Thursday, January 23, 2025

Today -100: January 23, 1925: Of governors, leagues, kiddie workers, and radio


The Fergusons move into the Executive Mansion in Austin. Gov. Ma supervises the movers, saying she can be governor and housekeeper at the same time. Friends of her husband, the disgraced former governor, are suggesting to him that his hanging around the governor’s office every day is undermining her.

Costa Rica withdraws from the League of Nations, the first, but not the last, country to do so. I think they just found the dues to be too onerous.

The Oklahoma House rejects the child labor amendment to the US Constitution.

Theatrical producer Lee Shubert says the novelty of radio will wear off and people will return to the theatre.

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