R. S. Baker's antique record blog

   In the last post I hinted at what I'd be writing for this one, and I will do so.  I never thought I'd have the privilege to go th...

  Whew!  It's been a hell of a month for research. I mentioned this in the last post, but now that I have spent time combing through wha...

  In the last few weeks, it has been a busy time for me in terms of research. After several years of dead ends with Justin Ring, I decided t...

Along this journey of reconstructing the complicated lives of Fred W. Hager and Justin Ring, I assumed the two of them were a solid pair t...