Friday, June 05, 2026

Today -100: June 5, 1926: Easy To Reach, Hard To Leave


French Prime Minister Aristide Briand tells the International Woman Suffrage Alliance congress he is a “convinced feminist.” Briand is a bachelor, the NYT points out.

Westchester County, NY has a contest for a new slogan. The $100 winner comes up with “Easy To Reach, Hard To Leave.” Some Westchesterhoovians point out that this might bring to mind that one of the delights at their county is Sing Sing.

The US embassy in Buenos Aires was bombed a couple of weeks ago. Now, it’s the turn of the Legation in Montevideo. Both are believed to be means of registering objections to the death sentences on Sacco and Vanzetti, although I haven’t seen strong evidence of that.

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