Monday, April 1, 2019

100 Years Ago - 1919

January
1 - Edsel Ford takes over Ford Motor Company
6 - Theodore Roosevelt dies 
9 - John Dewitt Robertson died in Wayne Co., Illinois
15 - Boston Molasses Disaster 
16 - 18th Amendment to U.S. Constitution ratified regarding prohibition
18 - Henry Erkman discharged from the army at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio
18 - Peace conference convenes in Paris
25 - League of Nations created in Paris 
nd - Joseph Erkman discharged from army at Camp Funston, Ft. Riley, Kansas
February 
6 - 11 - General Strike in Seattle, Washington
26 - Grand Canyon made a national park
March
15 - American Legion of veterans formed in Paris 
30 - Frederick Erkman discharged from army at Camp Custer, Michigan
April 
19 - Raymond Lathrop s/o Joel & Louisa (Dove) Lathrop born on Scrub Hill
24 - Sarah (Houck) Edwards died in Muskingum Co., Ohio
May
23 - University of California Los Angeles established
June
4 - 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified giving women the right to vote
15 - Lemuel Parmeter md. Cora Lathrop in Benton, Arkansas
23 - Levi Lathrop died Chicago, Illinois
28 - Treaty of Versailles signed ending World War I 
August
11 - Green Bay Packers created by Curly Lambeau, first NFL team
September
10-15 - Florida Keys Hurricane kills 600 
22 - Andrew Berry s/o Guy & Effie (--?--) Berry born in Texas
October 
2 - Woodrow Wilson suffers massive stroke
9 - White Sox throw the world series
28 - Volstead Act passed by Congress and prohibition begins 
November 
1 - John L. Lewis leads 400,000 coal miners on strike
9 - Felix the Cat becomes the first animated cartoon character 
December
11 - Lola Mae (Butler) Talbert born 
26 - Babe Ruth traded to New York Yankees by the Boston Red Sox  
No Date
A.D. Berry, Sr. md. Ora Quillen in Texas
Dantzell Allen d/o Hiram & Itha (Fitzgerald) Allen born in Illinois
Omer Cotterell s/o Omer & Ethel (Dewhirst) Cotterell born in Illinois
John Erkman s/o John & Emma Dora (--?--) Erkman born
Joseph Fitzgerald s/o John & Louisa (Scott) Fitzgerald died
Edgar Fyffe s/o John & Lucy (Lathrop) Fyffe died in Illinois
Samuel Gentle md. Mattie Wingfield in Nevada, Arkansas
Hazel Grantham d/o Charles & Geneva (Berry) Grantham born in Texas
Mary (--?--) Hardin w/o Jacob Hardin died in Iowa
Emily (Colclasure) Harrell d/o Abraham & Catherine (Galbreath) Colclasure died 
Margaret Henry d/o Orville & Fredda (--?--) Henry born in Arkansas
Harry Freeman Lathrop s/o Harrison & Ona (Freeman) Lathrop born in Arizona
Lorraine Lathrop d/o Mont & Daisy (Caudle) Lathrop born in Illinois
Frank Maier s/o Reuben & Mabel (Ritsch) Maier born 
Pauline Myers d/o Horace & Mattie (Hunt) Myers born in Oklahoma
Ivan Phillips s/o Glen & Irene (Williamson) Phillips born
Gladys Porter d/o John & Sarah (Smith) Porter born
Owen Robertson s/o John & Rose (Moore) Robertson born in Illinois
Christian Schell h/o Sarah Warren died 
Hannora (Quinn) Stout d/o John & Roxanne (Brooks) Quinn died in Bartholomew Co., Indiana
Otis Tolliver s/o William & Amanda (Smith) Tolliver died
Harold Utsler s/o Carl & Rovilla (Fitzgerald) Utsler born in Illinois
General Information:

  • 1 pound of apples cost 11¢
  • 2 pounds roast beef 38¢
  • 3 pounds steak 60¢
  • 3 pounds chicken 19¢
  • 1 pound bread 5¢
  • 1 pound butter 39¢

Words added to dictionary:

  • Air Freight - referring to freight transported by Zeppelins
  • Bagel 
  • Bimbo
  • Copacetic
  • Delouse - first used in reference to World War I armies
  • Dunk - as in a donut in coffee
  • Foxhole - again a military term
  • Naugahyde - from the town in Connecticut where it was first manufactured
  • Payphone 
  • Semi-trailer
  • Supersonic
  • White-collar
  • Wonky

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