La Follette Body to Be Taken to Old Home
The body of Senator Robert M. La Follette will be transported late today to Wisconsin for burial in Madison after a heart attack ended his seven term political career. Tributes came from President Coolidge and supporters across party lines as La Follette’s family prepared for services and public mourning in Washington and Wisconsin.
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Foreclosure Filed Against Railroad by Trustees
The Guaranty Trust Company of New York, acting as trustee for bondholders holding about 200 million dollars, filed in federal court a foreclosure suit against the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul railway for nonpayment of principal and interest on bonds around 50 million dollars due June 1. The St Paul is in receivership under a reorganization plan. Sale may be required to satisfy mortgage bondholders, per trustee counsel Roger Sherman.
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La Follette Burial Plans Outline Wisconsin Senator’s Family Plot
Madison reports Robert M. La Follette to be laid to rest under a white oak at Forest Hills cemetery near relatives. The article outlines kin graves, with modest markers and a forthcoming funeral detail announcement. It notes his final words honoring Warren Stone and calls him a champion of the masses.
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Help Offered in Evolution Trial in Scopes Case
Dayton Tennessee June 19 Walter White superintendent of the Rhea county school and one of the prosecutors in the Scopes case could not meet in Atlanta today due to a flood of letters and telegrams. White has received 119 letters including two from abroad offering help and he dictated a letter to be presented to William Jennings Bryan requesting that additional attorneys be secured, naming W K Shields as a possible adviser.
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Rhea County
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Atlanta
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France
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England
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United States
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Tennessee
Supreme Court
Hope of Life in Corpse Is Blasted at Funeral
In Wellston Oklahoma on June 19 Miss Bertie West 16 was buried after her funeral was interrupted by relatives who believed she was alive. The casket was opened and moisture seen on the brow leading to a recheck by Dr. T F Erwin who pronounced her dead.
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Harding Era Judges Noted in Tennessee Context
Under the Harding administration references appear to Judge H B Lindsey of Knox ville Tennessee and former Tennessee attorney general Judge Cates. The fragment notes these figures in connection with judicial or political events during that period.
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Darrow to Confer With Scopes Defense in Dayton
Clarence Darrow will travel from Chicago to Dayton for a conference with William Jennings Bryan era? and the Scopes defense team as the Scopes trial nears next month. Dr John R Neal, chief defense counsel, announced the plan in Knoxville. Darrow is to depart Chicago Sunday and arrive in Chattanooga early, with a breakfast arranged at the Patten Hotel.
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Patten Hotel
Lead price cut in New York
The American Smelting Company reduced lead price from 8.40 to 8.30 cents per pound in New York.
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American Smelting Company
Tornado kills 28 and wipes out two villages
A tornado in Altai province killed 28 people and injured hundreds, wiping out two villages. The same storm touched the Black Sea coast and Siberian regions, while snow covered northern Russia for the first time in a century in June.
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International News Service
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Black Sea
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Hurstwood Wins Hardwick Stakes At Ascot
Somerville Tattersall's Hurstwood won the Hardwick Stakes at Ascot for 2006 pounds with extras. Mme Calmann's Tournes3 and Lord Rosbery's Plack also ran, finishing in the field.
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