#21 September 1903

[rabbitcruiser]

The first cowboy film “Kit Carson” premiered in the USA on September 21, 1903.

[portraitsofsaints]

Pope Saint Pius X

1835-1914

Feast day: August 21 (New), September 3 (Trad)

Patronage: First Communicants

Pope Pius X, born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, was the 257th pope of the Catholic Church, serving from 1903 to 1914. He was the first pope since Pope Pius V to be canonized. Pope Pius X is perhaps best remembered for his encouragement of the frequent reception of Holy Communion, especially for children. The second of 10 children in a poor Italian family, Joseph Sarto became Pius X at 68, one of the 20th century's greatest popes.

"Holy Communion is the shortest and fastest way to Heaven." - Pope Saint Pius X

Prints, plaques & holy cards available for purchase here: (website)

[princesselisabethofhesse]

1902-1903 Postcards (part II)

In the past few weeks, the Hessischess Staatsarchiv Darmstadt has made public more postcard sent by Ernst Ludwig to his beloved Elisabeth.

On the postcard below, he wrote to his daughter from Grebenhain. "21 September 1902. Such a nice reception here. A big hugg (sic.) Papa."

In December 1902, Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig began his trip to India and Egypt. During his journey, he sent his daughter, Princess Elisabeth, numerous postcards, which are preserved in the Hessian State Archives in Darmstadt.

In his trip, the Grand Duke travelled through Marseille, Port Said, Suez, Aden, Bombay, Delhi, Ducknow, Benares, Agra, Calcutta, Jaipur, Cairo, Aswan, Luxor, Karnak, Philae, Ismailia and Genoa.

His first stop was Marseille, from where he sent his daughter the following postcard: "Dec. 11th. The midle (sic.) balcony is my room. It is warm & sunny here but windy. I only hope it will be goo for tomorrow. (??) go on board. A kiss. Papa."

The Grand Duke started the year 1903 in Delhi (India), from where he sent his daughter the postcard below, with New Year Wishes: "Jan. 1st 1903. All my loving wishes to you darling. Papa."

On the postcard below, he wrote to his daughter from Cairo: "A kiss from Papa".

In Cairo, on his return journey, Ernst Ludwig lodged in the most luxurious hotel in Egypt at the time, the Shepheard's Hotel. From there, he sent his daughter the following postcard:

"5th March 1903. I send you all my love. It is windy & not very warm here. Are you having a happy time? Today I go for a walk up the Nile. A big kiss from Papa."

On the postcard below, Ernst Ludwig wrote to Elisabeth from Lauterbach (Hesse), the last stop in is journey:

"Aug. 5th 1903. This is the Place from where the funny song comes from. All the pictures are put so together that if you look at them sideways they make a stocking. Papa".

source: Hessisches Staatsarchiv Darmstadt. Thank you Thomas for sharing these with me!

[fatehbaz]

The transaction took place on 11 March 1909. That day, the Kassler Fishing Club handed a German colonial official only identified as Dr. v. E. (probably Dr. Max von Eschtruth) an ominous package.

He had been on vacation in Germany. Now, he was about to return to Southwest Africa, a German colony originally founded in 1884. In Antwerp, Belgium, he received an unusual delivery: thousands of brown trout (Salmo trutta fario) eggs. The precious cargo had come from a well-known fish-breeding institution in Saxony, central Germany, and given its destination more than 6,000 nautical miles (ca. 11,100 kilometers) away, had been carefully packed in ice and covered with cloth. Once aboard, it was stored so as to avoid it being exposed to temperatures above 10°C. It was a long journey, three weeks at sea [...] and finally to Swakopmund. [...] After three days by train it arrived in Grootfontein, in central Namibia. According to the Windhuker Nachrichten newspaper, only around two hundred eggs had not survived the long journey. The rest were quickly unpacked and put into a nearby stream. There, many trout eggs stopped moving, and by the next day all were dead: the shock of simply releasing them into 21°C warm water had killed them [...].

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Part of broader efforts to settle German Southwest Africa, the introduction of fish farming had begun prior to this episode [...]. A variety of experts [...] had long planned wells and dams in light of their desires to turn the arid landscapes of Southwest Africa into self-sustaining agricultural settler environments. Countless expeditions had explored and surveyed [...], or had visited neighboring South Africa to learn from the British. [...] In 1904, one observer highlighted two main challenges: “For the breeding of trout and carp, […] the establishment of better water conditions has to be completed first. Plus, it would not be easy to transport stock and seed fish” to German Southwest Africa [...].

Colonialists felt they could confront both issues with an increasing investment in and the construction of colonial infrastructures. In 1903, the completed Mole harbor in Swakopmund allowed settlers to disembark much more easily. Newcomers could also travel by train inland -- a much simpler journey compared to relying on oxen wagons. Additionally, the colonial administration offered numerous incentives to settlers, including loans.

Soon new arrivals began pouring into the colony, especially after the German defeat of the Herero and Nama people in what has been [...] called “the first genocide of the twentieth century.”

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Early efforts to introduce German fish took shape within these contexts. In fact, in September 1904, the district commander of Windhoek, Max von Eschstruth, tried to introduce carp into an artificial pond. He intended for the pond to become part of an agricultural experiment station, which was established in Neudamm five years later and for which he had planned to acquire carp and tench from the consulate in Cape Town. There, and elsewhere in their colonial empire, British efforts had been much more advanced and successful [...]. However, Eschstruth was only able to get his hands on 50 carp from an institution in Jonkershoek (Fischerei-Zeitung, 11 August 1906). That cargo was then transported by ship to Swakopmund, later by train to Windhoek -- and for the last 35 kilometers a Herero worker had to carry it. [...]

[There were] additional attempts in 1911 [to naturalize trout]. That time “roughly 1,000 eggs were still alive” at arrival in Grootfontein (Südwestbote, 25 February 1911). The fish even hatched, and swam into the artificial pond. Yet once again the water temperature reached more than 20°C that afternoon -- which killed the trout. Utopian expectations did not match realities on the ground.

