Pistol-Wielding Lady Demands Retractions in the Barber Shop

From the August 1, 2018, MidWeek (DeKalb County, Illinois)  "Looking Back."

1918, 100 Years Ago.

"Miss Hortense Cotton, who last Saturday night drove terror into the hears of several fellows in the Lewis barber shop and Lewis himself when she stepped into the business place and demanded certain retractions on the part of Lewis, at the point of a 32-calibre revolver was arrested yesterday.

"The young lady was given a hearing and after the matter had been  threshed out by the officials of the law, the young lady was assessed the fine of $25 and costs, amounting to $33.60, which was promptly paid and the case dismissed."

Wonder what Mr. Lewis had said?

I Sure Would Like To Know the Particulars of This Case.  --Cooter

The Little Gun That Started a Big Old War

The September 25th Guardian.co.uk had an article about the new exhibit at the Imperial War Museum in London called "In Memorium: Remembering the Great War" which runs through September 6, 2009. This includes the gun carried by Gavrilo Princip, an 18 year-old Bosnian Serb who assassinated Austria's Archduke Ferdinand and launched World War I which last four years and claimed over 20 million lives.

This is the first time the gun, and a homemade grenade/bomb have been in the UK, and is on a rare loan from the Heeresgeschichtlinches (How's that for a name) Museum in Vienna. The exhibit also focuses on the lives of 90 individuals during the war including Winston Churchill and Harry Truman as well as personal possessions of regular folks.

One reason for the display now is that of the more than 5 million persons who entered British service during the war, only three remain: Bill Stone, Harry Patch, and Henry Allingham.

One other article mentioned that there were six people involved in the assassination plot.

I'd Sure Like to See This Gun. --Cooter