Today we find John returning to the shop with a copy of The Alexandria Gazette. The date is June 29,1914, and they are in a place called Alexandria, Virginia. 

Yesterday, June 28, 1914, Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria, and his wife Sophie were assassinated, and an already heated history is about to become searing hot.

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Starring -

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John Teach - As John

Cori Andre - As Ed

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Music is from 1914 - and is listed in the Public Domain.

• What Time Tomorrow by Billy Williams
• Love’s Sorrow by Emory B Randolf
• Credo by Ruffo
• The High Cost of Loving by The Peerless 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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And the trial of one Mrs. Elizabeth Hall begins today.

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John Teach - As John

Cori Andre - As Ed

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Music is from 1912 and 1914 and in the public domain.

In order they are…

Panto Medley by Stanley Kirby with Regimental Band of Scots (1914)

If Your Heart Keeps Right by Homer Rodeheaver (1914)

Roamin in the Gloamin by Harry Lauder (1912)

And - Silly Ass by Jack Charman (1912)

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.

If you would like to help support the show you can by sharing our show with your friends. Follow and leave us a review on iTunes. And check us out on Patreon at The Falling Archivist where you’ll find exclusive content and merchandise. In all honesty, it takes a lot to keep a show going, and we truly appreciate all the help we can get.

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Yesterday The Austro-Hungarian Empire declared war on Serbia. Today Britain will call for international mediation to resolve the worsening crisis while Russia urges German restraint. Nevertheless, the Russians begin partial troop mobilization as a precaution. The Germans then warn Russia on its mobilization and begin to mobilize themselves. So many moves are taking place all over Europe, but that’s not all that was happening...

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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.

If you would like to help support the show you can by sharing our show with your friends. Follow and leave us a review on iTunes, or wherever you listen. And check us out on Patreon at The Falling Archivist where you’ll find exclusive content and merchandise. In all honesty, it takes a lot to keep a show going, and we truly appreciate all the help we can get.

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John Teach- As John

Cori Andre - As Ed

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Music is from 1912 and 1913– and in the public domain.

In order they are…

Ragtime Violin by The American Quartet

Goodbye Everybody by Walter Van Brunt

Snap Your Fingers by Al Jolson

Oh, My Molly McIntyre by Bobby Williams

If You Talk in Your Sleep, Don’t Mention My Name by Billy 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.

If you would like to help support the show you can by sharing our show with your friends. Follow and leave us a review on iTunes. And check us out on Patreon at The Falling Archivist where you’ll find exclusive content and merchandise. In all honesty, it takes a lot to keep a show going, and we truly appreciate all the help we can get.

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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

There isn’t a single day that’s the same ole same ole in the world. Everything is changing, just take a look at Bessie Wakefield, a 24-year-old mother of two children, who would become the first woman convicted of first-degree murder in Connecticut, for the death of her husband, William Wakefield. Whose body was discovered in the woods near Cheshire, Connecticut, on June 28, 1913. William had been shot and stabbed multiple times and strangled with a pair of shoelaces. Within a few days, Bessie and local farmhand James Plew were arrested for the crime. They tried to make the murder look like a suicide and failed miserably. The state’s case against them claimed that Plew had killed William, and that Bessie had conspired with Plew, even encouraged him to kill her husband, all so the two of them could be together. That made her an accessory to the crime. Plew pled guilty, but Bessie Wakefield denied any involvement in or knowledge of the murder of her husband. Nevertheless, despite her denials, Wakefield was found guilty and sentenced to hang. Later on, the suffragette movement will take on the fight to free Poor Old Bessie. But that’s a story for another time. There’s a World War starting…

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John Teach- As John

Cori Andre - As Ed

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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.

If you would like to help support the show you can by sharing our show with your friends. Follow and leave us a review on iTunes. And check us out on Patreon at The Falling Archivist where you’ll find exclusive content and merchandise. In all honesty, it takes a lot to keep a show going, and we truly appreciate all the help we can get.

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Today is August 1st, 1914, just four days ago Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Today Germany and Russia declared war against each other, France ordered a general mobilization, and the first German army units will cross into Luxembourg in preparation for the German invasion of France. During the next three days, Russia, France, Belgium, and Great Britain will all line up against Austria-Hungary and Germany, and the German army will invade Belgium. The “Great War” that ensues will be one of previously unprecedented devastation and death.

But right now, many of the people of Europe are kind of greeting the coming war with delight. Most patriotically, they all assume that their country will be victorious within months. Of the initial combatants, Germany is most prepared for the outbreak of hostilities, and its military leaders have already organized a serious military strategy known as the “Schlieffen Plan,” with which they expect the defeat of France through a massive arcing offensive through Belgium and into northern France. Russia, a touch slow to mobilize, is to be kept busy by Austro-Hungarian forces while Germany attacks France.

But we all know that even the best laid plans rarely make it to face the enemy… No one really knows how ugly this war is going to get….

And things aren’t looking very good for Mrs. Hall at the moment either…

PLEASE NOTE - Falling Through the Archives is taking a small break - Look for Episode 7 on August 12, 2022.

Sorry for the interruption. We too look forward to looking in on John and Ed again soon!

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John Teach- As John

Cori Andre - As Ed

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Music is from 1911, 1913, and 1914 – and in the public domain.

They are…

I Love the Ladies by Byron Harlan

He’s a Devil in His Own Hometown by Ed Morton

California and You by Irving Kaufman

When You’re a Long, Long Way from Home by Henry Burr

I Want to go Back to Michigan by Elida Morris

The Aba Daba Honeymoon by Collis and Harlan

He’d Have to Get Under, Get Out and Get Under to Fix His Automobile by Billy Murray

When You Wore a Tulip and I Wore a Big Red Rose by American Quartet

The Oceana Roll by Eddi Morton

And

Cohen on the Telephone by Joe Hayman

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.

If you would like to help support the show you can by sharing our show with your friends. Follow and leave us a review on iTunes, or wherever you listen. And check us out on Patreon at The Falling Archivist where you’ll find exclusive content and merchandise.

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Falling Through the Archives

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Yesterday, Sunday August 2, the first military action on the Western Front occurred as a skirmish at Joncherey in northeastern France near the border. History tells us that a small German cavalry, known then as uhlans, illegally crossed the border and clashed with the local French militia. But as you’ll soon hear, reports of the day aren’t very clear on who crossed who’s border.

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John Teach- As John

Cori Andre - As Ed

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Music is from 1910 and 1913, and in the public domain.

They are…

Temptation Rag by Prince’s Military Band

Play that Barbershop Chord by Bert Williams

Last Night Was the End of the World by Henry Burr

Too Much Mustard by Prince’s Band

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp by Byron Harlan and Frank Stanley

Till the Sands of the Desert Grow Cold by Alan Turner

Woodsman, Spare the Tree by Bert Williams

Come Along My Mandy by Nora Bayers and Jack Neroworth

Snooky Ookums by Billy 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.

If you would like to help support the show you can by sharing our show with your friends. Follow and leave us a review on iTunes, or wherever you listen. And check us out on Patreon at The Falling Archivist where you’ll find exclusive content and merchandise. It takes a lot to keep a show going, and we truly appreciate all the help we can get.

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Falling Through the Archives

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