It's July 31st, 1914
Today we find John returning to the shop with a copy of The Alexandria Gazette. The date is July 31, 1914, and they are in a place called Alexandria, Virginia.
This evening at about 9:45 pm. Jean Jaurès, a French socialist, will be assassinated at the Café du Croissant by known nationalist, Raoul Villain. Jaurès had been due to attend an international conference on August 9th, in an attempt to dissuade the parties from going ahead with the war. No one is truly certain as to why he was assassinated, but it has been speculated that it was in order to stop him from attending the conference.
Facing the enormous task of absorbing all of the world's stock business, the New York Stock Exchange decided to close today. The board of governors held that unloading of securities. might result in depressing prices to a panicky figure.
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It's July 31st, 1914
There’s a World War starting…
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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Starring
Jim Hodges - As the Narrator
John Teach- As John
Cori Andre - As Ed
With Special guest
Mike Allender- As Advertisers
Music is from 1910 and 1911– and in the public domain.
In order they are…
Childs Festival by The Indestructible Bohemian Orchestra
By the Light of the Silvery Moon by Billy Murray and Haydn Quartet
That Lovin’ Rag by Sophie Tucker
The Cudanola Glide by Arthur Collins and Byron Harlan
Had Anybody Seen Kelly? By Nora Bayes
Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland by Henry Burr
Silver Bell by The Peerless Quartet
Come, Josephine, In My Flying Machine by Ada Jones and The American Quartet
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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