Over time, German colonial fantasies tied to the introduction of trout began to fade. In 1911, newspapers like the Südwestbote had still been defiant; three years later, the Deutsches Kolonial-Lexikon painted a different picture: “Within German colonies the artificial breeding of Cypriniformes is probably not possible at all” (636). And although references jealously pointed to British successes nearby (649), the publication concluded that the breeding of Salmonidae would only be promising in more mountainous areas.

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Text by: Martin Kalb. "Naturalizing Trout? Fish Farming in German Southwest Africa". Environment & Society Portal, Arcadia (Autumn 2017), no. 33. Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society. [Bold emphasis and some paragraph breaks/contractions added by me.]

[queenoffishingandcookies]

Random list of Umineko character ages as of 1986:

- this is mostly headcanon. By this, I mean the ages for the adults - we don’t have canon years or birth for anyone but the cousins, this is just my estimation. That's why the year next to their names are in italics - I don't actually know what they are.

- I’m less surprised at the age difference between the siblings, and more so at Kinzo’s fertility. He was in his early fifties (at the most) when Rosa was born, possibly younger. He had to be around adulthood (18-21) by the time the Kanto Earthquake (1923) happens - so at his oldest he’s born in 1899/1900 and at his youngest, he’d be born in 1905.

- also, I’m working off the assumption that Kumasawa, Nanjo, Genji, and Kinzo are relatively in the same age range (their eighties).

The Adults:

Kinzo: 87 (Aug 17, 1899)

Krauss: 55 (Feb 26, 1931)

Natsuhi: 50 (Jul 30th, 1936)

Eva: 52, turning 53 (Oct 21st, 1933).

Hideyoshi: 56, turning 57 (November 25th, 1929)

Rudolf: 45 (September 4, 1941)

Kyrie: 44, turning 45 (November 8th, 1941)

Rosa: 34 (June 3rd, 1952)

The Cousins:

George: 23 (March 16th, 1963), works with Hideyoshi as an aide

Battler: 18 (July 15th, 1968), 3rd Year High School

Jessica: 18 (August 25th, 1968), 3rd Year High School

Maria: 9 (March 29th, 1977), Fourth Grade, Elementary

Ange: 6 (June 17th, 1980), Starts Elementary next year

The Staff:

Genji: 85 (June 10, 1901), head butler of the Ushiromiya Mansion

Nanjo: 84 (April 5th 1902), Kinzo's physician

Kumasawa: 83 (July 19th, 1903), servant

Shannon: 16 (May 25th, 1970), servant

Kanon: 15, turning 16 (October 6th, 1970), servant

Gohda: 49, turning 50 (December 10th, 1936), Cook

*I placed Kanon at age fifteen, because I'm working off the assumption that Jessica is rounding his age a little bit when introducing him to Battler. His birthday is literally two days away, it would be easier to just say sixteen. There's always the possibility that he's turning seventeen, but wouldn't Jessica have said they were a year apart, then?

*also, Kanon calls Shannon 'nee-san'. Though it's mentioned by Shannon they aren't blood-related and Kanon does so out of respect towards Shannon, again I'm operating under the idea that he's actually a few months younger than her.

*Considering Gohda was initially meant to have an affair with Natsuhi before the concept was scrapped, I'm putting him around the same age as her.

[maxwellbymoonlight]

🌱 the moon gardener ✨

MAXWELL FLETCHER has arrived in Albion. While they may seem FAMILIAR, they are connected to the WESTERLY FOOTHILLS HOPKINS. Their passport was stamped at Falls Inn and shows that they are 33, 6'1", with BROWN HAIR and BLUE-GRAY EYES. Mrs. Kuiper at the Inn said that they seemed NEAT and INTELLIGENT, though they were seen SMOKING as they departed St. Catharine’s Depot. Be wary, and report any sightings to Madame Lange’s Tea Room.

--Quick Facts-- Full Name: Maxwell Bainbridge Fletcher Birth Date: May 21, 1890 Star Sign: Taurus Pronouns: He/him Orientation: Homosexual Family: Clement "Clem" Fletcher (father), Magdalene "Maggie" Fletcher née Hopkins (mother), Norah Fletcher (sister, deceased)

Personality & Traits: Maxwell is definitely an introvert, which is not exactly helpful in a relatively small community such as Albion. He prefers to keep to himself, and because of the odd hours he keeps, he usually gets his way. In terms of an alignment chart, I think he would lean the most toward true neutral. He's contemplative and straightforward (even a little awkward), which some take to mean that he's cold. And he can be - not intentionally, but he's only got so much energy to give throughout each day. There is kindness and a longing for love in him, but he also lacks fear of darker elements and understands certain evils in this world are simply necessary. As long as there is a balance, the planet will keep spinning as usual.

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Selected excerpts from the journals of Maxwell Fletcher…

It is sunny today. Mother is making sandwiches. She says we will have a picnic and she will tell me about Norah. She is the girl in the tree. I do not see her but Mother says we have met. The tree is very pretty. Mother says I can try the tea she makes from the flowers if I want. I hope it will taste good.

~

March 3, 1899

Alfie was telling the other boys how annoying his younger siblings are. He told me how lucky I was to be an only child. I didn’t say anything after that. I don’t think I will say anything to him ever again. It’s late while I’m writing this, and I’m sitting under the magnolia tree. I can’t sleep again. Mother says Norah wasn’t even a month old when she passed. She never cries when she talks about Norah. She just says God needed her more than we did.

~

June 28, 1900

If some animals are nocturnal, maybe some people are nocturnal, too. I think I’ll go to the library tomorrow and try to find a book about nocturnal animals. I don’t know what time it is, but Mother and Father are asleep. The moon is so full and bright it’s like another sun. Looking at the moon doesn’t hurt your eyes, though. I understand why animals would want to be awake right now.

