Lex Anteinternet: Missouri (St. Louis)

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Saturday, February 11, 2023

Sunday, February 11, 1923. Gang Wars.

The truce between the Egan's Rats and the Hogan Gang came to an end in St. Louis. The breach of the peace came when the Rats invaded the Hogan territory on the north side and killed Jacob Mackler, a Hogan lawyer.

Ah. . . the good old days.

Sunday, December 4, 2022

Monday, December 3, 1922. Erin go Bragh

The House of Lord voted to approve the Irish Free State Constitution Act of 1922 with only one dissenting vote. That came from Lord Carson, who had blocked Home Rule in 1914, thereby ironically bringing about the Anglo-Irish War a couple of years later, and guaranteeing that Ireland would become an independent state.

Lord Carson, whose opposition to any independence for Ireland helped set it on the path to full independence.

Rudolph Valentino toured St. Louis.

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

French Legion in St. Louis, Missouri., Sept. 26, 1918

Saturday, April 18, 2009

Sunday, April 18, 1909. St. Joan d'Arc beatified.

St. Joan d'Arc was beatified by Pope Pius X before a crowed of 30,000 in St. Peter's Square.

Drawing of St. Joan d'Arc made during her lifetime.

A patron saint of France who lived from 1412 to 1431 before being executed, her canonization would follow in May, 1920.

Remarkably, an example of her signature exists.

The 1909 St. Louis Cardinals were photographed.

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Saturday, April 17, 1909. Soccer riots.

1900s, 1909, actors and actresses, children, Rhode Island, Soccer, Sports, Teenagers, Washington DC, William Howard Taft

Sunday, September 3, 2000

Monday, September 3, 1900. Labor Day, 1900.

It was American Labor Day.

The 1899 Hague Convention went into effect, binding those nations which had entered into it, which the US had not.

The South Carolina African American Capital City Guards, while giving an exhibition drill in Charleston, reacted to the watching crowed being stormed by white horsemen, with a few members even fixing bayonets. The incident would lead to their disbandment.

Numerous policemen were injured, and three killed, when a power line fell onto the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department's call box circuit.

Last edition:

Sunday, September 2, 1900. Sunday.

Labels: 1900, 1900s, Art

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.

We hope you'll feel moved to comment as well. While we moderate every comment, so as to weed out Spam, we greatly appreciate the comments where they are offered, and hope to see more.

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