Too Much Money in Treasury Examiners View
Helena based report on Sheridan county robbery finds treasurer Torstenson held about 46000 in cash as of Nov 30 with no deposits for a month. Jay Larson notes unusual cash balance and safe keeping practices leaving bonds and large sums at risk. Farmers suffered losses including a $7000 bond theft.
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Associated Press
Helena
Jay G. Larson
Tate Examiner
Plentywood
Sheridan County
Torstenson
Ny Bank
Larcon
Lar
Larson
New Geology Program Proposed At School Of Mines
The Montana Board of Regents considers a five year geology and mining geology program at the School of Mines to grant engineering degrees. Attorney General Foot Miss Trumper state superintendent and Dr Brannon will draft legislation to allow dormitory bond financing. Montana University system enrolls 2945 students across four institutions.
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School of Mines
Foot
Miss Trumper
Dr. Brannon
University of Montana
Brannon
University
College
Normal College
Jecog Reimann
Missoula
Schhoola
Education survey to be undertaken by state leaders
Governor Erickson is asked by Chancellor Brannon to form a citizen committee to design a comprehensive statewide educational financing plan. The board of education supports the move, aiming to address needs in Billings Fort Assiniboine Havre Culbertson and other districts while considering the educational levy expiration in 1930 and funding for regional institutes. The plan seeks to distribute appropriations across Northern and Eastern Montana to avoid a legislative bloc and relieve growing needs as revenues lag.
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Associated Press
Helena
Citizens
Erickson
M. A. Brannon
Board of Education
Montana
Billings
Havre
Fort Assiniboine
Culbertson
Assiniboine
Billings Normal School plan discussed by state board
Helena December 6 state board of education declined to recommend a new Eastern Montana Normal school at Billings but authorized Chancellor Brannon to advise the legislature on the project. Senator elect Ernest Eaton urged immediate start with Billings facilities and proposed funding of 75,000 annually for construction and 50,000 for year one. Measures include dormitory financing from earnings and turning buildings over to the institution. Governors said timing is poor and urged waiting a year. The mill and a half educational levy and inheritance tax windfall affect funds. Legislative action to prepare an educational levy measure and submit it to voters was suggested.
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Associated Press
Helena
State Board of Education
Eastern Montana Normal School
Billings
Brannon
Ernest T. Eaton
Normal
Ford
General Fund
Normal School
Congress Opens With Light Agenda After Holiday Receptions
The opening of the new Congress features a brief two and a half month agenda. Senate and House members attend ceremonies as Vice President Dawes and Speaker Longworth preside. Flags and galleries fill with spectators while leaders Curtis Robinson Tileon and Garrett prepare to report on messages from President Coolidge. A New Brunswick official receives an irregular payment of 100000 dollars amid reports of oversight. Benches fill, roll calls occur, and Albert Cummins and Bert Fernald are remembered.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Arthur R. Gould
Maine
Dawes
Longworth
Garrett
President Coolidge
Melaage
Capitol
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Sargent
Dwight W. Davis
Kellogg
Old Telegraphers Meet in Boston for Wild Led Reunion
Levi Wild of Butte leads a reunion and speed contest for veteran telegraphers at Faneuil Hall Boston. Notables like J W Pearson and William H O'Brien head a gathering of men who mastered longhand Morse code and transmitted Civil War era messages.
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Levi Wild
Butte
Boston
William H. O’brien
Telegraph
Faneuil Hall
O’brien
Telephone and Telegraph Division
Massachusetts Public Utilities Department
O'Brien
J. W. Pearson
Copley Plaza Hotel
Knights of the Wire
Farnell Hall
Mr. Wild
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Wild
Throat Slashing Incident Near Death in Cabin
A dispute between Mexicans and two men, Jaffke intervened, Huston was slashed in the throat and rushed to hospital. Police arrested Rodrigue and Caravey, who are held without bonds as the county attorney handles exams. Huston, a Badger mine worker, has minutes to live.
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Jaffke
Huston
Caravey
Charley
Rodda
Gerry
Gerry and
Rodrigue
Ohio
Pars Otrevns
Galena Street
Tim Downey
Badger
Butte
Bozeman
Inquest Hints at Clue in Pantilla Death Mystery
Police weigh possible arrest after Pantilla dies from a skull fracture following a hall fight on North Wyoming street. Pantilla lingered unconscious for about 120 hours. Boyle brothers deny striking him as three witnesses from East Broadway and East Park testify. An autopsy confirmed a severe skull fracture.
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Wyoming Street
Pantilla
Boyle Brothers
O'Connell
Lucille Lewellyn
East Broadway
Alice Erksine
Gertrude Poppart
East Park Street
Violet Ranta
Sam Morgan to lead Nash Finch at Butte in January
Minot, N D Dec 6 Sam Morgan manager of the Minot Grocery Company resigns to become manager of Nash Finch at Butte Montana on January 1. Morgan will move from Minot to Butte for the new post.
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Nash-Fingh
Butte
Associated Press
Minot
N. D
Sam& Morgan
Nash- Finch Company
Mons
Robbery at 182 West Broadway Shoe Store
Adolph Galgan reported a theft at his shoe store on West Broadway early yesterday. Intruders stole five dozen leather soles four repaired shoes and 15 dollars in cash.
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West Broadway
Adolph Galgan
Manchester Buys Scrapped Horse Car relic for display
During the scrapping of all horse cars to make way for trolley lines in Morecambe England the city of Manchester bought one old conveyance for 25 dollars and will exhibit it as a relic of ancient transportation.
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Morecamp
England
Holland Changes Ministers to U.S
Dutch Minister to Italy Herman Van Roijen will represent Holland in the United States succeeding A. C. D. de Graeff, promoted to Governor General of the Dutch Indies. Van Roijen's wife, Alber tina T. Winthrop, was Assistant Secretary of the Navy in the Taft administration.
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Herman van Roijen
Italy
Holland
United States
A. C. D. de Graeff
Dutch Indies
van Roijen
Albertina T. Winthrop
Navy
Taft
Foreign "Tough" Makes Revue Producing Slow
New York reports that modern revues seek genuine foreign atmosphere beyond token words. Shubert theaters involve Parisian designers and workshops from Spain Italy and England to craft costumes and acts. Paris and European studios influence scenes sketched years earlier now being realized on the next European trip of J. J. Shubert.
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New York
Spain
Italy
England
J. J. Shubert
Europe
Four English Railroads Suffer $151 Million Income Drop
Four leading English railroads report a combined income loss of 151 million dollars in the past year, with coal strike disruptions cited as the major cause. The downturn affects national transport and trade, signaling sustained industry pressure amid lingering labor disputes.
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England
London tobacco baron backs Palestine Co
Bernard Baron of London, a 70 year old Jewish philanthropist known as England's tobacco baron, has taken a block of shares worth 500000 dollars in the Palestine Electrical corporation. The company was formed to carry out the 1921 agreement between British crown agents for the colonies and Pinhas Rutenberg for utilizing waters of the Jordan and Yarmuk rivers to generate and supply electrical energy.
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Jerusalem
Bernard Baron
London
England
Palestine Electrical Corporation
Colonies
Pinhas Rutenberg
Jordan
Yarmuk
What and Why of a Diuretic Foley Pills
The piece explains diuretics aid kidneys by removing poisons via secretions to prevent self-poisoning. Foley Pills, diuretic, pitched as a reliable medicine used over 25 years, promises to regulate this flow, keep the system free of poisons, and offers satisfaction guaranteed. Sold everywhere.
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