Lex Anteinternet: Carlisle Pennsylvania

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Monday, March 7, 2016

Monday at the Bar: Carlisle County Courthouse, Carlisle Pennsylvania

Carlisle County Courthouse, Carlisle Pennsylvania

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Monday, June 21, 1909. Heat wave.

A heat wave began to take lives on the East Coast.

The now infamous Carlisle Indian School on this date in 1909:

Last prior edition:

Sunday, June 20, 1909. Typhoid Mary.

Labels: 1900s, 1909, 1910, 1910s, 1915, 1930s, 1938, 1950s, 1959, actors and actresses, Crime, Cuban Revolution, Disease, Fidel Castro, Health, Teenagers, The Press

Thursday, September 28, 2000

Friday, September 28, 1900. Bad news from the Philippines.

General Arthur MacArthur Jr. telegraphed the War Department (which was actually named that at the time) that 51 men from Company F of the 29th Volunteer Infantry, under the command of Captain Devereaux Shields, been taken prisoner by the Filipino resistance, along with the gunboat Villalobos.

It was almost as if the Filipinos didn't want us there.

Evelyn Cameron, English born Montana rancher who left some wonderful writings, and fantastic photographs.

English rancher in Montana Evelyn Cameron wrote:

FRIDAY, SEPT. 28, 1900 Ashburn 10 minutes. E & I town. Lunch at Corlinne. Tea Ashburn. Photos arrived from Stores.
Beautiful morning. afternoon wet very. Mild.
Arose 8:10. Down 9:00. Breakfast- eggs for E, porridge, oat cake. We started 11:30 for walk, & I just ran in to see how they were. E followed. Jessie gave me an African letter from her nephew written in July, on 1/2 rations & very sick of it. We went to town. I chose a Highland bull, & a Highland ram photos (1/each) sent to Per his birthday today. Bought apples for eating & cooking, and fish. In 1:00. Lunch — sago pudding. E — sardines. Like yesterday I was to have hired a bicycle, but the rain put a stop to it. Read. Photos- enlargements of antelope & the grouse under milkweed, platina type good! also 5x7 of the sea good. Group unpresentable tho’. Packed up one of each (not of group), & walked to PO & posted. E out, but came back. Allan came 4:15, & after seeing photos, we went to tea with him & Jessie. Jessie told me about Ardlussa. To sell for #30. worth #1500 in Jura. Received letter from Mrs C enclosing letter from Pitts. He has been in the eastern Firths with Middlemore. Home at 6:00. Jessie dressed Jim up as a girl for fun. Changed.

The paper from Carlisle Pennsylvania reported that Indians still had grievances.

Last edition:

Wednesday, September 26, 1900. The Battleship Potemkin.

Labels: 1900, 1900s, 1905, Imperial Russian Navy, Russian Revolution of 1905

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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