Bryan Funeral Train Through Tennessee In Bryan Tribute
William Jennings Bryan lies in state as his funeral train travels from Chattanooga to Knoxville, with towns along the Southern Railway closing shops and half‑mast flags. Crowds gaze at the casket, Mrs Bryan views from the car, and local groups honor the former Secretary of State with flowers, a Bible gift, and song from Carson-Newman College.
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Mr. Bryan
Chattanooga
Richard Hardy
Mrs. Bryan
Knoxville
Chvic
Associated Bible Classes
Jefferson City
Carson-Newman College
William Jennings Bryan
Governor Donahey Proclaims Honor for William Jennings Bryan
Governor Victor Donahey issued a proclamation calling Ohio citizens to pause for a few minutes at 3 PM Friday in tribute to William Jennings Bryan. He directs flags on all public buildings in Ohio to fly at half mast throughout the day.
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Columbus, CO
Victor Donahey
Ohio
William Jennings Bryan
Georgia Kill Measure Aimed by Evolution Debated
In Atlanta on July 29 the Georgia Legislature rejected a clause to bar teachers of evolution in common schools from state funds. Rep Lindsay of DeKalb said he would not pursue an anti evolution bill. The proposed measure mirrored the Tennessee act and would not have touched higher education.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Lindsay
DeKalb County
Wittner Named Defendant in DC Debt Suit
Loren H. Wittner, plaintiff in Washington's evolution case, became a defendant in a separate DC matter after a tailoring firm sued for debt. Justice Mattingly granted a default judgment of 166 dollars due to his absence. A hearing on motions to dismiss Wittner's evolution action is set for Friday before Justice Siddons in the DC Supreme Court.
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Washington
Loren H. Wittner
District of Columbia
Mattingly
Wittner
Washington City
Justice Siddons
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Osborne Wood Sued for Divorce in Delaware Case
Mrs. Katherine Thompson Wood files for divorce in Superior Court, Wilmington, charging Osborne C. Wood with separation after a fortune made in stock speculation. The couple, who met in Manila, have a child and are apart in New York and Florida while Wood pursues real estate.
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Wilmington
Del
Katherine Thompson Wood
Osborne C. Wood
Leonard Wood
Philippine Islands
Young Wood
Mrs. Wood
Europe
Spain
Florida
Wood
Henry B. Thompson
Greenville
Woods
Manila
Red Cross
France
Town Marshal's Home Wrecked by Dynamiters
The home of Fred Ellis Town Marshal of Chesapeake Ohio River town Gallipolis Ohio was partially wrecked by dynamite early today. Two unidentified men seen near the home before the blast fled and escaped. Ellis and his family avoided serious injury as authorities searched for the bombers. Ellis has pursued bootleggers and illicit liquor distillers.
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Gallipolis
Fred Ellis
Chesapeake
Ohio River
Ellis
Navy probes Scott death ray claims and plans
Washington reports the Navy has lent facilities to Dr. Edwin R. Scott of San Francisco for experiments described as a new warfare method akin to a death ray. No definite plan to use a battleship has been communicated, and the department notes ongoing contact but no confirmed success.
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Washington
Navy Department
Edwin R. Scott
San Francisco
Scott
Department
Two Flyers Die in Plane Crash Near Philadelphia
Logan R. Black aged 22 and Roger Bispham aged 19 died when their recently bought airplane crashed shortly after takeoff from Pitcairn Flying Field in Bryn Athyn. Black, an experienced flyer, had only recently inherited a large sum and bought the aircraft and a yacht.
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Philadelphia
Logan R. Black
Roger Bispham
Pitcairn
Bryn Athyn
Here
Black
Marine aviator injured in Universal plane crash near Pittsburgh
Lieutenant Thomas Cagel of the United States Marine Corps was seriously injured when his plane crashed near Universal, Pennsylvania, catching fire after fuel stop at Rodgers Field. Another occupant had minor injuries. Cagel and Private H. C. Kildow were en route from Akron to Quantico when motor trouble forced an emergency descent.
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Pittsburgh
Thomas Cagel
United States Marine Corp
Universal
Cagel
H. C. Kildow
Akron
Quantico
Marine Corp
Rodgers Field
Here
Seldes Ousted by Mussolini Leaves for Paris Tonight
George Seldes Chicago Tribune correspondent is declared persona non grata by Mussolini regime and must leave by August 3. Rome foreign office and various correspondents interceded without success. Ambassador Fletcher arranged a safe conduct. Seldes will depart on instructions from his paper after written notice.
