Dayton Scopes verdict ends trial with 10015 fine
The Dayton Tennessee courtroom returns a guilty verdict for the Scopes case era. Judge Raulston sets a 100 fine and a 500 bond pending appeal. Scopes vows to oppose the law as unjust. Defense seeks arrest of judgment while appeals to the Tennessee Supreme Court proceed.
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Asanciated Prean
Dayton
Tenn
Scopes
Mrn
Raulston
Bond
Dudly Field Malone
J.gordon McKenzie
Tennessee
William J. Bryan
Clarence Darrow
Bryan
Arthur G. Hays
Defense
Cc. R. Jones
Three Webster City School Board Members Resign
Three members of the Webster City Iowa school board resign J W Tatham W B Dodge and B W McCoy leaving M R Mason and W H Alkire unable to act A special election set for Aug 8 to replace the resignations The dispute centered on the choice of a new superintendent to replace E R Siffert who departs for Jefferson High Minneapolis
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Associated Press
Webster City
J. W. Tatham
W. B. Dodge
B. W. McCoy
M. R. Mason
W. H. Alkire
M. R. Pray
Coroner Warns on Murder Rumor in Ottumwa Case
Coroner L A Hammer warned that people spreading rumors accusing locals in the Harry Overturf killing would be prosecuted. The statement notes the Over turf family denied claims about a killer's voice and says S H Overturf asked for a public denial of quotes about Dr Hammer being the slayer. Officials observe one of five suspects amid closing evidence on another.
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Associated Press
Ottumwa
L. A. Hammer
Harry Overturf
S. H. Overturf
Dr. Hammer
Coverdale Writes Wallace's Farmer on Grain Marketing Promises
Des Moines July 21 Investors in Grain Marketing company will have full amounts paid on stock subscriptions. J W Coverdale secretary writes Henry A Wallace editor of Wallace's Farmer denying inability to fulfill contracts and urging Wallace to propose a new program for Iowa farmers.
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Des Moines
Gmin Marketing Company
J. W. Coverdale
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Farmer
John Coverdale
Coverdale
Iowa
Kiwanis Special Trains To Return Thursday
Kiwanis club in Shenandoah Iowa prepares for returning Niagara Falls pilgrims Thursday morning with four excursion trains scheduled at 6 05 7 30 and 8 30 a m The last trains will proceed to Omaha carrying 353 passengers from there and 93 from Council Bluffs.
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Associated Press
Shenandoah
Niagara Falls
Kiwanis Club
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Wheat Market Suffers Setback In July Trading
Chicago July 21 severe setbacks in grain prices were reported with wheat dropping to 4 1/2 cents a bushel and September delivery reaching 1 49 1 per bushel. Black rust danger to spring wheat appeared to be largely over as harvests began in Canada and farmers were urged to dispose of their wheat.
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Preea
Chicago
Canada
Gas company asks rate schedule changes in Creston
Creston city council heard proposals from C E England and George L Miller to correct two irregularities in the Creston Gas company rate schedule. They seek a 10 cent discount and minimum charge rise from 40 cents to $1 to cover meter overhead and readiness to serve costs. Council deferred action for 30 days.
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Creston Gas Company
Court House
C. E. England
George L. Miller
Carroll
England
Miller
Iowa
Creston
Regret Expressed Over Shooting of Vice Consul
Mexico City reports the foreign office regrets to the American embassy after Harold G. Bretherton American vice consul is shot in Aguas Calientes on July 16. A stray bullet from street gunfire by two local congressmen caused the wound, Bretherton stating the shooting was unintentional.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Foreign Office
Harold G. Bretherton
Aguas Calientes
Bretherton
President Calls Study of Naval Activities
Swampscott Mass July 21 Chairman Hale of the senate naval committee has been asked by President Coolidge to study naval activities for possible elimination to cut appropriations.
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Associated Preas
Swampscott
Mass
Hale
Senate Naval Committee
Coolidge
Governor to Confer Over Scott Case in Chicago
Springfield telegram indicates James Sweinhart of Detroit asked to confer with Governor Small about delivery of Robert Scott, brother of Russell Scott, condemned to hang in Chicago Friday. Sweinhart asked for response via a Detroit newspaper.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Governor Small
James Sweinhart
Detroit
Robert. Scott
Russell Scott
Chicago
Sweinhart
Three Attend Meeting of Last Man's Club at Stillwater Banquet
Stillwater hosts the forty fifth annual Last Man's Club banquet with three of four surviving members present. The Civil War veterans formed in 1884 from Company F, First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry. A wine toast follows, with a tradition of presenting the bottle to the historical society if needed. Attendees include John S. Goff of St. Paul Peter Hall of Atwater Minn and Charles Lockwood of Chamberlain S D. Emil Graff of St. Cloud Fla unable to attend due to age.
