Deaths on August 25

Velma Caldwell Melville

Died on August 25, 1924

Velma Caldwell Melville, American editor, and writer of prose and poetry (b. 1858)

Velma Caldwell Melville (née, Caldwell; July 1, 1858 – August 25, 1924) was an American editor, and writer of prose and poetry from Wisconsin. She served as editor of the "Home Circle and Youths' Department" of the Practical Farmer of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as well as for the "Hearth and Home Department" of the Wisconsin Farmer, of Madison, Wisconsin. She was one of the most voluminous writers of her time in Central/Western United States publications. Melville wrote several serials, and her poems and sketches appeared in nearly 100 publications.

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Events on 1924

12 Feb

Rhapsody in Blue
George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue received its premiere in a concert titled "An Experiment in Modern Music", in Aeolian Hall, New York, by Paul Whiteman and his band, with Gershwin playing the piano.
25 Mar

Second Hellenic Republic
On the anniversary of Greek Independence, Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the Second Hellenic Republic.
8 Apr

Atatürk's Reforms
Sharia courts are abolished in Turkey, as part of Atatürk's Reforms.
4 Aug

Soviet Union
Diplomatic relations between Mexico and the Soviet Union are established.
23 Nov

Andromeda Galaxy
Edwin Hubble's discovery, that the Andromeda "nebula" is actually another island galaxy far outside of our own Milky Way, is first published in The New York Times.

Deaths on August 25

Velma Caldwell Melville

Died on August 25, 1924

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Rhapsody in Blue

Second Hellenic Republic

Atatürk's Reforms

Soviet Union

Andromeda Galaxy