Bryan's Funeral Friday Speech Not Delivered At Day
In Dayton Tennessee on July 28 Bryan released an address defending the Tennessee anti evolution law blocked from a Dayton trial by an early verdict. He argues the case is a battle between unbelief and Christian faith, condemns evolution as a dangerous hypothesis and urges protection of religious teaching in public schools.
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Dayton, Tenn
Tennessee
William Jennings Bryan
Bavton
Myr Bryan
Bryan
Charles Darwin
Darwin
Proposed Merger of Iowa Coal Mines Is Abandoned
CENTERVILLE Ind July 28 The proposed merger of forty one Appanoose and Wayne county coal mines with control of 25000 acres of coal land has been abandoned for the present Bankers and operators concerned announced today The mines will operate the coming year as heretofore Difficulties in perfecting operating and financing arrangements after it was believed the merger virtually was effected and because the mines must soon begin consolidating has been given up for this year Promoters say they hope to accomplish the consolidation at a later date
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Centerville
Appanoose
Wayne County
Becaues
Werger
Knights of Pythias Convene in Cedar Rapids
In Cedar Rapids on July 28 delegates from eighty five Iowa Knights of Pythias lodges attend the annual convention with sessions of the Pythian sisters and the Order of Knights of the Khorassan. Mrs. Belle Woodstock of Clear Lake elected chairman of the past grand chiefs association. Expect attendance near 2000 with a parade and a joint public meeting opening the conclave tonight.
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Knights of Pytha Lodges
Iowa
Pythian Sisters
Order of Knights of the Khorassan
Belle Woodstock
Clear Leake
Grand Chiefs Association
Waterloo
Des Moines
Sioux City
Knights of Pythias
Recount Pushes on in Iowa Senate Contest Amid Challenges
In a lengthy recount of the Iowa Senate race tensions rose as both sides challenged ballots marked with candidates beyond Brookhart or Steck. The day’s tally showed no clear edge from uncontested ballots while errors in the state count remained evenly distributed across Cerro Gordo and Clark counties.
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Washington
Iowa
Brookhert
Cerro Gordo
Clark
Senate Committee On Elections
Kecount
Stockart
Steck
Cherokee
Brookhart
European Security Pact Would Make for World Peace
SWAMPSCOTT Mass July 28 President Coolidge says a European security pact would lay a broad foundation for further disarmament and world peace according to Associated Press dispatch.
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Swampscott
Mass
Coolidge
Establish New Cold Weather Record
The high or low temperature text notes a minimum of 53 degrees set in Des Moines for July 28, marking a new July 28 low record. The prior record of 58 degrees dated to 1881. Charles Wolfe and his son Howard of Ainsworth were among visitors in Washington today.
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Presty
Des Moines
Charles Wolfe and Son
Howard
Ainsworth
Washington
Mrs La Follette Declines Senate Run for Progressives
Mrs Robert M La Follette announced she will not seek the U S Senate seat left vacant by the death of a senator She said she could best serve the progressive cause by writing her husband’s biography using notes and material he left behind for 1912 onward
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He Phe Avcoetad Pena
Washington
Robert M. LaeFollette
United States
Af Ter Wistaned
Rum Runner Evades Blockade Off Atlantic Coast
In New York harbor the 2000 ton steamship Augusta landed 2500 cases of liquor valued at 259600 before customs stopped it. Acting Captain Charles M. Wilson and 24 crew were arrested after officials seized the ship lacking papers licenses and logs.
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Associated Press
New York
Atlantic
New York Harbor
Champaign
Dykman Street
Hudson River
Augusta
Charles M. Wilson
Hoboken
le Score
Coast Guard
Barnes
Wilson
Aviation Will Get In Our Next Congress
Washington July 28 Aviation will get a major push in the next Congress with a heated debate looming over the flying industry. The House committee finished its inquiry last session and will publish its full report for immediate legislative review. The testimony highlights American aviation’s backwardness, especially in military and commercial sectors, and notes almost no civilian air service beyond airmail while Europe boasts broader development.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
America
Bryan Lies In State On Dayton Lawn
William Jennings Bryan lay in simple state at a Dayton Tennessee home as admirers from across the region sent condolence messages. Mrs Bryan postponed any large public viewing to respect quiet grieving, while friends and farmers pause in fields to reflect on the late leader’s defense of the Bible and religion. Arlington burial plans were moved forward with interment in Arlington after services in a Presbyterian church. President Coolidge ordered flags at half mast Friday.
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Dayton, Tenn
William Jennings Bryan
Merlin
Toi Hittin
Washington
California
Cumberlands
Dayton
Bryan
Arlington Cemetery
Win Be Thompson
Viesinia
Presbyterian Church
Arlington
Coolidge
William Jennings Bryan, Jr
Freight Trains Meet in Collision near Euclid Missouri
A head on collision between Illinois Central freight trains 71 and 72 near Euclid Missouri injures engineer William Talley of Fort Dodge seriously and damages both locomotives and eighteen freight cars. Fireman Fred Garrett and W. Ellinger sustain minor injuries. others escape. Talley was trapped for a half hour after the wreck.
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Missouri Valley
William ‘Talley
Fort Dodge
Fred Garrett
BE. J. Ellinger
Illinois Central
Euclid
Here
Talley
Garrett
Wilinger
No. 71
Douglas
W. H. Brennan
Walker
Huelid
Legionaires Begin New Service Says Gen Tinley
General Matt Tinley addressed the Nebraska American Legion convention in Columbus urging ex soldiers to continue serving America beyond World War I. He stressed duty to country includes aiding disabled veterans and promoting citizenship through the Legion.
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Columbus
Nebr
Matt Tinley
Council Bluffs
Legionaires
America
Tinley
168Th Iowa Infantry
Legion
Eivie
Widows and kin rally after death of prominent figure
From Mount Vernon to Washington the mourners move as news of the father's death reaches the family. William Jennings Bryan Jr and Mrs Grace Hargreaves speed east to join the mother in Washington for burial duties. telegrams from President Coolidge, senators and others pour in with consoling notes.
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Mount Vernon
Ohio
Dayton
William Jennings Bryan, Jr
Grace Hargreaves
Washington
Coolidge
Funeral Services for William Jennings Bryan Set in Washington
Public viewing and final rites for William Jennings Bryan proceed in Washington and Dayton with plans shifting to Arlington National Cemetery. Bryan lies in state at the Richard Rogers home in Dayton before the journey to Washington where a Friday service is planned at New York Avenues Presbyterian Church.
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Associated Press
Dayton
Tern
William J. Bryan
Washington
New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church
Bryan
Wallace Radcliffe
Wm. Jennings Bryan
Grace Tlargreaves
California
Tenn
Charles R. Jones
Dayton Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Wm. J. Bryan
East Tennessee Hill
Richard Rogers
Coroner closes inquest into Overturf death in Iowa
The coroner's inquest into the death of Harry Overturf near Ottumwa on July 15 ended with a verdict of death from gunshot wounds in an altercation with trespassers. Jury found death caused by a pistol in the hands of unnamed trespassers. no further evidence was admitted.
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Associated Press
Ottumwa
Harry Overturf
Overturf
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