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Stillwater
Jan
Last Man's Club
BO Company
Minnesota Vollnteer Infantry
Ihs
Depsit
Late Historical Society
John
Goff
St. Paul
Peter Hall
Atwater
Minn
Charles Lockwood
Chamberlain
Thut
Emil Graff
St. Cloud
Fla
Interurban Rail Lines Called Past By Iowa Officials
In Des Moines on July 21 John A. Reed vice president of Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Rail Road told the state executive council that interurban rail service is a thing of the past unless converted to freight use. He cited paved roads rising auto costs and declining revenue as factors. Frank Hanlon of Cedar Rapids and Marion City Railway and others argued interurbans face heavy taxation and must build their own roadbeds while roads are state funded for motor carriers. The witnesses urged policy change to preserve the concept or repurpose lines.
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Precey
Des Moines
John A. Reed
Cedar Rapids
Frank Hanlon
Farm Mortgage Assoc Opens Meeting Tonight
Des Moines July 21 The twelfth annual meeting of the Iowa Farm Mortgage association opens with a banquet tonight chief speaker is Chief Justice Pref derich Faville of the Iowa Supreme Court. Sessions start tomorrow with speakers George F. Heindel Ottumwa president Farm Mortgage Bankers of America H I Foskett Shanandoah and R A Pearson president Iowa State College E L Johnson of Waterloo leads a discussion on changing social conditions affecting agriculture and land values.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa Farm Mortgage Association
Prederich Faville
Lowe Supreme Court
George F. Heindel
Ottumwa
Farm ‘Mortgage Bankers of America
H. I Foskett
Shanandoah
R. A Pearson
Iowa State College
E. L. Johnson
Clarinda Man Waives To Grand Jury
Vernon K. Roberts, charged with killing W. H. McDonald in a Friday night fight over a bet, waived a preliminary hearing and was bound over to the grand jury. He could not post a $4,000 bond. The September grand jury will determine the degree of murder, Judge W. B. Stuart said.
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Associated Press
Clarinda
Vernon K. Roberts
W. H. McDonald
W. B. Stuart
Roberts
McDonald
Army Pursuit Planes Open Air Mail Route Flight
Major Thomas Lanphier commands six army pursuit planes and a Curtiss NBS four bomber that departed from Omaha at 9 a m for Cheyenne. The mission starts the second day of a test to gauge the air mail route value and the craft are scheduled to reach San Francisco on Thursday.
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Omaha
Neb
Thomas Lanphier
Cheyenne
Wyo
San Francisco
Rotary talk by Civil War veteran on Patriotism
Colonel M. L. Temple, Civil War veteran of Osceola, reviewed Gettysburg in a talk on Patriotism before the Creston Rotary club at the Iowana hotel. Orville Smith provided dinner music and sang two numbers, with George L. Miller of Carroll visiting the club.
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M. L. Temple
Osceola
Gettysburg
Creston
Tax Levy Rise Seen From Creston Budget
The Creston city council forecast a five mill levy increase for 1925 and a further three mills for the general fund in 1926 to cover a new bank fund and $15,350 in taxes. Taxpayers will be heard at 8 pm Monday August 3 in the grand jury room. Aldermen debated padlocking Graceland cemetery gates for evening access. a split 4 to 3 vote left gates closed after 6 pm except for main paths, with some urging the issue be referred to the building and grounds committee.
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Creston Corporation
Grand Jury
Court House
Gracelhind
M. L. Burt
George D. Newcomb
John McCoy
Newcomb, McCoy
Harry H .Bartlett
Iowa Tax Club Appeals for Federal Tax Changes
R A Crawford chairman of the Iowa Tax Club sent a communication to Secretary Mellon outlining the club stance on the federal tax law. The Iowa group represents over 700 local tax conferences and urges a lower surtax rate and repeal of the income tax clause ahead of congressional action.
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Associated Press
Des Mones
Lowga Tax Club
Congress
Treasury Department
R. A. Crawford
Mellan
Iowa
Crawford
Believes Miners and Operators Will Agree
Swampscott Mass July 21 President Coolidge believes that anthracite operators and miners will reach an agreement on a new wage scale and that there will be no dead lock causing a mining suspension on Sept 1 His view rests on a Labor Department report and press dispatches from Atlantic City He is not considering a special congressional session to address the situation.
