Murder Theory Raised In Death Of Chicago Exercer
Dennis McFadden 50, a horse exerciser for Goldblatt racing stables, was found dead at Emery hotel Cincinnati. Dr. Cress, acting coroner, urged murder due to a fatal stab wound near the eye and crushed skull, suggesting the room occupant or guest knew surroundings and that a thrown object could have endangered bystanders. A female suspect, hotel worker Margaret Meyer, is cited. An inquest is planned.
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Dennis McFadden
Emery Hotel
Cincinnati
Goldblatt Racing Stables
O. E. Cress
McFadden
Michigan Avenue
Chicago
Dr. Cress
Emery Arcade
Margaret Meyer
W. A. Watkins
Watkins
Moses Goldblatt
Adams
Latonia
Goldblatt
New Coney Island
Cress
Daystery Case Is Unsolved In Canton
Police near Anton report a Canton bricklayer Guy Shaw age 46 found in a ditch on the Canton Bolivar road early Sunday with a bullet wound in his left chest. Shaw was found by Andy Marcue and James Simpson returning from a Bolivar dance. He died en route to the hospital.
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Anton, O
Guy Shaw
Canton
Canton-Bolivar
Shaw
Andy Marcue
James Simpson
Bolivar
Bricklayers and Masons Clash Over Arbitration
In a 1925 ARBRBrisbane column, Arthur Brisbane urges union leaders in the Bricklayers and Masons dispute to seek arbitration for the sake of workers. He compares rail presidents’ restraint to show unions should act prudently to avoid widespread disruption.
Ohio prison labor saves state half a million in new facilities
Ohio state welfare director John E. Harper reports the Spondon prison farm project cost 300000 to build four structures valued at 800000. Convict labor and prison-made bricks cut total expense by half a million, with an average of 150 inmate workers and only one paid supervisor. The program aims to train inmates in trades and stands as a milestone for penal institutions.
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Columbus
Spondon
John E. Harper
Harper
Jacob C. Rhodes
Ohio State Penitentiary
Guthrie Bound Over in Lathrop Dance Shooting Case
Henry Guthrie known as Bullets is bound over to the grand jury by Magistrate Pearl Helwig on a second degree murder charge following a fatal shooting during a raid on a Lathrop dance on July 12. Guthrie posted $5000 bond. co-defendant Constable Thomas Davis is also involved in the incident.
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Henry
Guthrie
Athens
Pearl W. Helwig
Davis
Lathrop
Finsterwald
Kirby Confident of Acquittal in Larceny Trial
Josiah Kirby former president of the Cleveland Discount Company testifies after a Delaware county judge refuses a motion for a directed verdict. He faces larceny of stocks charges and says he trusts a Delaware county jury will vindicate him.
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Delaware
Josiah Kirby
Cleveland Discount Company
Common Pleas Court
Jewell
Kirby
Delaware County
Man Pushes 490 pound Truck 53 Miles in 13 Hours
Arthur Riley, 27, pushed a 490 pound truck carrying a man across 53 miles in 13 hours 22 minutes in London. He did the stunt to win a wager.
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London
aArthur Riley
Body of Grandson Found in Great Falls River
The body of Paul Fulton eight drowned last Thursday in the river at his home in Great Falls Montana was recovered yesterday. Mayor L A Koons the boy's grandfather received the telegram. Funeral services will be held Wednesday. Mrs Koons will arrive Tuesday evening. He was the only child of Mr and Mrs Guy A Fulton Nellie Koons.
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Paul Fulton
Great Falls
Mont
L. A. Koons
Bowman’s belled buzzard draws leather critique
E. Reynolds of Nelsonville writes that the bell strap on J. T. Bowman’s buzzard, mentioned in the Messenger on July 15, used leather that would not endure forty years of weather, let alone fifty four.
Officials Discuss Road Plan For State Route
An Athens County Automobile Club committee and state Forestry Department representatives in Wooster met with the Ohio State Highway Department in Columbus to weigh a westward road through the state park country. Division Engineer Carr supports the project and Highway Commissioner Boulay sees merit. Departments will inspect the proposed route for a hard surfaced road and a public hearing will be held for input.
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Athens County Automobtie Club
State Forestry Department
Wooster
State Highway Department
Columbus
State Park Country
Carr
Boulay
Grange Days at State Fair Announces Programs
Grange days set for Wednesday and Thursday September 2 and 3 at the State Fair. A large public rest tent will be near a main exhibit hall. Programs run daily at 2 PM for one hour.
Scientists Support Evolution In Scopes Trial Contempt
Eight scientists from leading institutions filed affidavits to place evidence for evolution into the Scopes trial record. They argued the Bible is a human historical document and challenged fundamentalist biblical literalism. Judge Raulston held Clarence Darrow in contempt of court and set a $5,000 bond for his appearance Tuesday morning.
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Dayton
Tenn
John T. Raulston
Clarence Darrow
Darrow
Raulston
Tion
Scopes
Men of Science
John Thomas Scopes
Apostles of Learning
State to test water supply on Grafton farm
Columbus reports that Ohio officials will test water from five wells at the Grafton farm site to determine if it is suitable for a new 1,090,000 institution for the feeble minded. Tests, due within two weeks, assess daily capacity and water portability, conducted by a joint legislative committee with health and welfare departments and the auditor's staff.
