Preparedness Notes for Saturday — August 3, 2024

August 3, 1900: Firestone Tire and Rubber Company founded in Akron, Ohio, by Harvey Firestone.

On August 3, 1963, Warner Bros. Records released a single of Allan Sherman’s novelty song “Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (A Letter from Camp)”, set to music of Amilcare Ponchielli’s “Dance of the Hours” from his 1876 opera “La Gioconda”.

August 3, 1914, Germany and France both declared war on each other, formally beginning the First World War.

On August 3, 1829, Gioachino Rossini‘s last and greatest opera “Guillaume Tell” (William Tell) premieres at Salle Le Peletier in Paris.

Today’s feature article is a guest piece by Brandon Smith, of Alt-Market.us.

We are seeking entries for Round 114 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. Round 114 ends on September 30th, so get busy writing and e-mail us your entry. Remember that there is a 1,500-word minimum, and that articles on practical “how-to” skills for survival have an advantage in the judging.