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Swampscott
Mass
Coolidge
Davis
Labor Department
Atlantic City
Congress
Wisconsin Professor Vanishes in London Mystery
Scotland Yard described Joseph Victor Collins of Stevens Point Wisconsin as missing after he arrived in London with a large amount of travelers’ checks. The 66 year old mathematics teacher, former Stevens Point normal school instructor since 1894 and 1910 US Senate candidate, had just returned from Scotland and apparently got lost. His wife and daughter, in London, fear for his safety.
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Associated
London
Scotland Yard
Joseph Victor Collins
Stevens Mount
Wis
Profesor Collines
Scotland
Collins
Stevens Points
United States Senate
Recount of Steck Brookhart Iowa Senate Contest Advances
Washington reports rapid progress in recounting ballots for the Steck Brookhart Iowa senate contest. Marion county completes most counts with two precincts missing while Adair and Adams counties are next. Both sides report agreement on ballots and aim to finish in six weeks, with disputed ballots to be decided by the subcommittee.
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Associated Press
Washington
Steck‘Brookhart
Marion County
Marion
Adair
Adams
Senate
Iowa
Senate Committee
Dan Steck
Brookhart
Steck
Old Creston Resident Died Monday
Co. J. Carter died at 7 o'clock Monday evening at his home 303 Buckeye street after a long illness. He is survived by his widow one daughter Mrs Wes Ballreich and four sons Chester Newt Fred and Burt all of Creston and Alvin of Omaha. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 30 o'clock at the Methodist church with Rev Clyde Harris officiating and burial will take place in Graceland cemetery.
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Co. J. Carter
Buckeye Street
Wes Ballreich
Chester
Newt
Fred
Burt
Creston
Alvin
Omaha
Methodist
Clyde Harris
Graceland Cemetery
Urge Acceptance of Ford Bid for Shipping Vessels
The Associated Press reports that President Palmer of the fleet corporation has recommended to the Shipping Board acceptance of Henry Ford's bid of 1,706,000 dollars for 200 ships set aside for scrapping. The board had withheld action and adjourned until Thursday.
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The
Associated Press
Washington
Henry Ford
Shipping Board
Palmer
Fleet Corporation
Ford
Critical three weeks for corn in Union county
Union county farm bureau agent L J Nickle warns the next three weeks will decide whether corn yields stay bright or dim. He notes current conditions show good plant health but lack moisture to endure heat. leaf rolling indicates moisture stress. cool days are ideal as pollen fertilizes silks and grains.
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Union County
L. J. Nickle
Farm Bureau
Nickle
Capture Bandit Who Slugged 16 Year Old Girl
Dubuque July 20. Alias Robert Crampton confessed to slugging Bella Berk 16 with a railroad coupling pin last week and robbing her father’s pawn shop. He will be returned to Joliet penitentiary after escaping in May from prison where he served time for breaking and entering. Stearnes confesses to holding up two filling station employees for 40 cents, was captured in Freeport after a four hour manhunt. mattress found in a Freeport hotel room contained loot evidence.
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Associated Press
Dubuque
Robert Crampton
Bella Berk
Ilhinoiy
Joliet
Decatur
Stearnes
Berk
Freeport
Tik
First Threshing Yields 40 Bushels Oats per Acre Near Creston
Forty acres of oats on the Jesse Courter farm northeast of Creston threshed out nearly 1 600 bushels for an average of about 40 bushels to the acre. The work began the first job in the neighborhood. Courter’s field is among the most promising, with countywide crops expected to run 25 to 35 bushels per acre for oats and 16 to 25 for wheat amid normal sowing in Union county.
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Jesse Courter
Creston
Courter
Union County
Subpoenaing Mary Pickford Proves Difficult in Kidnap Plot
In Los Angeles on July 21 deputies struggle to serve subpoenas on Mary Pickford for the Supreme Court trial of two truck drivers and an auto salesman accused of plotting to kidnap her for 200000 dollars. The effort mirrors attempts to locate the star off screen as her attorney promises she will appear at the proper time. The deputies seek to learn how the alleged plotters planned to approach within kidnapping distance.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Mary Pickford
Supreme Court
Miss Pickford
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Ottumwa Mystery Prober
Kiwanis
Councl
Scott
Farm Mortgage Assoc
McCoy
Wisconsin
SPEED
Stock Contest Committee
Adair County
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