Mortimer King Confesses Killing Major McLeary
King confessed to killing Major Samuel H. McLeary of the United States Army, saying he and an unnamed companion lured the officer with a gift in a car and shot him twice. The body was found near a highway south of Cheraw, with King guiding investigators to the scene and later to the remains.
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Columbia
Samuel H. Mcheary
United States Army
Raleigh
Raleish- Columbia
Cheraw
Mortimer King
Major McLevy
Union
S.C
Frank Harrell
Lockhart
King
Richland County
Major McLeary
Canton
N. C
S. M. Williams
United Statenating
Romaing
Capitol Notes on Tennessee at Texas Cotton Palace Exposition
Tennessee eyes a state princess candidate for the Texas Cotton Palace Exposition in Waco from October 25 to November 9 with Governor Pat M. Neff of Texas seeking a Tennessee attendee for the coronation of King Cotton on November 4. A pardon was issued for J D Downing of Lawrence County for disposing of mortgaged property. Requisition for Beebe Butler from Lawrenceburg on Alabama prohibition charges was honored. Formal conference with Nashville Memphis Chattanooga Knoxville auto club officials on uniform traffic laws. J W Caraway replaces S W Ahlman as Obion County sanitary inspector per health officials.
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Ty Ie
Nashville
Tennessee
Waco
Pony
Bobbed Baiy
Pat M. Neff
Texas
Peuy
King Cotton
Cotton Palace Coliseum
J. D. Downing
Lawrence County
Alabam
Beebe Butler
Lawrenceburg
Alabama
Btute
Ihe
Automonite Clubs
Memphis
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Advertising and Canada The CP Rail Saga
E W Beatty of Canadian Pacific told the Associated Advertising Clubs convention that since 1881 his line spent 67 million dollars on colonization, far beyond the government’s 35 million, with advertising guiding settlement. He argued CP ads targeted settlers for lands, while government sought free homesteads as the nation built a durable colonial base.
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Trow
London
Canada
E.W. Beatty
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Associated Advertising Clubs
Cuniadian Pacific
Taran
Jesut
Beatty
Canadian Pacific
Seatty
United States
Sperker
Eckert to Speak at State Farm Bureau Meeting
Eckert, head of the Blinvis Fruit Growers Association, will represent Moderated Prait and Vegetable, Inc. and address the State Farm Bureau annual meeting. Ralph Morgan, extension specialist, University Division, notes Eckert may explain the national sales agency workings and cooperative efforts with the farm bureau to market agricultural products.
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Shyille
Toma
Eckert
Blinvis Fruit Growers Association
Prait and Vegetible, Inc
State Farin Bureau
Ralph Morgan
Organization
Spocialist
University Division of Extension
Nations
Ucat an jungle dig probes Maya mystery in Yucatan
Carnegie Institute led excavation at Chichen Itza in Yucatan beginning this spring. Dr Sylvanus Morley heads the project with J Kilmartin mapping the city. First reports describe uncovering a thousand columns, a mosaic featuring Ku Kulain, jaguars, and flowers as workers begin to piece together the ancient metropolis buried by jungle.
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Yucatan
Sylvanus G. Morley
Carnegie Institute In
Mortey
Ku Kulain
Morley
Niles
Miley
Kilmartin
United States Geological Survey
Carnegie Institution
Chichen Itza
Washington
Round the World Flyers Prepare for Last Lap
The American round the world fliers in England prep for the final leg of their expedition. The Seattle will be overhauled at Brough with water gear and a stadia setup as they head to Kirkwall then Island, then Greenland.
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Atlantic
Washington
England
Brough
Repaira
Seattle
Lowell Smith
All National
Lsten
Kirkwall
Orkney Islands
Arctic Circle
Eoland
Kamehatka
Iceland
Ruel
Greenland
Arctic
Angmagsalik
Exquimaux
Tennessee Womens Press and Authors Club Convention
Writers from Nashville Chattanooga Knoxville and other cities will attend the annual convention in Monteagle Tennessee on August 7. The three day meeting will feature an exhibition of members works including books poems and songs.
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Monteayle
Tenn
Nashville
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Tennessee Womens Press and Authors Club
Maya civilization mysteries promised to be solved soon
The Times Want Ads note a long term expedition progress unclear whether key Maya history questions will be resolved in ten years. The fragment hints at ongoing research and expected advances, but specifics are not provided.
Governor Lowden to Speak at Burley Picnic Near Lexington
Fayette county tobacco growers expect a 25000 crowd at the Fay ette farm festival on the G Frank Vaughan farm five miles from Lexington on the Winchester pike July 26. Former Governor Frank O London will attend after adjusting another engagement. In addition to Lowden, Governor William J Fields of Kentucky and Judge Robert W Bingham plus James C Stone will speak. Directors will tour Lexington headquarters and six offices, and a basket dinner and pageant the Court of Agriculture will be presented by a Fayette county cast.
