1900s Tweets

Some of the “news” printed back then would make informatively hilarious modern-day tweets. This is such a Twitter account. #history

It's Pueblo Chile season! 😋 I couldn’t leave Pueblo without stopping by the Pueblo Chile & Frijoles Festival to pick up some of the best chiles in the world!

NEW: Colorado GOP @RepBoebert announces effort to imeach President Biden. If successful, Biden would be the first US President to be imeached. #copolitics

Hello

Fire levels 26 city blocks of Jersey City, New Jersey. There was a series of explosions and scores of walls fell when the fire left them strengthless. ~02/09/1902

German military 1st uses poison gas (chlorine) in #WWI on this date in 1915.

I tweet again.

White supremacy should be rooted out and relegated to the pages of history — not promoted by the President of the United States.

11 members of the same family die from Spanish Flu outbreak in North Carolina -10/18/1918 #SpanishFlu

The Spanish flu arrived in three waves. It initially appeared in the spring of 1918. The first wave was mild. Symptoms included chills, fever, and fatigue, but those infected recovered relatively quickly. By fall, however, the virus took a dramatic turn.

The 1918 flu killed 675,000 Americans; 50-100 million people died worldwide. #CoronavirusOutbreak #CoronaVirusUpdate #coronavirus

I am here.

04-26-1900 US Post Office issues 1st books of postage stamps and they are cheap so send letters. Lots of letters. Send them.

03-14-1900 Dutch botanist Hugo de Vries rediscovers Mendel's laws of genetics and what a keen rediscovery.

Are you still listening?

Hi

Hope all is well for everybody.

I am back.

Modern times are wonky. Maybe the past was simpler safer.

#BurningMan OMMFSweetJesus no!