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tommy Eternal Order Devil's Island 16543 Posts |
A bizarre affair
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_a......marathon Also the year the Ice Cream Cone was invented.
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Marlin1894 Special user 559 Posts |
What a cluster that one turned out to be. Strange times by modern standards. That was the same year that the Milwaukee Athletic Club, which still exists, won gold in the Tug Of War, which was an actual event for 5 or 6 Olympic games.
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tommy Eternal Order Devil's Island 16543 Posts |
1904: New York City. A woman is arrested for smoking a cigarette in an automobile. “You can’t do that on Fifth Avenue,” the arresting officer says.
http://hankeringforhistory.com/a-histori......-repeat/
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Marlin1894 Special user 559 Posts |
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On 2014-02-13 16:41, tommy wrote: May 6th 1904. American Lung Association holds its 1st meeting. |
tommy Eternal Order Devil's Island 16543 Posts |
As a result of a woman smoking a cigarette in an automobile on on Fifth Avenue?
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Marlin1894 Special user 559 Posts |
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On 2014-02-13 17:04, tommy wrote: Undoubtedly! The double whammy of automobile pollution and cigarette smoke that was plaguing the nation called for drastic action. It was a matter of life and breath. |
tommy Eternal Order Devil's Island 16543 Posts |
If there is a single truth about Magic, it is that nothing on earth so efficiently evades it.
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Marlin1894 Special user 559 Posts |
Ironically in 1904 the automobile was considered a godsend because expert scientists had created mathematical models showing that in just a few short years there would be some many horses on the streets of America the entire country would be covered in 4 feet of horseshit.
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rockwall Special user 762 Posts |
I'm still trying to figure out how Lorz, who hitched a ride on a car for 10 of the miles, only finished about 16 minutes ahead of the eventual winner!
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Al Angello Eternal Order Collegeville, Pa. USA 11045 Posts |
Al Angello The Comic Juggler/Magician
http://www.juggleral.com http://home.comcast.net/~juggleral/ "Footprints on your ceiling are almost gone" |
tommy Eternal Order Devil's Island 16543 Posts |
One of the more problematic sport spectacles in American history took place at the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, which included the third modern Olympic Games. Associated with the Games was a curious event known as Anthropology Days organized by William J. McGee and James Sullivan, at that time the leading figures in American anthropology and sports, respectively. McGee recruited Natives who were participating in the fair’s ethnic displays to compete in sports events, with the “scientific” goal of measuring the physical prowess of “savages” as compared with “civilized men.” This interdisciplinary collection of essays assesses the ideas about race, imperialism, and Western civilization manifested in the 1904 World’s Fair and Olympic Games and shows how they are still relevant.
http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/product......966.aspx
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Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27300 Posts |
Drat, was hoping there was an event that awarded medals to competing anthropologists
...to all the coins I've dropped here
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tommy Eternal Order Devil's Island 16543 Posts |
We thoght we had discovered a 1904 Olympic Gold Medal today but it was just a coin someone had gold plated or something.
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Vlad_77 Inner circle The Netherlands 5829 Posts |
The World Series was also cancelled in 1904 because the NL NY Giants manager John McGraw loathed American League president Ban Johnson and McGraw considered the AL a minor league.
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ed rhodes Inner circle Rhode Island 2889 Posts |
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On 2014-02-13 17:22, tommy wrote: Actually, Marvel did a comic of that one. http://blog.paxholley.net/2012/03/08/loo......tations/ As you see, a lot of it went into Disney's film "Return To Oz" although they brought Dorothy back whereas the original story had "Pip" who had a secret of his own.
"...and if you're too afraid of goin' astray, you won't go anywhere." - Granny Weatherwax
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magicfish Inner circle 7016 Posts |
In 1904, Japan declared war on Russia. ( although they actually attacked before the declaration)
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Marlin1894 Special user 559 Posts |
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On 2014-02-13 23:20, magicfish wrote: They had a nasty habit of doing that. |
Pakar Ilusi Inner circle 5777 Posts |
A positive one...
Oldest Recording of Family at Christmas in 1904 Discovered http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO2Y_IKjn6M
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