Spectacle of the trial rambles on with witnesses and notes
The defense and prosecution battle over key notes about a “friendly judge” incident and a missing official report. Witnesses include Jacob Weinstein identifying Leopold’s glasses and police photographer Edgar Yates presenting about 40 crime photos. The trial pace hinges on alienists testimony and planned further witness introductions.
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Darrow
Gortland
Jacob Weinstein
Leopold
Edgar Yates
Crowe
Canadian Wheat Crop Damaged by Rust Report
Ontario July 24. Chicurco reports western Canada wheat fully damaged by black rust raising grain prices. Government investigations broaden as officials seek to verify claims of market manipulation and false reports tied to Canadian bankers and cross border activity.
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Oiaca
Chicurco
Canada
Contetinue
Dominion
AM Prunes
Mackrust
Taut
United States
Chicago
Winnipes
Sinking of the Gratitude Endangers 150 In Chesapeake Bay
The steamship Gratitude sank after hitting a barge in Chesapeake Bay near Norfolk Virginia. About 150 people onboard were endangered but believed rescued by the steamer Pennsylvania. The Gratitude had been chartered for an excursion by an employee of the Texas Owl company.
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Norfhdk
Gratitude
Chesapeake Bay
Pennsylvania
Texas Owl Computy
Linn County Receives 17 000 License Plates
Linn County will issue 17 000 license plates to meet a boom in car ownership. County Treasurer Frank Williams notes 1 921 more registrations in the first six months than last year, suggesting every family could own more than one car. Nearby, St Charles hosts the annual homecoming of Madison and Warren counties on August 14 with H E Banta president and H A Mueller secretary.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Frank Williams
Town City-dzlass Explodes Wounds Herman Worton
A shattered bottle exploded injuring Herman Worton in Town City-dzlass, severing his face. Emergency responders rushed to the scene and he was treated for severe facial cuts.
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Dzlass
Herman Worton
Nine Jailed After tar and feathers mob attack in Maryland
Frederick Maryland July 26 A mob of 50 to 60 tarred and feathered 21 year old Dorothy Grandon after an alleged affair with a married man. Nine people including Mrs Mary Shank were arrested and held for grand jury in bonds of 2000 dollars each. The victim remained under 5000 dollar bond as a material witness.
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Frederick
Dorothy Grandon
James Whipp
Middletown
Whipp
Miss Grand
Justice of Peace Storm
Mary Shank
Miss Grandon
Paul Grossnickle
Grayson Dodd
Harry Leatherman
Maryland
Follette Wheeler Campaign Denies Blacklist Claim
Washington July 24 The joint executive committee denies plotting a blacklist of congress members for the La Follette Wheeler campaign and says a white list of candidates is being prepared after reviewing official records. Wisconsin Attorney General Hierman Fickerman is named director of the financial drive urging prompt cash donations to Morrison hotel Chicago.
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Washington, D. C
la Follette-Wheeler
Congress
Joint Executive Committee
Independent
la Follette
United Press
Hierman Fickerman
Wisconsin
W. T. Rawleigh
Morrison Hotel
Chicago
Forest Fire Peril Again in California Oregon
Northern California and Oregon faced a second major forest fire outbreak this season. California fires centered in Tahoe National Forest and Siskyou county with activity in Klamath National Forest. Oregon saw scattered blazes between Portland and Oregon City threatening ranches and towns. Green timber burned in Polk County. Regular army troops will patrol forest areas in Southern California districts Sunday morning.
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San Francisco
California
Oregon
Pacific Coast
Forest Hill Divide
Tahoe National Forest
Siskyou County
Klamath National Forest
Portland
Oregon City
Polk County
Cascade Divide
Sisters
Monterey
Lake Bernardino
Newhall
Socialist resolution denounces Klan in New York
A New York state socialist convention adopted a resolution denouncing the Ku Klux Klan on July 26. The move reflects opposition to Klan violence and influence in the region.
