100 Years Ago Today : A comic strip
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
United States
January 29, 2021 12:51pm CST
This was taken from The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, January 29, 1921 It can be found on ChroniclingAmerica.loc.gov
It has been quite awhile since I've done these. What do you think of this comic strip? Of course I've clipped a couple of headlines underneath it too.
Wonder how old the boy is?
Keeping warm was a different task one hundred years ago. No electric blankets or heaters to keep people warm in those days and snow shoveling was done by hand.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
29 Jan 21
Yes. I remember last year reading about woman who recounted her time as a girl in the late 1800's. She said her favorite thing was riding in a sleigh.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
29 Jan 21
@thelme55 I think so too. I know there are places here that do it for events. Well, in my state but not my area.
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@thelme55 (79323)
• Germany
29 Jan 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum Riding on a sleigh would be fun.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
30 Jan 21
My father's mother had one in her house at one time. I don't believe it was ever used but as a child I thought it was interesting.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
31 Jan 21
@LadyDuck A friend of mine had one at one time, but I believe it was a much newer model.
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@LadyDuck (502729)
• Italy
31 Jan 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum My maternal grandmother had one and it used it when I was a kid.
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@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
29 Jan 21
This reminded me of certain moms I know who are way overprotective of their kids 
. Kids will gladly play in the snow or mud, but some parents won't let them. I think the boy would have wanted to be outside in the snow all day if he could!
. Kids will gladly play in the snow or mud, but some parents won't let them. I think the boy would have wanted to be outside in the snow all day if he could!2 people like this
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
29 Jan 21
Oh I bet he would have loved being in the snow.
My backyard for part of my childhood was a dirt hill. Mom encouraged me to go play in the dirt.
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@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
29 Jan 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum Growing up we had a dirt yard - my dad did not want lawn in the back. I loved my mud pies 
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
29 Jan 21
@much2say I bet it saved a lot of time mowing! Our yard now has a lot of mulch and soil in the front because it's mostly tree roots in those areas.
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@Tina30219 (82978)
• Onaway, Michigan
29 Jan 21
Never heard of this one before must be before my time. Me and my boyfriend still shovel parts of our driveway not all of it because our neighbor comes and plows it for us
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@Tina30219 (82978)
• Onaway, Michigan
29 Jan 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum Yeah Inwould Definitely day before my time because I am 49 years old. We do quite a bit outside my boyfriend more than me he likes to ice fish I will only go with him if there is nobody else to go but he has to get me chocolate and a drink and we have heat because we are in a shack and Intake my kindle to read.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
29 Jan 21
@Tina30219 sounds like a fun place to read to be honest. I like being outside, but I don't do a lot of outside things. I don't go camping much because I don't drive and don't have anyone to take me unless I go with friends.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
29 Jan 21
100 years ago.
We will shovel if it's gotten too bad, but honeslty I'm the only one that goes outside when it snows.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
29 Jan 21
I was thinking the same thing. It looks more modern than the 100 years that it really is.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
29 Jan 21
@paigea They certainly didn't and then in the blink of an eye things were vastly different! Technology surged and housework became easier, women started to work because their menfolk were off to the wars etc.
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@paigea (36143)
• Canada
29 Jan 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum Things didn't change much in those 50 years!
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
30 Jan 21
@porwest Oh yes, one of my favorite things is to figure out the inflation of an item from way back when.
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@porwest (112906)
• United States
31 Jan 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum Yeah, that is always interesting too.
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@porwest (112906)
• United States
30 Jan 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum That's fun too, especially when you see how much cheaper things were back in the day. Granted, people made 10 cents per hour then too. lol
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@snowy22315 (209108)
• United States
29 Jan 21
I honestly didn't think they had comic strips back then. That is pretty funny.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
29 Jan 21
I was surprised to see it myself.
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@Tampa_girl7 (54730)
• United States
30 Jan 21
When I was a child I loved to read the comic strips in the newspaper.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
30 Jan 21
My sister loved to do the same. I was always second to read them!
@LindaOHio (222727)
• United States
30 Jan 21
I guess the mother feels that her son will get sick from being cold and wet?
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
30 Jan 21
I am sure that was part of her concern.
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@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
29 Jan 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum They are not even offered here any more for delivery. I read them online.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
29 Jan 21
@CarolDM I am not sure if the regular paper is offered or not. What I refer to is some sort of free thing. We get them sparingly.
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