~

October 5, 1903

Mother found a tea recipe she thinks might help me sleep when I can’t on my own. We dried the ingredients together and she brewed some for me this evening. It’s mostly valerian and lavender with a few other things. The taste is strong. I’m not sure if I like it, but I do feel a bit calmer.

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March 13, 1909 - clear

I feel mad as a march hare. This is a rough bout. I snapped at father when he rose this morning to start work, and he shouted at me. That woke Mother, and he berated her for taking my side when I’m always making it difficult for everyone. I tried to work in the garden to calm my nerves, but the trowel kept slipping from my hands and I pruned too much of the rosemary. I’m scared it will wilt. But Mother came outside and laid my my head in her lap like a child, right there in the dirt. I nearly cried.

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September 4, 1916 - some clouds

Mrs. Wilcox came to call upon me today, needing ingredients for a potion. She is such a vain, distasteful woman. Why she insists on doing business with me rather than elsewhere, I don’t understand. As I gathered her order, she criticized nearly every step I took. Apparently I had the radio turned too loud and she couldn’t hear herself think, even though it was barely above a murmur. The fact I don’t have any of my pots labelled continues to send her into a fit, but I continued to assure her I knew what everything was and there wouldn’t be any mix-ups. And just as I was packing everything up, she began screaming about licorice root - the first time she had mentioned it since walking in. At this point my nerves were frayed, but she kept badgering me. I did notice a sharp tingle as I trimmed the roots for her, but I couldn’t bring myself to care. She’s probably just making some kind of beauty cream for herself. Serves her right if it should turn out a little sour.

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September 7, 1916 - rain

News has reached me that young Aubrey Wilcox is very ill. I’ve scarcely been able to eat since I heard. My tea doesn’t help at all. Mrs. Wilcox came looking for ingredients for her son, not for herself. The potion was for him. She never said a word to explain herself, and I was so put out with her, I didn’t ask. I swear had I known, I never would have given her the licorice root once I realized I’d tainted it. What if it can’t return to how it was? I have half a mind to dump the whole plant in the woods and ask for a cutting of someone else’s to start from scratch. Please dear God, let the boy heal.

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September 9, 1916 - misting rain

Aubrey Wilcox has passed.

~

September 23, 1916 - clear

Mother has proposed I leave the valley. Or “take a sabbatical,” as she graciously phrased it. Even she can tell I’m not wanted here. I have less friends now than I’ve ever had, and I didn’t have many to start with. If I do decide to leave, Mother offered to help me pack up my plants - at least the ones that can easily be maneuvered and would have no trouble growing outside the valley. I would have to leave so much of my work behind. But what is the point if I have nothing to tether to?

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November 17, 1923 - cloudy

I brewed myself a pot of Mother’s magnolia tea this evening, but as I took a sip it tasted strange. Bitter, almost ashy in a way that’s hard to describe. It’s never tasted like this before. I keep looking out the window toward the valley. I know she only makes the tea with Norah’s magnolia blossoms. I have nothing but my instinct to go off of, being so far away, but something is not right. The tree must be ill, though I can’t tell how just yet. Mother hasn’t said anything in her letters about crops failing or pests sweeping through. I would have to examine it in person. Or perhaps Norah

[cassianus]

Blessed Zynoviy Kovalyk

(1903-1941)

Fr. Zynoviy Kovalyk was born on 18 August 1903 in the village of Ivachiv Horishniy near Ternopil to a poor peasant family. Before becoming a monk he worked as a primary school teacher in his village. He had a strong character and never compromised his faith. The dream of Zynoviy’s childhood was to become a priest. Having discovered his vocation to consecrated life, Zynoviy Kovalyk joined the Redemptorists. He professed vows as a Redemptorist on 28 August 1926. Shortly after professing his vows, Zynoviy was sent to Belgium for philosophical and Theological studies.

After his return to Ukraine, on 9 August 1932 Zynoviy Kovalyk was ordained a priest. On 4 September 1932 Fr. Kovalyk celebrated his first Liturgy in his home village of Ivachiv. The little icons commemorating his ordination bore the following inscription: “O Jesus, receive me [as a sacrifice] together with the Holy Sacrifice of Thy Flesh and Blood. Receive it for the Holy Church, for my Congregation and for my Motherland”. Christ received these words as a most pure offering. Little did Fr. Kovalyk know that those words were prophetic, and that soon – in just nine years – they would come true in his martyrdom.

After his ordination Fr. Kovalyk departed, together with Bishop Mykolay Charnetsky, to the Volyn region to serve the cause of reconciliation with Orthodox Ukrainians. The young priest was a true joy to his confreres. Fr. Kovalyk had a good sense of humour, beautiful voice and clear diction. He was a great singer and truly a preacher with a “golden mouth”. His apostolic devotion attracted thousands of people. Fr. Kovalyk loved the Mother of God with all his heart, and always displayed sincere piety towards her. These qualities of Fr. Kovalyk brought him great success in his missionary activities.

Having spent several years working in the Volyn region, Fr. Kovalyk moved to Stanislaviv (now Ivano-Frankivsk) to conduct missions there, both in town and in suburban villages. Immediately before the Soviet invasion of 1939 he moved to Lviv, to the Redemptorist monastery in Zyblykevycha (now Ivana Franka) street, and took charge as econome of the monastery.

The courageous priest continued preaching the Word of God even after the Soviet invasion had started. An important field of Fr. Kovalyk’s work was hearing confessions, and it is in this field that he had particular success: he was always approached by a great number of people seeking spiritual support.

While most of the Galician Ukrainians were overpowered by terror, Fr. Zynoviy displayed admirable courage. Most of the preachers were extremely cautious in their sermons. They tried to avoid the burning issues of the day and concentrated on exhorting people to be faithful to God. Fr. Kovalyk, on the contrary, was never afraid to openly condemn the atheistic customs introduced by the Soviet regime. His sermons had a great impact on the audience, but at the same time constituted no small danger for the preacher. When advised by his friends of the possible danger resulting from such manner of preaching, Fr. Kovalyk answered: “I will receive death gladly if such be God’s will, but I shall never compromise my conscience as a preacher”.

