Archive for January, 2009
A Female Boxing Match (1876)
A blow-by-blow account of two women boxing at Harry Hill’s concert saloon in 1876. To give this tale some context, Harry Hill was an Englishman (born in Liverpool, 1819) who opened his saloon in New York city in 1854 and operated it until 1888 when the reform politicians finally gained control of both the liquor [...]
I’m back.
I’m back, so now we can all rest easy. Let me ease back in by pointing out a few places where you can pan some gold: (1) Stickgrappler’s site. It must have been ten years ago that I first met this cat. A family man and (at the time) finance guy, he was
Will President Bush Pardon Jack Johnson?
Folks, we’re getting down to the wire and I for one am excited to see if this pardon will be granted. As a rule, modern presidents tend to issue a whole slew of pardons right before leaving office rather than doing so earlier. That way, they don’t have to hear a bunch of grief about [...]
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