Missing Shepherd Witness Seen in Pittsburgh Trial Delays
Pittsburgh officials report a missing witness in the William Kerd murder case may be in the city, as jury selection continues with four jurors chosen. Prosecutors seek a rapid completion of voir dire amid claims of jury tampering and defense insistence the case faces no obstruction.
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Robert White
Witmurder
William Kerd
Pitts
Pittsburgh
Chi
Crowe
Ite
Shepherd
Sheps
William 5
Atenert
Ferguson Family Reaping Real Money From Governorship
Austin June 1 Elusive greenbacks come from the Ferguson clan Texas guber natorial family members profit from interviews bonds and other literary business ventures Ma Ferguson sets interview price and autographed photo sales while Pa leverages railroad ties Dorrace and Oulda Nalle receive perks and a Capitol Syndicate press arm supports the family schemes
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Leon Ssiler
Austin
Tex
Ma” Ferguson
Texas
Fergusons
Dorrace
Oulda Ferguson Nalle
Oai
Ma’ Ferguson
Capitol Syndicate, Inc
New York
Ferguson Syndicate
Peach crop in South Carolina exceeds previous years
Spartansburg SC June 1. B Schilletter Clemson extension horticul turist estimates the commercial peach crop in South Carolina at about 250 carloads with about 50 carloads from Spartanburg County. If markets stay weak many peaches will stay local rather than ship statewide.
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Spartansburg
8. C
Carolina
B. Schilletter
Clemson College
Schilletter
South Carolina
Spartansburg County
Carolina fur industry belies northern climate stereotype
Orangeburg county reports about 400 pelts shipped last year yielding roughly 25 000 dollars in sales and 1 200 dollars in state taxes. Local trappers averaged about 5 dollars per pelt with raccoons possums otters and other wildlife providing most pelts in the section.
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Orangeburg
F. Livingston
DeHoff Wins Walsh Memorial Elocution Medal
The Jacksonville Florida resident William DeHoff, 26, won the Walsh memorial medal of excellence in elocution at Spring Hill College last night. Three other contestants included P Earle Hughes and Albert Cazentre with topics from Poe Kipling and Guercops Shipwrecked.
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Poe
William 2 DeHoff
Jacksonville
Fla
Spring Hill College
Sethe Bichon
Spring Hill
Jose
P. Earle Hughes
Bolson
Madame X
Brennan Cal. Kipling
Gunga Din
Albert Cazentre
Guperes
Highway bids set for July 8 on Mobile Theodore road
Bids will open July 8 for the Mobile Theodore concrete highway to be completed early in 1926. Chairman A S Towle says the project will run from Government Street along the Mill Road route to Theodore. Detours are used from Cottage Hill and Cedar Point.
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Mobile-Theodore
A. S. Towle
Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Government Street
S Mill Road
Theodore
Cottage Hill
Cedar Point
Father Lawton Delivers Baccalaureate Sermon to Visitation Class
Father D. P. Lawton of Spring Hill spoke at the Visitation graduation baccalaureate yesterday. A crowd of students, parents and friends attended the ceremony and heard the sermon.
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D. P. Lawton
Spring Hill
Knightship and deaths ripple through early 20th century notes
Briefs report a Lord appointment in Oxford and As, Charles B Lawler's death at 73, Persian League of Nations appeals over Bolshevik activity, Broadway Temple directors meeting, and labor trends in New South Wales. A 1924 Laura Spelman fund allocation is noted along with a credit endorsement unclear in the fragment.
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Oxford
New York
Charles B. Lawler
Tammany Hall
League of Nations
Council of the League
York
Broadway Temple Sastre
New York City
Ss. W
Labor
New South Wales
Laura Spelman Lererial
Slacker Draft Indictments to Be Dropped in New Policy
Washington reports the federal government will drop thousands of draft indictments this month to ease court congestion and clear long pending war draft cases. Assistant Attorney General Bill Donovan said districts will review indictments and drop those of little consequence while prosecutions for remaining cases continue.
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Washington
United Press
Justice Department
Bill” Donovan
Amundsen May Be Caught in Arctic Crevasse
London reports aviators and explorers theorize Captain Roald Amundsen and Lieutenant Ellsworth may have landed in a crevice at the North Pole after their eight teen hour flight. Despite relief offers from the United States Italy France and individuals no relief expedition is yet planned. Experts doubt the planes could return if landings failed or were impossible.
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London
Roald Amundsen
Ellsworth
North Pole
Spitzbergen
Pole
United States
Italy
France
Amundsen
Religion in Camps Speech Sparks Debate in New York
Major General Charles P Sum merall of the second corps area told Trinity Choir Association that parents opposing religious exercises in training camps should keep their boys at home. He dismissed opposition to the order requiring religious exercises as frivolous and unworthy of consideration.
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New York
Charles P. Summerall
Second Corps
Trinity Choir Association
Summerall
Fosdick Sermon Denounces New Era At Park Avenue Church
Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick in his first sermon as pastor-elect of Park Avenue Baptist urged a new reform to restore Christianity to its simple fellowship with Jesus. He criticized the era as vast and complicated and invited an inclusive church less tied to creeds and rituals. Rockefellers John D. Sr and Jr and Winthrop welcomed him after the service.
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New York
United Press
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Park Avenue Baptist Church
Jesus
Fosdick
Abraham Lincoln
Rockefellers
John D., Sr
John D., Jr
Winthrop Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Park Avenue
Fosdock
Rockefeller Church
Columbia University
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Oulda
Dorrace Ferguson
Cuba
Arora Ernest Nalle
National Guard
Dehoff
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Darwin
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Tenn
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Paraguay
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Wrigley
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