(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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