Showing posts with label shoes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shoes. Show all posts
Sunday, November 3, 2019
Returning Soldier Starts a Shoe Repair Business
From the March 6, 2019, MidWeek "Looking Back."
1919, 100 Years Ago.
"Joe Cohn, a returned soldier lad, who was in the service for seven months at Camp Jackson, South Carolina, (my grandfather's base) has recently been mustered out, and has started a shoe repair shop in the little building next to the Nehring Electrical Works on East Lincoln Highway in DeKalb.
"Cohn was a cobbler by trade when he entered the service, and was in business in Earlville, and when mustered out, thought DeKalb looked good to him and is getting his share of the business at this time."
--Cooter
Monday, July 6, 2015
Think Beyond BBQ On This Fourth-- Part 3: It's a Shoe Thing
Joining the rebel cause during the Revolution was risky business. After all, the British Army was comprised of well-trained professionals with a lot of experience. The Patriots were at best a ragtag bunch often lacking weapons and even clothing.
One applicant for a pension, Thomas Craige noted that he "once went on parade in his bare feet when the snow was four or five inches deep, not because he hadn't shoes, but to show the men it wasn't so great a hardship as they complained of."
James Hawkins and Elijah Morehouse were barefoot at the Battle of New York and requested time off to get shoes. That request went all the way up to General Washington himself who told them: "My brave fellows, you see the condition in which I am placed. Yonder upon the East River is the enemy. Should they advance, and we expect them every moment, I shall need every man of you. My soldiers are my life. Should they retire, call again, and you shall have your furlough."
One applicant for a pension, Thomas Craige noted that he "once went on parade in his bare feet when the snow was four or five inches deep, not because he hadn't shoes, but to show the men it wasn't so great a hardship as they complained of."
James Hawkins and Elijah Morehouse were barefoot at the Battle of New York and requested time off to get shoes. That request went all the way up to General Washington himself who told them: "My brave fellows, you see the condition in which I am placed. Yonder upon the East River is the enemy. Should they advance, and we expect them every moment, I shall need every man of you. My soldiers are my life. Should they retire, call again, and you shall have your furlough."
Monday, June 9, 2014
Ten Weird and Painful Facts About Shoes-- Part 2
5. NASA Invented Jet Shoes.
4. Prostitute Shoes (A real piece of history here.)
3. The Shoes of World Leaders
2. Shoes Changed the Way We Run.
1. Cinderella surgeries
Some real interesting reading.
Shoely You Jest. --DaCoot
4. Prostitute Shoes (A real piece of history here.)
3. The Shoes of World Leaders
2. Shoes Changed the Way We Run.
1. Cinderella surgeries
Some real interesting reading.
Shoely You Jest. --DaCoot
Ten Weird and Painful Facts About Shoes-- Part 1
From the June 9, 2014, Listverse by Nolan Moore.
Of course, more information and photos at the site. I'm just listing them.
10. Bill Nye Saved Ballerinas' Feet.
9. Werner Herzog Ears His Shoe (Charlie Chaplin's famous shoe-eating in"The Gold Rush" was actually a boot made of licorice.) Werner really did eat one.
8. The Mysterious Shoe Corner of Hanover Township.
7. Roman Kids Wore Shoes At status Symbols.
6. The Mike Milbury Shoe Incident.
More to Come. --Cooter Shoes
Of course, more information and photos at the site. I'm just listing them.
10. Bill Nye Saved Ballerinas' Feet.
9. Werner Herzog Ears His Shoe (Charlie Chaplin's famous shoe-eating in"The Gold Rush" was actually a boot made of licorice.) Werner really did eat one.
8. The Mysterious Shoe Corner of Hanover Township.
7. Roman Kids Wore Shoes At status Symbols.
6. The Mike Milbury Shoe Incident.
More to Come. --Cooter Shoes
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