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

Borrowed $10 from Miss Schram and wired Sante Fe for my certificate – Wrote Victor Velasquez, and the Summer School to transfer my credit to De Paww – Ate picnic supper in Missouri Park with Betty J. and Alyce Claire. Saw Harry.

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

President Roosevelt is in Los Angeles.

Julie Andews is born.

A new law went into effect in Siam that no longer recognized polygamy.

Sport became mandatory in German schools.

The Boston Housing Authority was formed.

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