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Columbus
Grafton Farm
Ohio
John E. Harper
Special Legislative Committee
State Health and Welfare Departments
State Auditee
Harper ‘d
State Health Department
Fokker predicts faster Atlantic flights within five years
The Dutch aircraft maker Fokker forecasts transatlantic air travel will shrink to a few hours within five years. He envisions rapid, long distance flights as aviation advances.
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London
Atlantic
Fokker
Wilsons stance on evolution raised in Bryan era trial
In Dayton Tennessee on July 20 Woodrow Wilson’s name surfaces in a trial record as his secretary of state endorses evolution over fundamentalism. A prepared affidavit by C Curtis of Missouri University cites Wilson’s August 29 1922 letter stating belief in organic evolution. The defense quotes Psalm 139 to claim the Bible supports evolution.
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S Street
Washington
Wilson
Psalm
Scientists defend evolution in landmarkScopes case crowd
Prominent scientists from Missouri Illinois Chicago Johns Hopkins Tennessee and Harvard gather to argue evolution as the first law of life. They warn excluding it from curricula would bring chaos to education and national progress and condemn teachers who omit it as practicing criminal malpractice.
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Scopes
Winterton C. Curtis
University of Missouri
Horatio H. Newman
University of Chicago
Maynard M. Metcalf
Johns Hopkirt
Wilbur A. Nelson
Tennessee
Fay Cooper Cole
Jacob G. Lipman
New Jersey State University
Studio Program On KOA And WEAF Airings
KOA presents a strong studio lineup with Marcia Freer mezzo soprano solo and a four act comedy Clarence. piano pieces by Margaret Genter accompany the program. WEAF offers tenor E Ti Benedetto at 9 45 with orchestral selections and studio works.
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KOA
Marcia Freer
Evolution Trial Shows Americas Asceticism Says German Biologist
Berlin July 20 Hans Driesch former biologist and Leipzig professor says Europe laughs at Americas Scopes trial yet America shows heroic asceticism and religious reform. He argues Tennessee anti evolution law unjust yet notes strong religious sentiment and Puritan influence fueling fundamentalism and future prohibition trends.
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America
D. Weyver
Berlin
Europe
Hans Driesch
Leipzig University
Leipziger Tageblatt
Driesch
Tennessee
United States
Church
Portugal under Martial Law in Lisbon Uprising
Martial law remained in effect in Portugal after a failed Sunday revolt. Captain Cabecadas of the battleship Vasco De Gama surrendered and took responsibility for the rebellion. Rebels ashore were arrested. Cabecadas refused conditions, choosing surrender to avoid bombardment. The uprising ended without a shot.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Cabecadas
Rich youth is auto thief
Steubenville reports Herbert Welday 26 planned to be brought from Detroit to face theft charges. Welday and accomplice William Duffy staged a bold jailbreak here weeks ago. Duffy was captured recently. Sheriff William Allison arrested Welday in Detroit yesterday.
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Steubenville
Herbert Welday
Detroit
William Allison
Welday
William Duffy
Duffy
Ohio health report shows falling death rate in 1924 countywide
State health department statistics indicate a general decline in death rates across Ohio in 1924 compared with 1923, with Athens Hocking Meigs and Vinton counties showing lower mortality. Athens city recorded 102 deaths in 1924, births reached 167, up slightly from 1922. Birth rates varied by county, while cancer deaths and influenza deaths trended lower.
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Ohio
State Department of Health
Athens County
Hocking County
Meigs County
Vinton County
Athens
Athena
Vinton
Petain Drives French Offensive in Rif War Vindication
Petain’s arrival at Fez inspires French troops as preparations for a major assault against Abed-El-Krim’s Rif tribes intensify. Reinforcements reach the Atlantic theater while Ain-Alcha posts are relieved and Rif attacks along the Tuaroul-Tarrant line are repulsed.
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Marshal Petain
Fez
Parib
Straegy
Abed-El-Krim
Pétain
Genertll Daugan
Fes
Dion
Toumedinnaty
Rhineland
Abed-El. Krim
Ain-Alcha
Teroual-Tarrant
Pepper Martin Dies in Gotham After Title Fight
Vincent Pepper Martin, 27, junior lightweight contender, died of pneumonia in New York City after a recent attempt to win the junior lightweight title from Mike Ballerino of Bayonne, New Jersey. He left a widow and a five year old daughter. Martin had fought Pancho Villa earlier in his career.
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New York
Vincent
Pepper) Martin
Pancho Villa
Martin
Mike Ballerino
Bayonng 'N
Korean Flood Devastates Nation With Mass Loss
Tokyo reports a historic flood in Korea with thousands feared dead and about forty thousand left homeless. Property damage is described as enormous according to meager dispatches reaching Tokyo.
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Tokio
Second crop of Mwhate ripens in August
The article notes that the second crop of Mwhate is expected to be ripe by August, indicating a staggered harvest schedule and potential yield timing for farmers relying on this crop.
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Julia Little Snake
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