ADDITIONAL HISTORY: Headlines You Probably Missed

On October 9, 1871, newspapers across the country reported about something that started the night before in Chicago. It was NOT a good thing. However, as we learn from additional history, it might have been silly song lyrics that made it such a famous event, taking the attention away from another bad thing that happened on the exact same day. Confused yet? Listen to this episode and you'll have it all figured out.

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“Advertisement for Fire Insurance (Page 3).” Bangor Whig and Courier (Bangor, Maine), October 9, 1871. www.newspapers.com.

“Cheer Up.” The Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois), October 11, 1871. www.newspapers.com.

“The Chicago Fire of 1871 and the 'Great Rebuilding'.” National Geographic Society. Accessed April 19, 2021. https://www.nationalgeographic.org/article/chicago-fire-1871-and-great-rebuilding/print/#:~:text=By%20Mary%20Schons&text=On%20October%208%2C%201871%2C%20a,of%20the%20city's%20population%20homeless.

“The Edsall Tragedy.” Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois), October 8, 1871. www.newspapers.com.

“Gold Hill, Nevada.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, May 2, 2020. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Hill,_Nevada.

“Latest News By Telegraph: The Great Chicago Fire!” The Daily Evening Express (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), October 9, 1871. www.newspapers.com.

Leonard, Will. “Will Leonard Column.” Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois), October 9, 1971. www.newspapers.com.

“Make Them Resign.” The Scranton Republican (Scranton, Pennsylvania), October 5, 1871. www.newspapers.com.

“Massive Fire Burns in Wisconsin.” History.com. A&E Television Networks, November 13, 2009. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/massive-fire-burns-in-wisconsin.

“Overland Dispatches: Special to the Gold Hill News.” Gold Hill Daily News (Gold Hill, Nevada), October 9, 1871. www.newspapers.com.

“The Ruined City.” The Great Chicago Fire & The Web of Memory. Accessed April 19, 2021. https://www.greatchicagofire.org/ruined-city/.

“Two Pennsylvania Judges.” The Daily Evening Express (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), October 9, 1871. www.newspapers.com.

US Department of Commerce, NOAA. “The Peshtigo Fire.” National Weather Service. NOAA's National Weather Service, November 19, 2015. https://www.weather.gov/grb/peshtigofire.

On March 28, 1979, something happened in Pennsylvania. It was a disaster that could have been much worse considering what was at stake. Think you know what happened that day? Listen and find out!

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“Advertisement: Movies Playing.” Fremont Tribune (Fremont, Nebraska), March 28, 1979. www.newspapers.com.

“Backgrounder on the Three Mile Island Accident.” United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission. https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/fact-sheets/3mile-isle.html, n.d.

Browning, William. “Tears of a Clown.” The Paris Review, July 6, 2016. https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2016/07/06/tears-of-a-clown/.

“Dorothy M. Miller Heese (1928-2007) .” Find a Grave. Accessed April 14, 2021. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/115061583/dorothy-m.-heese.

“Emmett Kelly.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, December 29, 2020. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Kelly.

“Famous Clown Emmett Kelly Dies.” Decatur Daily Review (Decatur, Illinois), March 28, 1979. www.newspapers.com.

Georgievska, Marija. “Emmett Kelly: The First Sad Hobo Clown Who Was Best-Known for His Character Named ‘Weary Willie.’” The Vintage News, May 1, 2017. https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/05/02/emmett-kelly-the-first-sad-hobo-clown-who-was-best-known-for-his-character-named-weary-willie/.

“Ira Einhorn.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, April 6, 2021. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Einhorn.

Levy, Steven. “The Day Unicorn's Ugly.” Philadelphia Daily News (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), June 18, 1997. www.newspapers.com.

———. “The Fatal Attraction.” Philadelphia Daily News (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), June 19, 1997. www.newspapers.com.

O'Dowd, Joe, Debbie Lock, and Tom Schmidt. “Skeleton in Trunk Linked to City Guru.” Philadelphia Daily News (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), March 28, 1979. www.newspapers.com.

“r/UnresolvedMysteries - Fifty Years on, Wahoo Teen Mary Kay Heese's Murder Still among Nebraska's Unsolved.” reddit. Accessed April 14, 2021. https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/b6kg7l/fifty_years_on_wahoo_teen_mary_kay_heeses_murder/.

