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What Happened Years Ago?
Grab a cup of coffee (or tea, if that’s your thing) and take a trip into the past with us. Hotel Arlington., The Rocky Mountain Echo (Pincher Creek, Alberta, Canada) April 9, 1906 With the great Rocky Mountains to the West and the flat, lonesome plains to the East, Pincher Creek, Alberta was officially incorporated…
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May Flowers Bring May Memories
Enjoy another installment where we explore May’s of the past. We Want A Child Film Listing, The Daily News (Los Angeles, California), May 7, 1954 Never heard of this one before, but this film seems interesting. This Danish film from 1954, touches on abortion, adultery, pregnancy, and infertility. Has anyone out there seen it? Leave…
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Death Over a Garden Hose…Really…
Today we are going to explore (as much as historical newspapers and such will tell us) the extreme ending to a neighborly feud April 27, 1934. Just South of State Route 1, a group of cottages stood at 1732 and 1740 Molino Avenue in the Whittier neighborhood of Long Beach, California. One cottage was occupied…
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May Flowers Also Bring News From The Past
Movies, medical ailments, and corsets are on the agenda for this month’s post. Amundson Goes Over Pole in 2,000 Mile Flight, The Key West Citizen (Key West, Florida), May 18, 1926 News of Roald Amundson’s flight over the North Pole on May 12, 1926 reaches the Southern most part of Florida. Tragically, Amundson would disappear…
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Updates
Good morning! First of all, I would like to apologize for the lack of posts recently. I was ill and it set me back a few weeks. But, I’m back now and feeling great. We are going to take a break from “The True Ballad of Alvera Schlosser” and hit on some short articles for…
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The True Ballad of Alvera Schlosser- Part V
Is it time for Alvera to finally get her day in court? October 19, 1928 Alvera appeared before Justice George W. Holbrook for her preliminary hearing. During this hearing, the two “mystery witnesses”, George Simmonds and L.C. Thomas, retold their stories as did Police Investigator Ed Poppett, neighbor Tekla Merget, and two other witnesses who…
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The True Ballad of Alvera Schlosser- Part IV
Schlosser Headline, The San Bernardino County Sun (San Bernardino, CA), October 3, 1928 We left off in the last part of this series, wondering who the “mystery man’s” identity is and Alvera confessing to the shooting saying she felt threatened by Fred. Well, the “mystery Man” is named George Simmonds, of 1116 1/2 King Street…
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The True Ballad of Alvera Schlosser- Part III
What happened next for Alvera? This is a heavy one, so grab onto your seats. Alvera Schlosser Tells Police…, The San Bernardino County Sun (San Bernardino, CA), September 30, 1928 We left off in Part I with Alvera’s explanation of the murder of her husband, Fred Schlosser. Alvera asserted that Fred had come home drunk…
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March From The Past
Looking back over the years at what was happening in the month of March. It’s March already. Where did January and February go? Have a seat and a cup of Earl Grey and let’s look at some newspaper articles from Marches of the past. Ham de Fillets Recipe, The Boston Globe (Boston, MA), March 27,…
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