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Today in History: Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘The Godfather’ released

Chicago Tribune 15 Mar 2025
Today is Saturday, March 15, the 74th day of 2025. There are 291 days left in the year. Today in history. ... Also on this date. ... History . ... On centennial of the Scopes trial, Chicagoans honor Clarence Darrow at Jackson Park bridge named in his honor ... .
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Scopes Trial Explainer

Decatur Daily 14 Mar 2025
Defense attorney Clarence Darrow, left, and prosecutor William Jennings Bryan speak with each other during the Scopes monkey trial in July 1925, in Dayton, Tenn. [AP PHOTO, FILE] ... .
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Today in History: Future US Sen. John McCain released North Vietnamese captivity

Chicago Tribune 14 Mar 2025
Today is Friday, March 14, the 73rd day of 2025. There are 292 days left in the year. Today in history.. On March 14, 1973, future U.S ... On centennial of the Scopes trial, Chicagoans honor Clarence Darrow at Jackson Park bridge named in his honor ... Louis ... .
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On centennial of the Scopes trial, Chicagoans honor Clarence Darrow at Jackson Park bridge named ...

Chicago Tribune 13 Mar 2025
Nina Helstein has been celebrating the memory of lawyer and Hyde Park resident Clarence Darrow with other Chicagoans nearly every March 13 at a bridge named after him in Jackson Park since she was a young girl.
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Today in Chicago History: NFL’s Chicago Cardinals leave for St. Louis

Chicago Tribune 13 Mar 2025
Clarence S. Darrow, circa 1924, during the time of the Leopold and Loeb trial in Chicago ... Legendary attorney Clarence Darrow died ... The Clarence Darrow Memorial Bridge was designed by famed Chicago architectural firm Burnham and Root.
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Knoxvillian, former UT professor represented defendant in famous Scopes Monkey Trial

Knox News 13 Mar 2025
While Neal was not as well-known as fellow defense team member Clarence Darrow or prosecution lead attorney and former presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan, he still stood out during that Dayton, Tennessee, trial and in his career.
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How an anti-evolution law a century ago set up an infamous showdown over religion in ...

The Nashville Ledger 13 Mar 2025
The Scopes trial became sensational largely because it brought together two long-time adversaries and powerful speakers William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow ... Darrow was an agnostic.
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The Scopes monkey trial took place 100 years ago, but the fight isn't over

Chatanooga Times Free Press 13 Mar 2025
The Scopes trial became sensational largely because it brought together two long-time adversaries and powerful speakers William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow ... Darrow was an agnostic.
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The Scopes monkey trial took place 100 years ago, but the fight isn’t over

Bangor Daily News 13 Mar 2025
The Scopes trial became sensational largely because it brought together two long-time adversaries and powerful speakers William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow ... Darrow was an agnostic.
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'Monkey trial' took place 100 years ago, but evolution fight isn't over

The Day 13 Mar 2025
The Scopes trial became sensational largely because it brought together two long-time adversaries and powerful speakers William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow ... Darrow was an agnostic.
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From thrills to giggles: theatregoers dive into a murder musical and a whimsical children's show

Independent online (SA) 11 Mar 2025
It read ... THRILL ME ... Dolginoff said ... Producer Pieter Toerien has had a fascination with Clarence Darrow (the lawyer who took on the task of defending the two convicted young men), hinting at a possible future production focusing on Darrow, the man ... Where.
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150-year-old Delaware Building tops Preservation Chicago\u2019s most endangered list

Journal Gazette 07 Mar 2025
ROBERT CHANNICK Chicago Tribune ... Rep ... 2. Clarence Darrow Memorial Bridge ... In 1957, the structure was renamed for famed Chicago attorney Clarence Darrow, a Hyde Park resident who frequented the bucolic bridge while contemplating cases ... 3. J.J. Walser House ... .
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Don't believe the Starmtroopers saying the PM is the modern-day Palmerston

The Daily Telegraph 05 Mar 2025
HOUSE OF COMMONS ... Even by PMQs standards, it was mortifying ... Sir Keir wriggled – “I haven’t read the details” he whimpered – an excuse which makes “the dog ate my homework” look like Clarence Darrow’s defence in the Leopold and Loeb trial ... Copy link ... .
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Preservation group reveals new 'Chicago 7' list of endangered properties

Chicago Sun-Times 04 Mar 2025
The group said it has potential for adaptive reuse.Clarence Darrow Memorial Bridge, 1766 Columbia Drive. Clarence Darrow Memorial Bridge ... The city renamed it for Clarence Darrow in 1957 because he lived near the bridge and used it frequently.
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Retro Baltimore: When Mencken took on the Scopes ‘Monkey Trial’

Baltimore Sun 04 Mar 2025
The defense went with Clarence Darrow, 68, a celebrated criminal lawyer ... So they are consoled.” ... “Darrow has lost this case ... Hearing the news, Mencken is said to have quipped, “God aimed at Darrow, missed, and hit Bryan instead.” ... .
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