Lex Anteinternet: Arizona (Tombstone)

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Monday, April 27, 2009

Tuesday, April 27, 1909. Fall of the Sultan.

Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II was deposed by unanimous vote of the Turkish parliament, after a fatwa was approved by Sheik ul Islam. A fatwa was necessary as he was the Caliph and, therefore, both a civil and a religious figure.

Rechad Effendi, the Sultan's brother, a prisoner of the deposed monarch since 1876, was invited to be the new Sultan, which he became as Sultan Mehmed V.

It was quite a promotion, at least for the time being.

And folks were photographing Arizona.

University of Arizona, April 27, 1909.

Tuscon, Arizona.

Tombstone Arizona.

Last prior edition:

Monday, April 26, 1909. The barbarity of the day.

1900s, 1909, Austro Hungaria, California, Eugenics, Hungary, Indiana, Modernity Is Barbarism, Nazi Germany, Nogales Arizona-Sonora, Stockton California, transgenderism, Virginia (Natural Bridge), Washington

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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