Bryan's Body on Way to Capitol Rites on Friday
William Jennings Bryan is transported by funeral train from Dayton Tennessee toward Washington. The small town gathers in sorrow as the bronze casket is placed in the car and Mrs Bryan, weakened by five years of paralysis, refuses to view the body until the last moment. The scene preserves a simple, somber farewell with Bryan's widow Ruth Owen and her husband among a small group of friends and reporters aboard the rear car.
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Bryan
Washington
Tennessee
William Jennings Bryan
Tennessee Hills
Ruth Owen
Reginald Owen
Dayton
Great Britain Faces New Crisis Over July 31 Coal Lockout
Premier Baldwin met with coal miners unions today to avert the threatened July 31 lockout. After two hours of talks he proposed earnest discussions with mine owners. A miners’ delegate said the deadlock remains unbroken as sessions ended.
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London
Baldwin
Editor to face trial under gossip law in Covington
Covington Ky July 29 Bruce I Susong editor of the Kentucky Post a Scripps Howard newspaper who lost his bid for change of venue will hear verdict of guilty or not guilty tomorrow in a case accusing him of violating Kentucky gossip law.
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Covington
Bruce I. Susong
The
Kentucky Post
Scripps- Howard
Kentucky
Police Search For Missing Lad In Franks Case Echo
Police hunt for 7 year old Dwight Tracy reported missing after he rode a scooter from home toward Jackson Park Monday. Neighbors recalled sightings around the area as searchers dragged the lake for possible drowning evidence near the Tracy home in a wealthy district near the Franks Loebs and Leopolds.
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Chicago
Battery C Heads to Camp Knox for Two Weeks
Battery C of the 139th Field Artillery and the 139th Artillery Band will leave Colfax at 6:30 a.m. Sunday for Camp Knox Kentucky for a two week training period. A special ten coach train will assemble at Colfax by the Big Four railroad. Three coaches will carry the Colfax Battery while the remaining seven hold the local unit and band. Rev. Herschel R. Griffin chaplain of the 139th will accompany the units, arriving from Chicago. He formerly led the First Baptist in this city and now pastors Rogers Park Baptist in Chicago after returning from a California vacation. Officers and guards attending camp include Captain Claude R. Crooks and First Lieutenants Donaldson Schuler Ryan, and a long list of sergeants and privates led by Sergeants Cline Campbell Gullion Lindsay and others. Page continues.
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Camp Knox
Kentucky
Colfax
Big Four Railroad
Herschel R. Griffin
Chicago
First Baptist Church
Rogers Park
California
Claude R. Crooks
Fred R. Donaldson
Herman E. Schuler
Julius T. Ryan
Belgium to Pay Debt to America
Brussels July 29 Members of the Belgian debt funding commission sailed for Cherbourg to embark for New York. A commission member said America should be generous now as in war times and not impose harsh conditions due to heavy Belgian taxes and new obligations.
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Brussels
Belgian Debt Funding Commission
France
Cherbourg
New York
The
United Press
America
All Go and No Rest Vacation at Lake Wawasee 1925
A Lake Wawasee narrative from July 29 1925 contrasts modern summer vacations with rest. An Indianapolis family arrives early and races through activities from golf to boating and bathing, with a frenetic pace that typifies the era. The father leads at the course, the mother frets on shore, and the children dash between boat and water as the day ends with plans for dancing at a local venue.
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Lake Wawasee
Fnil
Indianapolis
Wawasee
Mother
Ace
Hines to Rule on Steves Motion
In Noblesville Indiana Judge Hines denied bail for D C Stephenson Earl Klenck and Earl Gentry in the murder case of Miss Madge Oberholtzer He signaled readiness to call a special term of court and to utilize the full period through October if needed to try the defendants
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Noblesville
Ind
D. C
Hines
Local soldiers to camp with no mess fund
Battery C and the 139th Field Artillery Band head to a two week camp starting Sunday. They will lack a mess fund for extra camp comforts, so citizens led by Charles Slusser and John Huber opened subscriptions in drug stores and The Reporter office to raise money. Contributions accepted until Tuesday evening and sent to Captain Crooks.
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Battery C
139Th F. A
Charles Slusser
John Huber
Chamber of Commerce
Captain Crooks
Battery
Rand
Loeb alienists subject Russell Scott to fate decision
Chicago July 29 three alienists chart the jail life of Russell Scott former millionaire in effort to prove he is prison crazy If they win a verdict of insanity he will be sent to an insane asylum instead of gallows Scott is in a cell transformed into a scientific lab with numerous instruments Defense attorney William Scott Stewart argues prison mani as brought by 19 months in jail and fear of hanging State expert Dr Wm Krohn aided by prosecutors is retained Judge Joseph B David limits testimony to mental condition only to avoid emotional appeals like the Leopold Loeb case
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Chicago
Russell Scott
Scott
H. S. Hulburt
Leopold-Loeb
Orlando Scott
Clarence A. Neumann
William Scott Stewart
Wm. O. Krohn
Joseph Maurer
Joseph B. David
David
Clarence Darrow
Muncie man dies after striking work train
Muncie Ind July 29 Max Whitehead 29 of Muncie was instantly killed when struck by a work train on the Chesapeake and Ohio here late yesterday afternoon. Death was caused by a broken neck as Whitehead failed to see the approaching train and drove in front of it.
