Advice to potato growers strengthens home market
The Montana Potato Improvement association advises growers not to jump in and out of potato farming and to focus on strict No. 1 quality. Emphasis is on high quality over large acreage, fair pricing, and using seed stock only for good seed or food. Irrigation discussion notes similar yields to dry land seed, highlighting Montana’s strong potato regions and the importance of strain over moisture source.
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Montana Potato Improvement Association
Montana
F. M. Harrington
Boseman
Harrington
United States
Fireworks and jailbreak claims in 1923 Osage case
A 1923 Osage county jail confession describes how Lawson, Hale, and Bloyed plotted an explosion with nitroglycerin to kill Hale’s rival. Hale allegedly led Lawson to the Burkhart home for the blast, provided a jug of explosive, and returned Lawson to jail for a supposed perfect alibi. Guthrie reports suggest Hale would claim an alibi in Camel Texas the night of the blast as guards tighten security and witnesses flood the hearings.
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Lawson
Osage
Bloyed
Hale
Burkhart
Guthrie
Tulsa ‘Tribune
Hate
Camel
Texas
Leavenworth
Oklahoma
Kansas State
Alriehan
Tate F Co
Paris Flood Crisis Deepens Amid Rising Seine
Flood waters surge through Paris as the Seine climbs from two to 11 feet in 24 hours, possibly peaking tonight at around 17 feet. Nearby valleys flood, Gulso and villages inundated, rail lines submerged, and wider transport at risk as rains continue.
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Seine
Paris
Olso
Gulso
Vesle
Soisson
Aisne
Marne
Chateau Thierry
Lille
Brussels
Reed Resolution Debate Highlights World Court Critique
Senator Reed led all speakers in defending his resolution while opposing voices were muted. He attacked the world court as a league court and accused foreign lenders and international bankers of seeking to redirect U.S. policy and cancel debts for their own gain. He questioned who funds the anti-debt argument and who originated it in America.
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Skeed
Reed
World Court
League Court
United States
United Tea
Italy
Europe
Big Increase in Cost of Schools in Montana
Montana reports a rise in school costs for 1925 with total expenditures around 9.42 million dollars, up from 9.68 million the prior year. State superintendent Miss May Trumper notes enrollment at 116,577 in the school age bracket, with Silver Bow county still awaiting reports, which will raise totals. Discussions cover school financing, junior high recognition, and Montana Educational Association's role in teacher enrollment, now at about 68 percent of active teachers.
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Montana
May ‘Trumper
Trumper
Publc
Siiver Bowl
Eaid
C. A. Jessen
Jen Sen
Misa Luella M. King K. Brandt
J. J. Cunningham
Montana Educational Association
Sfontana
Deadlock at Coal Conference Reaches Arbitration
Fragmentary text shows ongoing deadlock at a coal conference with parties offering data and records as part of arbitration. The document notes a proposed amendment for operators to submit books and information deemed pertinent to the board of arbitration.
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Ders
Board of Arbitration
Ee i
Chapman Ordered to Pay One Million Dollars
The Associated Press reports New Haven Jan 6 government in a civil suit awarded $1,000,000 against Chapman for robbery and murder connected to a February 4 1931 New York City raid. Judge Edwin B Thomas filed the decision granting interest from 1921 and ordered Chapman to pay court costs. Chapman, under death sentence for the murder of a Boston policeman, remains to be heard in New York on a habeas corpus writ.
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Associated Pres
New Haven
Chapman
New York City
Edwin
Thomas
Connecticut
Atlanta
Britain
Thom
New York
George Washington University Dismisses Student Over Indecent Paper
John R arommell, a GWU graduate student, was dismissed after the appearance of the unofficial publication The Task described by officials as positively indecent. President William Mather Lewis called the issue saucy and libelous, alleging improper conduct at George Washington during a night at Mount Vernon.
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Associated Pres
Washington
John R. Arommell
George Washington University
William Mather Lewis
George Washington
Mount
San Francisco Feels Sharp Quake Shock Near Waterfront
A strong early earthquake rattled San Francisco and the peninsula. Reports from Marin County describe intense tremors felt along the waterfront with lingering aftereffects in several districts.
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San Francisco
Orolock
Peninsula
Fogio
Marin County
Here
Rogue Elephant to Be-Electrocuted
A rogue elephant named Tex near Augusta, Arkansas, described as about 300 years old in local reports, is slated for electrocution after a rampage that allegedly left nine men dead. The owner, Will Wet, comments on the animal’s danger and age.
