Monday, January 27, 2025

Wednesday January 26, 1910 and Thursday, January 27, 1910. The Mann Act, Nation's last saloon assault, a famous name.

January 26:

The Hague Convention of 1907 governing naval warfare went into effect.

The Mann Act went into effect.  The act famously addresses taking a woman across state lines for illegal or immoral purposes.

Glenn Curtis tested the first seaplane.

Carrie Nation attacked a saloon, in Butte Montana, for the last time.  It was a failure.

January 27.

Wollert Konow became Prime Minister of Norway.

Thomas Crapper, toilet manufacturer, died at age 73.

Last edition:

Monday, January 24, 1910. Setting the season.

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