Darrow Contempt Cited in Scopes Trial Bond Set
Dayton Tenn July 20 Clarence Darrow cited for contempt by Judge Raulston for remarks to the court during the Scopes trial. Bond set at 5000 to secure appearance tomorrow as prosecution and defense resume proceedings on the lawn amid a restored mood after an apology and handshake.
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Associated Press
Dayton
Tenn
Clarence Darrow
Raulston
John T. Scopes
Darrow
William Jennings Bryan
Stewart
Dudley Field Malone
Arthur G. Hays
Good Fellowship
Colonel Darrow
Tennessee
Raulstone
State of
Dayton, Tenn
John T. Raulston
Clarence Tharrow
Chicago
Union
Roulston
Rauleton
Keokuk Legion Refurnishes Home With Newspaper Proceeds
Keokuk Iowa July 20 Newspapers plastered the new name of Keokuk Post No 41 American Legion here Funds from old papers and magazines sale paid for plastering the new home The region purchased the building at 11 South Fourth street The downstairs will house the American Railway Express company while the legion occupies the upper floor A public comfort station is planned for the building for visitors to Keokuk.
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Associated Press
Keokuk
American Legion
Legion and Auxiliary
South Fourth Street
American Railway Express Company
Ottumwa Blues Beat Creston 5 to 3 in Sunday Game
Ottumwa wins third of four meetings with Creston as Sheehan allows nine hits and Fred Krisinger holds Blyeu to ten. Strance and Carlson start early offense, Creston mistakes cost runs, seventh inning adds insurance for Ottumwa. Next game versus Dunlap at Difnlap.
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Ottumwa Blues
Creston Red Sox
Ottumwa
Fred Krisinger
Creston
Blyeu
Sheehan
Johnson
Krisinger
Welcher
Hill
Keystone
Crestan
Strance
Mian
Carlson
Coleman
Bisho'i
Ilson
Bish
Gidley
Dunlap
Difnlap
Coroner's Jury Exonerates Burlington Officer
Burlington night policeman Joe Feely shot and killed Hazen Peacock Early. Coroner's jury verdict finds Feely acted in the line of duty and county attorney favors dropping prosecution though Peacock's mother may pursue charges with counsel retained. Funeral services for Peacock were planned at Keosauqua, Iowa.
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Associated Press
Burlington
Joe Feely
Hazen Peacock
Harold M. Ofelt
W. E. Peacock
Peacock
Keosauqua
Man Who Shot Self Over Death of His Wife
Ottumwa report notes William G Lambert of Davenport died in a local hospital last night at 9 30 after shooting himself to mark his wife s funeral the day before. Mystery surrounds two hundred dollar bills he claimed were in his pockets with burial planned in Ottumwa.
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Associated Press
Ottumwa
William G Lambert
Davenport
Three Killed and Fifteen Wounded in Portugal Revolution
Three were killed and fifteen wounded in yesterday's revolution. Lis bon is under martial law and the situation is calm.
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Portugal
Lisbon
Duel Survivor Kills Self After Impromptu Pact
Brawley California July 20 John Truden death found by himself near Ja cumba with a letter alleging a pistol duel with H Kirk of Imperial where Kirk was killed. The survivor Truden killed himself within three days as pact. Kirk a prominent Imperial businessman.
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Prena
Brawley
Calif
John Truden
J&cumba
Imperial
H. Kirk
Truden
San Diego
Jacumba
Kirk
Portugal Down Revolt Without Firing a Shot
Lisbon reports a brief mutiny by military units led by Captain Baptista ended within hours without casualties. The Vasco Da Gama cruiser briefly supported the plot before its officers capitulated and the government declared control restored.
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Associated Press
Lisbon
Portugal
Baptista
Vasco da Gama
Gomez
Dasil ‘Va
Lagos
Discount Ottumwa Man Killed By Spooner
Ottumwa Iowa July 20 The theory that Harry Overturf was killed by a spooner is being discounted by investigators. The bullet in a pet dog linked to Mrs Overturf cannot have come from the killer’s gun. Five suspects remain: three men and two women. Additional coroner’s inquest crews are expected this evening.
