Forum Replies Created
-
Posts
-
There is one medication still is usage that dates to the Middle Ages(probably 15th or 16th century). To my knowledge it is the oldest medication still in use. Compound Tincture of Benzoin has had about 300 names thru the centuries. Some of the old names are, Balsam of the Holy Victorious Knight, Wound Elixir, Turlington's Drops, Balsam of Life,Saint Victor's Balsam,Friar's Balsam and many others. It was claimed that it would cure any wound that did not reach the heart. Nowdays it is used in sports under adhesive bandages, as an inhalant in vaporizers and to treat mouth ulcers
Maybe a different scenerio but the Confederate States went from a portion of the USA to a complete government in a period of about 90 days. They had an elected government, postal service and army/navy. And that was definately a time of stress/conflict. Glad I did not live then.
Forgot to address the milkweed question. It was used to manufacture life preservers.(Kapok?)In my area(Macon, Ga) a lot of the women worked, as my mother did, at the Naval Ordinance Plant making fuzes for naval shells. The powder would stain their hands and hair slightly yellow. Many more worked at Warner Robins Air base .I also remember the blackout curtains and air raid drills. While riding downtown with my uncle once there was an air raid siren and all lights went out and cars pulled overHow would our present generation cope with rationed food,gas, rubber,leather and the threat of occupation ? I think just like the WW2 generation did. Remember they were also preceived as being "soft".
I think you may have the gas windshield stickers in reverse order. I think the A sticker was for necessary travel. My father worked for the railroad which was considered a vital industry and had an A sticker. Meat was rationed with little red tokens issued each month. Sugar was rationed with books of stamps used to purchase. Leather goods were also rationed. I was in grade school and we took our wagons around and picked up scrap metal to be turned in. Housewives cut each end out of cans and flattened then then stuck the ends back into the flattened can. They were picked up and recycled. I gave my daughter several old ration books and meat tokens. Also in schools once a week we were asked to buy savings stamps if we could afford them. The stamps were applied to the purchase of “Victory” War Bonds. Tires were almost impossible to obtain. Most toys were made of wood or compressed sawdust
Reilly spied for the British during WW1 and later for both the British and Russians as a double agent. He actually sat in on German cabinet meetngs in WW1Here is a link on himhttp://www.crimelibrary.com/terrorists_spies/spies/sydney_reilly/index.htmlApparently he was lured back to Russia in Nov. 1925 and killed by Lenin's secret police. The details of his death are rather vague.
I just got lucky and found a three volume set of Shelby Foote's books on the Civil War on clearance sale for about 1/3 the regular price. I was all over them immediately. Haven't had a chance to start reading them yet. Still muddling thru James Longstreet's autobiography
I think Fitzsimmons was the heavyweight boxing champion but not sureI checked and Robert Fitzsimmons was the first triple title holder in boxinghttp://www.fitzsimmons.co.nz/main.html
I think this was from the “Yellow Kid” comic panels. Does it refer to the enforcement of the Monroe Doctrine and eventually the Spanish American War?
My favorite isCuster's Last Campaign, Mitch Boyer and the Little Bighorn Reconstructed by John S. Grayalso haveArchaeology,History and Custer's Last Battle by Richard Allan FoxThe Little Bighorn Campaign by Wayne Micheal SarfTo Hell With Honor, Custer and the Little Bighorn by Larry SklenarA Good Year To Die ,The Story of The Great Sioux War by Charles M. Robinson 111Troopers With Custer by E.A. Brininstool
A link to Norton 1 ishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_A._Norton
My collection not nearly as large as Stump's. I have maybe 50 books and Bios of the Civil War, A dozen or so on local history and about 7 or eight on the Little Bighorn battle, a few more on Native Americans. My interest is mostly American history and local history.
