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R.M.S. "Mauretania" is a photographic album held by the DeGolyer Library, at Southern Methodist University. Images include the dining room, lounge, deck areas, and state rooms. Unlike its sister ship, the Lusitania, which was torpedoed by a German U-boat during World War I, off the coast of Ireland, the Mauretania survived World War I and continued to operate until its eventual retirement from service in 1934. During its lifetime, the Mauretania held the speed record for fastest transatlantic crossing from 1909 to 1929, and served as both a troop ship and hospital ship during World War I. Photographs in the...

Full edition of the New York Tribune from 100 years ago today fully digitized.

Near 20 minutes of original film footage from the presidency of Warren G Harding, the 29th President of the United States. Mr. Harding was president from March 4, 1921 - August 1, 1923 when he died. Harding is poorly ranked by most historians, but I regard him as badly underrated. Harding's accomplishments... * Reduced taxes from 77% under Wilson to 56%. * Inaugurated the first interstate highways. * Strongly supported civil rights after the racist Wilson years. Supported a Federal anti-lynching bill that passed the GOP lead House but died under Democratic filibuster in the Senate. * Made some excellent...

In the spirit of the secular part of the holiday, here is the 1977 BBC version of the Dracula story. Of the dozens of film and TV adaptations, this one is widely considered to be the most faithful to the original novel by Bram Stoker. (appx 2.5 hrs)

Actor Sean Connery, the big screen’s first and most revered James Bond, has died, his family said Saturday. He was 90 years old. Connery died peacefully in his sleep in the Bahamas, having been “unwell for some time,” his son told the BBC. Best known for his seven turns as Bond, beginning with 1962’s “Dr. No,” the Scottish-born Connery freed himself from agent 007’s debonair typecast to play myriad other roles across a decades-long career filled with accolades, including an Oscar, two BAFTA awards and being named People magazine’s “Sexiest Man of the Century” in 1999.

Scenes from the latter portion of the funeral of Hierodeacon Iliodor followed by burial. (Russian Orthodox)

Icon of the Last Judgement (probably my favorite one!) Date: September 18, 2020Author: Codex Justinianeus 6 Comments This is an article that I’ve been meaning to write for some time now, and the reason I’m choosing to do it now is really this: I think most defenses of “anti-universalism” coming out of Orthodox circles are incredibly weak and also uncharitable to our brothers and sisters who do support belief in universalism. This post is not so much an attempt to “prove” myself correct in this dispute, though I certainly do hope to do that, but rather my main intention...

Summary Three sequences of the funeral ceremonies held for President William McKinley: Sequence 1: McKinley's body lay in state in the Rotunda of the Capitol, Washington, D.C. on Sept. 17, 1901; views of officers on horseback, the Artillery Band (wearing dark headdresses), a squadron of cavalry, a battalion of artillery and coast artillery, Marine Band (wearing white helmets), battalion of Marines, civilians carrying umbrellas (may be the diplomatic corps), other civilians, guard of honor, pallbearers, and the horsedrawn hearse all turning the corner off what may be Pennsylvania Avenue on their way to the Capitol; camera pans the hearse, as...

Well, that’s a rhetorical question that bites the dust. Like Rick and Ilsa in Casablanca who will “forever will have Paris”, bears will continue to do what they do in the woods but I’m not so sure you can say the same thing about the pope. I’m bewildered at the dizzying pace in which Pope Francis is giving away the store. And make no mistake, the recognition of civil unions for homosexuals is so “yesterday” that it really doesn’t make sense to be talking about it at this juncture. Except on this level: eventually, the Catholic Church will go full...

ROME — In a documentary that premiered Wednesday in Rome, Pope Francis called for the passage of civil union laws for same-sex couples, departing from the position of the Vatican’s doctrinal office and the pope’s predecessors on the issue. The remarks came amid a portion of the documentary that reflected on pastoral care for those who identify as LGBT. “Homosexuals have a right to be a part of the family. They’re children of God and have a right to a family. Nobody should be thrown out, or be made miserable because of it,” Pope Francis said in the film, of...

The Holy Hierarch-Martyr Metropolitan Benjamin of Petrograd [St. Petersburg], who in 1922 became a martyr of Christ to Communist terror, said at his trial… “I do not know what sentence you will pass upon me—life or death—yet whatever your pronouncement, I will raise my eyes upward with the same reverence, make the sign of the Cross (here he crossed himself broadly) and say, “Glory to Thee, O Lord God, for all things!” Then he was shot.

A sign of changing times from Claire Murashima, writing in the student newspaper of Calvin University (formerly Calvin College) in Grand Rapids, Michigan: "In the 102 years that Student Senate has existed, we’ve never had an openly gay student body president. It’s beyond time that the LGBTQ community is represented in the highest student leadership position at Calvin. I’m proud to be the first. A few years ago, I never thought that I would be coming out to the world through my school newspaper at my Christian university. I wanted to be known as the girl who started Dance Marathon...

Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents Rod Dreher Sentinel 256 pages $15.99 Kindle; $20.49 HardcoverReview by Stephen MorrisIf The Benedict Option (2017) outlined a tactical Christian retreat, Rod Dreher’s Live Not by Lies (2020) is more of a battle plan for when there is no longer somewhere to retreat to. From draconian COVID restrictions and rioting in our streets to the macabre advent calendar of events leading up to the presidential election, 2020 has completely flipped the script on the comforting maxim, It can’t happen here. The concept is simple. Dreher mines the battle-won wisdom gleaned from...

ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND HOMELESS PERSONS APPEALING FOR AID Millionaires Rendered Penniless In A Day- All The Principle Banks, Wholesale And Retail Establishments, Newspaper Offices, And A Score Of Churches Destroyed- Many Vessels Burned- The Fire Still Raging [Full edition of the New York Tribune from today's date in 1871. (12 pages digitized)]

The FBI said Thursday it uncovered a plot carried out by an armed militia in Michigan to kidnap Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. In total, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel filed 19 state felony charges against seven individuals known to be members of the militia group, Wolverine Watchmen or associates of Wolverine Watchmen. Separately, six individuals were also charged by U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge with federal felony charges as a result of the execution of search warrants Wednesday. The suspects, now under arrest, are alleged to have called on the groups’ members to identify the home addresses of law enforcement officers...

Today's edition of the New York Tribune from 100 years ago. Fully digitized. 96 pages.

Selection of some of the best shots of New York at the dawn of film. Speed corrected for a more natural appearance with some sound added. (appx 9 mins)

First of 13 episodes of an ITV miniseries on the life of Britain's King Edward VII who lead the life of a playboy prince during his long wait for the throne only to become a well respected monarch following the death of his mother Queen Victoria. First broadcast in 1975 both Anne Crosby (Queen Victoria) and Timothy West in the title role garnered much critical acclaim.

Today's newspaper from 100 years ago fully digitized. (22 pgs)

A COUPLE of generations ago sanitary conditions on shipboard were either of the crudest or did not exist at all. It is a fact that in the days of the famous Yankee clippers the crews of those and contemporaneous craft were absolutely without toilet conveniences. The first-class passengers of the sailing "packets" of the 1840's and 1850's and still later had no bathing facilities and the so-called lavatories were as foul as they were inefficient. The unfortunates who had to journey in the steerages were even worse off, the filth and immodesty of the sanitary arrangements, if they could be...