Lex Anteinternet: Wednesday, July 29, 1914 First shots.

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Wednesday, July 29, 1914 First shots.

The first shots of the Great War were fired at 10:00 local time when the SMS Bodrog, a river monitor, bombarded Belgrade following Serbia blowing up the only major bridge across the Sava, severing the land link between the countries.

Amazingly, the ship still exists and after a long and varied career, is now a Serbian museum ship.

The first transcontinental telephone line was completed between New York and San Francisco.

The Cape Cod Canal opened in Massachusetts.

Last edition:

July 28, 1914. WAR.

WAR

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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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