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Beatrice Baskerville
New York World News Service
Rome
George Seldes
Chicago Tribune
Paris
New York World
United Press
Chicago Daily News
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Boston Monitor
Foreign Office
Seldes
Ambassador Fletcher
Robbins
Washington
Fletcher
N. Y
Rescue Attempt Turns Fatal in Cleveland Lake
In Cleveland on July 29 Stanislaus Tarr aged 10 died while trying to rescue 8 year old William Vanek from a small lake. Two other children raised the alarm as police recovered both bodies about three hours later.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Stanislaus Tarr
William Vanek
Winifrede Coal Office Closed Amid Union Losses
The Winifrede Coal Company closes its Cincinnati office after six months of no production at the Belmont and Winifrede mines. The move follows ongoing losses, potential sale talks, and a shift to idle status as competition and labor disputes press the Kanawha Valley operation.
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Winifrede Coal Company
Competition
Union Mines
Bolt Welds Dollars in Pocket as Lightning Strikes
In Great Falls Montana a thunderbolt struck William Black 38 a truck driver in oil fields near the city. The bolt broke his water chain welded two silver dollars in his pocket tore off his trouser legs and shoes burned his hair and left him unconscious for two hours. He is expected to recover. The same bolt set fire to an oil tank which was destroyed.
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Great Falls
Mont
William Black
National Ku Klux Klan Parade Is Off In Washington
The planned August 8 Ku Klux Klan parade in Washington has collapsed from a nationwide display to a local event with fewer than 5,000 participants. District leader L A Mueller says the demonstration will be purely local, with outsiders unlikely to join, amid internal dissension and a bid to clear Pennsylvania Avenue of streetcar platforms.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Congress
L.A. Mueller
Grand Eleaglé
District of Columbia
Mueller
Pennsylvania Avenue
Bitten by Rattlesnake Seeks Aid 60 Miles Away
Lyle Custer, 17, of Decatur Illinois, bitten on the hand while on a ranch sixty miles east, rode a horse, traveled by automobile and rail to reach medical help in Colorado Springs. He ran a mile before summoning aid, then boarded a train for a hospital, saving both life and hand.
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Colorado Springs
Col
Lyle Custer
Decatur
Custer
Calhan
Traffic Cop's Horse Hurdles Two Stories in City
Pie Face, a horse of the Traffic Bureau, leaped from a second story window at the barns. He was saved by a nearby popcorn wagon and taken to a veterinarian hospital with slight hope for recovery. Officer Hérman Meyer noted the horse had a circus past as a parachute jumper.
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New York World News Service
Chicago
Pie Face
Traffic Bureau
Hérman Meyer
Train wreck near Lake George kills roadmaster in Michigan
A passenger train on the Ann Arbor Railroad crashed into a standing freight near Clare Lake George, Mich. One man, Martin W. Enfield of Cadillac, was killed. About fifteen others were injured including John Scott of Owosso, the passenger engineman. The crash occurred three hundred feet south of the Lake George depot when the fast train hit the freight on the main track.
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Associated Press
Clare
Mich
Ann Arbor
Lake George
Martin W. Enfield
Cadillac
John Scott
Owosso
Woman Die, Others Hurt As Train Derails Near Tolono
A westbound passenger train derailed at Tolono near Urbana causing one woman to die and several passengers to suffer broken limbs and minor injuries. Magic Keokalo of Decatur is hospitalized with a fractured skull and severe bruising. Cause of the crash remains undetermined.
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Associated Press
Urbana
Ilk
Tolono
Here
Magic Keokalo
Decatur
Mussolini May Undergo Duodenum Ulcer Surgery
Diplomatic circles in Paris report Italian Premier Benito Mussolini may soon have an operation to remove a duodenal ulcer. The surgery would be kept secret in Italy while recovery proceeds. Earlier hemorrhages led to a strict diet. surgery is now considered the safer option as Mussolini, appears stronger and Italy remains tranquil.
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Paris
Mussolini
Italy
San Rossore Palace
Tragic Stabbing in St Louis Leaves Woman and Infant Dead
In St Louis on July 29 George Debank 26 fatally stabbed his landlady Mrs Albert Farsa 28 and her ten month old son Albert Jr. Debank wounded himself then fled but returned and wounded himself further. Mrs Farsa expected to recover hospital doctors said.