Shaw, Julie. “'Unicorn Killer' Ira Einhorn, 79, Dies in Pa. Prison.” https://www.inquirer.com. The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 4, 2020. https://www.inquirer.com/news/ira-einhorn-dead-unicorn-killer-earth-day-holly-maddux-20200403.html.

Soteropoulus, Jacqueline. “Fallen Fugitive.” The Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis, Indiana), July 29, 2001. www.newspapers.com.

Staff, Inside Edition. “Who Was the 'Unicorn Killer'? How a 1960s Activist-Turned-Murderer Evaded Extradition for 23 Years.” Inside Edition. Inside Edition, April 10, 2020. https://www.insideedition.com/who-was-the-unicorn-killer-how-a-1960s-activist-turned-murderer-evaded-extradition-for-23-years.

“Three Mile Island Accident.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, April 3, 2021. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Mile_Island_accident.

United Press International. “Leak Closes 3-Mile Island Reactor.” The Sentinel (Carlisle, Pennsylvania), March 28, 1979. www.newspapers.com.

Wax, Bill. “Wahoo Slaying Still a Puzzle.” Fremont Tribune (Fremont, Nebraska), March 28, 1979. www.newspapers.com.

I'm always game for a good shipwreck story, and this one does not disappoint. It's a story that has been told many times before, but even though more than forty years have passed since it happened, a million questions remain unanswered.

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SOURCES

“The Crew of the Sarah Joe.” Unsolved Mysteries Wiki. Accessed April 9, 2021. https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/The_Crew_of_the_Sarah_Joe.

John Christensen. “Hana Waits for Her Sons.” The Honolulu Star-Bulletin (Honolulu, Hawaii), March 8, 1979. www.newspapers.com.

“Joss Paper.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, December 1, 2020. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joss_paper.

Kubota, Gary T. “Lost fishermen still cast shadow 30 years later.” The Honolulu Star-Bulletin (Honolulu, Hawaii), February 20, 2009. www.newsappers.com.

“Lost Hawaiian Fisherman.” Unsolved Mysteries, September 7, 2020. https://unsolved.com/gallery/lost-hawaiian-fishermen/.

“Pigeons Used in Search for 5 Missing Fishermen.” The Honolulu Star-Bulletin (Honolulu, Hawaii), February 14, 1979. www.newspapers.com.

“Search Ended for Fishing Boat.” The Honolulu Star-Bulletin (Honolulu, Hawaii), February 17, 1979. www.newspapers.com.

On November 30, 1922, newspapers reported about one of the most significant archaeological discoveries of all time. It was a discovery made in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. Think you know what it was? Listen to today's episode to find out!

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“Advertisement (Page 3).” The Union Appeal (Union, Mississippi), November 30, 1922. www.newspapers.com.

“Anna Lenz to Chippewa Falls Institution.” The Sheboygan Press (Sheboygan, Wisconsin), March 27, 1923. www.newspapers.com.

“Anna T Lenz (1892-1990) .” Find a Grave. Accessed April 6, 2021. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102007122/anna-t-lenz.

“Arkansas Riot Is Subdued.” Daily Clarion-Progress (Opelousas, Louisiana), November 30, 1922. www.newspapers.com.

Associated Press. “Sensational Egyptological Discovery of the Century.” Norwich Bulletin (Norwich, Connecticut), November 30, 1922. www.newspapers.com.

“Coroner's Inquest Asks Anna Lenz Be Tried For Murder.” The Sheboygan Press (Sheboygan, Wisconsin), December 9, 1922. www.newspapers.com.

“Curse of the Pharaohs.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, April 1, 2021. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_the_pharaohs#:~:text=Deaths%20popularly%20attributed%20to%20Tutankhamun's%20curse,-The%20tomb%20was&text=George%20Herbert%2C%205th%20Earl%20of,the%20opening%20of%20the%20tomb.

“Edythe Sterling Biography.” Fandango. Accessed April 8, 2021. https://www.fandango.com/people/edythe-sterling-650019/biography.

“Edythe Sterling Gets Two More Days In Jail.” The Pomona Progress Bulleting (Pomona, California), July 14, 1923. www.newspapers.com.

“Edythe Sterling.” IMDb. IMDb.com. Accessed April 8, 2021. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0827505/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm.

