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A Tar Heel at Dayton
Reporter Louis Gravee describes Dayton during the Scopes trial era, noting Darwin’s store sign, the welcoming hosts James R. Darwin and family, the courthouse crowds, spectators, and photographers, and a humorous encounter with the chimpanzee at Robinson's drug store during the May 1925 proceedings.
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Darwin
Dayton
Robinson
Robinson’s Drug Store
Scopes
John Thomas Scopes
Mr. Robinson
Mr. Darwin
Atlanta
Nashville
Chattanooga
H. L. Mencken
Bryan Darrow
Malone
Darrow
Bryan
Darrow Dudley Field Malone
Odum
H. W
T. A. Odum
Rhea County
Tennessee
Europe
America
United States
Coblenz
Misa Derwin
Clarence Darrow
Howard W. Odum
New York Times