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Associated Press
Ottumwa
Harry Overturf
Here
Marriage Licences Issued by District Clerk in Creston
Concentrated News records four marriage licenses issued on Saturday by the district court clerk to Clarence K. Anderseon 22 and Faye W. Shafer 21 both of Creston Wmory Hewson 27 and Ida May Decker 19 both of Creston and H Loyal Courter 26 and Blanch E. Hepler 23 both of Creston The entry also notes Co B Campbell a Creston contractor joining the Master Builders Association of Iowa as a board member elected less than two weeks ago at Des Moines state meeting.
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District Court
Clarence K. Anderseon
Faye W. Shafer
Creston
Wmory Hewson
Amd
Ida May Decker
H Loyal Courter
Blanch E. Hepler
Co. B. Campbell
Creston Contrictor
The
Master Builders Association of Iowa
Des Moines
Excursionists Visit Toronto on Kiwanis Trip
About 1700 Shenandoah Iowa excursionists toured Toronto on July 20 then planned a return by night boat to Niagara Falls. The group traveled from Niagara Falls by boat and toured the city by bus. Toronto Kiwanis members hosted a luncheon as Jules Brazil led the program with E R Ferguson presiding.
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Associated Press
Shenandoah Kiwanis
Toronto
Shenandoah
Niagrar Falls
Shenandoah Kiwanis Club
Niagara Falls
Kiwanis Club
Toronto Kiwanians
Jules Brazil
E. R. Ferguson
Woman Jumps From Auto After Attempted Assault
Mrs. Mary A. Wilson, 58, of Marsh Iowa, is in a Burlington hospital with a head injury and fractured shoulder after jumping from an auto last night near Marsh when a man named Jackson allegedly tried to assault her. She says he asked to go to the country on a nursing case and attempted to become familiar. she jumped.
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Associated Press
Burlington
Mary A. Wilson
Marsh
Jackson
Har
Hoggstal
Ask Valuation Railroad Properties Be Reduced
Des Moines reports that railroad representatives urged the state executive council to lower property valuations for tax purposes. They argued branch lines lower income and that valuation should reflect income after rising wages and operating costs hinder cutbacks.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
State Executive Council
Bond Jumper Arrested in Fort Madison Milestone Case
S. Cor win, freed on bond after an assault with intent to murder charge and a gun injury to Officer Clyde Lewis, was captured at 1 a.m. by Fort Madison police chief and returned to Burlington. He had been hiding in Mexico under the alias Jim O’Brien after fleeing indictment.
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Burlington
S.corwin
Clyde Lewis
Fort Madison Sn
Mexico
Fort Madison
Jim O'Brien
IOWA ELECTION CONTEST RECOUNT BEGINS IN SENATE
The Iowa election contest between Brookhart and Steck moves to a six week recount of about a million ballots. National stakes center on party balance in the U S Senate as officials tally disputed votes and potential shifts in the plurality.
Guthrie Center Band Plays Concert At McKinley Park
The Guthrie Center Military Band performed a two hour concert at McKinley Park on Sunday afternoon. The group formed fifty years ago and drew a large crowd, with nineteen band members and their families spending the day in the park after arriving by chartered bus. The annual outing pleased attendees and the program was well received.
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McKinley Park
Guthrie Center Mllitary
U S Remits Boxer Indemnity Payments
Washington July 20 The balance of 6137 552 due the United States from the Chinese government on Boxer Indemnity payments has been remitted by President Coolidge under congressional authority granted in May 1924.
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Associated Peas
Washington
United States
Ooidge
Sunday Quake in California Causes No Damage
A sharp earthquake felt across the San Francisco bay area and the peninsula caused momentary alarm but no damage. The quake’s center was in the Pacific Ocean about 200 miles northwest of Hawaii, with minor tremors reported in Great Falls Montana and Helena Montana at 10 07 and 10 08 this morning.
