SPRINGING INTO ACTION Jakobe Baker-Smith meets and defeats the Easter Bunny yesterday at Rupert’s Arcade. | photos by JACK BOYCE NOTEBOOK: NOTE: Although local newspapers mostly carried state and national news back then, The Shelbyville Republican did briefly mention the total solar eclipse of Aug. 7, 1869. “The Eclipse at this point on last Saturday was a grand success,” the paper weekly said in the following edition. “The day was one of the clearest and most beautiful of the season, and everyone who had a free ticket (a piece of smoked glass) got to see all the show, which consisted of Luna turning Phoebus’ light down until it nearly went out, and then turning it back again - a side show or two of stars, and a chill bath 18 degrees colder than usual. After the performance was over, the chickens came down from their roost, and things moved along as usual.”
Sunday, March 24, 2024
Sunday, March 24, 2024
Sunday, March 24, 2024
SPRINGING INTO ACTION Jakobe Baker-Smith meets and defeats the Easter Bunny yesterday at Rupert’s Arcade. | photos by JACK BOYCE NOTEBOOK: NOTE: Although local newspapers mostly carried state and national news back then, The Shelbyville Republican did briefly mention the total solar eclipse of Aug. 7, 1869. “The Eclipse at this point on last Saturday was a grand success,” the paper weekly said in the following edition. “The day was one of the clearest and most beautiful of the season, and everyone who had a free ticket (a piece of smoked glass) got to see all the show, which consisted of Luna turning Phoebus’ light down until it nearly went out, and then turning it back again - a side show or two of stars, and a chill bath 18 degrees colder than usual. After the performance was over, the chickens came down from their roost, and things moved along as usual.”