Dayton Trials Echo Rube Tone in Anti Evolution Case
International News Service reports Dayton witnesses and crowds around the Scopes trial as residents voice mixed views. Judy Hayes, age ten, says she is for Scopes and against evolution while officials and reporters fill the courthouse grounds with vendors and crowds. The town portrays a strong Masonic presence amid Bryan and jurors expected to weigh the case. police reinforcement arrives as coverage expands across the nation.
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Rime
Gram
Battle Looms Over Scopes Case As Monday Opens
The article previews the Scopes trial opening, noting state and defense clashes over biology teaching and the Bible, jury selection dynamics, the role of scientists, and the impending effect on appeals to the U S Supreme Court. It also reports Augustine returning to duty after a July 4 firecracker injury, with his arm protected by a splint.
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United States Supreme Court
Augustine
Charls Augustine
Leesburg Scouts Enjoy Camp Life Report
Leesburg Scouts travel to the Grove City camp on Frenen creek near Cochranton Pennsylvania on July 8. Participants include Kenneth Rudolph Geo liber Robert Robinson and Paul Thompson with Grove City peers as tent mates. Camp progress is reported as fine with planned visits by Mr and Mrs Robinson and Scout master Todd.
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Grove City
Frenen Creek
Cochranton
Kenneth Rudolph
Geo, Liber
Robert Robinson
Paul Thompson
Scout
Thomason
Robinson
Alan
Todd
Ned
Man-Hunt for Killer in Caliber Murder Near Mineola
Authorities pursue Philip Knapp linked to the July 4 murder of taxi driver Louis Penella. Penella’s body was found at Camp Milk near Mineola, a .43 caliber slug ended his life and his belongings were stripped. Knapp, missing car records and facing grand jury action, is believed to be hiding in the Adirondacks or Canada.
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Bell Field
Penetta
Camp Milk
Mineola
Penella
Knapp
New York City
Louis Penella
Kranp
Mitchell Field
Louis Penalia
Wenka
Philip K. Knapp
Cornell
Syracuse
William N. Hensley, Jr
Washington
Knepp
Alege Knapp
Albany
N. Y
Philip Knapp
Nassau County
P. T. Rogers
Buffalo
Adirondacks
Canada
Reverend Davis to Address Boy Scouts Assembly
The Rev Homer B Davis pastor of Epworth Methodist church will speak Sunday at 3 pm at the Boy Scout Camp at Kennedy's Mills delivering a community address to the scouts and attendees.
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Rev. Davis
Homer B. Davis
Epworth Methodist Church
Kennedy’s Mills
What Did You See A Patchwork of Odd Readings
A garbled OCR fragment lists varied vignettes including a Darby repair with baling wire on a horse harness, a cab driver taking a driver license exam years ago, a meter reader loitering, and a Polish customer with a machine. Other items mention a grocer dropping sugar, a visitor embarrassing a woman, and a farmer buying a horsewhip amid scattered notes.
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Darby
Road Experts Plan To Straighten Out Dead Man's Curve
Greensburg Pa July 11 Engineers from the state highway department work on the Lincoln Highway one mile west of Lincoln Heights to remove Dead Man's Curve where seven people have died and more than twenty injured. Hundreds of cars have wrecked on the curve in the last two decades. The plan would require taking property from six nearby residents and removing a house.
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Greensburgh
State Highway Department
Lincoln Highway
Lincoln Hetghts
League Of Voters Dinner At Grove City Church
The League of Women Voters of Grove City will host their annual tureen dinner on the lawn of the United Presbyterian church Monday evening July 13 at o'clock. All women in the community are invited and asked to bring fourteen dishes plus silver sandwiches and 10 cents for icy cream. If rain, the meeting moves to the church basement. Mrs Theodore George will speak and report on the Inter County meet at Beaver Falls in June.
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Grove City
League of Women Voters
United Presbyterian Church
Theodore George
Beaver Falls
Marchand Receives U S Coast and Geodetic Appointment
G Marion Marchand son of Mr and Mrs Charles Marchand of 637 East Washington street has received orders from Washington to serve as Deck Officer in the U S Coast and Geodetic Survey. He will leave for Washington next Wednesday to assume duties. Marchand is a graduate engineer with a B S in Civil and Irrigation Engineering from Colorado Agricultural College.