The last great sermon by Fr. Kovalyk took place in Ternopil on 28 August 1940 on the occasion of the feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God. That day, Fr. Kovalyk had some ten thousand faithful in his audience. His old dream of martyrdom was to come true in just a few months.

On the night of 20-21 December 1940 the agents of the Soviet secret police entered the Redemptorist monastery to arrest Fr. Kovalyk for his sermons on the Novena of the Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God, which he had been delivering in the monastery’s church. Before leaving his confreres, Fr. Kovalyk asked his superior Fr. De Vocht for the last blessing and absolution.

Although the Redemptorists had long tried to find out about their arrested confrere, it was only in April 1941 that they received information about Fr. Kovalyk being kept in prison in Zamarstynivska street (the so-called “Brygidky” prison). During his six months long imprisonment, Fr. Kovalyk underwent 28 painful interrogations; three times he was brought to other prisons and interrogated there. After one such interrogation, which was accompanied by especially cruel tortures, Fr. Kovalyk fell seriously ill due to considerable loss of blood.

While in prison, Fr. Kovalyk continued his apostolic work. He shared a tiny (4.2 by 3.5 metres) and unfurnished cell with 32 other inmates. Fr. Kovalyk together with the prisoners went through a third of the rosary on weekdays and through the whole rosary on Sundays. In addition, Fr. Kovalyk conducted liturgical prayers; in May he organized prayers to the Mother of God, and on the feast of Epiphany he treated the inmates to the liturgical consecration of water. Apart from prayers, Fr. Kovalyk heard confessions, conducted spiritual exercises and catechism, and consoled the inmates by narrating – in his peculiar humorous manner – various religious stories. No wonder that the prisoners – people in the greatest need of hope and consolation – truly loved Fr. Kovalyk for his apostolic character.

In 1941, when German troops started their offensive, the prison keepers, eager to flee but not able to take the prisoners along, started shooting the inmates. However, it was not enough for them just to shoot Fr. Kovalyk: reminding him of his sermons about the crucified Christ, they nailed Fr. Kovalyk to the prison wall in full view of his fellow prisoners.

When German troops entered Lviv, they immediately opened the prisons to clean up the piles of corpses that had already started to decay. The people rushed to the prisons hoping to find their relatives. As the witnesses relate, the most horrible sight was that of a priest crucified upon the prison wall, his abdomen cut open and a dead human fetus pushed into the cut.

To characterize Fr. Zynoviy Kovalyk, we can rightfully use the words from the vespers of Martyrs regarding the glorious and invincible warrior, who armed himself with the Cross, defeated the foe, and received the crown of victory from the only Victor and Ruler who reigns forever. The blessed martyrdom of Fr. Zynoviy Kovalyk can serve as a graphic representation of the following words from Scripture: “The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and the suffering shall not meet them … For although the suffering has met them in the eyes of men, their hope is filled with immortality; having suffered a little, they will experience great blessings, for God has tried them and found them worthy of Him” (Wisdom 3,1;4-5).

[rotterdamvanalles]

Krattenbrug met Arbeiders op de brug in 1922. Op de achtergrond de huizen aan de Delftsevaart en de Bagijnenstraat.

De Krattenbrug is een vaste brug over de Delftsevaart in Rotterdam. De originele brug bestond vermoedelijk al sinds de vijftiende eeuw en was een van de weinige bouwwerken die het bombardement op 14 mei 1940 had doorstaan. Deze brug was zowel geliefd als berucht; het was populair onder fotografen (de meest bekend zijnde Henri Berssenbrugge) en werd daarom vaak gefotografeerd samen met de Delftsevaart, maar er verdronken rondom de brug ook meerdere kinderen. De originele brug werd tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog gesloopt, de tweede brug werd in 1976 gebouwd en de huidige Krattenbrug ligt sinds 2010 over de Delftsevaart.

De Krattenbrug voor de oorlog

De eerste Krattenbrug werd vermoedelijk in de vijftiende eeuw gebouwd en is vernoemd naar Arie Corneliszoon Crat. Hij kocht op 9 december 1468 een huis en erf in de Westbagijnenstraat die over de Delftsevaart liep. Zijn zoon Dirck Janszoon Crat kocht op 21 maart 1566 de helft van de steeg die vanaf de Westewagenstraat tot in de Delftsevaart liep. Deze steeg was in 1565 al bekend als de Krattensteeg. De Krattenbrug heette voor de naamswijziging de Bagijnenbrug.

In april 1901 werd door het college van B&W van Rotterdam het voorstel gedaan om een ebsluis in de Delftsevaart te bouwen. Deze sluis zou ten noorden van de Krattenbrug moeten komen. In totaal zou de sluis 40.000 gulden kosten, waarvan 20.000 door het Hoogheemraadschap van Schieland zouden worden bekostigd. Dit voorstel werd in mei van datzelfde jaar goedgekeurd.

In maart 1902 werd het voorstel om 7000 gulden uit te trekken voor de vernieuwing van de Krattenbrug, evenals de ijzeren overdekking van de schutsluis bij de Vlasmarkt, goedgekeurd. Ook werd in deze maand begonnen met de werkzaamheden voor de nieuwe sluis nabij de brug, waardoor het bootverkeer bij de Delftsevaart en de sluis bij de Vlasmarkt waren gestremd.[6] Deze stremming duurde van 1 april tot 15 september van dat jaar.

In 1903 was het voetgangersverkeer gestremd wegens restauratiewerkzaamheden aan de brug.

In mei 1908 vermelde de De Maasbode dat een 45-jarige besteller die op de Korte Westewagenstraat woonde, gewond was geraakt bij een ongeluk op de brug. Hij gleed uit bij een van de twee trapjes en viel op ongelukkige wijze voorover op zijn gezicht. Hierdoor kreeg hij een bloedend voorhoofd en moest naar het ziekenhuis om aan deze wond te worden verzorgd.

