Exonerated after decades: Oscar Slater case and unsolved Gilchrist murder
Oscar Slater, once condemned for the 1908 Glasgow killing of Miss Marian Gilchrist, was exonerated after twenty years when a Scottish court found irregularities in the original trial. Sherlock Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle pressed for justice, aiding a new appeal that cleared Slater and awarded him $30,000. The Gilchrist murder remains unsolved.
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Public Welcome For Hinkins At Mission Tonight
A special public meeting welcomes Rev. Mr and Mrs Thomas J Hinkin and family to Cedar Rapids. Rev Hinkin becomes assistant superintendent of Sunshine Mission. Program includes A T Pleune Cyrus Metcalf Frank Ward William Dykhuizen Miss Mary Tremaine piano. Hinkin will sing with children Paul 4 David 6 Bobby 11 Tommy 14.
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Cedar Rapids
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Tommy Hinkin
Moving Season Winds Down in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids cools after a busy semi annual moving period with about 7000 residential changes in four weeks. Families favored homes with more rooms, kitchens for new appliances, and garages. Renters sought backyards, and many moves were forced when rentals sold.
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Cedar Rapids
Householder
Turns Knock Knock Game Into Election Argument
In Beaumont Texas a local campaign uses the Knock Knock joke to stump voters. A friend of a candidate rings acquaintances with a knock knock prompt and answer rhythm aiming to introduce Aleck Ben Shipley as a county commissioner candidate and promote a constructive administration.
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Courthouse Parade Notes on Licenses and Local Campaigns
The article reviews August 1935 marriage licenses and year to date totals, with 60 licenses issued last month and 501 for the year by Sept 1. It also recalls parade form, anecdotes about Ray Coutts and a veteran freight conductor, Linn county candidates forming a musical for campaigns, and Harlan Snyder’s wartime service across services.
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Dan Cupid
Ed Lundquist
Passenger’s Long Coupon Ticket Triggers Train Save
A passenger handed a lengthy coupon ticket to the conductor who stretched it and quipped that the traveler was bound for New York. The conductor then collected all coupons, risking a tense moment until a vigilant conductor at the next division point recovered the vital tickets and calmed the car.
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New York
Local Boy Jimmie Smith Sets Pie Eating Mark
Jimmie Smith, 10, son of Sheriff Jim Smith, set a new pie eating record after restraining from attempting a whole pie in one sitting. He is noted as a collector of tadpoles, pigeons, lizards, dogs and other fauna.
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Jimmie Smith
Jim Smith
Mrs Turley Freed of Old Ouija Board Murder Charge
Dorothea Irene Turley, once a World War II beauty winner and European concert singer, had charges of being a conspirator in the ouija board murder of her husband Ernest J Turley dismissed by Superior Judge Levi S Udall on grounds of insufficient evidence. Her 16 year old daughter Mattie remains in a Phoenix reformatory after a six year sentence for the actual shooting.
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