Hoover urges quick Versailles ratification without Article X
Herbert Hoover calls for rapid ratification of the Versailles treaty with Article X removed, arguing the League of Nations should rely on moral and economic power not military force. He suggests reassessing military guarantees and tying U S membership to armament reductions within a set time. He emphasizes the league’s need to reduce armaments and limit potential conflicts.
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New York
Herbert C. Hoover
New York Evening Post
League
America
Versailles Treaty Mentioned as Bunk by Negotiation Talk
A historical brief notes that the Versailles treaty is referenced in a quote where talk of negotiating a new treaty is dismissed as bunk. The statement reflects early postwar attitudes and skepticism toward revising the settlement.
County Valuation to Soon Be Known
Silver Bow County assessments for the present year are expected to match last year’s totals. County Assessor Peter J. Kelly notes last year’s overall valuation was 131,032,905 including city property at 94,710,360. Deputies' work is winding down and should finish before the legal deadline, the second Monday in July.
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Silver Bow County
Peter J. Kelly
Mr. Kelly
Love Songs and Waltzes On Columbia Records Debut
The piece notes Rose of Washington Square debut in New York and rapid success at Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic. Henry Burr released a Columbia record of the song with Tired of Me sung by Lewis James, plus Shadows and Sunshine Rose by James and Campbell. Also featured are Fox trots Railroad Blues and Shake Your Little Shoulder, plus Prince's Medley Waltzes Hiawatha's Melody of Love and Beautiful Hawaiian Love. Rosa Ponselle sings Values and Margaret Romaine offers Your Eyes Have Told Me So and Deep in My Heart on Columbia records this month.
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Rose
Washington Square
New York
Henry Burr
Columbia
Lewis James
Campbell
Burr
Yerkes Southern Five
Happy Six
Prince
Columbia Records
Hiawatha
Rosa Ponselle
Tiny and Tim Mice Learn to Heed Mamma Mousie
In a dream Tiny and Tim, two curious mice, ignore Mamma Mousie's warning and explore a fisherman's shop with oyster shells. A live shell traps Tim's tail, scaring them. They wake safely, and the tale ends with their vow to stay away from the shop.
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Tiny
Tim
Mamma Mousie
Tim Mousie
Mamma Mouse
Mamma
Daddy
Bill of Exceptions in Corruption Case
A bill of exceptions and assignment of error for Senator Truman H. Newberry and 16 others convicted in the 1918 senatorial election fraud has been approved by Judge Sessions in the federal court Grand Rapids Michigan. The case will go to the United States Supreme Court after printing is completed.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Truman H. Newberry
Child Sues Railway and Officials for Personal Injury
Eight year old Joe Zunick, by guardian, filed a $75,000 suit alleging damages from an exploding cap. The action names Milwaukee Railway Company, John B Payne as director general of railroads, and builders James Graham Urban McLean. Defendants own property six miles south of Butte where the child obtained dynamite caps stored by the railway. The complaint cites an implied invitation to a child to handle the caps.
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Joe Zunick
Milwaukee Railway Company
John B. Payne
James Graham
Urban McLean
Graham and McLean
Butte
Young Zunick
Child Injuries from Exploding Toy Caps Described
An eight year old boy was using toy caps in December 1919 when one cap exploded, causing blindness in both eyes and other permanent injuries. The suit seeks redress from the responsible party.
Robber Poses As Customer In Columbus Drugstore
A man entered a Columbus drugstore asked to see fountain pens, chose the best, used ink from the counter to fill one, then wrote a $20 check. The pen cost $6, the cashier gave $14 in change, the check proved fake, and the clerk barely survived the ordeal. The article also notes the first transcontinental run from New York to San Francisco took two months.
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Columbus
Ohio
J. A. Jackson
New York
San Francisco
Madison County backs Red Cross society plan
Miss Jeannette Ezekiels returns from an eight day tour as Madison and Gallatin counties organize Red Cross chapters. A network of branches at Twin Bridges Sheridan Ennis Norris Pony and Virginia City will cooperate to meet European war needs and support the peace program.