In 1925 was de Krattenbrug vanaf 25 augustus voor 2 weken afgesloten. De reden hiervoor was de aanleg van elektrische kabels en enkele aanpassingen aan de brug.

In 1939 verscheen een artikel in de Haagsche Courant die de verschillen tussen het oude en nieuwe in Rotterdam kenmerkte. Ook werd er gehint op een mogelijke sloop van de brug in de (nabije) toekomst omdat er voor de Krattenbrug "in onze moderne samenleving geen plaats meer is", iets wat echter niet was besproken in de Rotterdamse gemeenteraad zelve en waar ook geen plannen voor waren.

De Krattenbrug tijdens de oorlog

Tijdens het bombardement op de stad ontsnapte de brug aan de verwoesting. Terwijl de huizen rondom de Krattenbrug wel werden geraakt, bleef de brug zelf nagenoeg ongedeerd. Ondanks dat de Krattenbrug behouden had kunnen worden, werd toch besloten tot de sloop. Dit had te maken met het plan van Willem Gerrit Witteveen die de Delftsevaart wilde verbreden. De brug bestond vermoedelijk tot 1941, waarna het werd afgebroken om de kades nabij de Grote of Sint-Laurenskerk te verbreden.

In 1942 werd besloten om de naam 'Krattenbrug' in te trekken, vermoedelijk op besluit van de Duitse bezetter. Dit besluit was op 30 juni ingegaan.

De Krattenbrug na de oorlog

Nadat de originele Krattenbrug in 1941 gesloopt was, besloot de gemeente om in 1976 een nieuwe voetgangersbrug te bouwen, aanvankelijk zonder naam. Er was echter commotie ontstaan nadat PvdA-raadslid G.E. Meijboom kritiek had geuit over de beleidsprocedure die wethouder van Ruimtelijke Ordening Hans Mentink hanteerde voor de bouw van de brug. Het aanvankelijke plan was om een provisorische brug te bouwen van "desnoods wat vaten en planken", daarna veranderde het plan en werd besloten tot de bouw van een stalen brug van 50.000 gulden en ten slotte werd het uiteindelijke plan voor een houten brug van 75.000 gulden ontworpen. Dit werd een definitief plan, die uiteindelijk 107.000 gulden heeft gekost. De nieuwe brug kwam ongeveer op dezelfde plaats waar ooit de originele Krattenbrug stond, maar was gemaakt van hout in plaats van steen. In datzelfde jaar werd de brug opgeleverd en voor het publiek geopend. Deze Krattenbrug heeft dienst gedaan tot 2010.

In 2010 werd besloten om de houten brug af te breken en een nieuwe brug van staal te bouwen. Deze brug draagt dezelfde naam als de originele, vooroorlogse brug en kan zowel door voetgangers als fietsers worden gebruikt. Deze Krattenbrug staat sinds 2010 op de plek van de voormalige, houten brug en is gemodelleerd naar het naastgelegen stadspodium.

Foto komt uit de collectie van @stadsarchief010 en Informatie komt van wikipedia.

[ultraheydudemestuff]

Jaite Mill Historic District

Riverview and Vaughan Rds.

Brecksville, OH          

The Jaite Mill Historic District, also known as Jaite, is a nationally recognized historic district in Cuyahoga and Summit counties in the state of Ohio, located southeast of Brecksville at Riverview and Vaughan Rds. extending into Sagamore Hills Township in Summit County.  The Cuyahoga County portion of the district is located in the city of Brecksville, while the Summit County portion is located in Sagamore Hills Township. Built in 1903 as the Jaite Company Paper Mill, its center is at the intersection of Vaughn and Riverview roads, north of the crossing of Interstates 80 and 271.   

    The Jaite Company Paper Mill was the brain child of Charles Jaite, who founded the company on September 18, 1905. Charles Jaite purchased the section of land along Riverview Road in 1906 and along Vaughn Road in 1917 to provide housing for the workers of his paper mill. It had houses and a dormitory, and also a general store, post office, and railway station. The mill remained in operation through 1951 and was then sold because of increasing competition in the south.     

After the property was sold to various owners, including Tecumseh who used the plant for making boxes, it ceased operation, and on May 21, 1979, the former company town was added to the National Register of Historic Places. . When the factory's operation began to decline, the community of Jaite declined as well. It was partially dismantled in 1984, some 5 years after the mill was included in the National Register.  The remains of the factory can be seen on the Erie Canal Scenic Pathway somewhere around mile marker 19 or 20, between lock 31 and 32.     

Most of the buildings of Jaite still exist, painted yellow. Some are occupied by businesses but most are occupied by operations of the National Park Service.  Today it is the trailhead of several hiking routes in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, and is on the way to the Boston Mills and Brandywine ski resorts.

[writing--references]

Big Spring International Park in Huntsville, AL.

The canal that runs through the park is the Indian Creek Canal, completed in 1830, connecting the spring with the Tennessee River 10 miles south. Constructed to support the shipping of cotton from Cotton Row to the river, from whence the entire world could be reached via the Ohio River to the Mississippi, to the Gulf of Mexico and beyond.

In 1823, Huntsville developed the nation’s first public water system west of the Appalachian mountains, with Big Spring as its water source. Community baptisms were held at Big Spring Park, dating back to at least the late 1800s. In the mid-1960s, amusement park rides were set up in Big Spring Park. Big Spring was also a filming location for the movie Constellation, which starred Billy Dee Williams and Zoe Saldana.

Big Spring Park Renovation

Concerts in the Park:

Panorama (via Wikipedia):

Big Spring Park is the expected trail head of the future Singing River Trail of North Alabama, a 70-mile bicycling and walking trail.

