Trial on Evolution Testimony Faces Jury Decision
Dayton Tenn July 16 with the trial nearing end the Scopes defense fights to allow scientific testimony on evolution while the state objects arguing it prejudices jurors Judge Raulston must decide if the experts may testify and risk substituting science for the jury’s verdict Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan Jr lead the clash as legal debate continues.
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William K. Hutchinson
Court House
Dayton
Tenn
John Thomas Scopes
Tennessee
John T. Raulston
James A. Allan
Dayton Baptist Church
Maynard M. Metcalf
Clarence Darrow
Metcalf
A. Thomas Stewart
Raulston
William Jennings Bryan, Jr
Young Bryan
Darrow
Scopes
Stewart
Bryan
Dudley Field Malone
Malone
Herrin Faces Peace After Klan Feuds Revival
In Herrin a religious revival reportedly saves a thousand souls, bringing peace after klan and anti klan clashes tied to bootlegging and prohibition. In Dayton the Bryan Darwin trial area suffers a blackout causing fundamentalists to fear devils in the wind.
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Herrin
Dayton
Satan
Friends of the Monkeys
West Virginia Smokeless Coal Set for Record Year in 1925
Winding Gulf Operators association reports 1925 likely to top forty million tons of smokeless coal in West Virginia. May 1925 output totals 3,514,998 net tons, up 27 percent from May 1924, with Pocahontas and New River up 25 percent and Tug River up 21 percent. Five month total reaches 16,973,319 net tons, beating 1924 by 1,984,506 tons. C&O leads railroad tonnage in May 1925 with 4,289,495 tons. Norfolk & Western 2,972,135 and Virginian 600,661. Class I lines save nearly $20 million on fuel in first four months versus 1924.
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Beckley
W. Va
Winding Gulf Operators Association
West Virginia
Pocahontas
New River
Tug River
Winding Gulf
Virginia
Chesapeake & Ohio
Norfolk & Western
Virginian
Bureau of Statistics
Interstate Commerce Commission
National Post Man Quits. Henderson Resigns for Aviation Post
Swampscott Mass July 16 President Coolidge accepted the resignation of Col Paul Henderson of Chicago as second assistant postmaster general effective July 31. He retires from government service to head the national railways corporation a large new commercial aviation project.
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Swampscott
Mass
Coolidge
Paul Henderson
Chicago
Henderson
National Rairways Corporation
Majestic theater redevelopment to close for remodel
The Majestic Theater in Athens begins wrecking to make way for a $100,000 rebuild seating 1,000. James Ginnan says two months to close and two more to remodel with plans including balcony options, a 55 by 46 feet stage, a duplex organ, and daily Broadway and vaudeville acts planned for the first season.
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Majestic Theater
James Ginnan
Majestic Theater Company
John Q. Adams
Columbus
Theater
Court Street
Nelson Building
East Washington Street
Ginnan
Arthur Feffis
Candy Kitchen
Feffis
Athens
Citizens Own Public Plants Spread Across Nation
Cedar Point July 16 The customer ownership plan for public utilities has spread rapidly with Americans of all classes becoming stockholders. P H Whiting of New York City told 700 leaders of the electric light and power industry in Ohio West Virginia and Kentucky gathered for the East Central Division annual meeting that public utilities are increasingly owned by customers and employees through securities sales.
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Cedar Point
P. H. Whiting
New York City
Electric Light
Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
National Electric Light Association
Whiting
Fess to Address Athens County Teachers Institute
Ohio's junior senator Simeon D. Fess has accepted an invitation to address the Athens County Teachers' institute this fall. He will speak to teachers Tuesday morning September 1 and deliver the commencement address to about 600 eighth grade graduates. Exercises may be in the high school auditorium or the Ohio University men's gymnasium.
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Simeon D. Fess
Ohio
United States
H. R. McVay
Athens County
Teachers’ Institute
Senator Fess
Ohio University
Governor Donahey Recommends Buckeye Lake Beach Closed
Columbus July 16 Governor Donahey urged the state to close the Summerland beach cottages at Buckeye Lake until sewage dumping ceases. Action may wait until Dr J E Monger state health director returns from the east where he is inspecting anti stream pollution plants.
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Columbus
Donahey
State Department
Summerland Beach
Buckeye Lake
J. E. Monger
Who Wrote the Letter Targeting Governor Donahey
Columbus report on July 16 centers on a mysterious July 11 letter in The Week alleging extravagances by Governor Donahey. Attorney General Crabbe denies writing it and says it was handed to him to forward to State Auditor Tracy, while Dr. Clarence Maris admits he wrote the story. Donahey remains at Camp Perry observing joint guard naval maneuvers.