Griffith, Nancy Snell. “Smackover Riot of 1922.” Encyclopedia of Arkansas, February 10, 2014. https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/smackover-riot-of-1922-7941/#:~:text=In%20late%20November%201922%2C%20a,as%20saloon%20owners%20and%20gamblers.

“Howard Carter.” Biography.com. A&E Networks Television, June 17, 2020. https://www.biography.com/scientist/howard-carter.

Lewis, Jeanne. “Celebrating 200 Years: 1922.” Arkansas Democtrat Gazeete. Accessed April 8, 2021. https://www.arkansasonline.com/200/1922/.

“Mailed Poison to the Wrong Woman.” The Morning Call (Allentown, Pennsylvania), November 30, 1922. www.newspapers.com.

“Movie Queen Undaunted by Her Imprisonment; Utilizes Time.” Los Angeles Evening Express (Los Angeles, California), December 1, 1922. www.newspapers.com.

“New Warrants for Poison Girl.” The Menasha Record (Menasha, Wisconsin), December 20, 1922. www.newspapers.com.

Special to Press-Telegram. “Dramatic Interruption of Lenz Hearing.” Sheboygan Press (Sheboygan, Wisconsin), January 20, 1923. www.newspapers.com.

“Speeding Actress in Cell.” The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California), November 30, 1922. www.newspapers.com.

Tomorrow marks the 125th anniversary of this GOOD event where people show their skills at many different things. It's an event that's still happening in current times. Think you know what it is? Listen to find out!

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“Athens 1896 Olympic Games.” Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, inc. Accessed March 23, 2021. https://www.britannica.com/event/Athens-1896-Olympic-Games.

“Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison.” The White House. The United States Government, January 15, 2021. https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/first-families/caroline-lavinia-scott-harrison/.

“Count Rudolph Charged Under Oath That The Countess Eila Festetics De Tolna Is A Flirt.” The San Francisco Call (California), December 28, 1900.

“Countess Elia Festetics Is Given A Decree.” The San Francisco Call (California), January 1, 1901.

The Haggin Museum. “Eila Haggin.” Pinterest. Accessed March 24, 2021. https://www.pinterest.cl/pin/491244271845021110/?amp_client_id=CLIENT_ID%28_%29&mweb_unauth_id=&simplified=true.

“Harrison's Wedding.” The Capital Journal (Salem, Oregon), April 6, 1896.

“History and Origin of the Games.” International Olympic Committee, January 14, 2021. https://www.olympic.org/faq/history-and-origin-of-the-games.

“A Hypnotist Arrested.” The Atlanta Constitution (Atlanta, Georgia), April 6, 1896.

“Indiana City/Town Census Counts, 1900 to 2010.” City and Town Census Counts: STATS Indiana. Accessed March 24, 2021. https://www.stats.indiana.edu/population/PopTotals/historic_counts_cities.asp.

“James H ‘Santanelli’ Loryea (1862-1920) .” Find a Grave. Accessed March 24, 2021. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/213903602/james-h-loryea.

Loryea, James H. What Hypnosis Really Is. Lansing, MI: Robert Smith Printing Company, 1896.

“Mary Dimmick Harrison.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, January 24, 2021. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Dimmick_Harrison.

“No More Santanelli.” The Meriden Daily Journal, June 11, 1896.

“Olympic Games Started Today.” The Salem Daily News (Salem, Ohio), April 6, 1896.

“The Tolna May Be Lost.” The San Francisco Call (California), April 6, 1896.

“An Up to Date Svengali.” Buffalo Evening News (Buffalo, New York), April 28, 1896.

“The Wizard Santanelli.” The Semi-Weekly Palladium (Benton Harbor, Michigan), February 28, 1896.

The name of this episode says it all. Enjoy some completely random, but fun, short stories I've found while researching for the full episodes!

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“Bring Soap or Towel…and See Tigers Play.” The Wewoka Daily Times (Wewoka, Oklahoma), August 28, 1963.

“Intelligence of a Horse.” The Evening World (New York City, New York), January 1, 1892.

“Lied About Age of Son, Pays Fare 20 Years Late.” Jackson's Hole Courier (Jackson, Wyoming), February 14, 1929.

“Rites Over a Pig: Officers Thought They Found a Man in Engine Firebox.” Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas), January 17, 1920.

“Spanker Breaks Arm.” Jackson's Hole Courier (Jackson, Wyoming), February 14, 1929.

“Wrong Shores Bore Love Note! Man Sued.” The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, Maryland), January 25, 1931.

