Showing posts with label 1925 World Series. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Thursday, October 15, 1925. Pirates take the series.

October 15, 1925: Walter Johnson's Rainy Last Stand

Billy Mitchell judging at the Rock Creek Hunt Club's first field day of 1925.

Last edition:

Monday, October 12, 1925. Rent.

Labels: 1920s, 1925, Banana Wars, Cartoons, Ethel Hays, France, Gunboat Diplomacy, Lodging, Panama, Rif War

Saturday, October 11, 2025

Sunday, October 11, 1925. The line of duty.

The China Zhi Gong Party as founded in the United States in San Francisco by a pair of exiled former warlords who opposed the the Kuomintang. It remains today as one of the eight minor Chinese political parties currently permitted to exist as flunkies.

M'eh.

FBI agent Edwin C. Shanahan, was fatally shot after following a suspected car thief, Martin James Durkin, to a garage. He was the first FBI agent to die in the line of duty.

It was a bit of an immigrants take. Dunkin was an Irish American, and so was Shanahan. Cop, and cop killer, both of recent immigrant stock, a story that was not uncommon.

Dunkin was convicted and remained in prison until 1954. He died in 1981.

The Senators beat the Pirates 6 to 3 in game four of the 1925 World Series.

At Locarno delegates agreed that due consideration would be given to Germany's special military status until such time as a general arms reduction plan could be implemented across Europe. This was thought to secure Germany's entry into the League of Nations.

Last edition:

Saturday, October 10, 1925. The Chinese Imperial Collection.

Labels: 1920s, 1925, 1925 World Series, 1930s, 1937, Art, Chinese Civil War, Clothing, Edgar Franklin Wittmack, Qing Dynasty, Republic of China, Second Sino-Japanese War

Friday, October 10, 2025

Saturday, October 10, 1925. The Chinese Imperial Collection.

It was, of course, a Saturday.

The Saturday Evening Post hit the stands with a depiction of a cowboy who had just been bucked off. It was a nice depiction, but the hat with the huge crown was a movie, or dude, type of cowboy hat, albeit one popular in the movies at the time. Real cowhands would not have worn a hat with such an enormous crown.

The Palace Museum was opened to the public in Beijing by the Republic of China. The museum was in the former Forbidden City and contained 1,170,000 pieces of artwork.

Upon the Japanese invasion in 1937, most of the collection was moved to Nanjing. During the Chinese Civil War much of the collection was moved to Taiwan, where it remains.

Game 3 of the World Series was played, leading to this:

October 10, 1925: Senators’ Sam Rice makes dazzling catch to preserve victory in Game 3 — or did he?

Last edition:

Thursday, October 8, 1925. World Series. . . both of them.

Labels: 1920s, 1925, 1925 Colored World Series, 1925 World Series, Animals, Billy Mitchell, Dogs, Racism, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Thursday, October 8, 1925. World Series. . . both of them.

October 8 was a Thursday, which makes Life's press date an odd one. Weeklys came out on Saturday typically, and monthlies on the first day of the month.

The Hilldale Club from Philadelphia won the second Colored World Series, beating the Kansas City Monarchs to win the 4 of 7 series.

The Pirates tied up the World Series with the Nationals in Game 2.

And Mitchell's troubles were growing.

Last edition:

Wednesday, October 7, 1925. Christy Mathewson

Labels: 1920s, 1925, baseball, It was because of World War One

Thomas More, counsellor of law and statesman of integrity, merry martyr and most human of saints: Pray that, for the glory of God and in the pursuit of His justice, I may be trustworthy with confidences, keen in study, accurate in analysis, correct in conclusion, able in argument, loyal to clients, honest with all, courteous to adversaries, ever attentive to conscience. Sit with me at my desk and listen with me to my clients’ tales. Read with me in my library and stand always beside me so that today I shall not, to win a point, lose my soul. Pray that my family may find in me what yours found in you: friendship and courage, cheerfulness and charity, diligence in duties, counsel in adversity, patience in pain—their good servant, and God’s first. Amen

"Be at peace. Do not look forward in fear to the changes of life; rather look to them with full hope as they arise. God, whose very own you are, will deliver you from out of them. He has kept you hitherto, and He will lead you safely through all things; and when you cannot stand it, God will bury you in his arms. Do not fear what may happen tomorrow; the same everlasting Father who cares for you today will take care of you then and every day. He will either shield you from suffering, or give you unfailing strength to bear it. Be at peace, and put aside all anxious thoughts and imagination." St. Francis de Sales

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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