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Socialist Resolution
New York
State Socialist Conven
World Fliers Tackle Atlantic Hop From British Isles
American airmen at Brough Eng prepare ships for a final dangerous hop across the Atlantic. Maj A S MacLaren fixes his Kamchatka craft on the Kamchatka peninsula. Maj Petro Zanni reaches Le Bourget after Amsterdam arrival and a forced landing. Locatelli, who left Visa Friday for England via Paris, is missing en route to the United States.
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America
Brough
Eng
Atlantic
Orkneys
England
Maj
A. S. MacLaren
Kamchatka Peninsula
P’etro Zanni
le Bourget
Paris
Amsterdam
Lyons
Lieut. Locatell
United States
Coolidge defends defense test amid peace opposition
President Coolidge published a letter to Frederick J. Libby defending the September 12 defense day test as an assurance that the regular army can stay small. He argued the plan is non militaristic and upholds civilian responsibility for defense. Libby replied defending the peace council and predicting negative international effects. The council plans to make defense day a political issue with broad organizational backing.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
Coolidge
White House
Frederick J. Libby
National Council For Prevention of War
National Guard
United States
Libby
National Council
Finger Print Expert On Trail of Yeggmen
E A Trump superintendent of the police detail department left for Davis South Dakota to obtain fingerprints of the yeggs who robbed the bank there Friday night. He is accompanied by State Agent Shan Campbell and Detective F H.
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E A. Trump
Police Dertilion Department
Davis
S. D
Yeggs
Shan Campbell
F. 9
Rift in Democratic Party Boosts La Follette Campaign
Washington reports a party split across three midwestern states boosting Hubert La Follette. Democrats, including Ohio and Missouri figures, threaten to bolt to the progressive ticket with Wheeler and Davis under pressure from internal party critics. Heflin and King predict La Follette gains, while Wheeler’s stance harms Davis in some circles.
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Washington Bureau
Sioux City Register
Washington, D. C
Democratic Party
John W. Davis
Hubert M. la Follette
Washington
la Follette
Democracy
Ohio
Illinois
State Senate
Democratic County Central Committee
Missouri
Middle West
Congress
William G. McAdoo
Davis
McAdoo
J. Thomas Heflin
Alabama
Heflin
Coolidge
Wheeler
King
Utah
New York
Department of Justice
South
Montana
Quake Insurance Aid Lifts Japanese Small Business Recovery
Washington reports Japanese fire insurers paid large earthquake claims aiding devastated areas. Small businesses crippled by the disaster resume operations as the Japanese government considers nationwide earthquake insurance. May investments reached 180.8 million yen, up 67.9 million from April. One yen equals about 50 cents.
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Washington
Japan
Babbitt
Department of Commerce
Japanese Department of Agriculture and Commerce
Japan Hypothea Bank
Ten Die In Mine Explosion At Gates Mine
Ten miners were killed in an explosion at the H. C. Frick Coal company Gates mine in Gates Pennsylvania. One hundred twenty men were underground at the time. bodies were recovered today.
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Gates
H. C. Frick Coal Company
Woman dies from stove blast near Oto Iowa
Mrs. Minnie Morey aged 41 died at Methodist hospital from burns after a kerosene ignited stove exploded at her home four miles from Oto. Her husband drove her to Climbing Hill then to Sioux City for aid but she died at 2 a.m. Neighbors extinguished the fire. Funeral set for Monday at Climbing Hill church.
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Minnie Morey
Methodist Hospital
Oto
Sioux City
Fileen
Cecil
Westcott
Climbing Hill
Been
Climbing Hill Cemetery
Police Are Asked to Find Runaway Boys
F K Marsh reports his son Jack aged 16 and a companion Alden Carey disappeared from Sioux City last Friday. A card said they took farm work nearby. Police are asked to assist in locating the youths. Waterloo report notes no clues about a diamond theft at Libert jewelry. Atlantic item notes Frank Cox, Rock Island roadmaster and cousin of Palmer Cox, creator of the Brownies, has died.
