Overall Headline of the Day -100:
“The mysterious blue overall, which has been reported in various sections of the country, made its appearance in Times Square yesterday, where it was seen, touched, examined and verified by hundreds of persons.” The president of the Cheese Club, which organized this event, Thomas Oliphant, who has very possibly never left the island of Manhattan in his life, says “Many of you have seem them before, covering honest hearts in New England melodramas. ... I am informed that they are a common sight on the streets in some parts of the country.” And then it rained, and people found out why you don’t wear expensive silk shirts underneath overalls in the rain.
Other Overall Headline of the Day -100:
Rep. William Upshaw (D-Georgia) comes to Congress dressed in $4 overalls, as does some judge in Cleveland. But North Carolina (not Virginia, NYT, jeez) Gov. Thomas Bickett thinks all this will do is drive up the price of overalls for those who actually need them.
The Cork coroner’s jury inquest into the assassination of Tomás Mac Curtain, Lord Mayor of Cork, brings charges of willful murder against Lloyd George, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Viscount French, former Chief Secretary for Ireland Ian Macpherson, and various members of the Royal Irish Constabulary, which they correctly accuse of carrying out the murder.
Massachusetts Attorney General J. Weston Allen rules that even after the federal women’s suffrage Amendment passes, women won’t actually be able to vote in in the state until there’s a state constitution amendment, which would take at least 2 years, or until there’s an act of Congress.
Guatemalan president/ex-president Estrada Cabrera surrenders after his forces are surrounded by Unionist forces.
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