100 YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A MAN NAMED JOHN. OR WAS IT 80 YEARS AGO? OR WAS IT TODAY? EVEN JOHN’S NOT SURE. ALL HE REALLY KNOWS IS THAT WHILE SO MANY THINGS CHANGE, THERE ARE ALSO SO MANY THINGS THAT STAY THE SAME. TRAVELING THROUGH THE WEB OF TIME WITH HIS OLD FRIEND ED IN THEIR EVER-CHANGING BARBER SHOP, JOHN MAKES A POINT TO ALWAYS GRAB THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER. THE TIME CAPSULES THAT LET HIM AND ED KNOW EXACTLY WHERE, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHEN THEY ARE.

TODAY WE FIND JOHN RETURNING TO THE SHOP WITH A COPY OF THE ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE. THE DATE IS JULY 29,1914, AND THEY ARE IN A PLACE CALLED ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA.

Yesterday The Austro-Hungarian Empire declared war on Serbia. Today Britain calls for international mediation to resolve the worsening crisis, while Russia urges German restraint. Nevertheless, the Russians begin partial troop mobilization as a precaution.

Tomorrow Czar Nicholas the second of Russia will decree a general mobilization in response to Austria’s declaration of war on Serbia, and with a heavy heart he is claimed to have said, “Think of the thousands and thousands of men who will be sent to their deaths.” And he was right, thousands and thousands of men will indeed be sent to their deaths in the coming war.

WILL JOHN AND ED STICK AROUND? OR IS IT TIME FOR THEM TO FALL A BIT FURTHER THROUGH TIME? GUESS WE’LL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE. JOIN ME AGAIN IN A FEW DAYS WHEN WE LOOK IN ON JOHN AND ED AGAIN AS THEY CONTINUE FALLING THROUGH THE ARCHIVES…

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 Staring

Jim Hodges - As the Narrator

John Teach - As John

Cori Andre - As Ed

With Special guest

Mike Allender- As Advertisers

Music is from 1912 and in the public domain.

In order they are…

Moonlight Bay by The American Quartet

When Uncle Joe Plays a Rag on His Banjo by Arthur Collins

Kentucky Days by The Peerless Quartet

That Precious Little Thing Called Love by Arthur Collins and Byron Harlan

Knock Wood by Sophie Tucker

And ABC’s of the USA by Ada Jones and Bill Murray

Sound Design and Editing done by Hayden Hodges

The newspaper articles read on the show are actual written accounts of the time period and can be found in The Library of Congress under Chronicling America.

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ALWAYS PAY ATTENTION TO WHERE AND WHEN YOU ARE, OR YOU TOO MAY FIND YOURSELF FALLING THROUGH THE ARCHIVES…