Regionalism
Grandma Prisbey’s Bottle Village
The official website.Many more pics here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jan 23, 2022 -
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Category: Architecture, Eccentrics, Regionalism, Twentieth Century
The Ordinances of Lancaster, South Carolina, 1903
We've all seen those features that dig up "Crazy Laws Still on the Books." But how did such ordinances ever first get established? By big and small towns trying to regulate every human behavior they could think of.Here are a few choice samples from a randomly chosen place!
Source: The Lancaster News (Lancaster, South Carolina) 16 May 1903
No public marble playing
No annoying churchgoers
No hookers
No tramps, cardsharps or fortune tellers
No dirks or slingshots
No outward-opening gates
Must ring bicycle bell
No piles of public poop
No bad oysters
To their credit, the officials imposed lots of rules on the cops as well. These are just a few.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jan 19, 2022 -
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Category: Government, Police and Other Law Enforcement, Regionalism, 1900s
National Hobo Convention
The Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jan 17, 2022 -
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Category: Bums, Hobos, Tramps, Beggars, Panhandlers and Other Streetpeople, Conventions, Regionalism, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, Trains and Other Vehicles on Rails
The Artesian Tree
I can find no fuller account of this miracle. No doubt it was bulldozed long ago.ADDENDUM: I just did the obvious and visited the address given via Google Streetview. No sign of the fabled tree, alas. See screenshot in extended.
More in extended >>
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jan 15, 2022 -
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Category: Health, Regionalism, Natural Wonders
A Wild Man of Alabama
Society does not tolerate outsiders and hermits very well.Source: The True Democrat (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania)16 Mar 1853, Wed Page 2
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jan 07, 2022 -
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Category: Regionalism, Vigilante Justice, Hermits, Dogs, Nineteenth Century
Sustainable Inuit Fashions
The website is here.Designer's Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Dec 29, 2021 -
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Category: Animals, Ethnic Groupings, Fashion, Regionalism
The Cave Restaurant and Resort of Missouri
Alas, it closed in 2015.When it was last for sale, a mere quarter-million. Call the realtor to see what you can arrange.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Dec 11, 2021 -
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Category: Regionalism, Restaurants, Caves, Caverns, Tunnels and Other Subterranean Venues
The Deadly Tombstone of John Rogers Vinton
From his Find-a-Grave site:
After some time spent at Monterey and Saltillo, He was then ordered to join Gen. Scott in the attack on Vera Cruz. In the evening of 22 Mar 1847, he had just returned to his post when a large shell, hit the top of a parapet, glanced and struck his head, fracturing his skull, and killing him instantly. The shell did not burst, and it is supposedly that very cannon ball, that now adorns his grave.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Nov 05, 2021 -
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Category: Death, Regionalism, War, Cemeteries, Graveyards, Crypts, Mortuaries and Other Funereal Pursuits, Nineteenth Century
Gastro Obscura
A new book from the ATLAS OBSCURA folks about weird foods. A perfect Xmas present for any WU-vie!I understand Jeppson's Malört is discussed therein.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 14, 2021 -
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Category: Food, Regionalism, World, Nausea, Revulsion and Disgust
California Soap Mine
Was the 1855 Soap Mine tale just a prank or hoax? What about the 1901 article, in third place, which sounds a little more scientific?
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Posted By: Paul - Mon Aug 16, 2021 -
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Category: Freaks, Oddities, Quirks of Nature, Hoaxes and Imposters and Imitators, Humor, Hygiene, Regionalism, Natural Wonders, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century
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