The Big Spring is a large, underground karst spring. Sought and settled by John Hunt, Huntsville's founder, in 1805. From 1827 to the early 1840s, what would later become the park grounds served as the site of the Fearn Canal, built from 1821 to 1824. The canal was built by the Indian Creek Navigation Company, led by local resident Dr. Thomas Fearn. It linked downtown Huntsville and the spring to the Tennessee River, allowing traders to bypass a costly wagon haul of about 11 miles South to the nearest river port, Ditto's Landing in the town of Whitesburg. The canal eventually became obsolete upon the construction of railroads.

Big Spring Park is named for a spring named "the big spring" by the indigenous Cherokee and Chickasaw. The park's construction began September 21, 1898, under the direction of Chittenden of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, stationed at the park during the Spanish–American War. Today the park prominently features gifts given by other countries and foreign nationals to the city of Huntsville, including a 1903 light beacon (often referred to as "the lighthouse") and a 1929 fog bell given by Norway in 1973. Other smaller gifts include a bench from the United Kingdom and a sundial from Germany. The most recognizable gifts, however, are the iconic red Japanese bridge and cherry trees, given by Japanese Major General Mikio Kimata in 1977. The park served as a filming location for the 2005 film Constellation and was the location of a George Floyd protest in June 2020, which was ended by Huntsville Police along with SWAT and Incident Response Team using tear gas, pepper spray, and rubber bullets.

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The first cowboy film “Kit Carson” premiered in the USA on September 21, 1903.  

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Pope Saint Pius  X1835-1914 Feast day: August 21 (New), September 3 (Trad) Patronage: First Communicants

Pope St. Pius X, born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, was the 257th pope of the Catholic Church, serving from 1903 to 1914. He was the first pope since Pope Pius V to be canonized. Pope Pius X is perhaps best remembered for his encouragement of the frequent reception of Holy Communion, especially for children. The second of 10 children in a poor Italian family, Joseph Sarto became Pius X at 68, one of the 20th century's greatest popes."Holy Communion is the shortest and fastest way to Heaven." - Pope Saint Pius X {website}

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I picked this eye-catching lithograph out of a box of junk this morning because it was a very strong image. At home and upon investigation it reveals itself: “Der Verlorene Sohn” dedicated “hearfelt for Elizabeth” and signed Hans Fronius. I believe this print is the artist’s proof. From Wikipedia: Hans Fronius (12 September 1903 - 21 March 1988) was an Austrian painter and illustrator, born in Sarajevo. His father was descended from an old, aristocratic Transylvanian Saxon family. As a young boy, he witnessed the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, an event that would later form the subject of his book, Assassination in Sarajevo. After WWI, Fronius's family moved to Graz in Austria. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. From 1930 to 1960, he taught art and projective geometry at a grammar school in Fürstenfeld, Styria. His leftist sympathies put his teaching position in jeopardy after the Anschluss, and in 1943 he was drafted into the German army. The art historian Otto Benesch called Fronius "the most significant Austrian illustrator since Alfred Kubin." His work is considered an example of 'Expressive Realism', with subjects that include portraits, street scenes, and literary interpretations. He was one of the first illustrators of the stories of Franz Kafka, and contributed illustrations to works by Edgar Allan Poe and Robert Louis Stevenson. He remained a prolific artist until his death at age 84 in 1988. #hansfronius #sillymoney #hounslowbootsale (at Hanworth, Hounslow, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp91xSFIH7F/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Chapter X: The last Barnabas, Ruth Snow, and Cameron, Missouri

This is the 12th in a series of articles which serializes my family history, which I wrote in November 2017, titled "From Samuel to Cyrus: A fresh look at the History of the Packard Family." Minor corrections. Below is the 10th chapter of that history:

The year is 1847. Barnabas Packard II had died on April 30. [216] The only Barnabas left in Plainfield was Barnabas Packard III, Barnabas and Mary’s son, who would die almost 21 years later on April 25, 1868. He would be recorded on three censuses as living in Plainfield: the 1850 and 1860 censuses, along with an agriculture schedule in 1850. [217] By 1854, there were only 854 people living in Plainfield! A small number compared to the nearby town of Cummington, which had over 1,000.

Barnabas Packard III and Ruth M. (possibly Makepeace) Snow had been married for 21 years, married on July 21, 1818 in Windsor, Massachusetts. [218] From 1818 to 1847, they had 10 children, all with the last name of Packard. The first two were Poly Nash, born on July 18, 1819 and dying on November 10, 1869, who never married, and Cynthia Cordelia who was born on November 27, 1820 and died of “dropsy” on July 25, 1863, marrying Aaron Ayres in December 1841. [219] There were 4 other children born in the 1820s: William Henry (October 1, 1822), Martha “Patty” (August 18, 1824), Irene (September 20, 1826), and Mary Jane (October 20, 1828). William Henry will be the subject of the next chapter. As for the others, Patty married Charles I. Ford on December 12, 1843 and died on November 1, 1903 at age 99, while Irene married Horatio Lynons on May 9, 1847, and Mary Jane married Zebediah H. Randall on March 8, 1852. [220] From 1831 to 1840, Barnabas and Ruth had 4 more children. They were Roswell Clifford, born February 4, 1831, who married Elnora G. Vining on February 25, 1869, Ossmus Chalmer, born July 27, 1834, who married Sophia Dean on April 1, 1863, Charles Edwin, born on March 19, 1838, who married Araminta Utter in 1867, and Harrison “Clark” Clark, born February 20, 1840 who married Melona C. Dawes on June 4, 1865. [221] Roswell would die in 1919 in Cameron, Missouri, while Ossmus would die in the same place but on January 28, 1907. Clark would die, reportedly, in Windsor in 1899, and Charles would die in Kansas City, Missouri in 1933.

