Sunday, June 09, 2024

Today -100: June 9, 1924: Hats!

Al Smith, in a letter to the chair of the Self-Determination League of Liberty – I don’t know what that is but I find the name kind of hilarious – says states should be allowed to set their own rules on light wines & beer up to a maximum alcohol content which Congress would set.

Former Illinois governor Frank Lowden says he absolutely will not accept the nomination to be Coolidge’s running mate. He says he can do more for farmers in the ag organizations he leads.

Women in Ecuador get the vote, the first country in Latin America.

The Republican convention hasn’t started yet, but we’re already invited to get excited by photographs sent over the telephone wires from Cleveland, such as this dynamic shot displaying the many varieties of hat in the NY delegation.

 That’s Teddy Roosevelt Jr on the left.

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