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