Today -100: November 2, 1925: Everyone’s a critic

José Santos Chocano, the poet-laureate of Peru, shoots to death a journalist for writing articles about him.

A pamphlet called “Fascist Catechism,” which is “stated to be approved by Mussolini,” says Italy must acquire “all the areas of Italy,” including Corsica and Nice (French territories), Malta (British), Dalmatia (Yugoslavia), and parts of Switzerland.

A fake pamphlet supposedly from the Knights of Columbus supporting the candidacy of (Catholic) John Purcell for Virginia treasurer is believed to have been put out by the Ku Klux Klan trying to gin up anti-Catholic sentiment. 

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