SOUND SOURCES

Al Jolson. “I’ll Say She Does.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Sophie Tucker. “Reuben Rag.” www.pixabay.com/music.

InspectorJ. “Bell, Candle Damper A (H4n).wav.” November 17, 2017. www.freesound.org.

This famous date falls 100 years after last week's episode date. It was a horrible event that made headlines all over the world. But, as bad as it was, if circumstances were only slightly changed, it would have been much worse and could have changed the course of future history. Think you know what it was? Listen to find out!

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Administrator, NASA Content. “First Shuttle Launch.” NASA. NASA, April 8, 2015. https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_2488.html.

“Advertisement (Speed-Way Car Wash) Page 6.” The Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis, Indiana), March 30, 1981. www.newspapers.com.

Associated Press. “Captain Resigns from Army in Wake of Recruit's Death.” The Greenville News (Greenville, South Carolina), June 5, 1981. www.newspapers.com.

Associated Press. “Report Concludes Soldier Abused before Death.” The Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, Alabama), March 30, 1981. www.newspapers.com.

Flores, Ike. “Space Shuttle Passes Final Two Tests.” The Tennessean (Nashville, Tennessee), March 30, 1981. www.newspapers.com.

“Garuda Indonesia Flight 206.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, February 21, 2021. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garuda_Indonesia_Flight_206.

Post, Hyde. “Jeers, Then Death for Benning Recruit.” The Atlanta Constitution (Atlanta, Georgia), March 29, 1981. www.newspapers.com.

“President Reagan Shot.” History.com. A&E Television Networks, November 24, 2009. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-reagan-shot.

“Reagan Shot.” The Clarksdale Press Register (Clarksdale, Mississippi), March 30, 1981. www.newspapers.com.

Redd, Nola Taylor. “The First Space Shuttle Flight Into Space.” Space.com. Space, May 7, 2019. https://www.space.com/16793-first-space-shuttle-launch.html.

United Press International. “2 Shot Aboard Plane.” The Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Massachusetts), March 30, 1981. www.newspapers.com.

———. “Death Probe Ends.” Spokane Chronicle (Spokane, Washington), June 10, 1981. www.newspapers.com.

SOUND SOURCES

Al Jolson. “I’ll Say She Does.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Sophie Tucker. “Reuben Rag.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Today's episode date is just as famous for the location as for the event...except...the location we always hear in movies and books wasn't the actual location where the event took place. Confused? Listen to today's episode about one of the most famous days in Wild West History and then find out what else was happening around the country on the exact same day. 

SOURCES

“Advertisement: Front Page.” Black Hills Daily Pioneer (Deadwood, South Dakota), October 27, 1881.

Horne, Madison. “Look Inside the Squalid Tenements Where NYC Immigrants Lived in the Late 1800s.” History.com. A&E Television Networks, October 26, 2018. https://www.history.com/news/tenement-photos-jacob-riis-nyc-immigrants.

Kuroski, John. “33 Jacob Riis Photos That Showed How The Other Half Lived And Changed America Forever.” All That's Interesting. All That's Interesting, June 29, 2019. https://allthatsinteresting.com/jacob-riis-photographs-how-the-other-half-lives#22.

“Postal Affairs.” The Nebraska State Journal (Lincoln, Nebraska), October 27, 1881.

“Remarkable Escapes from a Fiery Death.” Buffalo Evening News (Buffalo, New York), October 27, 1881.

“Robbers Captured: Another Victory for the Lawrence Police.” Lawrence Daily Journal (Lawrence, Kansas), October 27, 1881.

“Shootout at the O.K. Corral.” History.com. A&E Television Networks, November 24, 2009. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/shootout-at-the-ok-corral.

“Special Dispatch to the Star.” Arizona Weekly Star (Tucson, Arizona), October 27, 1881.

TombstoneWeb.com. Accessed March 9, 2021. https://tombstoneweb.com/history/.

SOUND SOURCES

Al Jolson. “I’ll Say She Does.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Sophie Tucker. “Reuben Rag.” www.pixabay.com/music.

For this mini episode, I wanted to talk about a woman that has fallen into obscurity over the years, although in her heyday she was featured in newspapers literally around the world. She was a marvelous woman who had marvelous adventures...or...did she?

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SOURCES

“Annie Londonderry.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, March 5, 2021. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Londonderry.

