, "It was bully."

Roosevelt’s Ride

Carrie Nation was arrested at Newcastle upon Tyne for vandalizing a British pub. Nation, on a visit to the United Kingdom, was later released on bail.

Marinus van der Lubbe, charged with the burning of the Reichstag in 1933, was born in Leiden, Netherlands.

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Lex Anteinternet?

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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