Midwest Educated

Once upon a time, you could beat Senators with a cane...

Rat poison is the best of all of the PED's.

This is the second episode of our 2-part series covering The Red Summer of 1919. This week we focus more on the Elaine Massacre, which happened the day after the events of the Omaha Race Riot that we covered in last week's episode.

Every trigger warning possible applies to this episode. It's brutal. And in two parts. You have been warned.

And you thought the Nazis were bad?

How strong is your will to survive?

As Tom teaches us this week, when in Jersey be afraid, be very afraid!

Poppy loves you. Do you love Poppy?

Wash your hands, people!

*****Sources*****

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Semmelweis#cite_note-FOOTNOTECarterCarter20059-21

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ignaz-Semmelweis

https://globalhandwashing.org/about-handwashing/history-of-handwashing/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK144018/

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/01/12/375663920/the-doctor-who-championed-hand-washing-and-saved-women-s-lives

http://semmelweis.org/about/dr-semmelweis-biography/

https://info.debgroup.com/blog/evolution-of-hand-hygiene

https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/149661

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87082456/1917-11-18/ed-1/seq-3/#date1=1789&index=1&rows=20&words=Ignaz+Semmelweis&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1963&proxtext=Ignaz+Semmelweis&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1

This week Tom forces us to ask the question, "How bouncy are your pickles, Connecticut?"