Back in ... 1916

Published: September 7, 2010

Article Tools

Font size: [A] [A] [A]

Our Social Networks

Facebook

- Some 350 drivers were called in by the town burgess to get a three-minute lecture on why they should not have made a left turn at - you guessed it - Market and Independence streets.

- In Philadelphia, Dr. James Norris of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said that, sooner or later, the U.S. would run out of fossil fuels and would have to turn either to solar energy or energy produced by burning vegetable matter to produce gas. Today, both projects are still in stages of relative infancy.

- Prohibition had become the law 5½ years earlier and, in 1926, the Supreme Court announced that there were so many cases pending on the prohibition law, that nearly everything else was being held up on the court docket.

- At the Beale Motor Car Co. in Shamokin, the big seller was the Hupmobile Six. Some of the extras you could order were oil and gas filters, a thermostat to control heat and a gas gauge on the dashboard rather than outside the car. If you didn't go for that thermostat, by the way, you either froze or sweltered in the cold of winter.

- Calvin Coolidge was president, and he was very popular with the people, but his policies were not so popular. Republicans were afraid that after Silent Cal, the Democrats would gain control of Washington. That would happen six years later with Herbert Hoover, a Republican who succeeded Coolidge as president, unable to cope with the situation he inherited from Coolidge.

- In sports, 87 players, the largest contingent ever, were out for football at Shamokin High School.

- In Atlantic City, the Miss America public relations people put out this announcement: "No flapper with pert mannerisms and aggressive self-reliance will reign as Miss America ... She will be a home girl, evidencing womanliness but with poise and stability."

Ads by Yahoo!

We welcome user discussion on our site, under the following guidelines:

To comment you must first create a profile and sign-in with a verified DISQUS account or social network ID. Sign up here.

Comments in violation of the rules will be denied, and repeat violators will be banned. Please help police the community by flagging offensive comments for our moderators to review. By posting a comment, you agree to our full terms and conditions. Click here to read terms and conditions.