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Lexington
Fayette County
Fayette Farm
William J. Fields
Kentucky
Robert W. Bingham
Louisville
James C. Stone
Bur Jey Association
Burley
Ohio
Indiana
West Virginia
Tennessee
Missouri
Virginia
Court of Agriculture
Lowden
New Missionaries Named by Board
The Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention names fifteen new missionaries. Dr Mansfield Bailey of Nashville, a Vanderbilt surgery graduate, and his wife Ethel Stormer will go to Wuchow China. Support is from Owensboro First Baptist. Varian Brown will support Bailey and nine others. Appointees hail from Alabama Arkansas Kentucky Tennessee Oklahoma Texas Missouri Louisiana South Carolina North Carolina. assignments include China Africa and Brazil.
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Teese
Nashville
Tenn
Foreign Mission Board of
The
Southern Baptist Convention
Mansfield Bailey
Vanderbilt University
Baptist Memorail Hospital
Memphis
Dy. Bailey
Ethel Stormer
Owenshora
Uke Memorial Hospital
Wuchow
China
Baptist
George W. ‘Leavyll
Clarksville
Bailey
First Baptist Church
Owensboro
Varian Brown
Anderson, S. C
Joseph, N. Brown
Foreign Mission Board
Alabama
Arkansas
Kentucky
North Carolina
Africa
Brazil
Voters Registration Opens in All Tennessee Counties
Nashville announces that the supplementary voters list will be open in all Tennessee counties on Wednesday Thursday and Friday July 16 17 and 18 20. Qualified voters who have moved may register to vote in the August 7 primary and the November elections.
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Nashville
Tenn
Wheat prices jump driven by speculative bets and US-Canada dips
Late telegraph news reports wheat markets surging with speculative value pushing grain futures to record highs in the Ameth and Canadian northwest. Hogs followed the trend climbing to 8.10 dollars per cwt, the peak since October, reflecting broad price inflation across staples.
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Chicago
Ameath
Canadian Northwest
Canada
British aviators land on neighboring island after fog
British pilot MacLaren and three associates, four in all, were forced to land on Uruppu Island after fog while en route from Yetorofu Iskod to Tokio Adeuse. A steamship and Japanese destroyer relayed wireless advice confirming the crew’s safety and undamaged aircraft. MacLaren plans to resume the journey tomorrow.
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Yetorofu Iskod
Uruppu
Kurile Islands
MacLaren
Eruppu
Conductors Endorse La Follette for President
Cedar Rapids reports the Brotherhood of Railway Conductors board endorses Robert M. La Follette for the presidency in a near unanimous vote. President L E Sheppard stated most members would back La Follette according to today’s statement.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
The
Brotherhood of Railway Conductors Into
Robert M. LaFollette
L. E. Sheppard
Sheppard
LaFollette
Warning on coal shipments may curb rail congestion
The Interstate Commerce Commission warned that long discussions of bituminous coal shipments for winter consumption could trigger a coal car shortage and heavy railroad congestion. This advisory stresses timely action to avert freight delays and supply gaps.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Comission
Insanity defense planned for Leopold and Loeb trial
Chicago reports that Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb will seek a novel compound insanity defense arguing a merged personality drove the crime. Attorneys say the theory has no medical precedent and would require alienist reports to show intertwined impulses. Prosecution vows to counter the mental irresponsibility claim.
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Chicago
Nathan Leopold
Richard Loeb
Robert Franks
One Dead and One in Prison in Fresno Rivalry Murder
In a city case linked to a 70 year old woman, Miggh McCloskey aged 71 is dead while Henry Muler aged 75 sits in prison charged with manslaughter. The fatal incident arose from a long standing feud between the two men, and occurred in the Valley Dome area of the city.
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San Francisco
Miggh McCloskey
Henry Muler
Womin
Valle
Dome Hee
One Dead in River Road Crash in Owensboro Ky
Leonard Dodson, 32, died after his car ran off a steep bank on River Road in Owensboro. Two women passengers were injured as the vehicle overturned in the late night crash. Police and emergency crews arrived at the scene to aid victims and secure the area. Authorities continued investigations into the cause and circumstances of the accident.
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Owenshorm Ky
Leonard Dodson
Wool growers conduct large sale in Kentucky
In Lexington, Kentucky the Farmers Union Cooperative Wool Growers Association sold about 200000 pounds of wool to a Louisville company. Officials would not disclose the price but said it was the best price received so far this year.
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Lexington
Farmers Union Cooperative Wool Growers’ Association
Louisville
Havas
Davis Confers With Leaders On Campaign Organization
New York political circle reports a long conference between Democratic candidate John W. Davis and party leaders including Thomas Taggart George Brennan and Clem Shaver. Shaver named campaign manager with a central board and field forces. Davis plans a vigorous campaign after formal notification next month and then rests for a week to ten days to prepare his acceptance address.
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New York
John W. Davis
Thomas Taggart
India
George Brennan
Ilinois
Clem Shaver
West Virginia
Shaver
Davis
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Obion County
D. W. Dennis
Ohion
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Comming
David S. Barry
David $. Barry
Senate
Ucatan
Carnegie Institute
Chichen Ityu
Carnegie Institute of Washington
Governor Lowden
Late Telegraph News
Eand
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