Clarity in old pictures ... Thx Jim Kegley!

OUTSTANDING 
These photos of life in the US at the beginning of the 20th century are truly a walk back in time. The first photo below looks the same today and many of you have entered it on the way to NY. The third photo shows how trolley cars were air conditioned in the summer. The clarity of these photos is truly phenomenal. It is interesting to note how dressed up people used to be.  
  
  
019 | 1900| New Jersey "Bergen Tunnel, east end"  
  
  

  
020 | 1900| Chicago "A walk in Lincoln Park"  
  
  

  
021 | 1900| Buffalo, New York "Labor Day parade, Main Street"  
  
  

  
022 | 1900| "U.S.S. Oregon quarterdeck"| Edward H. Hart  
  
  

  
023 | 1900| "U.S.S. Chicago; One of the crew"  
  
  

  
024 | 1901| Buffalo, New York "Unloading ore from whaleback carrier"  
  
  

  
025 | 1901| "Hanging rock on the Susquehanna near Danville, Pennsylvania"  
  
  

  
026 | 1901| Petoskey, Michigan "Grand Rapids & Indiana R.R. Station"  
  
  

  
027 | 1901| Detroit "Excursion steamers Tashmoo and Idlewild at wharves"  
  
  

  
028 | 1901 | Colorado "Station and hotel, summit of Pike's Peak"  
  
  

  
030 | 1902| Iowa "Chicago & North Western Railway - steel viaduct over Des Moines River" | William Henry Jackson  
  
  

  
031 | 1903| New York "Brooklyn Terminal at Brooklyn Bridge"  
  
  

  
032 | 1903| "S.S. Proteus; High water at New Orleans levee"  
  
  

  
033 | 1903| "Unloading bananas at New Orleans, Louisiana”  
  
  

  
034 | 1904| The Jersey Shore "Steeplechase Pier and bathers, Atlantic City"  
  
  

  
035 | 1904 | "Michigan Central Railroad; Oiling up before the start"  
  
  

  
036 | 1904| New York "The Ponies, Coney Island"  
  
  

  
037 | 1905| St. Clair, Michigan "Launch of steamer Frank J. Hecker"  
  
  

  
038 | 1905| St. Augustine, Florida "They were on their honeymoon"  
  
  

  
039 | 1905| Coney Island, New York "Surf bathing"  
  
  

  
040 | 1905| The New Jersey shore "Boardwalk and beach, Asbury Park"  
  
  

  
041 | 1905| Cleveland, Ohio "Cuyahoga River from the Viaduct"  
  
  

  
042 | 1905 | Buffalo, New York "Jack-Knife Bridge, City Ship Canal, foot of Michigan Street"  
  
  

  
043 | 1905| The Detroit River "Transfer steamer Detroit in the ice"  
  
  

  
044 | 1905| Houghton, Michigan "Loading copper on steamer Juniata"  
  
  

  
045 | 1905 | Buffalo, New York "Looking up Main Street; Steamer North Land at Long Wharf"  
  
  

  
046 | 1905 | "A winter morning"  
  
  

  
047 | 1905| Knoxville, Tennessee "Gay Street looking north from Clinch Avenue"  
  
  

  
048 | 1905 | Hot Springs, Arkansas "Roadway through the pines"  
  
  

  
049 | 1905| Chicago "The bridge, Lincoln Park"  
  
  

  
050 | 1906| "Mississippi River Landing"  
  
  

  
051 | 1906| Birmingham, Alabama " Second Avenue looking East"  
  
  

  
052 | 1906| Gulfport, Mississippi "Steamer loading resin"  
  
  

  
053 | 1906| Wequetonsing, Michigan "The birches and the bay"  
  
  

  
054 | 1906| Circa "Banana docks, New York"  
  
  

  
055 | 1906| "Railroad station, Magnolia, Massachusetts"  
  
  

  
056 | 1907| Detroit "Band concert on Grand Canal, Belle Isle Park"  
  
  

  
057 | 1907| "The Brooklyn Bridge Promenade and Manhattan Terminal"  
  
  

  
058 | 1907| Chicago, Illinois "Jackknife Bridge, Chicago River" | Hans Behm  
  
  

  
059 | 1907| Chicago, Illinois "Jackknife Bridge, Chicago River" | Hans Behm  
  
  

  
061 | 1908| New York "Times Square" The old New York Times building, now encased in billboards, Hotel Astor and various theaters seen from Broadway.  
  
  

  
062 | 1908| Detroit "Waders at Belle Isle Park"  
  
  

  
063 | 1908| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania "Nixon Theatre, Sixth Avenue & Cherry Alley"  
  
  

  
064 | 1908| "Suburban station, Petoskey, Michigan"  
  
  

  
065 | 1908| New York "Pompeian Room - Hotel Seneca"  
  
  

Cartoonist Dixon Diaz - Dropped by L.A.Times ... Thx Sarah R!

Why the LA Times Stopped Carrying Cartoonist Diaz. The cartoonist Dixon Diaz can say more in a few little squares than the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal & the Kansas City RED Star combined. . .

An interesting case ... Thx Paul C!

Subject: FW: Whorehouse Sues Local Church Over Lightning Strike!
 

What  an interesting turn of events in Mt. Vernon, Texas ...

Diamond D's brothel began construction on an expansion of their building to increase their ever-growing business.  In response, the local Baptist Church started a campaign to block the business from expanding--with morning, afternoon, and evening prayer sessions at their church.

Work on Diamond D's progressed right up until the week before the grand re-opening when lightning struck the whorehouse and burned it to the ground!

After the cat-house was burned to the ground by the lightning strike, the church folks were rather smug in their outlook, bragging about "the power of prayer."

But late last week "Big Jugs" Jill Diamond, the owner/madam, sued the church, the preacher and the entire congregation on the grounds that the church ... "was ultimately responsible for the demise of her building and her business--either through direct or indirect divine actions or means."

In its reply to the court, the church vehemently and vociferously denied any and all responsibility or any connection to the building's demise.

The crusty old judge read through the plaintiff's complaint and the defendant's reply, and at the opening hearing he commented, “I don't  know how the hell I'm going to decide this case, but it appears from the paperwork, that we now have a whorehouse owner who staunchly believes in the power of prayer, and an entire church congregation that thinks it's all bullshit."

 

IRS and Accuracy ... Thx Lyle S!

This example shows the importance of accuracy in your tax return.  The IRS has returned a Tax Return to a man in New York City after he apparently answered one of the questions incorrectly.  in response to the question,.. "Do you have anyone dependent on you?" The man wrote: ... "2.1 million illegal immigrants, 1.1 million crackheads, 4.4 million unemployable scroungers, 80,000 criminals in over 85 prisons plus 450 idiots in Congress and a group that call themselves Politicians". The IRS stated that the response he gave was unacceptable. The man's response back to the IRS was, ... " Who did I leave out?"

 

 

IRS return to sender ... Thx Lyle S!

The Clinton Slime Room ... Thx Paul C! ... And Ed Klein!

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