Saturday, February 14, 1925. The Berries.

Kurdish rebels declared Diyarbekir as the capital of Kurdistan.

From the Reading Times, February 14, 1925.

Last edition:

Friday, February 13, 1925. The Sheikh Said Rebellion

 1920s, 1925, Court, Kurds, law, Turkey

Thursday, January 22, 1925. An emergency in Alaska and Life Magazine's Boob Issue.

Dr. Curtis Welch, Nome Alaska's only physician, sent a radio telegram via the U.S. Army Signal Corps alerting Alaska of a diphtheria outbreak.  A second one was sent to the U.S. Public Health Service warning of the desperate need for antitoxin.

It didn't quite mean the same thing as it commonly means now.  It mean "Boob" as in a stupid person.  The other meaning, according to an on line etymology dictionary dates back to 1929, although it was surely around earlier.

FWIW, recall this meaning still being relatively common amongst older people in the 70s, but even then it was a bit disconcerting when used by them if you were younger.

Last edition:

Tuesday, January 20, 1925. The Soviet–Japanese Basic Convention

Labels: 1900s, 1920s, 1925, Diplomacy, Japan, Russia, Russo Japanese War, Sakhalin Island, USSR

"Drip". Synchronicity.

Fighting On Film, one of the podcasts I listed to, just dropped an episode on The Professionals.  Like all of their episodes, this one is well worth listening to.

In this episode, one of the hosts compliments Lee Marvin's "drip", and then going on to explain that "drip" is British slang for sharp and cool clothing. The phrase is used numerous times in the podcast, with it also noted that Marvin is "just dripping".

When I came home (I was listening to it while driving) I noted the phrase to my wife.

This morning 

Oddly enough, this morning new Alaska Congressman Mary Peltola used it in a tweet, showing herself in an outdoor photo wearing a purple native parka.  Her tweet stated:

Is this what the kids call… drip?

What are the odds?