Europe Security Pacts Pledged By Coolidge In Cambridge
President Coolidge urged European nations to enter mutual covenants for security, saying the United States would provide moral support but abstain from fresh financial commitments. He spoke at the Cambridge commons during Washington’s 150th anniversary events, stressing peace with justice and arbitration for unsolved differences.
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Cambridge
Mass
George Washington
Coolidge
Europe
Cambridge Commons
Washington
Swampscott
America
Old World
United States
Butler
Massachusetts
Sanders
Walker Memorial
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Shenandoah
Quinn
Man Dies After Safety First Sign Incident
At Niagara Falls on July 3 a worker named Garner Rose died when a safety sign fell on him while he tried to close a factory window. Glass pierced his back and entered his lung, caused by the sign loosening during the effort.
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Niagara Falls
Garner
Miss Martha Scott to lecture on Musical Appreciation
Miss Martha Scott delivers an afternoon lecture on Musical Appreciation. The grand opera Faust will be performed in English by a talented company tonight.
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Redpath Chautauqua
Bluefield
Augusta Street
Chautauqua
Charles Brooks Fletcher
Warren G. Harding
Marton Star
Fletcher
Redpath
Martha Scott
Faust Company
Herbert MacFarren
Miss Scott
Fox Pharmacy
Faust
Scopes Trial May Move to Federal Court In Dayton Case
Chicago July 3 announcement of a possible shift in the Scopes case defense plan to seek a federal injunction blocking enforcement of the Tennessee anti evolution law. Clarence Darrow says federal court action could move the trial to Knoxville or Chattanooga and avoid a Dayton proceeding.
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Chicago
John T. Scopes
Tennessee
Dayton
Clarence Darrow
Knoxville
Chattanooga
John R. Neal
Neal
Supreme Court
Darrow
Rhea County Circuit Court
Veniremen
Scopes
Five Drownings From Hay Junction Flood Disaster
Five occupants of a car drowned in a flood caused by a cloudburst at Hay Junction twelve miles north of here this afternoon. The victims include a man whose name appears to be Fer who was standing on the Union Pacific branch line road bed.
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Rock
Hay Junction
Here
Ferof
Union Pacific
Plans to Rush North South Route Completion Across West Virginia
The West Virginia State Road Commission aims to complete the Bluefield to Pennsylvania line north south highway via Princeton Beckley Kanawha Falls Montgomery Charleston Clendenin Spencer Elizabeth Parkersburg Clarksburg Fairmont and Morgantown. Ten of fifteen announced projects will use 6 million dollars in state road bonds with bids invited for two completion dates in 1926. Counties affected include Brooke Ohio Logan Harrison Wirt Roane Kanawha and Preston, with projects averaging about four miles focusing on surfacing and drainage.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Road Commission
Bluefield
Pennsylvania
Monongalia County
Princeton
Beckley
Kanawha Falls
Montgomery
Clendenin
Spencer
Elizabeth
Parkersburg
Clarksburg
Fairmont
Morgantown
Brooke County
Ohio County
Logan County
Harrison County
Wirt County
Roane County
Kanawha County
Preston County
Eecocety
Jury for Scopes trial to select jurors Monday
Dayton Tenn July 3 A jury for the trial of John T Scopes on charges of violating the Tennessee law banning teaching evolution in public schools will be chosen Monday from fifty veniremen. Defense counsel floated a possible move to transfer the case to federal court, but local and state officials dismissed the idea as unlikely and unnecessary.
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Dayton
Tenn
John T. Scopes
Tennessee
Scopes
Nashville
Knoxeville
Chattanooga
J. L. Godsey
Oregon
United States Supreme Court
United States District Court
Godsey
A. T. Stewart
Eighteenth Circuit
Rhea County
Herbert
Sue Hicks
Herbert Hicks
Riveter Survives 145-Foot Fall Into Delaware River
Philadelphia July 3. A riveter named J Williams fell 145 feet from a rivet line into the Delaware River. He was hurled into the water when a rivet broke and was rescued by a patrol boat crew. He suffered no serious injuries.
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Philadelphia
New Delaware
Bluefield Independence Day Celebration Planned At Fair Grounds
Bluefield Post of the American Legion hosts a day long Independence Day program at the Bluefield Fair Grounds with a 10 a.m. start and a 9 p.m. fireworks finale. Events include sack and potato races, a high school tumbling act, a horse show, lunch booths, pie eating, red man pow wow, mule and pony races, tug of war, auto show, Sham battle, baseball games, and a night war dance. volunteers and scouts assist with traffic and crowd management under Legion supervision.
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Bluefield
Bluefeld Fair Grounds
American Legion
M. L. Smith
Bluefield American Legion Colored Quartette
Herbert D. May
Princeton Company
National Guard
A. P. Taylor
Red Men
Pocahontas- Bramwell
Legionnaires
Fair Grounds
Boy
Bob Laird
The
Legion
Dave Warden
Fred W. Black
Fred K. Prosser
E. W. Horton
William H. Thomas
Influenza Prevalent in Alaska Reports to Public Health
Reports to the public health department indicate influenza is prevalent in Alaska. Surgeon General Cumming shared the information with the Interior Department bureau of education, which oversees Alaska's health situation. the Public Health Service has limited presence there and cannot assume control if the outbreak worsens.
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Washington
Alaska
Public Health Department
Cumming
Bureau of Education of the Interior Department
Public Health Service
Nation prepares for second national defense muster
Washington powers mobilize for a simulated war as Major General John L. Hines leads the staff in testing a master defense system. President Coolidge at Swampscott will receive daily dispatches while Pershing, Davis and Dawes broadcast remarks to an estimated five million listeners nationwide.
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Washington
America
War Department
General Staff
John L. Hines
Pershing
Ing
National Guard
Hines
Iike
President Coolidge
Swampscott
Mass
Dwight F. Davis
General Pershing
General Hines
Dawes
Chicago
W. 8. Gifford
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
New York
Mr. Davis
Candidates File Statements Amid Late Filing Debate
Lawyers clash over state election law as five candidates Roberts Graham Stewart Williams and Hancock filed late. Ballot board, led by Harry Henderson and others, placed names while others claimed nonpartisan rules. Some say late filings void election while others contend late filings still validate candidacies.
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Board of Ballot Commissioners
Messrs
Roberts
Graham
Stewart
Williams
Hancock
Warlick
Troutman
West Virginia
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Plan Road Commission
All America
Secretary of State
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