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Madison County
Red Cross
Jeannette Ezekiels
Gallatin
Madison
Twin Bridges
Sheridan
Ennis
Norris
Pony
Virginia City
Ezekiels
Help Yourself Club Campaign Promises Big Prizes Tonight
A newspaper item outlines three key facts for the Help Your Self Club campaign tonight at 10. The final vote offer ends at 10, with 3,000 extra votes per dollar for subscriptions. Six grand prizes and twenty district prizes are at stake, along with a 10 percent cash commission for contributors who turn in $50 or more without winning.
District prizes and catalog of pianos grafonolas and watches
A Montana state district lists prizes for Jefferson Madison Broadwater Lewis and Clark Gallatin Park and all eastern counties. Prizes include Seeburg upright piano Columbia grafonolas a Kimball piano and gold watches with origins from Butte Helena Anaconda and Billings vendors.
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Atte
Northern Pacific Fricke
Platinum Street
Butée
Northern Pacific
Rocker
Williamsburg
Ramsay
Silver Bow
Imelodeall
Deer Lodge
Power Counties
Beaverhead
Grenite
Ravalli
Missoula
Sanders
Flathead
Mineral
Jefferson
Madison
Broadwater
Lewis and Clark
Gallatin
Park
Montana
Seeburg
Columbia Grafonola
Butte Piano Company
Columbia Grafonolas
Fuller Drug Company
R. S. Howard
Columbia Phonograph
Seeders Tubes Pianos
Grafonolas
Howard Company
Butte
Columbia
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Harding
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John W. Davis
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South
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League of Nations
Armenia
Persia
Europe
France
Canada
Paris
Obregon
Mexico
North Carolina
Dixie Lands
Today
Iterdry Digest.us Company
Child Sues Company
Back OF Red Cross Society
W. R. van Orden
Cole
B. Pearl Smith
Carolina
Jack Tracy
D Street
Minnie Rowe
Garden
Margaret Paxson
S. Montana
J. W. Lamberton
Philips
Sadie Courtney
Colorado
Helen Hurley
Wyoming
Mildred Hogan
Mary Williams
Reynolds
Elizabeth Winslow
Julian Angove
Columbia Gardens
Heber Harris
Holmes
Melvin Ditto
Clair Philips
Julian Meekin
Margaret Keyes
Divide
Ruth Wadell
Hamilton
Jack Limert
Dillon
Cleatus Muchmore
Drummond
A. Florence
Philipsburg
Helen Roe
Itis Teak
Westsees
Jane Staffenson
Limm
Margaret Bowdish
Ronan
Agnes Kan
Grant
Tom Olmstead, Jr
Eileen B. Cheney
Lima
Flora Wright
Stevensville
Seanne
Sarah A. Peterson
Huson
A. P. Johnson
Logan
Philip C. Duncan
Alma Morddrell
Laurel
Helen Wood
Harlowton
Seine
Alberta Cope
John Goering
Big Timber
Catherine Taylor
N. W. Holt
Nelta Byers
Boulder
Florence Buck
Bozeman
Louis Ortmayer
McAllister
Jack ‘Toohey
White Sulphur Springs
Kathleen Tiggerman
Warren
Clara Schulke
Mas I. Metzel
Alders
ABG
F. Kitch
White Sulpher Springs
Ina Young
Three Forks
Cheney
Cheney Talking Machines
M. J. Connell Company
Masic
Kimball
Brunswick Phonograph
Bunswick Phonograph
Orton Bros
Brunswick Phonographs Paperase
Shines
Gene Moffet
Phoenix Blk
Mary Lenarchan
W. Park
Mrs
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BK Park
Alice Weinberg
W. Mercury
Wm. W. Yehling
Broadway
Mary Logarty
W. Quarts
Louise Heath
N. Excelsior
E. Galena
Cecelia Leahy
W. Pacific
Thomas Healy
Hornet
Mabel Parker
Mercury
Oroville
Missoula Ave
Joe Lowney
W. Co Eee
Vorkar
Broadpeace
Eva
Girolame
Main
Meaderville
R. Scannell
E. Park
J. G. McCready
W. Platinv
Nellie Herlin
F & Savage
George Pborace
Southern Cross
Mildred Gilchrist
H. ™ Weber
Annie Hoolehan
Ida Peterson
Z Norquist
Victor Mathbon
Deer Pates
Clara Johnson
Aconda
Helen Walsh
Mary Shutty
Mrs. M. Clemo
Mary Daniel
Mr. L. J. Steehler
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