Mexico erupts in chaos as President Calles enforces strict religious regulations, leaving "ten million or more Catholics throughout Mexico" without clergy. Attorney General Ortega was stoned by angry crowds while sealing church treasures at St. Catherine's Church, once among Mexico's wealthiest. Ten people were wounded in shootings in Mexico City, with police using fire hoses on worshipers who refused to stop praying in the streets outside closed churches. The Vatican has declared a formal split with Mexico, calling the situation "unprecedented in modern times." Meanwhile, Americans are flocking to wet Canada during Prohibition, with one Montreal liquor store alone selling $200,000 worth of alcohol to U.S. tourists last year. The city expects one American tourist for every resident to pass through in 1926, easily spotted in hotel dining rooms by their "embarrassed and rather furtive yet anticipatory manner" while studying wine lists.

The Cristero War was exploding across Mexico as President Calles enforced anti-clerical laws, leading to years of religious persecution and armed rebellion that would claim over 90,000 lives. This religious conflict would deeply influence Mexican-American relations and Catholic attitudes toward revolutionary governments worldwide. Meanwhile, Prohibition was driving massive "booze tourism" to Canada, with Americans spending millions north of the border and creating an economic boom in cities like Montreal. The contrast between Mexico's religious crackdown and America's alcohol restrictions showed how different nations were grappling with questions of government control over personal beliefs and behaviors.

• One Montreal liquor store manager sold exactly $200,000 worth of alcohol to American tourists in a single year — roughly $3.4 million in today's money
• Montreal expects precisely "one American tourist for every inhabitant" to visit in 1926, with the city's population being about 1,000,000 people
• Each American car entering Montreal contains an average of 3.5 people, and each tourist spends a minimum of $8 per day in the city
• Mgr. Crespi, the expelled papal representative, was heading to Linden, New Jersey to visit relatives before proceeding to Rome — he was the fourth papal representative deported from Mexico in just three years

• Senator Cameron of Arizona was pushing President Coolidge to run for a third term from the President's mountain camp at White Pine Camp, New York — but the 22nd Amendment wouldn't limit presidents to two terms until 1951
• The weather forecast shows D.C. reaching 80 degrees — this was before widespread air conditioning, so government offices and businesses often closed during hot summer afternoons
• Frank Dane, the boxing promoter released on $5,000 bail, was operating during boxing's golden age when fighters like Jack Dempsey were earning millions and the sport was transitioning from illegal prizefighting to legitimate entertainment
• The torture case in St. Paul involved a fireman being held captive for five hours with burning matches applied to his skin — this was before modern emergency services, so such crimes often went undiscovered for much longer periods
• American tourists in Montreal were described as talking loudly and making jokes like 'Wouldn't Jim Jones like to be here now' — showing how Prohibition had turned ordinary drinking into an exotic adventure