Cottagers Seek Injunction Over Lake Privileges
The cottagers sue to restrain the board of health from interfering with their aquatic sports claiming $500,000 property value would be ruined if bathing rights are blocked. They argue a nearby cemetery within a few rods of the lake blocks water take for city use under Connecticut law. They threaten to shut the water company down, while Coventry’s citizens face a dilemma between drawing water and servicing cottagers. The case tests judicial wisdom like a Solomon.
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Board of Health
Connecticut
South
Coventry
Solomon
Steinmetz’s millennium dream 2023 electric future
A Schenectady wizard envisions 2023 as a time when electricity ends drudgery through four hour days and widespread cooperation. Cities become smokeless and spotless. tasks shift to electric power, enabling leisure, education, and informed citizens. War lingers, but progress through cooperative effort remains the core belief.
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Steinmetz
Schenectady
Isaac Watts
Satan
Dr. Steinmetz
New England in Spotlight Amid Public Figures and Local Tensions
A lengthy regional summary notes New England influence with presidents and leaders cited, plus Cobier Lucey and the Cabot family clashing with Kabotchnik in court. It highlights South Coventry Connecticut drawing attention for its water supply from Wamgambang Lake, where cottages line the shore and summer bathing persists until health officials order restrictions due to water quality concerns.
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New England
Senate
House
Cobbier Lucey
Kabotchnik
South Coventry
Conn
Wamgambang Lake
New York
State Board of Health
Smith campaign forecasts 296 votes on first ballot
Promoters claim 296 Smith votes at the Democratic National Convention with Maine Vermont Rhode Island New York Pennsylvania Delaware Maryland Illinois Louisiana tallying to hit 440 by later roll calls. They foresee McAdoo fading and Senator Samuel M Ralston of Indiana rising as the decisive rival in later ballots. The piece notes the brass band industry awaiting activity for next year.
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New York
Maine
Vermont
Rhode Island
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Illinois
Louisiana
Smith
McAdoo
Samuel M. Ralston
Indiana
Sun Spots to Blame for Morals and Mood
A tongue in cheek column cites M. Berthelot linking sun spots to nervous system effects and mood shifts. It notes no fix for sun spots, jokes about liberty prices, Prohibition, Manitoba flood fears, and critiques President Coolidge amid wartime-era social anxieties.
Chatter of the Editors Reveals Editorial Chafing and Humor
The piece catalogs editor spouses with dogs and uplift tracts, recalls a Butte press convention, and notes messages from W K Yerkes and editors J D Seanlan and J E Hendry. It preserves a wry, period tone about newspaper life and social scenes in Montana.
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Montana State Press Association
Butte
Anaconda
George Forsythe
Gregson Springs
Cornelius F. Kelley
Montana
B. Snelson
T. J. Hocking
M. J. Hutchens
Funeral for Dominick Cappa Draws Large Attendance
The funeral was held for Dominick Cappa at 9 o'clock from the family residence 58 West Daly Street. Requiem high mass followed at St. Lawrence's Church with Miss Ann Fleming singing and the choir performing Face to Face as the casket left. Interment was in Holy Cross Cemetery. Pallbearers included Dominick Bruno Dominick Ajassa Antone Carlivato Poul Marselli Barney Lararoni and Ohn Massa.
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Dominick Cappa
West Daly Street
St. Lawrence's Church
Father Batens
Ann Fleming
Holy Cross Cemetery
Dominick Bruno
Dominick Ajassa
Antone Carlivato
Poul Marselli
Barney Lararoni
Ohn Massa
Montana State Press Association Calls for All Montana Conference
The Montana State Press Association debates conference location and timing, favors an all Montana conference in Helena during state fair week, and endorses unity over factional strife. Resolutions praise Warren G. Harding’s legacy, support the National Editorial Association, urge fair county printing laws, curb free publicity, back postal rate reform, and thank local hosts and speakers.
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Helena
Warren G. Harding
United States
Montana State Press Association
Harding
America
National
Washington
Montana
Montana Press Association
G. M. Moss
Whitefish
Commonwealth of Montana
John M Givern Miner Dies at Home in Butte
John M Givern foreman of Pilot Butte Mining company died yesterday afternoon at 1136 West Broadway. Born in County Down Ireland 45 years ago he came to this country 30 years ago and was a popular and expert miner. Survived by wife two sons Jack and Edward and daughter Ellen all of Butte. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Montana Press Association
Butte
Helena
Captain Mills
Deer Lodge
John Read
J. D. Seanland
John McGivern
Pilot Butte Mining Company
West Broadway
Mr. McGivern
County Down
Ireland
Jack
Edward
Ellen
Bernard McGivern
Daly-Shea
Mrs. Catherine Allen Dies After Short Illness
Mrs. Catherine Allen, 53, a Wales native who lived in Montana 34 years, died Friday evening after a brief illness. Survived by husband Edward and five children J Boulet Thelma Williams David Edward James Williams, two daughters and three sons. Funeral from daughter Mrs Boulet at 1131 South Arizona street tomorrow at 2 pm, then to Central Presbyterian Church. Interment Mount Moriah Cemetery.
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Catherine Allen
Wales
Montana
Edward Allen
J. Boulet
Thelma Williams
Butte
David
Edward
James Williams
Allen
Silver City
Arizona Street
Central Presbyterian Church
Mr. Williams
Mount Moriah Cemetery
Dynamite claim rocks family as wife reports threat
Tony Lucketti of 2708 Redwood Street allegedly brought dynamite home and declared he would blow up the house. His wife called the sheriff to arrest him. Deputies found six sticks of powder and rims in the home, though Luckett denied the charges.
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Tony Lucketti
Redwood Street
Duggan
Lowney
Lee
Luckett
Alexander the Great birth and modern appliance facts
A clipped item notes Alexander born 356 B C and mentions American women using over 106,000 dishwashers. It also cites Vermort as the source of the largest talc supply in the United States.
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Alexander the Great
B. C
United States
Vermort
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