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G. Marion Marchand
Charles
Marchand
East
Washington Street
Washington, D. C
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Washington
Colorado Agricultural College
New Castle
Twelve Men Named to Try Scopes Trial Jury
A feature on the Scopes trial jury pool describes twelve men selected for the jury, detailing their appearances, backgrounds, and attitudes toward evolution. The piece notes the judge, lawyers, and observers, with emphasis on tensions and perceptions in the courtroom.
Boys Camp To Be Opened August 10 In Mercer County
Mercer Pa July 11 A camp for boys in Mercer County Farm bureau clubs will run August 10 to 14. Only 4 eligible members may attend. About 90 boys aged 14 to 19 in dairy cattle potato baby beet sheep clubs planned to attend. The cost is 8 to the boys for the camp. A puncture ago is harder to fix than one in the auto.
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Mercer
Mercer County Farm
Hager
Deaths Of The Day A series of funeral notices
Funeral services were held for Managsan Stanley in Mercer county with pallbearers from the Sons of Veterans. Lillian Hogue and other locals were interred in nearby cemeteries with community groups attending. John Steen and Massie Henley deaths followed, with services led by local ministers and interments at Neshannock and Greenwood cemeteries. Additional notices honor Louise Sarrer, Grace Stanley Mack, William Magee and Cornelius Hammond with details of dates, places, and church affiliations.
Interment Planned for Sunder Afternoon Attendee
The funeral service for Sunder Afternoon will be held at 3 o'clock at Ri tchie undertaki ng rooms on South Mill street under Rev. Homner FB. Davis of Epworth Methodist Church. Body to be sent Sunday evening at 8:45 to Nesarur, interment there. He leaves widow Mrs Leetle Hammond and four sisters, Mrs John Swan, Mrs Sidney Banham, Mrs James Moe, and Mrs James Crum. He belonged to Decatur Methodist, Amazon lodge of Pythias, and Machinists Local Union No. 166. Paul Gaston, 45, dies at his East Waentington street home after brief illness. He was born in New Castle March 26, 1875, son of Yester Gaston and Mary Morrow Gaston, a paper hanger by trade. Surviving are his mother, sisters Mrs W. J. Marshall and Mrs Ira Butler, and brother John Gaston. Funeral at 2:30 Monday at his residence.
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John T. Steen
Wilmropgtot
Mercer County
Mr. Steen
Mercar County
John
Annie McCandless Steen
Nehannock Presbyterian Church
New Wilmington
Lizzie B. Mercer Steen
William E. Steen
Belle Vernon
Faroiy
Lrev
Geo. Pitcher
Kirkbride
Neshennock Cemetery
Massing Henley
Massie Henley
West Falls Street
New Castle
Miller Funeral Home
South Mil Street
Second Baptist Church
W. W. Nelson
Greenwood Cemetery
Sunder
Ritchie Undertaking Rooms
South Mill Street
Homner FB. Davis
Epworth Methodist Church
Baltimore & Ohio Ynes
Nesarur
Hammond
Leetle Hammond
John Swan
Lexington
Sidney Banham
Columbia
James Moe
James Crum
Indiana
Methodist Church
Decatur
Amazon Lodge
Pythias
Machinists” Local Union No
Paul Gaston
Waentington Street
Mr. Gaston
Yester Gaston
Morrow Gaston
W. J. Marshall
Ira Butler
John Gaston
Harrisburg Auto Crash Kills One Injures Five
A Harrisburg auto crash at a street intersection left Ida Wenrick a 35 year old resident of 62 Penbrook dead and five others injured this morning Police said the victim was born to Mr and Mrs William G Reese of Wilmington Avenue The report notes a daughter named Lily Jane.
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Harrisburg
Nternational News Service
Harrisserg
Irs
Ida Wenrick
Penbrook
William G. Reese
Wilmington Avenue
Lilie Jane
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