Browning As Foster Father Declares Mary Spas Double Crossed Him
Edward Browning, wealthy realtor and erstwhile foster father of Mary Louise Spas, says she deceived him about her age. He plans annulment steps, demands a physical exam, and declares he is done with philanthropy. The case centers on Mary’s claimed 16th year in applying for a sister role to Dorothy Browning.
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New York
Mary Louise Spas
Edward Browning
Mary
Browning
Edward W. Browning
Mary Louise
Spns
Mr. Browning
Dorothy Sunshine Browning
Charleston Dance Fails to Catch On in U S and London
England rejects the American Charleston as eccentric and spectacular. Critics doubt its ballroom future while some private Mayfair dances show limited vogue. Dance teachers criticize participants and authorities consider stage bans.
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London
England
America
Atlantic
Eugene O’neill
Mayfair
Governor Fields Has New Grandson
Frankfort Ky August 10 Governor Fields welcomes a new grandson born today to Mr and Mrs Forrest Fields The baby weighs 9 pounds 12 ounces His father serves as secretary of the workmen s compensation board
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Frankfort
Market Report from Louisville Cattle and Hogs and Sheep Prices
Louisville markets report cattle five hundred slow lower two fifty to nine fifty hogs eleven hundred and quarter higher eight to fourteen and quarter sheep twenty six hundred fifty and lower lambs fourteen one wethers fourteen fifty
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Louisville
Post Office Deficit Tops 37 Million in 1925
Washington reports a cash deficit of more than 37 million dollars for the 1925 fiscal year ending June 30 after a preliminary accounting. The Post Office Department notes deficits are usual but seeks eco nomies to achieve self support. last year’s deficit was 24 million.
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Washington
Post Office Department
New
Indian Rulers Spend Holidays In London
London August 10 Indian rulers renowned for wealth are holidaying in London with lavish entertainments. The Maharajah of Jodhpur arrived with a polo team and retinue, occupying a mansion outside London. The Maharajah of Patiala travels via Marseilles to London with an enormous suite and hotel floors reserved for them. Their chefs cook Indian dishes on site and portions of Geneva are planned for later League of Nations duties.
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Associated Press
London
Maharajah of
Jodhpur
Europe
Patiala
Marseilles
France
English Channel
Naharajah
India
Maharajah
Geneva
Potentates of India
League of Nations
Unidentified Boy Killed by Train Near Newport
An unidentified youth about 18 years old stopped at Mentor near Newport and asked for a country road to work. He was struck and killed by a Chesapeake and Ohio freight train today, believed to have fallen asleep on the tracks.
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Newport
Mentor
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Baking Takes Place Among Arts of Paris
Paris hosts a salon of baking drawing more than 600 bakers and confectioners from eight countries. The event showcases ovens, dough mixers, and other appliances while industry professionals discuss baking methods.
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Arts of Paris
Paris
War Flotsam Drifts Ashore
A brass plate washed ashore at Porthcawl Glamorgan Wales identifies as belonging to the American coast guard cutter Tampa. The Tampa was sunk by a German submarine in British waters in September 1918 with heavy loss of life.
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Porthcawl
Glamorgan
Wales
Coast Guard
Tampa
Mystery of Miss Stallman Death in Cistern
Miss Cora Stallman, 48, a Cincinnati schoolteacher, was found dead in a cistern near Mattoon Illinois. The body shows no water in lungs or head, vital organs removed for chemical tests, and several threatening letters and a diary found with her. Authorities probe possible poisoning or suicide as family burials proceed.
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Mattoon
Cora Stallman
Coles County
Thomas Seaman
Cincinnati
Tentative Budget Appropriation For 1925 Is Approved
Swampscott Mass August 10 President Coolidge approves the tentative budget for next year with a planned reduction of 20 million dollars from this year The total budget reaches 3 08 billion dollars The data was not published but it is understood the army and navy will bear a large share of next year’s appropriations Hearings are planned before figures are submitted to Congress for tax reductions of at least 300 million dollars Director Lord of the budget told President Coolidge.