Much of Barnabas and Ruth’s life can be determined from the three censuses cited on the previous page. The 1850 census shows Barnabas Packard III (age 54) as the head of the household, with the value of the land being $1,500, and his occupation as a farmer. The same is the case with 19-year-old Roswell and 15-year-old Ossmus, likely working on the same farm as their father, Barnabas III, within Plainfield, Massachusetts. [222] The same page shows that Ossmus, Charles (age 12), and Harrison (age 10) are attending school. Interestingly, it classifies Polly N. as over 31 years of age, who cannot read or write, as “idiotic.” Ruth, Barnabas’s wife, age 50, and their daughter Mary J., age 21, do not have occupations listed, so they presumed to be “housewives.”

Before moving on, it is worth focusing on Polly N. While you could say her designation is an error, it is clearly not, based on other censuses. [223] The questions answered affirmatively for her were:

Is the person “deaf, dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper, or convict?” (answer: “idiotic”)

“If this person was over 20 years of age, could they not read and write?”

Census enumerators defined an “idiot” as a person whose “mental faculties” were limited “in infancy or childhood” before they matured, referring to, a wide range of “known disabilities,” by today’s standards. [224] Hence, it could be logical that she could not read or write.

The next document worth reviewing is the 1850 agriculture schedule of Plainfield. This document shows that Barnabas Packard III owns 230 acres of land in the township, 160 of which are improved, and 70 of which are not. [225] It also says his farm is worth $1,500 and tools (and equipment) worth $200. Adding to this, he is listed as owning 2 horses, 3 milk cows, 16 other cattle, and 1 swine which is worth $400. He also possesses 30 bushels of Indian corn and 30 bushels of oats, among other grains. Living in the same community is Ariel L. Ayres, who may be related to Aaron Ayres, who Barnabas and Ruth’s daughter, Cythnia, married nine years earlier in 1841.

Finally, there is the 1860 census of Plainfield. This document again lists 65-year-old Barnabas as a farmer, but his farm is now listed as worth $3,000 and personal estate as worth $2,500. [226] Ruth, his wife, age 64, had no occupation, while Polly N. was again called “idiotic” and was age 41. Hence, this was part of her identity, dying on November 10, 1868 at age 49, 3 months, 3 days, from bleeding in the stomach. [227] Barnabas was a “farmer who settled in West Plainfield, clearing his land for planting, while maintaining a grove of maple sugar trees, with produce taken to Boston for sale” as one history said. As noted earlier, he was the first to own the West Hill Farm, later owned by Cyrus and Tom. However, taking a trip to Boston to sell produce seems a bit excessive since it is over 100 miles away. Perhaps he sold his produce at a closer market.

Thanks to a retired programmer interested in genealogy, named Jack Vander-Schrier, we have photographs of Barnabas III and Charles Edwin:

While we do not know about each picture, it seems evident that the photograph on the left was taken in his older years, perhaps not long before his death. By the last seven years of Barnabas III’s life, many of his children had moved out of the area. Reportedly, Charles Edwin spent time in Ohio as a mathematics teacher before moving to Cameron, Missouri while his brother, Ossmus lived in Mendota, Illinois before moving to Cameron in 1865. The family lore goes that Roswell moved to Cameron in 1866 (and reportedly moved to Ft. Smith, Arkansas in 1895) and that Patty (and her husband Charles Ira Ford) moved from Nauseous, Ohio to Cameron the same year. [228] Hence, Polly N., William Henry, Cynthia Cordelia, Harrison, Mary Jane, and Irene did not move there. On a trip to Cameron in 1868, with his wife, Ruth, Barnabas became ill and died. Ruth would live with her son Charles Edwin until she died on January 1, 1879, and both would be buried in the Packard Cemetery in Cameron, Missouri.

One photograph tells more of that story than anything else. The photograph is courtesy of Find A Grave user Jack Vander-Schrier yet again:

The photograph shown on the last page, shows what the “Barnabas Packard family,” as Vander-Schrier puts it, around 1875, living in Cameron, Missouri. It has been numbered as to help future genealogists determine who the individuals are in this picture. Based on the photograph of Charles Edwin on page 70, it is clear that number 8 is him. He was a cashier at the Farmers Bank in Cameron, Missouri, and later a banker, reportedly. The rest of those in the photograph are unknowns. However, numbers 1 and 2, 3 and 4, 5 and 6, seem like couples based on the way they are standing. One of these couples is Roswell Clifford and Ellanora (1842-1895), while another is Patty and Charles Ford (1822-1914) (also a banker), and the last is Ossmus and Sophia H. Dean. [229] Possibly Araminta Aminta Utter is number 16, although this cannot be confirmed. Somewhere in numbers 9-14, 17-21 are Araminta and Charles’s child Clark, but not Eva since she was born in 1876, unlike Clark who was born in 1873. The same goes for Ossmus and Sophia’s child, Herbert Melvin (1867-1935).

All of these children have the last name of Packard. Basing it on the photo, earlier in this chapter, number 7 is Ruth Snow. Number 16 may be the wife of the person occupying that house. Other women, such as Herbert’s wife, Mary Francis, are likely in the photograph as well. The same is undoubtedly the case for Roswell and Ellanora’s children: Emma E (b. 1870), George C (b. 1873), Leonard C (b. 1875), Etta B (b. 1877), E Edwin (b. 1880), and Jennie S (b. 1882), the first three of which were likely in the photo. It is also the case for Patty and Charles’s children named Pearl, Arthur, Sarah Jane (1844-1898), Henry Edsel (1847-1902), and Cora Ann (1855-1918) who married George Thomas Howser (1855-1936). If you add up all of the people noted in this paragraph, it adds up to 21. Solving the mystery of who is who in this old photograph would require identifying all these individuals rather than using educated guesses. Still, it adds more to the Packard family story. [230]

Notes

[216] Gravestones of Barnabas Packard II and Barnabas Packard III.

[217] Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, Seventh Census of the United States, 1850, National Archives, NARA M19, Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, Roll M432_220, page 199B. Courtesy of Ancestry.com; Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, Eighth Census of the United States, 1860, National Archives, NARA M19, Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, Roll M653_505, page 467. Courtesy of Ancestry.com; Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, Agriculture Schedule, National Archives, NARA T1204, Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, Roll 2, Page 901, Line 29. Courtesy of Ancestry.com.