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Jon
Augusta
Arie
Wile Wet
Sorin
Jeanne Gordon
Metropolitan Opera House
New York
U.S. role in arms parity parley hints at diverse picks
Debate in the foreign affairs committee weighs war debt settlements and staffing for a forthcoming arms talks panel. Representatives consider language on outlawing wars of aggression, while opposition forms over reliance on the Tallan agreement and broader settlement terms.
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Foreign Affairs Committee
Fish
Republican
New York
Washington
House
Democratic Committee
Agreements Endorsed With Nations Include Belgium and Romania
Chairman Green of the Committee said a resolution authorizing acceptance of settlements with Belgium Czecho Slovakia Latvia and Romania would be called up on Tuesday.
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Belgium
Czecho-Slovakia
Latvia
Rumania
Green
Restoration Work Begun by Belgium
Belgium now faces restoring flood devasted regions after the latest disaster. Estimated damage rivals 1914 fire and sword, reaching hundreds of millions of francs. Regions like the Sambre and Meuse valleys show a pitiful outlook amid ongoing postwar reconstruction.
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Associated Press
Brussels
Belgium
Fire and Sword
Valley of
Sambre
Meuse
Berenger on Way to American Port
Victor Henry Berenger began his crucial mission as France's ambassador to Washington. He left Paris amid a huge crowd and a rising franc, signaling favorable prospects for resolving France's debt to the United States.
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Berenger
American Port
Frew
Paris
Victor Henry Berenger
France
Washington
Poaterday
United
Daughter’s false testimony send father to penitentiary
In Boise on January 6, Agnes Cantwell aged 17 admitted to lying on the witness stand resulting in her father Charles Cantwell’s 1923 imprisonment in the state penitentiary. She testified the elder man was convicted of a statutory offense against his daughter after releasing her from reform school and giving her a home on his farm. She claimed relatives pressured her to return to the institution.
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Associated Press
Boise
Jan
Charles Cantwell
State Penitentiary
Agnes Cantwell
Board of Pardons
Aged Benedict Quits Young Wife in Paris
Abandoned in Paris by her 12 year older millionaire husband after a whirlwind Los Angeles courtship and a Houston Texas wedding in October, Mrs Richard Sprague Stearns seeks speedy relief in a French court. Alimony of 20000 francs monthly set, estates and assets potentially blocked by Boston lawyers. Louise Lachat, California native, became Mrs Stearns after meeting Captain French U S A in California. Divorce proceedings in France and California influenced by the couple’s plans and holdings.
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Paris
Los Angele
Houtton
Texas
Richard Sprague Stearns
Riviera
Mer Husbard
By & Aivorce
W. P. Emrich
California
Stearns
Honolulu
Emrich
Houston
France
Falls 12 Stories Orders Ambulance
Paul Rockhold an iron worker fell while moving at a Riverside Drive construction site in New York. He was found alive on debris with a broken leg and broken wrist and asked colleagues to call an ambulance.
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Associated Press
New York
Riverside Drive
Paul Rockhold
Hie
Film comedian Mack Sennett seeks U.S. citizenship
In Los Angeles on January 6 Mack Sennett the film comedy producer filed for naturalization papers in federal court. He disclosed his birth name Michael Sinnott and that he was born in Danville Canada and arrived in the United States in 1898. Food prices in Madrid are jumping.
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Associated Press
Mos “Angeles
Mack Sennest
Fo 'Ichael Sinnott
Danville
Can
United States
Madrid
Cowen Goes South for Nip of Gold Weather
Jack Cohen of Lymone Dry Goods and Mrs Cohen depart for California on a six week trip visiting San Diego Los Angeles San Francisco and other coast cities He notes mild Butte weather has enervating effects and plans to return with palm trees while bracing California winter climate will invigorate him, showing confidence in his health.
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Jack Cohen
Lymone Dry Goods Company
Mrs. Cohen
California
San Diego
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Cohen
Butte
Cadvie
Jack
League Institute Opens This Evening at Mountain View Church
The League Institute opens tonight at Mountain View Methodist church with courses for five periods of 40 minutes each and a certificate counting toward a diploma issued by the central office in Chicago. Rev John Chirewin, supervisor of the Deageneas school at Helena, voices support for the program and its aims.
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Mountain View
Siet
Erating
Trinity Metho
Ung
The
Central. Oft T
Chicago
John Chirewin
Fisia
Deageneas
Helena
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Red Cross
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