It's a Battery B Affair -- January 12, 2022

Norwich Bulletin, 20-January-1922

This ad has one of the early references that I have found to "Dixieland Jazz." Battery B, stationed in Norwich, Connecticut, may have been of the 56th Coast Artillery Corps, 31st Artillery Brigade.

It Keeps Teeth White, Breath Sweet and Throat Clear -- January 11, 2022

Alaska Daily Empire, 31-January-1922

I mostly gave up on chewing gum after I grew my moustache, but I do like a stick of Juicy Fruit or Doublemint now and then. I have never liked Spearmint. The mascot is creepy.

The Moxie Horsemobile -- January 10, 2022

 

Editor and Publisher, January, 1923

The Moxie Horsemobile was a popular promotional gimmick for the soft drink.

Genuine and Unadulterated Coca-Cola -- January 9, 2022

Lexington Dispatch-News, 26-January-1922

Rexall was a cooperative that sold franchises to independently-owned drugstores. I remember seeing the signs all over the place when I was a kid. The Harmon Drug Company touted improvements to its "already up-to-date Sanitary Fountain," which featured Coca-Cola and other cold drinks, along with ice cream. Sounds good to me. 

Update 13-January-2022. 

I found another nice one.

Maysville, Kentucky Public Ledger, 27-January-1922

David Bowie 75 -- January 8, 2022

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David Bowie was born 75 years ago today, on 08-January-1947. 

I remember when he died in 2016. Monday morning the clock radio went off.  I switched the radio to AM and tuned in to KCBS.  The lead story was the passing of David Bowie.  I said "No, it was his birthday the other day."  He had just released a new album. 

I thought of a friend who had died of AIDS.  He transferred into our class at Saint Monicas when his family moved from Hong Kong.  He was a big fan of David Bowie before Bowie had a hit here.  I might have heard "Space Oddity," but I wouldn't swear to it.  Derek wore his hair the way Bowie did at the time and dressed as much like him as he could.  I learned from a Facebook post by a classmate that years later Derek introduced her to David Bowie at a party.  I was happy to read that.

I liked the way he kept changing his looks and his clothes and his music. 

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 I remember going to the Bridge Theater in San Francisco to see Nick Roeg's The Man Who Fell to Earth with David Bowie. It left a big impression on us.

Alvin Dark 100 -- January 7, 2022

Great Giants shortstop and manager Alvin Dark was born 100 years ago today, on 07-January-1922. Willie Mays gave Dark and Eddie Stanky credit for helping him to adjust when he joined the Giants. When Dark managed the San Francisco Giants, some Latin players felt that he divided the team and did not respect them. Some racist fans called them "Alvin's Darkies." He was a veteran of the USMC and a vocal Christian.

Capitol Insurrection One Year -- January 6, 2022

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One year ago today I was deeply ashamed to see CNN refer to a "Trump Mob" as it stormed the Capitol. 

Congress was meeting to accept the votes from the electoral college. Trump invited his supporters like the Proud Boys to come to Washington. He held a big rally to stir up the morons, still claiming that the election had been stolen. Several Republicans were going to contest the results, but then the "Trump Mob" of domestic terrorists invaded the Capitol. They set up a gallows to hang the Vice President, who was presiding. One woman was shot and killed. Legislators were evacuated or locked in the gallery. Capitol policemen were killed or seriously injured. The Capitol had not been attacked since the War of 1812. 

The Capitol Police were not prepared. At first, the National Guard was not called up. 

Our so-called President has checked out and people were seriously discussing invoking the 25th Amendment or having another impeachment. 

After he posted another lying video that sort of asked the protesters to back off, Twitter suspended Trump's account.  It was about time. 

In the year since, congressional committees have been holding hearings. A number of members of the mob have been sentenced to jail. A report yesterday said that 300 of the traitors are still unidentified.