[218] Source is Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988. Ruth Snow was born on Dec. 15, 1799.

[219] Gravestones of Polly Nash Packard and Cynthia Cordelia Packard Ayres.

[220] See the gravestones of William Henry Packard, Martha "Patty" Packard, and Barnabas Packard III; Barnabas Packard in entry for Zebedee H. Randall and Mary Jane Packard, 08 Mar 1852; citing Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, Town clerks and local churches; "Massachusetts Town Records, ca. 1638-1961," database with images.

[221] Barnabas Packard in entry for R. C. Packard and Elonora G. Vining, 25 Feb 1869; citing Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, Town clerks and local churches; FHL microfilm 1,888,606; "Massachusetts Town Records, ca. 1638-1961," database with images, FamilySearch; Barnabas Packard in entry for Chalmer Packard and Sophia Dean, 01 Apr 1863; citing Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, Town clerks and local churches; FHL microfilm 1,888,606; "Massachusetts Town Records, ca. 1638-1961," database with images, FamilySearch; Barnabas Packard in entry for H. Clark Packard and Melona C. Dawes, 04 Jun 1865; citing Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, Town clerks and local churches; FHL microfilm 1,888,606; "Massachusetts Town Records, ca. 1638-1961," database with images, FamilySearch; Gravestones of Roswell Clifford Packard, Ossmus Chalmer Packard, Charles Edwin Packard, Ellanora G. Packard, and Find A Grave entry for Harrison Clark “Clark” Packard. Roswell was in manufacturing, living in Cameron Missouri, while Elnora was a Cummington, MA girl.

[222] Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, Seventh Census of the United States, 1850, National Archives, NARA M19, Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, Roll M432_220, page 199B.

[223] Sometimes tick marks were wrong on Census documents. The two questions are courtesy of the Census Bureau. The Census documents can answer many questions about a family. She is also marked such in the 1865 and 1855 state censuses.

[224] Rhonda R. McClure, “What is an "idiot" in the Census?,” Genealogy.com, Overheard in GenForum, April 26, 2001; National Archives, Nonpopulation Census Records, Aug. 15, 2016 She was not listed in the 1880 census of “schedules of delinquent, defective, and dependent classes [which] provide[s] information about deaf, dumb, blind, and criminal persons who are listed by name” (also see here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here). since she died in 1868 as noted on Find A Grave, which has a photo of her tombstone. If she was in an “insane asylum” or other facility, the conditions were likely horrific, with existing records of facilities in Massachusetts not currently online.

[225] Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, Agriculture Schedule, 1850, National Archives, NARA T1204, Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, Roll 2, Page 901, Line 29.

[226] Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, Eighth Census of the United States, 1860, National Archives, NARA M19, Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, Roll M653_505, page 467. Courtesy of Ancestry.com.

[227] Death of Polly Nash Packard, Nov. 10, 1868, Massachusetts, v 212 p 67, State Archives, Boston, Family Search; Deaths Registered in the Town of Plainfield for the Year eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, vol. 212, p. 67. Taken from photocopied vital record requested from the Massachusetts Archives in July 2017.

[228] 1900, 1910, 1920 & 1930 censuses show Charles living in MO. A 1900 census and 1910 census shows Roswell in AK, while 1870 and 1880 censuses says he is in MO. The image shown above is from the Find A Grave profile of Barnabas Packard III. Residency of Ossmus can confirmed, but seems to be for Charles I Ford in 1910, living in MO, with Patty in 1900.

[229] Gravestones of Ellanora, Charles Ford, and Sophia H. Dean. Likely 3 or 5 is Charles Ford. For this paragraph also see Gravestones of Araminta Utter, Clark, Herbert Melvin, and Eva Packard, gravestone of Mary Francis, and the Gravestones of Patty, Pearl, Arthur, Sarah Jane, Henry Edsel, Cora Ann, and George Howser.

[230] W.G. Gay lists "Packard Bertha, widow Theron W., h 9 Pleasant” (p. 64) and ten Packards living in Northampton (p. 177) in "Town of Northampton" within Part Second. Business Directory of Hampshire County, Mass., 1886-87 (Syracuse, NY: W.B. & Gay Co., 1886). He also lists 4Packards living in Enfield ("Town of Enfield" within Part Second. Business Directory of Hampshire County, Mass., 1886-87 (Syracuse, NY: W.B. & Gay Co., 1886), 75), 7 Packards living in Goshen ("Town of Goshen" within Part Second. Business Directory of Hampshire County, Mass., 1886-87 (Syracuse, NY: W.B. & Gay Co., 1886), p. 79), varying Packards within Plainfield on p. 208: “Packard David, r 27, farmer 5”; “Packard Harold S., (Mrs. E. A. Packard & Son) dealers in general merchandise, drives stage from Plainfield to Charlemont”; “Packard Harrison C, (West Cummington) farmer 300”; “Packard Mrs. E. A. & Son, dealers in general merchandise, and farmers 23”; “Packard Pliilander, r 14, farmer 20”; “Packard Sylvester, r 26, farm laborer, leases h of Willie Shaw”;"Packard William H., (West Cummington) r 38, farmer 200”; and "Packard William L., farmer 300." ("Town of Plainfield" within Part Second. Business Directory of Hampshire County, Mass., 1886-87 (Syracuse, NY: W.B. & Gay Co., 1886). Also, Barnes & Packard with specific employees in Ware, MA (p. 235, 252, 253) within the "Town of Ware" within Part Second. Business Directory of Hampshire County, Mass., 1886-87 (Syracuse, NY: W.B. & Gay Co., 1886).

Note: This was originally posted on September 7, 2018 on the main Packed with Packards WordPress blog (it can also be found on the Wayback Machine here). My research is still ongoing, so some conclusions in this piece may change in the future.

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Name Of Obligation: Trendy Warfare 2 Will Require Cellphone Quantity Verification

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