(This is an entry from the journal entitled “Mexico Summer” written by Elizabeth Whipple Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago)

“The Patsy” was one of the cleverest plays ever!  Very well done too.  Mrs. Noah’s dance orchestra was good for between numbers too.  Card from Ty-Ty promises Santa letter soon-

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

Sefridge’s department store lit up london’s Regent Street – long before there were organized Christmas lights.

Italian planes bombed Emperor Haile Selassie‘s headquarters at Dessie. The American Seventh-day Adventist Hospital and a Red Cross tent were also hit by the indiscriminately dropped bombs, though the hospital was evacuated minutes before the attack. The emperor sent a vigorously worded protest to the League of Nations over the incident.

Michael Joseph Savage became 23rd Prime Minister of New Zealand.

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(This is an entry from the journal entitled “Mexico Summer” written by Elizabeth Whipple Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago)

Thank Heaven we get a check tomorrow! I have  15 cents* left and something to  buy for breakfast and supper!   Saw Lucy Mae house hunting so I told her to tell Mr. Morris to let her bunk with me! Saw parts of “The Patsy” Sr. class play   We are going tomorrow night.  Letters from Dit on ideas for Christmas gifts.

*15 cents is equal to $3.60 today.

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

After nearly four years of study, the Church of England decided not to allow women to be admitted to the priesthood.

Court in Prague sentenced Otto Strasser to five months in prison for illegal use of a secret radio transmitter.

The U.S. Supreme Court decided United States v. Constantine where Congress placed a tax on liquor dealers who violate state liquor laws.

The musical May Wine premiered at the St. James Theatre on Broadway.

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