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Muncie
Ind
Max Whitehead
Chesapeake and Ohio
Whitehead
Greeks protest killing of citizen in Bulgaria
Athens reports Greece filed a vigorous protest with Sofia over the assassination of Greek citizen Hames Nikolaides at Stenimachio Bulgaria. The government demanded full satisfaction and indemnity for the family and safety guarantees for Greeks in Bulgaria.
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Athens
Sofia
Stenimachio
Bulgaria
Hames Nikolaides
License 10 Teach But Not 10 Fish in Indiana Waters
Rex Dale a Flora Ill teacher was caught fishing without a license on Sugar Creek near Crawfordsville Indiana. He pleaded guilty and paid $5 fines plus costs totaling 21.60 in Mayor Earl Berry's court after the Game Warden challenged him.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Rex Dale
Flora
Ill
Indiana
Glenn Long
Sugar Creek
Illinois
Long
Dale
Earl Berry
Serious charges against youths in Indiana case
In Columbus Indiana on July 29 charges were filed against Newport Mack 30 and Glenn Hood 40 of Chicago by Tressie Nichols 16 daughter of a Bartholomew county farmer. The case was to be turned over to federal authorities for action under the Mann White Slave Act. Nichols said Mack enticed her to leave home and live with him as his wife for several weeks.
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Columbus
Ind
Newport Mack
Glenn Hood
Chicago
Tressie Nichols
Bartholomew County
Miss Nichols
Mack
Poison case set for September in Fort Wayne court
Fort Wayne Ind July 29 The case of Joseph Effert 21 charged with trying to poison his two young cousins for revenge on their mother has been continued until September 11 Effert the adopted son of a wealthy Chicago real estate man has repudiated his confession and will plead not guilty.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Joseph Effert
Effert
Chicago
Smith Trial Under Way In City Court
Witnesses were bevnce this afternoon in the trial of Ue Smith charged with illegal sale of intoxicating liquor. Jury impaneled after nearly four hours, evidence begun after noon. First witnesses Troy Bradley and Milford Moore testified. Smith allegedly sold Bradley a pint for $2. Attorneys are Dodson. Prosecutor Carl W Lambert leads the state case.
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Ue Smith
Eere
Troy Bradley
Milford Moore
Smi
Bradle
Dodson
Carl W. Lambert
American Women As Bad As Natives In Dress
Dr and Mrs Arthur L Piper returning from 12 years in the Belgian Congo report shock at Broadway fashions and morals. They say African women wear little while New York women rely on paint powder and suggestion, claiming clothing and dancing in the city are worse than in Africa.
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New York
Arthur L. Piper
Belgian Congo
Broadway
Mrs. Piper
Africa
Risk to Attend Bryan Funeral in Washington D C
James Kirby Risk, Indianapolis dairy equipment head and Indiana temperance leader, travels from Lebanon to Indianapolis then Washington to attend William Jennings Bryan's funeral and burial. He recalls a 30 year friendship, Bryan's Lafayette visits, and campaigns shared since 1896.
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James Kirby Risk
Dairy Cream Separator Company
Indiana
Lebanon
Indianapolis
Washington, D. C
William Jennings Bryan
Mr. Risk
Lincoln
Nebraska
Mr. Bryant
Williams denies money frauds highway account
Indianapolis July 29 John D Williams director of the State Highway Commission called for a thorough investigation by the State Board of Accounts. He challenged a search of commission records saying examiners can uncover cooks of the commission. The board reportedly surveys records for a third time in a year seeking evidence for prior reports alleging irregular disposal of surplus war materials and profits from auto parts. Williams dismissed Gray and named William Titus as chief engineer.
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Indianapolis
John, D. Williams
State Highway Commission
Commission
State Board of Accounts
Accounts Board
Williams
State House
Board of Accounts
Jurge Collins
Marion County Criminal Court
Sn Grand Jury
Earl Crawford
George Bartley
Highway Commission
Iapolis
Schlensker
Omnia Schlensker
Chesleig
Gray
Marior County
William Titus
Liquor Arrests Remain High in Indianapolis
Indianapolis reports ongoing large liquor law arrests despite stringent Wright bone drug prohibition penalties. Over the past weekend, more than half the arrests involved drinking or selling illicit liquor. Thirty nine men and four women faced intoxication charges, twenty one men and four women were charged with operating blind tigers, and eight men were nabbed while intoxicated driving autos.
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Indianapolis
Funeral set for Mrs. Ollie Smith former Lebanon resident
Funeral services for Mrs. Ollie Smith, born October 5 1889 in Lebanon, will be held Thursday at 10 am from the Martinsville residence. The Rev Ray Montgomery and Rev James Allen will officiate. Burial will be at Oak Hill cemetery after a service in Lebanon. Surviving are her son Charles, father, brothers Harry Jess Elmer, sisters Nora and others. death due to tubercular meningitis, long illness. Her father resides in Nebraska.
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Ollie Smith
Lebanon
Martinsville
Ray Montgomery
James Allen
Oak Hill Cemetery
Smith
William Estle
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