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ST. Louis
George Debank
Albert
Farsa
Albert, Jr
Debank
Three Die In Drake Hotel Hold-Up in Chicago
Reports say three people were killed during a hold-up at the Drake Hotel in Chicago while a cashier was wounded. The incident sparked a citywide manhunt as authorities调查 pursue suspects and secure the scene.
Woman tarred and feathered in Eros mill yard assault
Reports say Miss May Simms was attacked by infuriated women at a lumber mill yard in Eros Jackson Parish on Monday afternoon. She was stripped, painted, feathered, and warned to leave town amid 150 onlookers. No charges filed and no sheriff’s report. victim’s whereabouts unknown.
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Associated Press
Shreveport
Miss May Simms
Eros
Jackson Parish
Miss“Simms
Body of American Woman Found Near Basel Switzerland
Basel Switzerland July 29. Police found the body of a woman believed to be Mary Bowen near Goetheanum Basel with a wound to the heart. Papers indicate she came from Berkeley California and a bloodhound was used to pursue suspects with no result. She arrived in Basel a few days ago and had some money on her. Berkeley California July 23. Investigation connects reports from Europe about a Mary Bowen from Berkeley with Marion Bowen who went abroad last May. Marion Bowen was 33 or 38 years old, wife of Howard D Bowen and mother of two. No Mary Bowen is known here.
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Winifrede
United Mine Workers
Kanawha
Logan County
Harding
Mooney
Basel
Switzerland
Mary Bowen
Goetheanum
Berkeley
Cal
Cah
Europe
Marion Bowen
Howard D. Bowen
Pickford Testifies About Kidnap Plot In Court
Mary Pickford, film actress, testified that her husband Douglas Fairbanks told her of an alleged conspiracy by three men to kidnap them in Los Angeles. She did not see the defendants but noted a car linked to their pursuit. defense witnesses claimed coercion.
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Los Angeles
Mary Pickford
Miss Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
Bree
Charles Stephens
Claude Holcomb
Adrian J. Wood
Louis Geck
Fairbanks-Pickford
Geck
Los Angeles County
Hall of Records
Liss Pickford
Indictments in Tennessee Poison Case
Hartsville Tennessee July 29 Indictments for murder issued by the County Grand Jury against Noel Lynnville 19 and his mother Mrs Jas per Lynnville in the April death by poisoning of Letha Lynnville 18 Noel eloped with her less than two weeks before her death Robert Morgan was not indicted though arrested on a warrant Gregory alleged a family plot Lucy Lynnville 16 Noel s sister was to marry Morgan to pay for his role Poison found in the victim s organs by Dr William Litterer State Bacteriologist indicates poisoning beyond a medical dose
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Hartsville
Tenn
Noel Lynnville
Jasper Lynnville
Letha Ery Lynnville
Noel
Robert Morgan
Lynnville
John Gregory
Gregory
Lucy Lynnville
Morgan
William Litterer
Rush Meadows Sentenced to Two Years in Federal Prison
Rush Meadows, former football player and criminal attorney, was sentenced in federal court to a two year term in Leavenworth Prison and fined 5,000 dollars after a conviction on a stolen bond charge. His attorneys filed notice of appeal. Meadows was accused of conspiring to defraud the government by forging and possessing 20,000 dollars worth of United States bonds stolen from a Richland Nebraska bank on December 8, 1920.
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Los Angeles
Rush Meadows
Leavenworth
Meadows
United States
Richland
Neb
Hotel Drake Hold-Up Sparks Deadly Chicago Shootout
Four masked robbers attacked the Drake Hotel on Lake Shore Drive during tea hour. A hotel cashier and two robbers were killed, one captured after a kitchen fight, and another fled with $10,000 in cash. Police wounded a robber, the chase spanned taxis and Lincoln Park, and details identify suspects including Jack Holmes and Tex Corts with ties to New York and Texas.
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Chicago
Drake
Lake Shore Drive
Nelert
Jack Holmes
New York
Eric Nelson
Bell Boys
Michigan Avenue
James McCurdy
McCurdy
Lincoln Park
Sheridan Road
Charles Keefer
Rodke
Corts
Ted Court
Holmes
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First National Bank
W. Va
Charleston
Belmont
Bradstreets
Wheeling
Washington, D.C
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Ludlow
Lagoon Bridge
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Covington
William Epperson
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