Butte Silver Bow assesses rise in solvent credits and autos
County assessor Tom Kelly reports Butte city valuation at 79,083,605 up from 77,143,895 and total county valuation over 1 million higher than 1926. Solvent credits and automobile values drive the gain, while real estate declines by over 2 million. The report lists inventories of banks, stocks, radios, and extensive property categories, with detailed totals for land, improvements, and livestock.
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Butte
Silver Bow
State Board of Equalization
Walkerville
Tom Kelly
Kelly
James J. Harrington
Speaking Of Prohibition
National figures Mrs. Ella A Boole and Helen Keller discuss prohibition in authorized interviews praising education and law, while noting enforcement challenges. Boole defends the 18th Amendment, Keller urges tempered reform through education and self control, citing Sweden Canada and youth impact.
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North American Newspaper Alliance
Ella A. Boole
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Helen Keller
IRS
Ella. Boole
Women's Christian’ Temperance Union
Boole
Congress
United States
Mrs. Boole
Bruce
Maryland
Radcliffe
New York
Buckner
Miss Keller
Lquor
Sweden
Canada
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Protest Filed Over Taxi Fares To Race Park
Helena July 11 contending that taxicab operators haul passengers from Butte to the Highland Kennel Club racing park at reduced fares and lack Montana railroad commission rules. The Butte Electric Railroad company filed the protest, noting the park is three miles from city center and urging fair treatment for operators under rulings and required insurance.
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Vrews
Helena
Butte
Highland Kennel Club
Montana Railroad
Butte Electric Railroad Company
Dot
Commission
Bed rocks sleeper to sleep like a cradle device
A London report describes Sir Alfred Yarrow’s bed that imitates train motion at 80 movements per minute to aid sleep. The device aims to tailor the rocking to the sleeper to prevent nausea. In a lighter note, Sir Esme Howard recalls strolling into a Washington hotel lobby and a bellboy’s remark about the ambassador’s request.
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London
Sir Alfred Yarrow
Sir Alfred
Canada
Esme Howard
Washington
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Silver Bow County
Intess Salm
Millicent Rogers
Paris
Zoe Beckley
Chauncey M. Depew
Chauncey
Depew
Iecturer
Anne Sullivan Macy
Fannie Hurst
Anera
Tana
Montana
Hennessy’s
Pirst
FURS
Glennon
Furri
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