1912

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National events

  • January 1 – On this day the American flag boasted 46 stars. There was no income tax, no radios, no TVs, and very few cars. Women could not vote, and senators were appointed by state governors. Federal spending was $690 million, unemployment was 4.6%, and a first-class postage stamp cost 2 cents. The U.S. population stood at 90 million. Half of those aged 14–16 had jobs. Ninety-nine out of 100 people had never seen an airplane, then spelled “aeroplane.” Canned goods began hitting the shelves. Paved roads were few and far between. [1]

Events

  • February 13 – Commission government: The city council, at its special meeting this evening approved the amendments to the charter and requested the senator and delegates from this district in the Legislature to have them enacted into law. [4]
  • March 12 – The Virginia General Assembly passed legislation permitting all cities and towns to adopt residential segregation ordinances.
  • April 11 – In his monthly report to the City Council on heath conditions, Dr. Robertson said: “The dust nuisance is great and I would strongly urge the use of oil on our side streets and water on Main Street.”[6]
  • April 18 – The City Council sat in adjorned session. A resolution to request the Mayor and City Attorney prepare a test case to determine whether a druggest doing business just across the corporate line has the right to sell Jamaican ginger, an intoxicant, as a beverage. Many members believed the business of sale of cider could be discontinued “with advantage to public good order. The license was raised from $10 to $25.”[7]
  • June 4 – The Edison Moving Picture Company arrived in Charlottesville on this day to begin filming "Jouett’s Ride and Cornwallis’ Surrender" at Monticello and in the city.[8]
  • July 2 – The silent film "Close of the American Revolution", filmed in Charlottesville, released by Thomas Edison's film company, features Jack Jouett's ride. The original "Hollywood" was Fort Lee, NJ, since the "inventor" of the motion picture (movie cameras and projection equipment), Thomas Edison, was a resident of New Jersey.
  • December 3 – A passenger train collided with a freight train in the lower end of the Southern Railway yards. There were no injuries, but three freight cars loaded with oranges were destroyed. According to the Daily Progress, “many (people) seemed to forget that the oranges belonged to the railway company and carried off a quantity of fruit.” The wreck was cleared by evening.

Deaths

Images

A passenger train collided with a freight train in the lower end of the Southern Railway yards, December 3, 1912

References

  1. https://www.uschamber.com/assets/archived/images/uscc_HistoryBook.pdf
  2. Web. VOTES TO EXTEND WERTLAND STREET, Staff Reports, Daily Progress Digitized Microfilm, Lindsay family, January 12, 1912, retrieved April 18, 2019 from University of Virginia Library. Print. page 1.
  3. Web. CIDER SELLER’S TAX TO BE $100, Staff Reports, Daily Progress Digitized Microfilm, Lindsay family, February 9, 1912, retrieved April 17, 2019 from University of Virginia Library. Print. page 1.
  4. Web. AMENDMENTS TO CITY CHARTER, Daily Progress Digitized Microfilm, Lindsay family, February 14, 1912, retrieved Decemberr 19, 2021 from University of Virginia Library VERGO. Print. page 1.
  5. Web. CITY TO BE BETTER LIGHTED, Staff Reports, Daily Progress Digitized Microfilm, Lindsay family, March 15, 1912, 1912, retrieved April 18, 2019 from University of Virginia Library. Print. page 1.
  6. Web. MONEY IS VOTED TO OIL STREETS, Staff Reports, Daily Progress Digitized Microfilm, Lindsay family, April 12, 1912, 1912, retrieved April 18, 2019 from University of Virginia Library. Print. page 1.
  7. Web. TAX BILL, CIDER AND FRANCHISES, Daily Progress Digitized Microfilm, Lindsay family, April 19, 1912, retrieved April 18, 2019 from University of Virginia Library.
  8. Web. Edison company in Charlottesville to film in 1912