Tennessee Evolution War in Scopes Case Turmoil
Tennessee reels as the Scopes trial debate over teaching evolution intensifies. Dayton’s football coach John Scopes faces a heated clash with public opinion, while national figures rally to support or oppose the law. Protests surge as donors and civil liberties groups back cost coverage for the trial.
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Hopi Indian Worship of Venus Shrine Described
Sir J Walter Fewkes outlines Hopi shrine cults and idol use in the Venus reverence. A wooden image Tala famal, Elder Sister of the Dawn, rests in a clay-sealed boulder shrine with a quadrennial opening for rites atop a mesa. Images range from natural stones to carved figures, some ancient, used in healing and rites by the Meine men.
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Puritan and Pilgrim Confusion Highlighted in Ledger
Jane H Farnham corrects a March 7 Public Ledger error misidentifying Highruns as Puritans. She notes Pilgrims settled Plymouth in 1620, Puritan migration began later with the Tay colony. contrasts intolerance and church voting with figures like Roger Williams Anne Hutchinson and Quakers. marks lasting differences in New England history.
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Wampum Accepted as Currency by Indians
Bergen county New Jersey yields relics of an early wampum mint with water powered machinery and exposed coinage. Franc ia Collins notes English settlers used Todian money but New Jersey minting introduced efficient methods. Indians across the county freely accepted wampum while counterfeits failed. One proprietor recalls Joh Jacob Astor founded fortunes buying wampum to trade with locals for turpentine and lumber.
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Theatre News in Operetta at Westminster High School
Two Baltimore junior high girls led the cast of My My on the Bathhoo Boreal at Westminster High School last week with over two thousand attendees. Helen Stokes sang Mak Fak Loy while Charlotte Clemon acted as interpreter. The operetta was broadcast by WFBRE Tuesday night under Mrs Agnes K Hill direction. A spelling bee at Baughmen Valley near Westminster crowned Ruth A Blank of Frederick as winner with Evelyn V Herris of near Manchester as runner up. A gorilla four feet six inches tall is described with the strength of four men.
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Altearha Rheumatic Cure Offered by Peoples Drug Stores
James B. Allen proclaims a new remedy named Altearha to treat chronic rheumatic pain. He claims the product dissolves calcium deposits in joints and muscles, relieves agony quickly, and clears traces of rheumatism within days. Allen, from Rochester, states he will not take money from sufferers and has arranged a nationwide guarantee through Peoples Drug Stores.
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