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Prea
Great Palle
Mont
Helana
Rex Mitchell Sues for 2500 Damages After School Bus Incident
Rex Mitchell, a high school graduate and minor, seeks 2500 in damages for injuries from a February accident on North Elm Street near Irving school after a basketball game. Co-defendant is Leshie Putnam, also a minor. Gale Mitchell sues as Mitchell's next friend. Claims include a fractured left leg, bruised right leg, hospital care costs, and a possible permanent disability.
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Rex Mitchell
High Chool
Leshie Putnam
Mitchell
Putnam
Gale Mitchell
W. A. Putnam Leake
Irving School
North
Elm Street
Greater Community Hospital
Irving Gym
Fall of 15 Stories Kills Prominent Chicagoan
Chicago reports B. W. Wagner a leading figure in the grain trade, once with a firm that failed for a million, killed himself by leaping from the fifteenth floor of the Westminster building. His body landed on the Monroe theater roof. Wagner, about 60, left behind the now bankrupt E. W. Wagner & Co, once a major broker in Chicago and New York. Police found 35 cents in his clothing.
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Associated Press
Chicago
B. W. Wagner
Westminster
Central Business District
Monroe Theater
Wagner
E. W. Wagner & Co
New York
Army Planes Start Trip To Pacific Coast
Six army pursuit planes left Selfridge field Michigan on a test flight to the Pacific coast. They arrived at Maywood field Illinois and then took off for Omaha Iowa City and Iowa. The second report notes planes landing at the air main field noon and scheduled to depart at 1 pm for the flight to Omaha.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Selfridge Field
Mount Clemens
Mitch
Pacific Coast
Maywood Field
Omaha
Iowa City
Mich
Air Main Field
Australia loan over-subscribed in one hour
New York July 20 the five percent external loan of 75 million dollars floated by a group headed by J P Morgan & Co was oversubscribed within an hour after books opened. The event followed a claim by Senator Brookhart's counsel of about 2000 defective ballots in the state not counted. Brookhart representatives contest that only 200 to 300 defects could be found in a recount.
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New York
Commonwealth of Australia
J. P Morgan & Co
Brookhart
Steck
Evolution Debated At Scopes Trial In Dayton
In Dayton Tennessee July 20 scholars discuss evolution linking plants and animals to human origins. Dr Winnerton C Murtis asserts common mammalian ancestry. Dr Horatio Hackett Newman defends evolution as progress guiding science and society. Jacob G Lipman cites plant animal interdependence for agriculture. Kirtley Mather says evolution and faith coexist. Wilbur A Nelson calls evolution essential to geology. The proceedings are recorded for the Scopes trial continued on page 20.
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Dayton, Tenn
Winnerton C. Murtis
University of Missouri
Scopes
Dayton
Tenn
Jacob G. Lipman
The
Colege of Agriculture
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
Jayl
Kirtley F. Mather
Department of Geology
Harvarduniversity
Baptist Church
Jesus Christ
Mather
Tennessee
Wilbur A. Nelson
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Greston
Self
California
Muscatine
Ray Morgan
New Boston
Joe Long
Morgan
Spooner
Canada
Ft. Madison
Iowa
HUT
Stock and
Senate
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Danie
ck-Smith
W. Brookhart
Richard P. Ernst
Kentucky
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Ernst
James W. Watson
Indiana
Walter F. George
Georgia
T. F. Caraway
Arkansas
Selden P. Speener
Missouri
Daniel Steck
Thayer
Peddy-Maytfield
Texas
Edwin P. Thayer
George
J. G. Mitchell
Louis H. Cook
Daniel F. Steck
James M. Parsons
John R. Pendy
Brookharst
Colonel Thayer
Brokhart
Guthrie Center Band
U. S
Australia
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