January 15, 1910 - Car Thieves Busy

Car Thieves Busy

A car loaded with shoes was standing under the Herrick street bridge on the west side of the railroad yards saturday night and was broken into and six cases of shoes were stolen. The robbers probably had the assistance of a horse and wagon in carting the goods away.

[Posted 1/16/11 and back-dated for continuity]

January 8, 1910: Firemen Respond in the Cold

100 Years Ago: From The Rensselaer Eagle [NY 41 Rensselaer 93-32173].

Firemen Had a Cold Run.

An alarm from box 23, Broadway and Fourth avenue, Tuesday evening, called the firemen to the home of John Weist on Washington street. In the rear is a shed which is used as a club room. A stove became overheated and set fire to the shed. The Rings used a hydrant stream. Several firemen had their fingers frost bitten.

[Posted 1/8/11 and back-dated for continuity]

January 1, 1910: Snow vs. the Fashionable Hat

100 Years Ago: From The Rensselaer Eagle [NY 41 Rensselaer 93-32173].

"Even a blizzard is not so ill a wind that it blows nobody good," said a Rensselaer employee of an Albany millinery shop. "Usually there is nothing doing between Christmas and New Year's in our line, but this year it's different. The first two days of the post Christmas week brought fifty hats to our place to be made over at an average cost of $5 each and we expect more. Every one of them was rendered un-presentable by the Christmas storm."

Check out this 1909 black & white short movie "Those Awful Hats", directed by D. W. Griffith, pokes a little fun at the fashion of the day.


[Posted 1/8/11 and back-dated for continuity]