The Dayton Scopes Trial Opens Amid Public Interest
The Dayton trial of John T. Scopes on evolution charges drew 800 spectators before dawn. Noted figures Clarence Darrow, William Jennings Bryan attended as debates over teaching evolution intensified while unrelated items on agriculture and geopolitics filled later columns.
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Dayton
John T. Raulston
Tenn
John Thomas Scopes
WHS
Clarence Darrow
William Jennings Bryan
Davey Ieantone
Henry George 5 Cent Clear San Felice Ad
Small classified notice advertising Henry George product at 5 cents and a quality item Clear San Felice in two for 15 cents. Includes a garbled price line suggesting tadvertisemenaa. Likely a late 19th or early 20th century ad fragment.
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Henry George
San Felice
Federal tax cuts planned early to forestall pork
Washington July 10 a photo of flux in the national budget shows tax cuts proposed early to forestall a pork hungry congress. Treasury surpluses are urged to reduce taxes and shrink the national debt, with Mellon using clever moves to accelerate debt relief while state debts and taxes rise faster than federal ones. The article notes Ashurst and Glass warning against surplus mismanagement and predicts continued tax policy battles.
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Mark Sullivan
Washington
D. C
Congress
Treasury
Senate
Ashurst
Arizona
Coolidge
Melton
Carter Glass
Virginia
Glass
Mellon
America
New York Bank For America
Cessinge
Coolidge Calls Kellogg and Grew to Swampscott Conference
Reports from Hongkong and Washington describe a deteriorating Chinese crisis. British officials warn foreigners, including women and children, to leave Canton as fears rise of attacks on Shameen and Kowloon. Coolidge summons Kellogg and Grew to Swampscott for a weekend measure on whether to push for an immediate Chinese conference or accept Western delays.
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Coolidge
Kellogg
Swampscott
Associated Press
Hongkong
China
Reuters Canton
Shameen
Canton
Kowloon
Canton l
Contidge
United Press
Washington, D.C
Kelge
St. Paul
Minn
Washington
State Department
United States
Great Britain
Shanghai
London
Paris
Tokio
Money Hidden in Coal Bin Surprises City Deputies
A noon raid led Theodore and Carl Peek to uncover 220 bundles totaling 2,200 in bank notes hidden inside a coal bin at 1004 Jefferson Street. The cash, found after a three hour search of Mrs Bertha A Erdman's home, was tied to an alleged deed involving a sale of property. Embezzlement charges were filed and the money handed to Judge J W Gwynne for ownership adjudication.
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Municipal Court
Theodore
Carl Peek
Bertha A. Brd- Taau
Jefferson Street
Neok
Bellar
Erdman
J. W. Gwynne
Case Goods Makers Fined for Antitrust Violation
In Chicago on July 10, eighty one case goods manufacturers were indicted for Sherman antitrust violations. The case goods group, producers of dining room and library furniture, formed the third and largest section of about 27 manufacturers named in indictments returning May 29. Alliance members of the National Alliance of Furniture Manufacturers faced fines. The chair section of five firms paid 166000, two weeks later 16 in the refrigerator group paid 68000. About 103 firms named have not yet entered pleas.
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Chicago
Case Foods
Case Goods Group
Alliance
Fional Alliance of Furniture Mannufacturers
Dismiss Charges of Tobacco Price Fixing
Washington J G July 10 The federal trade commission has dismissed 10 trade complaints in connection with charges of price fixing in the tobacco industry naming the American Tobacco Company and various jobbing organizations.
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Washington, J. G
Federal Trade Commission
American Totorro Company
Berlin Bank Chiefs Visit Sparks Semi‑Secret Talks
Berlin excitement rose as Benjamin Strong of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Montagu Norman of the Bank of England arrived secretly in Berlin. They met Reichsbank President Schacht amid Dawes plan discussions and possible American credits, signaling ties to German municipal loans and ongoing Dawes plan implementation.
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Berlin
Gov't Bank
Benjamin Strong
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Montagu Norman
Bank of Poland
Schacht
Reichshank
Ming Ne
S. Parker Gilbert
New York
London
Coroner's Jury Finds Bridegroom Died of Heart Trouble
The coroner's jury reports J. T. Long died from heart disease two days after his wedding to Irene Shannon in Minneapolis. Initial suspicion of poison was ruled out. the cause was a ruptured heart artery causing a fatal clot after the marriage.
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Towa
Falls
J. T. Long
Long
Irene Shannon
Minneapolis
Nooch
Clarksville Boy Dies from Broken Neck While Diving
Clarksville Tennessee July 10 Spe cial Wayne Byam 11 lost his life from a broken neck in a springboard dive at the gravel pit near here at 2 o clock this afternoon He swam and dove with other boys Surviving are his parents and a sister Mrs Will McCunniff Manila July 10 missing army aviator Taylor found safe after four days search He was located on Pan Ff island
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Clarksville
Wayne Byam
Will McCunniff
FUSD
Manila
Theut. Taylor
Pan Ff
Jardine Urges Co-Op Marketing For Farm Prosperity
Secretary of Agriculture William J. Jardine closed a West tour in Iowa with a speech to thousands of farmers and officials at Iowa State College. He urged cooperative marketing and business methods to aid producers and highlighted the farm sector’s path to prosperity, noting improvements since 1921 and a decline in grain surpluses. The address emphasized Iowa’s unique role and the need for a prosperous agriculture to sustain national prosperity.
