Great Hurricane, Galveston, TX (September 8, 1900)

Great Hurricane, Galveston, TX (September 8, 1900)

by | Sep 8, 2016 | Articles

September 8th marks the anniversary of the Great Hurricane in 1900, the tremendous storm that struck Galveston, Texas and took approximately 8,000 lives. Despite numerous other hurricanes, blizzards, earthquakes, floods, and tornadoes, the Great Hurricane remains the single-most destructive natural disaster in United States History. This article encapsulates the high points of the storm’s events through two newspaper articles in the week following the storm, a YouTube presentation by a young girl, and quotes from historical sources.  This historical event is of import to me personally as I spent many long, hot, sunshiny summer days on Galveston beach.

First Historical Use of term “Mail-Order Bride”

First Historical Use of term “Mail-Order Bride”

by | Mar 30, 2016 | Articles

Though another blogger cited the first recorded use of “mail-order bride” in the New York Times in 1929, I’ve found documentation in other newspapers of the phrase in use much earlier. The short snippets of stories illustrating the use of “mail-order bride” in the decades between the Turn of the Century and 1929 illustrate the general acceptance of this phrase in American English prior to 1916 or 1911, earlier than 1906…yes! 1903! (And perhaps even earlier as more historical documentation becomes readily available).