Leslie's wanted the nation to be reminded that the allegorical eyes of the nation were on voters in its issue out this day in 1920.
Meanwhile, the Country Gentleman was reporting on "Farmer Rule For Canada", which was an article predicting that results based on recent elections in Canada.
The Saturday Evening Post featured a less rural cover.
The last triple header to be played in major league baseball took place on this date when Pirates and the Reds played three games. The Reds one. Triple headers are now banned in the major leagues except under unusual circumstances that are sufficiently rare, they haven't occurred.
King Alexander was bitten by a monkey when he tried to intervene and save a dog that had been attacked by another monkey. The bite would result in an infection leading to his death, which brought King Constantine back to the throne.
King Alexander had been a controversial king. A playboy early on, he'd been smitten by a commoner whom he married over his family's objections. While the marriage was ultimately recognized, she was only accorded formal royal status after his death in order that their daughter be recognized as a royal.
Greece, under a government formed under King Constantine, would go into a war with Turkey that had disastrous results. Winston Churchill later remarked to the effect that the monkey's bit may well have resulted in the death of 250,000 people.
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