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Fardine
Ames
Jardine
Town State College
Ams
Associated Press
William J. Jardine
Secretary of Agriculture
West
Iowa
Hammill
Cummiins
Dowell
Thornburg
Kimball
State Board of Education
WOT
Margaret Hall
Washington
Jar‘line
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Wallace
Farmers of America
Henry G. Wallace
Sam
Darrow Declares Tolerance Basis of Scopes Trial
Clarence Darrow, defense counsel in the Scopes trial at Dayton Tennessee, calls the case a fight for preservation of tolerance rather than the theory of evolution. He says nothing exemplifies intolerance more than the law under which Scopes is to be tried.
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Clarence Darrow
Dayton
Tenn
Scopes
Bumper corn crop eyed in Black Hawk County
J L Uban, Black Hawk County agent, says the corn crop is two weeks ahead of normal and taller than last year. Almost all stands are excellent with limited cultivation observed. Farmers expect higher usage and optimism grows as acreage may exceed last year after plow-ups of clover and oats.
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Black Hawk
J. L. Uban
Uban
Black Hawk County
Druggist Faces Manslaughter Charge in Poison Case
Harlan Iowa July 10 County Attorney Kissell L Swift said he would file two separate manslaughter actions against A L Levendahl a druggist of this city The charges relate to the deaths of Fred Hutts a mail carrier and Mrs Spirit Lake poisoned two weeks ago in Dickinson County Iowa The actions will be filed today according to Swift
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Harlan
Kissell L. Swift
Dickinson County
A. L. Levendahl
Swift
Fred Hutts
Big Dirrigible to Join War Games Off Atlantic Coast
Washington July 1 The dirigible Shenandoah will take part in two series of war games off the Atlantic coast to test its wartime usefulness The battleship Texas will simulate an enemy raider at Atla and Shenandoah will direct orders to locate the battleship and feed movements to submarines and destroyers seeking to destroy the target Also noted United States Steel reports June unfilled tonnage down 339 344 tons to 3 710 888 tons with prior months cited
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Washington, D. G
New York
Fury
United States Steel
Mary
Scopes Evolution Trial Opens Amid Testimony Clash
Dayton Tenn July 10 Attorneys for John Thomas Scopes debate introducing scientific testimony to support evolution as a divine story while the State contests extraneous evidence. With a crowded courtroom and 100 extra jurors summoned, the trial begins under Judge Raulston after a second indictment replaces the first.
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Jaris
Associated Press
Darton
Ena
John Thomas Scopes
Tennessee
Tate
Clarence Darrow
Ellis
John T. Raulston
Scopes Trial Chronology Returns to Court in Dayton
Developments in the Scopes case unfold from March through July in Dayton Tennessee. The Tennessee legislature passed the Butler anti evolution bill in March with Governor Austin Peay's approval in May. John T Scopes was charged May 5 and given a preliminary hearing May 9. The May 25 grand jury indicted Scopes as Naplme vera withdraws in favor of Milton White. A special term was ordered May 28 and the trial commenced July 10.
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Dayton
Tenn
Tennessee
Austin Péay
John T. Scopes
George W. Nappleven
Scopes
Rhea County Grand Jury
Napmevea
Milton White
Rapphe Yea
John T. Raulston
Des Moines Street Car Strike Ends After Compromise
Des Moines resumes normal street car service after a settlement between the union and the company. The company will discharge a nonunion employee and the union seeks court interpretation of the check off method for dues collection, to be settled at the September term. Cars had been in operation since last Saturday.
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Des Moines
Aren
Worthington Flees From Resort Along California Coast
Ensenada California July 10 former Chicago banker John W Worthington who fled California has escaped again and is believed to be traveling further down the coast. He disappeared from his room at the Savoy apartments and his exact whereabouts are unknown. He has not been seen at the Mud Yath resort for several days. John Thayer former owner and manager of Hotel Charles died yesterday of heart disease. The body to be taken to his former home in Sioux City for services and burial. The widow and a daughter Nelle survive.
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Ensenada
Lower Cal
John W. Worthington
Chicago
California
Worthington
Savoy Apartments
Mud Yath
Fount
JY Be
John Thayer
Hotel
Charles
Lioux City
Nelle
Divorces Rise and Marriages Fall, Census Reports
Washington July 10 Divorces are rising and marriages are falling sharply across nine representative states per a Commerce Department census for 1924. Nebraska shows a 4.6 percent drop in marriages and 4.7 percent more divorces. South Dakota reports higher marriages while several states report increased divorces. Final statewide totals pending.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Department of Commerce
Nebraska
South Dakota
Delaware
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Maryland
Maine
New Jersey
Wisconsin
Paper delivery notice corrected for late arrival
The notice asks recipients to report late deliveries before 6 30 p m by calling 5100. If the paper does not arrive by 3 80 Ouiock the courtier should be delivered to the residence. A copy will be sent upon carrier failure or other causes.
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Hos
Asl
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Case Goods
Clarence Mulford
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