Typhoid Question Sparks Courtroom Testimony
In a tense session at the Shepherd case, Dr Amante Rongetti testified about suggested typhoid transmission while being questioned as a witness. The defense pressed his past conviction for diploma sales as a potential impeachment issue. The judge allowed limited cross examination on medical knowledge.
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Yxabelle Pope
Wil Ctintock
Hitinl
Amante Rongetti
William Shepherd
McClintock
Bonetti
Marquette University
Borigetti
Shepherd
Jowa Endures Severe Storms Darken Town and Crops
Des Moines dispatch reports heavy rainstorms and severe winds sweeping nearly every section of Jowa. Rail bridges were washed away and crops harmed as swollen streams threaten more damage with unprecedented rainfall.
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Des Moines
Towa
Prominent Railroad Official Dies After Illness
Julius Kruttschmitt, former chairman of the Southern Pacific Railroad, died today in a hospital after recovering from a minor operation. A heart attack proved fatal.
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New York
Julius Kruttschmitt
Southern Pacific Railroad
Tospital
Boy Dies From Street Truck Crash
A 13 year old boy Gale Yates of Lexington Ky was fatally injured when a truck crushed him in the street today. His bicycle became snagged in a track and he could not free himself before the collision.
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Associated Place
Lexington
Gale Yates
Bar Association Faces Scopes Case Move Against Prosecution
Nashville sources report the Tennessee Bar Association may ask Attorney General Frank M Thompson to refuse prosecuting Professor John T Scopes if the case reaches the state Supreme Court The action stems from claims the indictment was moot and caused by collusion Dayton hearing next month centers on quashing the indictment amid questions over grand jury authority.
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Associated Press
Chattanooga
Tenn
Nashville
Tennessee Bar Association
Memphis
Frank M. Thompson
John T. Scapes
Dayton
Supreme Court
State Bar Association
Stewart
John T. Raulston
Raulston
Grand Jury
Scopes
John T. Scopes
Dayton, Tonn
My. Thompson
F. M. Bass
Baltimore
Soft Feminine Beauty Replaces Boyish Flapper
Hollywood Cal The slim youthful feminine beauty wins among 500 candidates for a forthcoming film production. The average height is 5 feet 3 inches among 30 top misses. The chosen girl weighs about 118 pounds with gray blue eyes and golden chestnut hair. She is 20 years old with a 26 inch waist, 34 inch bust, and 35 inch hips. She wears size 4.5 slippers.
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Hollywood
Cal
Film Center
Storms cause damage across Nebraska and fatal shooting in Madison County
Heavy wind rain and hail lashed several sections of Nebraska last night causing injuries and crop losses. The state penitentiary dark for two hours as two prisoners escaped. In Madison County John Coldiron 60 of Taibek was shot five times and killed by his brother in law Frank Davis who surrendered and was charged with manslaughter. The tragedy stemmed from family trouble as Coldiron allegedly advanced with a knife.
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Nebraska
Associated
Preas
Omaha
Nebraska State Penitentiary
Associated Press
Lancaster
John Coldiron
Taiibek
Frank Davis
Madigen County
Richmond
Davis
Goodloe
Richmod
Caldiron
Condition of Senator LaFollette Unchanged
The condition of Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin who is ill at his Washington residence with bronchial asthma remains unchanged according to an Associated Press report dated June 15.
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Washington
Novel diet for young dogs yields surprising results
Loden June 15 Pups thrive on fruit salad say veterinary surgeon A B Kennard after trials with Borzois and Pomeranians. Fruit fed puppies showed marked physical advancement and higher success, with distemper noted as passing like a light cold.
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Associated Press
Loden
A. BE. Kennard
Mr. Kennard
Grand Dragon K. K. K. Is Sentenced to Jail
Federal Judge Symes sentenced Dr. John Locke, grand dragon of the Colorado Ku Klux Klan, to ten days in jail and a $1,500 fine for contempt of court and failure to produce books for examination in an investigation of the income tax returns.
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Pie
Associated Prose
Denver
Symes
John Locke
Colorado Ku Klux Klan
Funds to Convert Woodrow Wilson Birthplace into Memorial
An advisory committee was named to raise about five hundred thousand dollars to convert Woodrow Wilson's birthplace in Staunton Virginia into a national memorial. The effort aims to preserve the site as a historical landmark and honor the former president.
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Wilson
Memorial
Prnss
Eternion, Va
Woodrow Wilson
Coolidge Delays Action on Sugar Tariff Reduction
President Coolidge postpones definite action on reducing sugar duties citing unresolved cost differences between domestic and imported sugar. He points to fluctuating prices, beet sugar interests, and the need to protect farmers while noting possible world market relief if conditions change. The tariff commission probe began in 1923 amid high sugar prices, with a divided report and ongoing controversy among commissioners.
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Washington
Coolidge
Tariff Commission
Commission
White House
America
New York
Culbertson
Costigan and
Lewis
Marvin
Burgess
Glassie
Mexico defies U S in sharp note in reply
The Mexican embassy in Washington released a statement from President Calles denying Kellogg’s claim of a threat to Mexico’s sovereignty. It says Mexico will not accept foreign interference and will honor international obligations, citing claims commissions for losses during revolutions. The note rejects the idea of ongoing U S support conditional on Mexico’s internal actions.
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Tha
Washington
Calles
Mexico
Kellogg
Futhermore
Cales
United States
Chinese Demand Possession of British Concessions Amid Uproar
Chinese government note to Britain cited as sign of weakness as students merchants and workers join large protests in Hankow Shanghai and Kin Kiang demanding severance of relations with Great Britain and forcible possession of concessions. Riots flare injuring a Japanese and harming foreign property while a British gunboat moves toward Kin Kiang.
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Peking
Britain
Tachan
Hankow
London
Shanghai
Exchange Telegraph Company
Reuter
Legation
China
Great Britain
Peng Yu-Hsiang
Ching Pao
Kin-Kiang
Gua
Filipina Women Slow to Adopt Bobbed Hair Trend
Filipina women, mostly in small numbers, have shown a gradual tilt toward European fashion with bobbed hair. A few dozen have cut their long black locks, while many predict the trend will grow for comfort in the tropical climate. Some object, valuing their traditionally long hair that often reaches to the ankles.
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Rongetti
Jowa
BAR Association
Prof. Scopes
Tennessee
Hears Hasbaird
William Darling Shepherd
Sand
Chicago Criminal Court
William McClintock
McGlintock
State Penitentiary
LaFollette
Grand Dragon
Walter Hough
Hough
Smithsonian Institution
U. S
Kelloge
Ilipino
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