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Crabbe
Donahey
Crabbe Dentes
Tracy
Clarence Maris
Camp Perry
Joint National Guard
Defer Study of Ohio Election Law Updates
Ohio Secretary of State Thad H. Brown announced that further study of modernizing the state election code has been postponed to September. J. C. Hanley of East Liverpool will lead the committee’s investigation, aiming to save hundreds of thousands of dollars yearly through reforms.
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Columbus
Thad H. Brown
Special Legislative Elections Committee
J. C. Hanley
East Liverpool
Polish Count Scoffs at War in Coolidge Luncheon
Polish foreign minister Count Alex Swirynski arrived in Swampscott to attend a luncheon at White Court hosted by President Coolidge where he declared Europe’s leaders favor peace and rejected the danger of a new war.
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Swampscott
Mass
Ipeace
Alex Swirynski
Europe
White Court
Coolidge
Girl Undergoes Appendix Operation At Sheltering Arms
Miss Edna Tribe aged 16 daughter of Mr and Mrs F C Tribe of 72 Central avenue underwent a successful appendectomy at Sheltering Arms hospital Tuesday after several weeks of rheumatism and abdominal trouble. Her condition is reported favorable for recovery.
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Edna Tribe
F. C. Tribe
Central Avenue
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Messenger moves business office to new building
The Messenger’s business office has relocated to the new Messenger building at 43 West Union Street, just west of the post office. The temporary entrance is the east door by the post office. All business is now handled there. the permanent office will be ready by August 1.
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the Messenger
Messenger
West Union Street
Post Office
Belled buzzard tale travels from 1871 to present in Ohio counties
Athens residents recall the belled buzzard that visits Fairfield County yearly, now seen near Sugar Grove. J T Bowman of Athens recounts releasing the bird in 1871 after trapping a young turkey buzzard, tying on a brass belt, and gradually relocating. A Lancaster reporter offered a photo reward.
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Athens
Athens Township
Ohio
Lancaster
Fairfield County
Sugar Grove
Georgia
J. T. Bowman
Clearport
Sam Speigler
Will Simmons
Fairfield
Indiana
Michigan
Bowman
Southern Ohio Electric Company
German Prince Free to Enter Politics After Government Statement
Berlin July 16 Former Crown Prince Wilhelm may enter politics the Prussian interior minister announced. The minister said Wilhelm did not pledge to stay out of politics before returning from exile and has lived on his estate in upper Silesia since his return. James Oliver Curwood, the American author, is said to be near a visit to Wilhelm’s residence.
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Berlin
Wilhelm
Breslau
Wieringen
Paris Detectives Probe Two Freshly Cut Cars Mystery
Paris police investigate two freshly cut manikin-like cars found in a subway train at Porte de Olignan. A pasteboard box held the items, identified as personal property, with a doctor noting they were cut from the head within the hour. Authorities consider a prank by a medical student as a possibility.
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Paris
Porte de Olignan Court
Arrests Crack Counterfeit Ring Across New York State
Federal authorities report the arrest of sixty-one men and eleven girls in New York and surrounding areas, aiming to end a counterfeit ring flooding New York Connecticut and New Jersey with fraudulent money. Hundreds of fake $5 $10 and $20 notes have circulated, with several $100 bills also passed.
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New York
New York State
Connecticut
Shenandoah Sails From Lakehurst for Atlantic Maneuvers
The Shenandoah dirigible lifted off from Lakehurst New Jersey at eight this morning heading for the Virginia capes to join the Atlantic fleet for scheduled maneuvers with its engines running in perfect rhythm.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Virginia Capes
Six American Women Hurt in Langham Motor Bus Crash
Six American women were injured when a motor bus crashed on the Norfolk moor at Langham Norfolk. Advices reaching London today said the accident occurred in a remote area and the injured women's identities had not been established.
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London
Langham
Norfolk
First Victim Drowns at Lake Idlewild
Merill Harvey aged 24 of Mt Victory drowned while swimming at Lake Idlewild a summer resort two miles north of Kenton. He is Hardin county's first drowning victim of the season.
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Kenton
Merill Harvey
Mt. Victory
Lake Idlewild
Here
Hardin County
Citizens to lead mosquito elimination effort says professor
Prof H C Mardis says the success of the mosquito campaign rests on property owners cleaning yards not just city and health board efforts. High school survey spurred a city clean-up plan and a health department fieldman oiling water pools, but full elimination requires every parcel to be cleaned.
