Stories: Old West & Beyond 11.05.2024
“Maturity of the mind is the capacity to endure uncertainty.” —John Finley
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Good Morning. It’s Tuesday, November 5, 2024.
On this day in 1935, Parker Brothers released the “Monopoly” board game. First developed as “The Landlord’s Game” by Elizabeth Magie Phillips, it was intended to be a teaching tool about the pitfalls of capitalism and monopolies. Phillps sold the rights to Parker Brothers for $500. According to writer Mary Pilon, “Monopoly” represents the American dream or a nightmare.
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FROM THE WILD WEST
. . . Bob Younger, the youngest of four brothers, joined the James-Younger Gang at age 21 and died fifteen years later from tuberculosis while in prison. The botched raid of a bank in Northfield, Minnesota, on September 7, 1876, ended the crime career of all the Younger brothers. "The Youngest Younger.”
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. . . The James-Younger Gang was created in the late 1860s and dissolved in 1876. Most of the gang’s lawbreaking activities center on robbing banks.
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FROM HERE & THERE
. . . Would you pay $20 for a beer? You would if you wanted one at a Boston Celtics game. Beer at a Celtics’ game ranks as the most expensive of all thirty NBA teams.
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. . . From more than 11,000 photos submitted for the Close-up Photographer of the Year competition, here is a shortlist of the best images.
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. . . A rare recording console is up for grabs by collectors of Beatlemania. The famed rock group used the console to record “Abbey Road.”
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. . . The quote, “Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions,” is often attributed to Albert Einstein. But Garson O’Toole, who operates a website aimed at debunking the source of various quotations, says Einstein never said it.
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. . . The Aztec, a sports car unveiled at the 1988 Turin Motor Show, featured bold futuristic styling. The two-seater, of which only 18 were ever produced, included separate compartments for the driver and passenger, which required the two parties to communicate electronically.
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“People of accomplishment rarely sit back and let things happen to them. They go out and happen to things.” —Leonardo da Vinci
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