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Swampscott
Mass
Coolidge
Army
Navy
Congress
Lord
Voltaire Credited With Invention of Armored Tanks
Paris reports a historian's claim that Voltaire foresaw armored warfare in 1756 with the Assyrian Chariot. He allegedly promised to crush Frederick the Great's forces, but Richelieu declined the idea. Catherine the Great later ordered two tanks, yet found them useful only against massed troops after tests.
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Associated Press
Paris
Voltaire
Frederick the Great
Marshal de Richelieu
Czarina
Catherine of
Russia
Catherine
Voters Accused of Voting a Dead Man
In Corsica elections two sides leveled claims of fraud as a dying elector was rushed from a hospital to the polls. He handed in a ballot before dying, prompting the widow to accuse the winning candidate of murder.
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Paris
Corsica
Napoleon
Voters Register at City Hall During Registration Period
Twenty six voters from Sullivan county's 11th district registered by 3 pm amid delayed notice of dates. The ten day period runs 9 am to 4 pm for seven days and 9 am to 9 pm on the final three days at City Hall. Fair time approaches and farmers are urged to participate.
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Sullivan County
Richmond Negroes Stage Melee and Two Officers Shot
In Richmond Virginia a melee in the negro district left Polly Frances and Ruth Glenn critically wounded. Sergeant Louis Bertucci was killed as two detective sergeants were slain within two weeks. Police guarded St Philip Hospital overnight to prevent reprisals.
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Richmond
St. Phillips Hospital
Polly Frances
Ruth Glenn
Louis Bertucci
Bertucci
Animals in Woodland Park Seek Quarters Away From Cars
In Seattle, deer elk and bears in Woodland Park grow nervous from traffic fumes and noise. The deer and elk are kept in half acre tracts near busy roads, while bears live in steel and concrete cages. Officials plan to move them to deeper park quarters within the 200 acre forested tract to reduce stress.
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Seattle
Woodland Park
Zoological Tract
Carnival Critique of a Scrubby Exhibition Fair
A harsh assessment labels the field as inferior with scrubby livestock and poultry and an unsteady mix of side shows. the event is dismissed as a cheap carnival rather than a fair.
Lewis declines arbitration with mining operators
John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers informs Samuel Warriner that further negotiations are useless until operators abandon wage and union recognition demands. He states the union will not arbitrate and cites past arbitration as a reason to resist new terms.
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Atlantic City
N. J
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Samuel D. Warriner
Lewis
Warriner
Belief Son Shot Clergyman in Parkersburg
In Parkersburg Iowa on August 10 Rev R J Vandervoort a Methodist minister was killed and his wife wounded while asleep. The mother expressed today that Warren Vandervoort 17 is believed to have fired the shots though he is not implicated in the original statement.
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Associated Press
Parkersburg
Iowa
Warren Vandervoort
R. J. Vandervoort
Slayer Surrenders in DuVall Garage Slaying
Sam Colston aged 35 surrendered in Frankfort Kentucky and was lodged in jail after being sought since Saturday in the slaying of Thorne Barton 29 at a DuVall garage. Barton died from a heart shot fired through a garage window. No witnesses. Funeral services scheduled for tomorrow.
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Frankfort
Sam Colston
Thorne Barton
DuVall
Colston
Barton
Mayfield Churches Skip Services as Vacations Abort
Mayfield Kentucky observed no Protestant white church services yesterday for a second time. Half the pastors were away on vacation, one conducted a county revival, and another ill, leaving worship canceled only during the influenza epidemic.
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Mayfield
Raulston Praises Bryan Before Immense Dayton Audience
Judge John T. Raulston, noted for presiding at the Scopes trial, honors William Jennings Bryan at a memorial service at North Shore Congregational church in Dayton. He recalls Bryan and the trial, praising Bryan’s humility, dignity, and devoted Christian character amid public scrutiny.
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Raulston
Bryan
Chicago
William Jennings Bryan
North Shore Congregational Church
John T. Raulston
Scopes
South
Tennessean
Mr. Bryan
Dayton
Jehovah
John T. Scopes
Scopes Thal
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