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F. K. Marsh
Lincoln Avenue
Jack
Alden Carey
Sioux City
Atlantic
Frank Cox
Rock Island
Palmer Cox
Kansas Prohibition Proclamation Calls Drinking Lost Art
Topeka announces a Kansas proclamation by William Allen White Henry J. Allen Jonathan M. Davis and Victor Murdock declaring drinking a lost art after 44 years of prohibition. They praise voluntary abstinence as the norm, note outlawing of home brews and medicinal liquors, and reject repeal or modification of prohibition.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
William Allen White
Henry J. Allen
Jonathan M. Davis
Victor Murdock
United States
Davis Busy Shaping Speech for Clarksburg Nomination
Dark Harbor Maine July 26 John W Davis Democratic presidential nominee will depart for New York next Thursday evening and travel to Clarksburg West Virginia on August 8 to receive formal nomination notification on August 11. He continues work on his acceptance speech with a first draft finished and revision planned. Publisher Joseph Pulitzer was the only caller today. A golf match between Davis, his aide J M Nye and Frank L Polk ended in a draw with no announced score. Davis will attend church services Sunday morning.
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Dark Harbor
Isleboro
John W Davis
New York
Clarksburg
W. Va
Davis
Joseph Pulitzer
The
New York World
Democratic Standard
J. M
Bill” Nye
Frank L. Polk
Dark Harbor Links
Local Injuries Reported After Falls and Vehicle Fire
Mike Garr was improving at St. Joseph's hospital after a fall from the Milwaukee railroad bridge on Westcott Avenue last night. Doctors said his injuries are not serious though a possible fracture is uncertain. A truck owned by L G Evertst caught fire at Fourth and Water, extinguished by the fire department with $10 damage. Bernard Walling, 16, of 4200 Harrison Avenue in Leeds, suffered a fractured arm while cranking a grocery delivery truck this morning and was taken to St. Joseph's hospital.
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Mike Garr
South College Avenue
St. Joseph's Hospital
Westcott Avenue
Garr
L. G. Evertst
Fourth and
Water Street
Bernard Walling
Harrison Avenue
Leeds
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Husband 15 Held in Wife Shooting at Oelwein
In Oelwein Iowa Mrs Lot tie May 20 was shot and killed at Ed Goldsmith's home. Six shots shattered an outside glass door two struck the victim. The widowed woman's husband, seeking an annulment since June 2, is under arrest on a murder charge. A coroner's inquest planned for this afternoon. The victim's maiden name was Lottie McQuinn.
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Oelwein
Lottie May
Ed Goldsmith
Weather delays American Flyers on their Atlantic route
Rain and plane repair delays hinder America's world flyers in England. They will decide tomorrow when to begin their flight to the United States via the Orkneys Iceland and Greenland. Final tests are planned on the Humber estuary as American destroyers near Rosyth to join patrols up the North Sea.
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Trough
England
America
United States
Orkneys
Iceland
Greenland
Humber
Rosyth
North Sea
Negro admits slay after mob rescue in Cairo
The Cairo case reports a Black man confessing to abducting and robbing Daisy Wilson, 18, near Villa day. two Black men lynched by mobs in Pulaski County? Authorities say the suspect was taken to Mound City for custody after mob threats and shooting.
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Caiiro
Hes
Daisy Wilson
Villa
Conners
Pulaski County
Myroes
Wilh Conners
Andria County
Auto Mound
I. N. Hudson
Memphis
Mound City
Hudson
Heavy Judgments Filed Against Oil Companies in Enid
In Enid Oklahoma in 1921 three major oil firms faced more than 1,000,000 in district court judgments. Six heirs of James A Lulu Crews saw awards totaling 1,189,801.50 from Sinclair Oil and 162,854.71 from Garfield and Ib Oil. The case, brought by guardian Miss Laura, notes contract violations for failing to drill wells within a set period.
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Enid
Okla
James A Lulu Crews
Garfield
Laura
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