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I Scream, You Scream, we all scream for... Behold, The Ice Cream Cone

July 23, 1904: according to some accounts, Charles E. Menches conceived the idea of filling a pastry cone with two scoops of ice cream and thereby invented the ice cream cone. He is one of several claimants to that honor: Ernest Hamwi, Abe Doumar, Albert and Nick Kabbaz, Arnold Fornachou, and David Avayou all have been touted as the inventor(s) of the first edible cone. Interestingly, these individuals have in common the fact that they all made or sold confections at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, known as the St. Louis World’s Fair. It is from the time of the Fair that the edible “cornucopia,” a cone made from a rolled waffle, vaulted into popularity in the United States.


The origins of ice cream have been traced back as far as the second century B.C., although a specific date and inventor have not been indisputably credited. Noted figures known to have enjoyed the frozen treat include Alexander the Great (356 BCE-323 BCE), who is said to have eaten snow and ice flavored with honey and nectar, as well as Roman emperor Nero Claudius Caesar (37 AD-68 AD), who supposedly sent runners into the mountains for snow which was then flavored with fruits and juices. Although legend has it that Marco Polo brought back to Europe a Chinese method for creating an ice and milk concoction, recent scholarship indicates that if he did bring back such a recipe, it was probably not from China but from elsewhere along his route. Over time, recipes for ices, sherbets, and milk ices evolved and were served in the fashionable Italian and French royal courts. After the dessert made its appearance in the United States, it was served by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Dolley Madison. It also was set out for guests at the inauguration of Andrew Jackson.

The Ice Cream Cone

Thomas Jefferson’s Recipe for Vanilla Ice Cream


Southern Nevada The Boomtown Years 1900-1925. Better headlines & descriptions a hundred years ago...

July 23, 1923: A "furious and fantastic" summer storm hit Las Vegas, NV. The Beckley Building on Fremont St, home to Ball Bros Grocery, was especially damaged. "City is Torn in Vortex of Tempest and Torrent." - Las Vegas Review, Jul 27, 1923.
https://special.library.unlv.edu/node/292376




80 years ago today the first WWII assault landing on the Japanese home islands occurred when 8 crewmembers picked by Eugene B. "Lucky" Fluckey from USS Barb (SS-220) went ashore at Karafuto, Japan and placed a 55-pound demolition charge on train tracks, destroying a train. A train victory mark was added to the Barb's battle flag.



Commander Fluckey required at least one member of each group to be an Eagle Scout, because he knew an Eagle could handle it if SHTF.

Eugene Bennett Fluckey (October 5, 1913 – June 28, 2007), nicknamed "Lucky Fluckey", received the Medal of Honor and four Navy Crosses during his service as a submarine commander in World War II. Retired as 1-star Admiral in 1972.

USS Barb is the most decorated submarine in US Navy history due to her impressive kill record. You'd think Congress would have preserved her for a museum ship, but no, sold for scrap in 1972. Unless it gets cancelled, a future Virginia-class submarine (SSN-804) will be named for USS Barb.

A rumor I've heard more than once is that the Navy SEAL's 8-man SEAL team was developed because of Barb's assault landing 8-man team.


Related unique battle flag - the keel was laid down for USS Bowfin (SS-287) on July 23, 1942, only submarine to take out a bus with a torpedo!! On her 6th war patrol, Bowfin launched torpedoes at vessels moored at a Minami Daito harbor, destroying the pier, crane, & a bus as shown on her battle flag.


USS Bowfin (SS-287) completed 9 war patrols & was part of the Operation Barney wolfpack. Bowfin is moored at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, where it is now a museum ship.


The Saturday Evening Post for July 23: 1927, 1938, 1955, 1960.




TIME, July 23, 1984: Pentagon waste. Psst-anybody wanna buy a destroyer.
$435 for an ordinary claw hammer that Navy auditors discovered last year.

TIME covers for July 23, 1956, 1965, 1973, 1984...




The Chosen Ones...



"Not long ago, while filming a segment in the movie Miracles of the Gods, William Shatner and I had the opportunity to discuss our views on UFOs. Shatner, who had seen a UFO in the Mojave Desert while doing a film there, was very impatient with the lack of progress in the field of ufology."



Here's a July 1977 copy of Official UFO that has some amusing stories/illustrations/B&W photos and asking the same questions still being asked today, though with layers of obfuscated lore.



July 23, 1982: the films Zapped & The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas were both released in theaters.


The Chicken Ranch brothel in La Grange, Texas, was eventually shutdown. Also, was the inspiration for the ZZ Top song "LaGrange".

The Chicken Ranch brothel in Pahrump, Nevada remains open. It's a few miles from Art Bell's house (he'd fly his drone over to check things out) and Vince Neil of Mötley Crüe would often hang out in the bar when he came to Vegas. I think he was a co-owner when I ran into him at the bar back in summer of 2017. Guaranteed lotta nice girls when Vince was in town. Anyways that is a long story on how we met and how I ended up in a whorehouse and where it led.


UK Carrier Strike Group flagship HMS Prince of Wales has sailed into Darwin, Australia - the first visit by a Royal Navy aircraft carrier to Australia since HMS Illustrious in 1997. The UKCSG has been taking part in Exercise Talisman Sabre 25.


https://x.com/HMSPWLS/status/1947974151588680060


Rumour spreadin' a-'round in that Texas town
'bout that shack outside La Grange
and you know what I'm talkin' about.
Just let me know if you wanna go
to that home out on the range.
They gotta lotta nice girls ah.