Scopes Evolution Trial Opens With Prayer in Dayton
Dayton July 10 United Press reports the Scopes evolution trial opens with prayer as Judge Raulston begins two daily sessions from 10 to 12 and 1 to 8. Defense seeks longer afternoons. evolutionists campaign on courthouse lawns with anti evolution messages and gorilla imagery.
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Fn United Press
Dayton
Tony
T. T. Martin
Anti- Evolution League of America
Court House
Ste
United Press
Rhes ‘County Court House
Raulston
Five Saints Meet in Shia Victory Event
Unclear fragment references a gathering or event involving five saints and Shia groupings. Details and exact names are not readable.
Southern Railroad Faces High Valuation raised by ICC
Washington July 10 announces a tentative valuation of 3849 million dollars on total used properties of the Southern Railroad as reported by the Interstate Commerce Commission. If Bonham has it, buy here.
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United Press
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bonham
Watermelon Weighs In At 123 Pounds In Cherokee County
J. L. Summers of Cherokee County sent a huge watermelon weighing 123 pounds to Phillip Wise in CH YT Nore. The fruit is described as one of the largest seen in the area.
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J. L., Summers
Cherokee Co
Phillip Wise
Noremers
Mr. Wise
City Lets Contract for Two Municipal Buildings in Bonham
The city of Bonham awarded a $6,500 contract to Drew Ramsey to erect two municipal structures on public school property north of the baseball park. Construction starts soon with completion expected promptly. The buildings will host a home grown chautauqua featuring local talent from Bonham and Fannin County.
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Bonham
Drew Ramsey
Fannin County
Wheat's US condition estimated by Agriculture
United States wheat conditions on July 1 show a 73.46 index with a forecast production of 680 million bushels. June 1 readings were 73.2 for 661 million, and last year July 1 yielded 75.0 for 750 million. The current yield per acre is about 12.6 bushels versus 16.1 last year.
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United Press
Wheat crop estimates show decreased 1st half yield
July 1 estimates put wheat remaining on farms at 29.705 million bushels versus 30.08 million a year earlier. Winter wheat forecast 404 million, spring 276 million, with yields per acre of 12.8 and 13.8 bushels respectively. Last year totals and five year averages cited for context.
Dayton Debates Begin on Scope Trial Return
Dayton reports the long awaited Scopes trial debate resumes after hours of deliberation. The atmosphere centers on the courtroom actions and opening arguments as the case heats up.
China Conditions Worsen as Workers Face Abduction and Starvation
Reports from Shanghai describe intimidation, abduction, and starvation used to coerce workers into a general strike. Families are affected as workers are beaten, territories breached, and water supplies threaten to be cut. In Chicago, attorneys for Colonel Charles Forbes and John Thompson filed an appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals challenging convictions for conspiracy to defraud the government through fraudulent veteran hospital contracts.
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United Press
Shanghai
Water Company
Chicago
Charles Forbes
John Thompson
United States Court of Appeals
Forbes
Thompson
Chinese crisis pressure prompts cabinet conference
Washington notes say President Coolidge has summoned Secretary Kellogg from St Paul and Under-Secretary Grew from Swampscott for a weekend conference on the serious Chinese situation. The group will decide whether the United States should demand an immediate Chinese conference or bow to pressure from Britain and other powers for delay.
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United Press
Washington
Coolidge
Kellogg
St. Paul
Grew
Swampscott
State Department
United States
Great Britain
Supreme Court To Hear Evolution Case In Religious Trial
The morning session centered on a high profile case as Judge Raulst expressed doubt over the first indictment. The indictment’s return delayed the start of a markedly unusual religious trial.
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United States Supreme Court
Raulst
Wrangle Over Mine Controversy Ends in Impasse
Atlantic City June 10 with all hope for an amicable settlement of the wage controversy between the United Mine Workers and the bituminous coal operator abandoned by miners. Ellli Searles, spokesman for the United Mine Workers Journal said in a tatement.
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United Press
Atlantic City
United Mine
Walens
Hracite Oal
Elli Searles
United Mine Work
Journal
Sheep count in strange tale ends with deadly bargain
In Dallas on July 10 a man aged 72 named John Kote told an undertaker clerk he would shoot if denied a pet. He claimed two others debated over sheep and numbers, with a cryptic exchange about obtaining more sheep, leaving the question of how many each man held unresolved.
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United Press
Dallas
John Kote
Thelerk
Kote
bin Phy Iemans
Hack Berry
Jw Omer
Thether
Japan faces choice of equality with powers or remain oriental
In Honolulu a Japanese speaker urged Japan to join the family of nations on an equal basis, arguing the nation must decide whether to stay oriental or seek parity. In Chicago, 82 furniture makers pleaded guilty to Sherman anti trust violations, with fines totaling 186000 and overall industry penalties reaching 420000 since investigations began.
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United Press
Honolulu
Japan
Tsurmins
Institute of Pacific Relations
Chicago
Navy dirigible Shenandoah to join Atlantic war games
Washington July 19 The navy announces a series of war games along the Atlantic coast next month featuring the airship Shenandoah. The battleship Texas will be at sea as the dirigible is observed to locate and track its movements and relay data to submarine and destroyer fleets tasked with pursuing the enemy.
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United Press
Washington
Shenandoah
Atlantic
Navy
Texas
Pisgible
Poor Indian 15 Now Rich Indian in Oklahoma Town
Nearly nine million dollars passed quietly from the government to 2,200 Osage Indians in Pawhuska Oklahoma on pay day. The royalties are for their Northern Oklahoma land acreage.
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Oklahoma
United Prega
Pawhuska
Okla
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