Henry, Bonnie. “She Biked the Globe, Including Tucson.” Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, Arizona), March 27, 2008.

Weber, Bruce. “Overlooked No More: Annie Londonderry, Who Traveled the World by Bicycle.” The New York Times. The New York Times, November 6, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/06/obituaries/annie-londonderry-overlooked.html#:~:text=When%20she%20departed%20on%20shipboard,up%20to%20see%20her%20off.

“Woman Wheels Around the World.” The Chicago Chronicle (Chicago, Illinois), September 13, 1895.

Al Jolson. “I’ll Say She Does.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Sophie Tucker. “Reuben Rag.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Today's famous date is April 6, 1909--a date that not many people would recognize just by hearing the name. However, that doesn't mean it wasn't very important in world history. But, is that the correct day for the event, or have we been wrong for over a hundred years?

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SOURCES

“Advertisement: National Lead Company - Page 7.” The Daily Herald (Provo, Utah), 6 Apr. 1909. www.newspapers.com.

“The Conservation Legacy of Theodore Roosevelt.” U.S. Department of the Interior, 14 Feb. 2020, www.doi.gov/blog/conservation-legacy-theodore-roosevelt#:~:text=After%20becoming%20president%20in%201901,is%20found%20across%20the%20country.

“Frederick Selous.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 20 Feb. 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Selous.

“French Yellow Journals Get Busy With Roosevelt.” Evening Times-Republican (Marshalltown, Iowa), 6 Apr. 1909. www.newspapers.com.

Henderson, Bruce. “Who Discovered the North Pole?” Smithsonian.com, Smithsonian Institution, 1 Apr. 2009, www.smithsonianmag.com/history/who-discovered-the-north-pole-116633746/.

“Huge Fire Loss Due to Cigarette.” Republican Northwestern (Belvidere, Illinois), 6 Apr. 1909. www.newspapers.com.

“Matthew Henson.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 25 Feb. 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Henson.

“Messina Earthquake.” PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/rescue-messina-earthquake/#:~:text=On%20December%2028%2C%201908%2C%20at,7.5%20by%20today's%20Richter%20scale.&text=Most%20of%20southern%20Italy's%20cities,half%20their%20residents%20that%20morning.

“Naval Officials Victims of Test.” The Washington Herald (Washington D. C.), 6 Apr. 1909. www.newspapers.com.

“Peary Discovers the North Pole After Eight Trials in 23 Years .” The New York Times, 7 Sept. 1909. www.newspapers.com.

“Smithsonian–Roosevelt African Expedition.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 5 Feb. 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smithsonian%E2%80%93Roosevelt_African_Expedition.

Sobocinski, Andre. “Teddy Roosevelt and the Navy's PRT.” Navy Medicine, Navy Medicine, 1 Sept. 2016, navymedicine.navylive.dodlive.mil/archives/4008.

“Standard Oil in Battle for Life.” Republican Northwestern (Belvidere, Illinois), 6 Apr. 1909. www.newspapers.com.

“Teddy Roosevelt's Epic (But Strangely Altruistic) Hunt for a White Rhino.” Smithsonian.com, Smithsonian Institution, 12 Apr. 2016, www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/teddy-roosevelts-epic-strangely-altruistic-hunt-white-rhino-180958626/.

“Top of the World Reached by Dr. Cook.” The Brooklyn Daily Times (Brooklyn, New York), 2 Sept. 1909. www.newspapers.com.

United Press. “T. R. Off to Plunge Into Dark Jungle.” The Spokane Press (Spokane, Washington), 6 Apr. 1909. www.newspapers.com.

“‘Uncontrollable Fury’: The Great South Side Fire.” Hometown by Handlebar, hometownbyhandlebar.com/?p=5868.

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Acclivity. “Neigh2.flac.” June 12, 2006. www.freesound.org.

Samarobryn. “Crackling Fire.” January 4, 2018. www.freesound.org.

Terwelp. “Lions Roar at Lincoln Park Zoo.wav.” November 3, 2006. www.freesound.org.

Reinsamba. “2012_05_2012_Siamang_gibbon.wav.” May 23, 2012. www.freesound.org.

InspectorJ. “Lorikeet Parrot Calls, Ensemble, A.wav.” September 3 ,2017. www.freesound.org.

Al Jolson. “I’ll Say She Does.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Sophie Tucker. “Reuben Rag.” www.pixabay.com/music.