Start Trial of Evolution Case At Dayton Tennessee
Dayton Tenn July 10 Evolution enters court records as John Thomas Scopes faces a charge under Tennessee’s ban on teaching evolution in public schools. Jury selection begins with 12 jurors seated after questioning, defense and state arguing over expert testimony and scope. Clarence Darrow challenges prospective jurors while the jury eventually includes nine farmers one schoolteacher one farmer, a fruit grower and a shipping clerk. New York July 11 FarI Ball reports a mass grave in Amakuna with 11,111 Christian heads buried at DIfe year 1637 tying to persecution by Shogun authorities and Catholic missionaries.
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Dayton
Tenn
John Thomas Scopes
Tennessee
A. T. Stewart
Clarence Darrow
Stewart
Darrow
W. F. Robinson
J. W. Dagley
Talismen
New York
Farl R. Ball
Methodiat Episcopal Church
Loo Choo Islands
Japan
Amakuna
Bull
Christiana
America
Plymouth Rock
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Cleveland
William Montgomery Brown
Arkansas
Charles A. Briggs
New York City
General Assembly of the Church
Richard Heber Newton
David Swing
Chicago
Sarah B. Cooper
Horace Bushnell
Hartford
Conn
Philip Schaaf
Merscerburg
Lyman Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher
Presbyterian
Cincinnati
Elbert Barnes
Philadelphia
Salem Village
Henry Dunster
Harvard College
Samuel Gorton
England
Earl of Warwick
Massachusetts
Gorton
Plymouth Colony
Plymouth
Newport
Rhode Island
Boston
William Thorpe
Thomas Arundel
Canterbury
Simon Magus
Samaria
St. Alphonsus M. Liguort
Simon
Peter and Paul
High Tax on Saloons May Bring Prohibition
Vera Cruz July 6 The state faces a voluntary shutdown as saloon taxes push bar owners toward prohibition. Saloon keepers threaten to close unless taxes fall and profits suffer from Sunday closures.
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Vera Cruz
Smithtown Clans Threaten Renewed Gun Battles
Danbury July 11 reports say northern Stokes county Smithtown residents once peaceful now carry guns amid threats of renewed feuds. A drunken youth shot a neighbor. moonshine enforcement by revenue officers fuels further danger as clans anticipate more killings and a possible real battle between factions.
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Danbury
Stokes County
Smithtown
Tarhee farmers boost soils with sawdust trail soy growth
County agents report Tarhee farmers using sawdust trail as soil improver this season. Many growers plant soybeans and other crops benefiting from enhanced soil conditions.
Letter From Japan Describes Health Weighs and Travels
J. W. Frank reports from Uwajima Japan in June 1925 on health digestion and weight affecting travel and pricing. He notes discounts for heavy passengers and contrasts with locals, mentions insurance quotes for weight, and describes baptizing seven girls and upcoming evangelistic services with Rev. S. A. Stewart and Rev. T. Kugimiya in six to seven locales this month.
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Mount Airy
Bishop Boaz
Buick
Ford
Uwajima
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company
Central Park
New York City
New York
Yoshida
Christian Kindergarten
Wesley Endeavor Society
Epworth League
Japan Methodist Church
S. A. Stewart
Here
T. Kugimiya
Trinity College
Durham
Japan
J. W. Frank
Hats Off to Arizona Heat Hatches Eggs
In Yuma Arizona on July 2 a feed store reports three eggs left on a shelf three weeks ago hatched into three chicks as temperatures in southern Arizona stay above 100 degrees. The event contrasts with the Midwestern belief that such heat is extreme.
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Arizona
Yuma
Ariz
Middle West
Age Old Fight to Fix Truth in Scopes Trial Era
A historical survey traces clashes over truth and doctrine from Plymouth Rock to 1920s America. It references Scopes in Tennessee, church trials from Briggs to Newton, and colonial cases like Salem witchcraft, Dunster, and Gorton, highlighting ongoing battles over heresy and belief.
Outdoor Exercise Sparks Funds Question
A Boston transcript quotes concern over gardening costs tied to an outdoor exercise plan. The speaker worries about raising enough money to cover an exceptional appetite from the activity.
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Boston Transcript
Border Cooperative Association to Open on August 4
The Border Cooperative Association will begin operations for the 1925 season with many South Carolina warehouses opening August 4. Officials announce a strong outlook as contracts pour in from about 15,000 planters, with emphasis on new memberships and regional expansion and the campaign to cut costs.
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Border Cooperative Association
Florence
Richard R. Patterson
South Carolina
Marion
Dillon
The
Tobacco Association
Andrews
Chagdbourn
Conway
Darlington
Fairbluff
Fairmont
Hemingway
Johnsonville
Kinstree
Lake City
Lamar
Loris
Lynchburg
Nichols
Olanta
Pamlico
Sumter
Summerville
Tabor
Timmonsville
Whiteville
Clarkton
Manning
Mullins
Lamberton
Possums Outwit Bees and Rob Honey in Wild Hives
A. Z. Pollock of Trenton reports possums raiding wild hives near Kinston. Bees swarmed tails and stung the marsupials, which fled then returned to rob the hives undisturbed. The bees later found the hives empty as the thieves disappeared.
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Kinston
A. Z. Pollock
Trenton
Pollock
Klondike Stock Farm Sold to New Owner Chatham
Elkin July 11 Thos. Elkin announces Thurmond Chatham of Winston-Salem has purchased the Klondike farm three miles north of Elkin from H. G. and R. M. Chatham. The several hundred acre property on Highway 26 will be converted into a stock farm for cattle sheep hogs and possibly horses. Chatham appoints Rooks Pyron as manager, a noted stock breeder formerly with Leonard Tufts at Pinehurst.
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Elkin
Thurmond Chatham
Winston-Salem
H. G
R. M. Chatham
Highway 26
North Carolina
Chatham
Klondike Farm
Rooks Pyron
Leonard Tufts
Pinehurst
Guilford Farmers Seek Special Legislative Session
Guilford farmers want a special session to repeal the country game law. A mass meeting urged county commissioners not to enforce it, and if blocked to petition Governor McLean to call a session to repeal. Farmers say the local law benefits hunters and harms landowners and crops.
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Greensboro
Guilford
McLean
General Assembly
Pickle Factory Opens in Wilmington Capacity Rising
The pickle factory started at the Liberty Ship yard site in Wilmington a few weeks back and now processes about five cars of cucumbers daily. C W Weller, manager of the Oak Harbor unit, said the local plant was established to handle surplus cucumber crops locally.
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Wilmington
Old Liberty Shipyard
C. W. Weller
J. Weller Pickle Company
Oak Harbor
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Islands
John T. Scopes
Raleigh
N. C
Snys C. D. Matthews
State College
Matthews
Laredo
Patterson
Klondike
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