Lex Anteinternet: Friday, September 24, 1909. The world did not end.

Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Friday, September 24, 1909. The world did not end.

Contrary to the predictions of Robert B. Swan, who gathered 300 members of the Triune Immersionists in West Duxbury, Massachusetts, the world did notend.

When the world failed to conclude with the crust of the Earth peeling off and destroying the wicked, the prediction was revised to sometime within twenty four hours after 6:00 p.m. That failed to materialize as well.

Last edition:

Thursday, September 23, 1909. The Gunnison Tunnel opened.

Labels: 1900s, 1909, 1960s, Agriculture, Alcohol, Arctic, Colorado, Frederick Cook, Government, Peru, William Howard Taft

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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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