Court bars Mrs. Scott from testifying in sanity hearing
Chicago report on Russell T. Scott, convicted murderer, facing a sanity hearing after a death-sentence stay. The court refused to allow testimony about family history, citing irrelevance to the insanity issue. Alienist Dr H S Hulbert testified amid repeated prosecution objections as the case moves toward expert reports and a jury decision.
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Scott
Associated Press
Chicago
Russell Scott
H. S. Hulbert
Associated
Russell T. Scott
Joseph Maurer
Callows
Joseph B. David
Thomas Scott
Maurer
W. S. Stewart
David
Stewart
Notes Found With Body Hint at KKK Threats in Cistern
The coroner examined notes found with the body of Miss Anna Stallman, near Mattoon, near her sister Mrs. Thomas Seaman. Messages imply threats and anti Jewish or anti school-village sentiments by a group calling itself the K K K. A 26 page letter signed by seven members of the K K K awaits deciphering, and an inquest is planned. Miss Stallman was not drowned and showed no marks of violence. she had been a school teacher in Cincinnati.
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Mattoon
Anna Stallman
Thomas Seaman
Humbolt
Chicago
First National Bank of Humbolt
John
Fred
Pete
Seaman
Savas
Miss Stallman
Cincinnati
Thad
Henry Ford urges church dance halls near Johnson City
Henry Ford advocates that all churches provide halls with good floors for dancing as wholesome recreation. He links dancing to biblical ideas and says older and younger generations reconnect through this activity, urging churches to set a wholesome example to keep youths from dancing elsewhere. The Times notes Ada Read and Johnson City readers are asked to read further.
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Henry Ford
Johnson City
Associated
Trews
Detroit
United States
Ford
Wayside
Harbour Beach
Coolidge to map qut program for American farmer
President Coolidge will recall the agricultural conference to plan a legislative program for farm aid. The conference’s cooperative marketing proposal drew opposition in Congress, though farming territories spokesman urged cooperative marketing as the farmers’ main need. The president will defer to his committee on the issue.
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Coolidge
Associated Press
Swampscott
Mass
Congress
Camping Out Near Mount Olympus Opens Summers Excursions
Travelers from England and America flock to Cyprus as summer tourism grows. Miss Young's camp on Mount Olympus at Troodos offers cool air reminiscent of Scotland, with daily excursions planned to Kyrenia Platres and the Kykkos monastery.
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Cyprus
England
America
Miss Young
Mount Olympus
Troodos
Scotland
Kyrenia
Platres
Kykkos
Amsterdam Dutch Travel Club Opens Office for Americans
An office at 340 Den Overtoom in Amsterdam serves American tourists with Dutch Travel Club of Amsterdam staff. They provide directions in English, arrange excursions, sell tickets, obtain motor boats, and secure guides and interpreters to help visitors have a profitable and pleasant stay.
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Amsterdam
Holland
Dutch Travel Club of
den Overtoom
American doctors to visit Italian spas on tour
Milan announces an itinerary for American physicians to tour Italy’s spa towns starting September 5 in Milan. Guided by Prof. Guido Ruata M D the group will visit San Pellegrino Acqui San Remo Ospredaletti Pegli Rapallo Portofino Leghorn Figgi and conclude in Rome with English language medical lectures and reduced railway fares offered to members.
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M.D
San Pellegrino
Acqui
San Remo
Ospredaletti
Pegti
Rapallo
Portofino
Leghorn
Figgi
Rome
Markets. Cattle steady Hogs higher Sheep steady
Markets report from Louisville on August 4 shows cattle at 100 head steady, hogs up 5 to 14.35, and sheep around 1200 head steady, reflecting a mixed movement across livestock categories.
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The
Associated Press
Lonisville
Second Attempt to Move Scopes Case to Federal Court
Dr. John H. Neal, chief counsel for the defense, filed a petition seeking to restrain state authorities from further prosecution in the Scopes evolution case. The move marks a second effort to transfer the case to federal court.
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John H. Neal
Chattanooga
Senn
Circuit Court
Consolidation Of Railroads Talked In Press Copy
In Swampscott Massachusetts on August 4 Associated Press reports President Coolidge favors voluntary railroad consolidation. He says it could solve the transportation problem by enabling charges to be set at a level allowing large systems to earn fair profits while eliminating extreme profits and losses across lines.
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Praag
Swampscott
Mass
Coolidge
Auto strikes heavy bus kills Aug 4 in Kentucky
A man identified as Bennett, a professor at Kentucky State College, died when his auto struck a heavy bus. The bus driver was arrested.
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Ortalia Pras Chigago
Bennett
Kentucky
Gotlege
Amber
Weather and flood rescue as hail storms hit multiple states
The Associated Press reports wild weather in August with hail up to eggs in several midwestern states. Snow fell briefly in Amberg Wisconsin, Detroit basements flooded, and Indianapolis saw a 26 degree temperature drop. Two hundred soldiers in El Paso were ordered to assist with Rio Grande floodwaters in the lower valley. Phoenix recorded 102 degrees.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Midwestern
Lexington
Amberg
Wis
Detroit
Indianapolis
el Paso
Rio Grande
Phoenix
Arizona
Fugitive Found After Long Search in Atlantic City
Wilmer Marshall an 83 year old former Louisville detective who vanished June 13 was located in Atlantic City New Jersey. A diamond ring valued at 825000 and an unpaid new enclosed automobile disappeared with him. the car was later recovered.
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Associated Press
Louisville
Wilmer Marshall
Atlantic City
N. J
Marshall
Hydrant Believed to Be Cause of Illness
Investigation into an illness affecting 11 people in two families linked to the same hydrant is underway. A cluster of worms appeared when Mrs. H Kimball opened the faucet and the sample was given to the health department. Her husband has been ill for a month and a neighbor's husband is also sick. The hydrant was quarantined.
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Associated Prose
Louisville
H. Kimball
Health Department
Man Killed Dodging Train Collision in Fatal Accident
Thomas Doolin, 64, a farmer, was killed when he stepped in front of a Louisville and Nashville passenger train while trying to avoid a freight train and another track. His widow and sister survive. Read the Times Want Ads.
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Thomas Doolin
Farmer
Louisville and Nashville
Asa
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