N.Y.Mib Champ]
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Jimmie Murphy, ten, holds the
marble championship of Greater
New York as the result of his vic
tory la the city’s first tournament
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Some Bird
A race from Danville, Va., U
Bayonne. N. 1.. which Included
hundreds of homing pigeons, wai
won by the above bird, shown witl
Its owner, Stanley Lynch, of Bay
onne. The bird flew the 400 mllei
In two minutes less than 12 hours
Won Fortune on Derby
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Fool’s Fate |
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Unfortunately born blind, Miss
Mary Josephine Curds, of Newark,
N. J., was unwilling to settle back
to a life of useless ease. She
studied to such effect that she
graduated with honors from the
New Jersey College for Women,
connected with Rutgers, receiving
rpccial honors and a Phi Beto
Kappa membership.
Student Queen
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Lady Lock presented James Carew, an English shipping clerk, with
nearly 1200,000 from a ticket On the Calcutta Derby Sweepstakes. Ho is
shown reading the telegram of his good fortune to his wife.
Mist Marla Luisa Malda, a
schoolgirl, was chosen by student*
ol .Mexico City as their scholastic
oueen tor the rear 1925.
Love Tragedy |
P MRS DOROTHEA HOlTT- t ' ’
1 WM.C.HA-RTMEYEK ^
Infuriated when he found a not#
crom Mrs. Dorothea Holt, telling
him that their affair was over,
Policeman William C. Hartmeyer,
in Los Angeles, shot the woman an#
killed himself. She may dla.
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Scopes Confers with Counsel
John T. Scopes (right), the Tennessee high school teacher wh®
was Indicted tor violation of the anti-evolution law, and Dr. John R.
Neal, of Knoxville. Tenn., went to New York to consult with attorney®
for the American Clvl' Liberties Union, who will aid In the professor’®
defense.
These Men Represented U. S. in International Balloon Race
The men who represented America in the annual international balloon race for the Gordon Bennett cup
at Brussels, Belgium, are left to right; Captain C. K. W’ollen, W. C. Butler. lieut. W. J. Flood, W. T. Van Orman
and Lieut. N. UcCormack. ,
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Values Wife
So groat was the lore of Wilbur
Loctus, of St. Charles, Fla., for Mra.
Loctus (above) that he applied to
a court and received an Injunction
restraining other men from making
love to her. The step succeeded
so well he then asked that the tem
porary writ be made permanent.
I Six Below Zero Here |
It I* eo cold In the beef room of one Chicago’* stockyards plants that
Tony Curies* tn employe, appreciated the act of klndaesa when MIsa
Bon r Salene, protected against chill by a fur coat, brought him a steam
ing cup of coffee.
_ Boy Kills Boy in Feud
LEONARD <W LORETTA MEYERS /vrt~f;
When Loretta Meyers told her brother, Leonard, that Harol.i
Beamer, 15. was approaching the Meyers home in Kansas City with
% shotgun in his hands, Leonard grasped a rifle and shot the Beamer
boy dead. The coroner’s jury, learning that a feud had existed between
the families, exonerated the young killer.
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Slew Father ]
| ABRAHAMiFELDMAN,
1 MOTHER^
Abraham Feldmt.n went on trial
<n Buffalo, charged with killing
hla aged father. Ilia mother, Mra.
Morris Feldman, has vowed she
will spend the 1200,000 accumu
lated by the slain man to support
her son’s defense that he was
forced to shoot by the parent’*
cruelty.
Third Attempt j
Mrs. Nola Eads Austin, of Miami,
Fla., has Just favored her spouse,
Arthur Austin, of Jacksonville, with
her haad la marriage for the third
time. Twice they quarreled and
were divorced, each time to be ro
wed. Tbs third time will be tbe
last, Mrs. Austin says, whether or
aot it lasts.
Jailed as Slayer
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Mrs. Fannie Soper Is held In. Elisabethtown, N. J., Jail awaiting a
chance to defend herself agaiast the charge that she shot her kusbaziL
a Deputy Sheriff. Soper was killed while sleeping near an open window.
Mrs. Soper declared a man fired through the portal