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Jon Blackwell, an editor @wsj. Reporting events from a century ago.

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June 2, 1925: Seventh-Day Adventists oppose all “blue laws” meant to close places of entertainment on Sunday. “God made the conscience free and never intended that it should be enslaved by civil authorities,” say members of the denomination meeting in Washington.

June 2, 1925: Seventh-Day Adventists oppose all “blue laws” meant to close places of entertainment on Sunday. “God made the conscience free and never intended that it should be enslaved by civil authorities,” say members of the denomination meeting in Washington.
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June 2, 1925: About 70 inmates at New York’s Sing Sing prison have been allowed radio sets in their cells to relieve their isolation from the outside world. Warden George Lawes is a noted proponent of prison reform and humanitarianism.

June 2, 1925: About 70 inmates at New York’s Sing Sing prison have been allowed radio sets in their cells to relieve their isolation from the outside world. Warden George Lawes is a noted proponent of prison reform and humanitarianism.
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June 2, 1925: An expedition led by two of Theodore Roosevelt’s sons, Kermit (second from left) and Theodore Jr. (far right) arrives in Bombay. They will be hunting and collecting rare wild animals in India’s Kashmir region and central Asia.

June 2, 1925: An expedition led by two of Theodore Roosevelt’s sons, Kermit (second from left) and Theodore Jr. (far right) arrives in Bombay. They will be hunting and collecting rare wild animals in India’s Kashmir region and central Asia.
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June 2, 1925: With the assistance of an Indian army horseman, Mrs C.N. Wadia puts Red Knight through his paces at the Hurlingham Polo Pony Show in England.

June 2, 1925: With the assistance of an Indian army horseman, Mrs C.N. Wadia puts Red Knight through his paces at the Hurlingham Polo Pony Show in England.
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June 3, 1925: Down on their luck, men sit in the Union City Mission in Minneapolis. The church-run organization offers relief, uplift and health services to the poor.

June 3, 1925: Down on their luck, men sit in the Union City Mission in Minneapolis. The church-run organization offers relief, uplift and health services to the poor.
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June 3, 1925: The Goodyear blimp Pilgrim, the company’s first lighter-than-air craft filled with helium rather than the more flammable hydrogen, makes its maiden flight over Akron, Ohio. The airship is intended for training Navy pilots.

June 3, 1925: The Goodyear blimp Pilgrim, the company’s first lighter-than-air craft filled with helium rather than the more flammable hydrogen, makes its maiden flight over Akron, Ohio. The airship is intended for training Navy pilots.
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June 3, 1925: The band of the British Army’s Scottish Highlanders 2nd Battalion plays in honor of France’s Unknown Soldier at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.

June 3, 1925: The band of the British Army’s Scottish Highlanders 2nd Battalion plays in honor of France’s Unknown Soldier at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
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June 3, 1925: Tony Curtis, a handsome movie star who enjoyed popularity in drama (“The Defiant Ones”) and comedy (“Some Like It Hot”), is born (as Bernard Schwarz) in the Bronx. In a tempestuous private life he had 6 marriages; Jamie Lee Curtis was his daughter with Janet Leigh.

June 3, 1925: Tony Curtis, a handsome movie star who enjoyed popularity in drama (“The Defiant Ones”) and comedy (“Some Like It Hot”), is born (as Bernard Schwarz) in the Bronx. In a tempestuous private life he had 6 marriages; Jamie Lee Curtis was his daughter with Janet Leigh.
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June 3, 1925: Chicago White Sox second baseman Eddie Collins gets the 3,000th hit of his career, a first-inning single in a 12-7 win over the Detroit Tigers. The 38-year-old is only the sixth player in baseball history to reach the milestone.

June 3, 1925: Chicago White Sox second baseman Eddie Collins gets the 3,000th hit of his career, a first-inning single in a 12-7 win over the Detroit Tigers. The 38-year-old is only the sixth player in baseball history to reach the milestone.