Our Town 100 Years Ago... June, 1925 - Part II

June 1925 was a lot less violent than it was back in 1899. Still, there was plenty of bad weather and other bad news. Perhaps humor was the main item in short supply in the Jefferson Valley News that month, but several good examples were found. The editor must have been in a more solemn mood. National headlines were mostly moved to the back pages of the paper. Some of the top included the Amundsen-Ellsworth flight to the North Pole; the Teapot Dome scandal and who was indicted; and the upcoming trial of John T. Scopes, the biology teacher who was charged with violating state law in Tennessee f...