Daily Archives: March 17, 2015

Sunday March 17, 1935

(This is an entry from the journal entitled Mexico Summer written by Elizabeth Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago.  Click here to read more)

Ty-Ty went to both services. After church in the evening (bum preacher from Colorado!) we went to Mrs. Martens for supper – She told my fortune again.  Repeated what she told me before about being married soon. And I am to meet a blond who is wealthy and who is to be a good friend!

 

Here’s what else was happening 80-years-ago today:

China’s Wang Jingwei is on the cover of a new Time Magazine.

Today was designated Hero’s Remembrance Day in Germany.

"Heroes' Remembrance Day" in Berlin (March 17, 1935)
Bundesarchiv

The dreaded headline hits the Sunday paper.   Is a World War in the future?

The Kingsport Times Kingsport, TN March 17, 1935
The Kingsport Times Kingsport, TN March 17, 1935