Tag: January 1924
Melissa Johnson, Homicide, South Dakota 2019
In a heart-wrenching act of pure horror, an insane mother nearly destroyed her entire family in a fire that ravaged their home near Ute, South Dakota, on January 3, 1924. Mrs. Fred Vans, wife of a young farmer, poured kerosene over her three children and set them ablaze in a fit of temporary insanity. The…
Treasury Department’s Printing Scandal: A New Era of Quality or Quantity?
In the sweltering summer of 1923, Louis A. Hill, the director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, ruled with an iron fist, prioritizing quantity over quality in the production of the nation’s currency. But his reign was short-lived, as he recently stepped down, leaving behind a trail of discontented workers and a legacy of…
