Dempsey Blocked by State Boxing Board Over Wills Match
New York August 4 The New York State Athletic Commission bars any boxer who meets Dempsey before he signs for the title bout with Harry Wills and posts a bond. Chairman Farley says Dempsey remains on the ineligible list as the champion stalls and rejects letters about a July 4 date. Tex Rickard reports Dempsey aims to fight Wills but the commission will not lift penalties until a binding match agreement with a bond is signed.
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New York
Jack Dempsey
Harry Wills
New York State Athletic Commission
Dempsey
Wills
James A. Farley
Chairman Farley
Jetter
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Tex Rickard
Madison Square Garden
John L Lewis Upsets All Wage Negotiations
In Atlantic City on August 4 the anthracite wage scale talks broke off after a 50 minute secret recess. John S Lewis and the United Mine Workers rejected arbitration and signaled no further talks while operators accused Lewis of wrecking the conference.
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Atlantic City
N. J
C. J. Golden
United Mine Miners
John S. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Samuel D. Warriner
W. W. Inglis
Lewis
Mr. Lewis
Inglis
Wariner
Detroit Flood Deluge Caused Citywide Damage
Heavy rainfall flooded Detroit and Highland Park causing estimated damage between 500000 and 1000000 dollars. City hall basement flooded with ruined records. Ford River Rouge plant basements and two buildings affected. 3000 night shift workers operated pumps. four inches of rain fell in ten hours.
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Detroit
Mich
Highland Park
M. H. Zink
Public Service
City Hall
Ford River Rogue
Aunt Emmy Warns Maud About Dubious Stock Buybacks
Maud seeks Aunt Emmy's counsel on a radio stock pitch after Mr. Brown touts a repurchase promise and guaranteed dividends. Aunt Emmy warns such guarantees are unreliable unless a signed officer pledge exists, urges delaying investment, and arranges a bank meeting. Maud learns later the company is no good.
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Maud
Aunt Emmy
Tom
Emmy
Mr. Brown
Atteck
A. B. Aymes
Cooperative marketing promises higher farm returns say expert
H. E. Erdman of California College of Agriculture outlines how cooperation can standardize production improve grade and pack stabilize supply and expand markets. He cautions that cooperation cannot fix prices eliminate middlemen or guarantee higher returns without risks and member accountability.
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H. E. Erdman
California College of Agriculture
Independence of the Financial Kind in the Nation
William E. Knox argues for personal financial independence as a cornerstone of democracy. He calls for public education on money management and an industrial savings policy aligning labor and capital to end poverty and promote economic democracy. He also notes shifting alcohol and tax administration and hints at Ohio political moves.
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America
Dejected Citizen Addresses Maria by Lamp Post
A citizen is seen standing in a dejected attitude before a lamp post and mutters to Maria that he knows he is drunk and asks her to say something. This reads as a fragment from a Bughouse Bugle satirical piece with a mood of melancholy and social scene.
Childhood Privilege and Quiet Sorrow Reflected
A brief reflective note on childhood as a period free of forebodings yet unshaded by memories of sorrow, echoing George Eliot’s view on innocence and later recollection.
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George Eliot
Britons Fond of Tobacco In Great Britain
About 120 million pounds of tobacco are consumed each year in Great Britain indicating high smoking rates and strong regional demand across the country.
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Great Britain
Haynes to Lose Prohibition Enforcement Authority
Prohibition Commissioner Haynes will be stripped of all enforcement authority on September 1. Duties shift to 24 prohibition administrators under a reorganized force, with Haynes remaining only as an adviser to Assistant Secretary Andrews of the treasury. An order transferring authority was issued.
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Ternal
Blair
Andrews
Treasury
Internal Revenue
Ohio
Washington
Prohibition
Haynes
The
Lloyd George defends coal deal amid political critique
In London Aug 1 Premier Lloyd George defended the coal miners and mine owners truce amid criticism that the government bore blame and faced higher costs. Churchill sought four pence per ton but accepted 15 pence. ministers warn liability under subsidy cannot be limited while a Royal Commission is named to probe the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lloyd George
Baldwin
Trades Union Congress
Winston Churchill
Royal Commission of Inquiry
Miners’ Federation
Scopes Case Moves Toward High Court
John Randolph Neal said he will file in the U S district court in Chattanooga a taxpayer’s petition to stop enforcement of Tennessee’s anti evolution law. He plans to consult with Dudley Field Malone and Arthur Garfield Hays in New York and pursue both federal and state courts to challenge the statute. The federal action names Robert Wilson as petitioner and seeks a halt to enforcement on grounds of depriving children of the truth in public schools. The case proceeds alongside appeals to the Tennessee Supreme Court with the U S Supreme Court as ultimate aim.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
John Randolph Neal
John T. Scopes
Tennessee
Chattanooga Times
United States District Court
Neal
New York
Dudley Field Malone
Arthur Garfield Hays
United States Supreme Court
State Supreme Court
Robert Wilson
Wilson
Gore
Cookeville
Scopes
Dayton
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Ben Hicks
Dry Officer Is Held For Killing Prisoner
Havre de Grace Maryland August 1 coroner Jury finds Prohibition Agent Joseph A Febershaw killed John Buongore 25 a World War veteran member of the sixth field artillery without justification Buongore was lured to deliver whiskey then pursued and shot after escaping from the porch of the Hartford House where agents stayed Morgan also involved Febershaw is held without bail in Hartford county jail Belair Md
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Havre DE Grace
John Buongore
Prohibition
Joseph A. Febershaw
Febershaw
Prohibition Enforcement Office
Hartford County
Belair
Buongore
Sixth Field Artillery
Washington
R. M. Morgan
Hartford House
Morgan
Baltimore
Fetershaw
St. John’s Street
Prohibition Agents In Havre De Grace Shootings Prompt Vigilante Echoes
Five shots were fired with Buongore hit twice after a street chase. Febershaw and Morgan drove the wounded man to Havre De Grace hospital where he died. A crowd demanded lynching as Febershaw was arrested. An intensive probe will follow by state and federal authorities ahead of September grand jury.
