Palestine under British rule and looming mandate
The piece notes Britain awaiting League of Nations approval for a Palestine mandate that would enable a civil government to replace military rule. It highlights Muslim discontent, the Pro Jerusalem Society’s role in preserving antiquities and promoting municipal improvements, and the hope that community spirit can avert unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
League of Nations
Palestine
ProJerusalem Society
Jerusalem
Outcry Over South Side Highway Link For Butte To The County
Sunday Morning 1922 report discusses securing federal aid for a paved highway between Butte and the South Side of Silver Bow County. Citizens argue for a direct route, stressing need to act before federal funds expire, and warn delay would insult public spirit and waste decades of road neglect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Bow Creek
Butte
Harrison Avenue
Harrison and
Holmes Avenues
Main Street
Kaw Avenue
Silver Bow County
Silver Bow
Majestic Looms Over Atlantic Passengers and Prestige
The Majestic, the last word in naval construction, towers over rival liners as a 2000 ton larger sister to the Leviathan. Built by Germans near Hamburg and finished as British property, she towers at 956 feet long, 100 feet wide, with 4100 passengers and 1000 crew, 9 steel decks, 1245 state rooms, vast public spaces, a sun parlor suite, a fairyland nursery, elaborate swimming pool, and gymnasium. Her engines deliver about 100000 horsepower from 240 furnaces, and her deck area spans seven and a half acres.
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Mijestic
Mjestic
Hamburg
Columbus
Majestic
Fanaticism and sectarian strife in Palestine
A 19th century reflection notes Palestine as a land of endless religious discord among seventy two sects. The census shows 76.8 percent Moslem, 11.5 Christian, 10.7 Jewish with others fringe. The writer contrasts Near East sectarian frictions with American tolerance, noting Islam and Jewish tensions over immigration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palestine
England
America
Near East
Bread of life promises longevity from Ford bread
A satirical roundup cites Henry Ford’s cook claiming his wheat flour bread is unbleached and healthful, promising 100 years of life for users at 86 cents per 25 pounds, with plans to supply Ford bread to general households while cautioning readers to dodge Ford cars. The item touches on Crane in Damascus, Lenin, Napoleon, Woodrow Wilson, Arthur Conan Doyle, Lloyd George, and Genoa, finishing with remarks on spring cleanliness and spiritual uplift.
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MR. Ford
Henry Ford
Ford
The Slicker and the Hot-Looker Fable
George Ade story exposes Clarence a polished deck salesman who courts a train car passenger with a reading, posing as cultured, and loses contact after a sharp observer labels him a middle class materialist. The tale ends with a moral that many men confront analysis over charm and pose.
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George Ade
Horoscope of May 28 1922 Foretells Quiet Year Ahead
Sunday May 28 1922 forecast notes Mercurys and Venuss favorable influence for travel or starting ventures especially for women with romance and writing letters. Conflicts involve Neptune Saturn adverse while Ireland may see bloodshed and California centers on independent thought. Washington to face new problems, some signs point to a productive but strenuous year for birthdates. also Soviet famine relief shifts on church treasures back to Vatican payments.
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Mercury
Venus
Neptune
Saturn
Macy
California
Ireland
Washingon
McClure
Republicans Split Over Tariff and Revenue Bill Path
Washington May 27 A wide rift among Republican senators over the pending tariff and related revenue and appropriation measure emerged at the party conference. The conference adjourned from the previous Thursday with no progress and will reconvene next Wednesday to attempt a new course.
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Washington
Morse Release Sought By Many
Reported in 1911, civilians examined Morse at the request of U S Marshal H Johnson in Atlanta finding his health not in danger. Dr W S Elkin concluded Morse showed no serious organic illness and that further confinement would not likely shorten his life or impair his health.
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Pai
Morse
United States
H. Johnson
Atlanta
W. 8. Elkin
Fenton
Hold Parley of Irish Elections Continues
A fragment reports sectarian violence during Irish elections with killings, arson, and evictions. It notes ten Protestants killed and forty-five wounded, churches and homes attacked, amid a tense Catholic position.
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Tage
Fatholics
Tholle
Deprived of Her Four Little Ones
A distraught mother is forced to part with her four children as a court orders custody. The scene at the courthouse erupts with distress, other women protest, and a bailiff enforces the order. The woman collapses in a chair while her granddaughter seeks legal help to contest possession. The child pleads to stay with the father, whose parental rights are deemed absolute unless proven unfit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adma
Observance Week Signals City Wide Church Services
The week begins with sermons across several churches as city organizations promote observance. Committees distribute cards outlining aims and a Monday mass meeting at the chamber of commerce will rally representatives to support law observance efforts in Butte. Minute men and women will speak, urging active participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Butte
McCormick probes Fort Harrison hospital conditions
Congressman McCormick launches a systematic inquiry into the United States Veterans Bureau hospital at Fort Harrison amid veteran complaints of slow compensation handling and poor treatment. A petition from 28 former service men prompted the investigation, with 87 cases reviewed and 66 sent to Hibbard in Minneapolis for expert examination.
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Washington, D.C
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Fort Harrison
McCormick
Veterans’ Bureau
MaeCormick
No. 72
Fone
Veterans’ Organizations
Congressman McCormick
Montana
Minneapolis
Fort Now
Hibbard
Theterans’ Bureau
Water rates sparks probe at Deer Lodge prison
Attorney General Rank presented testimony on water pricing frictions between the South Deer Lodge Water Company and the penitentiary. Records show the railway received 2.5 cents per 1,000 gallons for decades while the prison paid 6 cents. debates cover historic contracts, commission notes, and regional rate comparisons. Also reported, Montana Boy Scouts hiked Maude canyon as part of a Woodcraft study led by Henry Sarles with 15 scouts participating.
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Rank
South Deer Lodge Water Company
Conley
Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul Railway Company
James H. Bonner
Montana Public Service Commission
Sacyomma
Bonner
T. MacDonald
Bonnorsata
Montana
Deer Lodge
Glendive
Whitefish
Helena
Butte
Big ‘Timber
Billings
Missoula
Kalispell
Nox
Woodcraft
Maude Canyon
Henry Sarles
Bille Rand
Roy Harratty
Theodore Healey
Earl Roberts
Bennie Pascoe
Eugene Woods
Lourence Cillis
Ferdie Noon
Stanley Wilson
Henry Heldermann
Joe Casey Stanford Olsen
Verne Halsted
Jame Weal
Stanley Hardy
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Anaconda
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I Butte
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Bozeman
Standard Publishing Company
Bent
Associated Press
Associated
Spresentatives
Prudden, King & Prudden
Fifth Avenue
New York
Steger Building
Chicago
Grove Building
Boston
Western Representatives
R. J. Bidwell Company
San Francisco
Atlantic
Charles R. Crane
Damascus
Lenine
Napoleon
Moscow
France
Ramento
Woodrow Wilson
Arthur Conan Doyle
Lloyd George
Genoa
Hig Bridge
Union Station
Wanamaker
Clarence
Orwell
Wrence
Alice
Sedalia
Widow
Itz
Billy Arlington
William Gilte
H. G. Wella
Benig
Middle West
Jerry
The
Bell Syndicate, Incorporated
Russia
VanBen
Daugherty
London
Federal Land Offices
Senate
Alliance
Broken
Springfield
Belle
Timber Lake
Lemmon
Waterville
Wash
House
Schmidt
Ana
Gorse
Killarney
Gtlo
Ft, Harrison
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