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H. C. Mardis
Board of Health
Mardis
Moose lodge to host T A Rogers in Athens address
T A Rogers of the Supreme lodge of the Royal Order of Moose Mooseheart Ill will speak to the local lodge in their auditorium Saturday night He plans to spend several weeks in Athens in the orders interest All members are urged to attend Rogers will meet the lodge on his arrival in the city
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T. A. Rogers
Supreme Lodge of the Royal Order of Moose
Mooseheart
Ill
Rogers
Athens
State Restes Kirby Case in Larceny Trial
The state rested its case against Josiah Kirby on larceny of stock before noon in Delaware. The defense planned a directed verdict of not guilty and, if denied, to begin testimony to show Kirby’s innocence, with a verdict likely delayed until Monday.
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Delaware
Josiah Kirby
Common Pleas
H. W. Jewell
Cleveland Discount Company
Kirby
Argentine girl swimmer fails in Channel bid at Boulogne
Miss Lillian Harrison of Argentina failed to become the first woman to swim the English Channel. Reports from Boulogne said strong northwest winds hindered the attempt when she was more than 18 kilometers from the French coast.
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Boulogne
France
Lillian Harrison
English Channel
B&O Seeks to End Bus Service Elkins Mabie Hearing Set
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad asks to discontinue the Elkins Mabie passenger route in West Virginia. A hearing on the proposal is scheduled for September 3 as the company cites losses due to bus and taxi competition.
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Charleston
W. Va
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Elkins
Mabie
Pleasanton Schoolhouse to Host Benefit Ice Cream Social
An ice cream social will be held at the Pleasanton school house Saturday evening to raise proceeds for the local Methodist church.
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Pleasanton School House
Methodist Church
Slayer Knapp Identified. Nationwide Dragnet Fails
Phillip K. Knapp, alleged super thriller slayer in New York, was identified by three witnesses as staying in Lima on Tuesday. A vast dragnet stretched over seventy miles and into Canada, with police pursuing on three country roads and broadcasting alerts nationwide but Knapp remained at large, last seen near Portland Indiana before vanishing. Police continue to search Knapp’s Syracuse home and Greenwich Village haunts while authorities from New York to the border heighten vigilance and coordinate the hunt.
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Lima
Phillip K. Knapp
New York
Louis Panella
Knapp
Portland
Indiana
Ohio
International News Service
Knap
Syracuse
Greenwich Village
Coolidge Aims to Prevent Anthracite Strike
President Coolidge concentrates federal power to avert a labor suspension in the anthracite fields. He summoned Secretary of Labor Davis to his summer home for a weekend conference as the initial step of his campaign.
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Swampscott
Mass
Coolidge
Labor
Davis
Western Montana Idaho Firewave Threat Grows
Officials call the Montana and Idaho blaze situation the most menacing in years as two new fires erupt in Custer national forest in Eastern Montana and more than a hundred fires blaze across Western Montana and the Idaho panhandle.
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Missoula
Mont
Montana
Idaho
Custer National Forest
Idaho Panhandle
Membership Meeting at Athens Country Club July 20
The Athens Country Club will hold a membership meeting at the clubhouse at 7 30 o clock Monday evening July 20. The meeting will consider several important modifications to the constitution affecting each member.
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Athens
Cottage Meeting At Roy Dailey Home Friday
A cottage prayer meeting will be held at Roy Dailey's North Hill home Friday evening.
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Roy Dailey
North Hill
Merit System Promises New Ohio State Highway Chief
Governor Donahey plans to adopt a merit system for selecting a successor to L. A. Boulay as Ohio state director of highways. G. F. Schlesinger, Boulay’s deputy and chief highway engineer, is named as the likely appointee. Boulay retires August 10 after a clash over road paving methods. Schlesinger is a Xenia native and OSU graduate with a long Civil Engineering career. Ohio faces a vast highway program with an estimated 25 million dollar fund for 1925 and 1926 including federal and county contributions.
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Columbus
Donahey
L. A. Boulay
G. F. Schlesinger
Boulay
Bowe
State Supreme Court
Schlesinger
Xenia
Ohio State University
Universit Spen
Kansas
Mis Ri
Highway Department
L. C. Herrick
Bureau of Construction
Ohio
Betwree
Painter Hurt In 20 Foot Fall On Biliett Street
Barney Slaughter of Smith Street fell twenty feet while painting a roof on Biliett Street. He broke his ankle and may have a hip injury. Taken to Logan Hospital by Walburne after ladder slipped causing the fall.
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Barney Slaughter
Smith Street
Biliett Street
Logan
Walburne
There is nothing else in the world like Yellowstone Park
Travel promotion extols Yellowstone National Park highlighting geysers mud volcanoes canyons blue lakes and wildlife. It invites readers to request a government brochure with a coupon and two cents in stamps for return postage to view recreations and travel details.
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Yellowstone National Park
Petrift Canyon
Blue Lakes
Washington Ingesaentiees Bureau
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Philip Knox Knapp
Louis Penella
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Dragnet
Hunt Continues
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