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Buongore
Febershaw
Morgan
Havre de Grace Hospital
Prohibition
Dewey Bowman
Belair
Havre de Grace
Bowman
Robert Avereh
Sunday church services schedule and Norwegian worship
At The Churches Sunday August 9 Lutheran Church led by Rev A A Holbeck with J A Lowry as Superintendent offers services in Norwegian at 11 am. Melville hosts services at 3 pm. St Josephs Catholic Church holds services every second and fourth Sundays.
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Lutheran Church
A. A. Holbeck
J. A. Lowry
Melville
St. Joseph's
Congregational and Episcopal Churches Schedule Services
St. Mark's Episcopal Church and Congregational Church announce Sunday worship with Sunday school at 10 a.m. and sermons at 11 a.m. Rev. N. A. Eller pastors the Episcopal congregation.
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St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Evangelical Church
N. A. Eller
Sabbath School Plans by Elder A J Lockett
Seventh Day Adventists announce Sabbath school led by Elder A J Lockett with the pastor presiding at 2 p m offering spiritual instruction and fellowship in the church program.
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Seventh Day Adventists
A. J. Lockett
Sheriff Sale Notice in Sweet Grass County Montana
In the District Court of the Sixth Judicial District Montana a notice of sale lists Associated Mortgage Investors Inc as plaintiff and Milton Lynn Rebecca Lynn James Lauder and Mary Lauder as defendants. The property is the E half of the W half of section 19 township 1 north range 15 east totaling 160 acres with water rights and related ditches and stocks. sale set for August 21 1925 at 2 PM at the Big Timber courthouse front door. Sheriff Ed Brannin and Under Sheriff Frank Whitseel authenticate the sale with publication dates July 30 August 6 13 20 1925.
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District Court of the Sixth Judicial District
Montana
Sweet Grass County
Associated Mortgage Investors, Inc
Milton G. Lynn
Rebecca Lynn
James Lauder
Mary Agnes Lauder
Big Timber
Sweet Grass
State of
Montana Principal Meridian
Dry Creek Canal Company
Ed Brannin
Frank Whitseel
Sheriff Sale Notice of Melville Land Auction in Montana
The Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance Company files a mortgage foreclosure and sheriff sale in Sweet Grass County Montana. The property includes the North Half of the Southeast Quarter in Section 10 and other portions totaling 1715 acres with water rights and ditches, minus specified parcels. Sale conducted from the District Court in Big Timber on August 8 1925 at 2:00 PM at courthouse front door.
Public notice of sheriff sale Sweet Grass County
Notice of a forthcoming public sale in Sweet Grass County Montana with the sheriff Brannin and Under Sheriff Whitsel. Date appears as the 8th day of July and publication dates July 16 23 and 30 1925.
Notice of Probate of Will in Sweet Grass County
Judicial District of Montana Sweet Grass County. In the Matter of the Estate of Daisy Parks deceased formerly Daisy Jones. The court has set August 15 1925 at 10:00 AM in the Court House to prove the will and hear Chas Campbell request for letters of administration with the will annexed. Interested parties may appear and contest. Dated July 28 1925. REES Clerk. Publication dates July 30 August 6 13 1923.
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Sixth Judicial District
State of
Montana
Sweet
Rass
Daisy Parks
Daisy Jones
Sweet Grass
Isy, Jones
Chas. W. Campbell
Rees
Summons in Sweet Grass County Montana Foreclosure Case
Floyd J Habein sues Lester R Page and Sadie H Page to recover 1022 dollars plus ten percent interest from October 23 1923 and attorney fees on a mortgage securing Northwest Quarter Section 28 Township 1 North Range 12 East MPM. Defendants must answer within twenty days or risk default judgment. Publication July 30 August 6 13 20 1925.
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District Court
Sixth Judicial District
State of Montana
Sweet Grass
Floyd J. Habein
Lester R. Page
Sadie H. Page
Carr
Notice to Probate Will in Sweet Grass County Montana
In the Matter of the Estate of Jessie F. Evans Deceased the Clerk of the Court fixes August 8 1925 at ten oclock in the forenoon in the courthouse Big Timber Montana as the time and place to prove the last will and testament of Jessie F Evans and hear the petition of Commercial Bank and Trust Company for probate and letters testamentary any interested party may appear and contest the same Pub July 23 30 Aug 6 1925
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Sixth Judicial District
State of
Montana
Sweet Grass
Jessie F. Evans
Big Timber
Commercial Bank and Trust Company
A. D
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John L. Lewis
Detroit City
William E. Knox
American Bankers Association
Lloyd George Bucks
High Court
Congregational Church
Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance Company
Melville Trading Company
Banker Loan and Mortgage Co
Circle N. X. Ranch Company
Roy Star
J. J. Lacklin
Melville Commercial Company
William H. Donald
Melville Milling Company
Montana Principal
Ateve
Frank Whitsel
O’connor & Miller
Livingston
J. E. Rees
H. J. Oliphant
Professional Directory
J. W. Church
Masonic Building
Mont
A. P. O'Leary
Big Timber Hospital
DR. D. Claiborn
L. W. Baskett
Montana Power Co
Black Big Timber, Montana
M W. Barr
Big Timber, Montana
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