Lex Anteinternet: December 14, 1920 Sometimes the headlines are too good to pass up. And the "Gipper" dies of pneumonia.

Monday, December 14, 2020

December 14, 1920 Sometimes the headlines are too good to pass up. And the "Gipper" dies of pneumonia.

I realize its unfair, but with the headlines we've had recently, maybe its nice to know that there've been bad ones before.

On the same day the baffled Congress was photographed with guests and young help, or at least the Senate was.

Senator France of Maryland was photographed with a mothers' group from his state.

And the Senate pages were photographed with "Marshall". As I don't know anything about how this institution works, I don't know if the head of the Senate pages is termed a marshall, or if that was the older gentleman's name.

The Wyoming State Tribune published an article about the commercialization of Yellowstone National Park.

And coal was in the headlines.

The House of Lords passed an amended version of the Government of Ireland Act of 1920 which meant that a home rule bill had passed that body for the first time, if way too late.

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