Coolidge Denies Saying He Aims to Deliver Muscle Shoals
A White House denial counters a telegram claim that Coolidge told a reporter he hoped to deliver Muscle Shoals to Henry Ford. The senate hearing heard the message from James Martin Miller and forced Weeks to assert the president never stated such intent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Coolidge
Henry Ford
Muscle Shoals
Senate Agriculture Committee
White House
James Martin Miller
William J. Cameron
Ernest Liebold
Care Dearborn Independent
Dearborn
Michigan
Ford
Congress
Mr. Ford
Dearborn Independent
Detroit
Miller
The
Independent
Weeks
Senate Committee
Norris
Gorgas
Alabama Power Company
North Coast Limited Celebrates 25 Years With Cake Souvenir
The Northern Pacific Railway marks the North Coast Limited silver anniversary with a 1500 pound birthday cake and a boxed fruit cake keepsake. A farewell letter notes a 70 hour Chicago to Seattle run starting April 29 and greetings to mayors along the route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pioneer
Northern Pacific Railway Co
North Coast Limited
America
Chicago
Seattle
Tacoma
Portland
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
Northern Pacific
United States
Attorney seeks $1.1 million in AP defamation suit
Montana attorney Timothy Nolan sues the Associated Press and several publishers seeking actual damages of 100000 and an additional 1000000 as punitive damages. The suit stems from a Washington report denouncing Senator Wheeler and others as a “nonpartisan radical outfit in Montana.”
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Missoula
Timothy Nolan
Butte
District
Associated Press
Republican National Committe
Missoula Publishing Company
Livingston Publishing Company
Washington, D. C
Republican News Bureau
Senator Wheeler
Daugherty
Washington
Nolan
The
Nonpartisan Radical Outfit
Montana
Milk Fueled Train Draws Chicago Crowd As Message
A Rock Island locomotive powered by damaged powdered milk ran two hours from Englewood to Beverley Hills with 200 passengers to illustrate milk as energy. Health Commissioner Herman Bundensen led the event with 150 children from the Chicago Home for Friendless Children and the Chicago orphan asylum witnessing the demo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Rock Island Railroad
Englewood
Beverley Hills
Dr. Bundensen
Charles Cellars and Wife Disinfected After California Trip
Charles Cellars and his wife visited the Kelloggs in Lewistown after driving from Los Angeles where they witnessed strict foot and mouth quarantines. They described conditions in LA as dire with thousands idle and guides offering gas or cash to leave. Their car was disinfected multiple times. a man seeking a loan and later travel with them was refused. The couple will farm in Christine Montana while leasing a ranch for three years and hope to settle in Lewistown later. Their car was looted near the Kellogg home, with bedding, clothing, and coffee taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Cellars
H. O. Kellogg
Los Angeles
Calif
Kellogg
Christine
Mont
Lewistown
California
Cellars
Sweet Grass County High School Wins State Scholarship Contest
Sweet Grass county high school of Big Timber won Montana's first annual state scholarship contest with 23 points. Gallatin county high school Bozeman took second at 15 and Three Forks third at 12, with several other schools scoring in the event. Gold and silver medals were awarded to first and second place winners, and a silver cup went to the Big Timbers high school team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozeman
Mont
Sweet Grass County High School
Big Timber
Montana
Gallatin County High School
Three Forks
Augusta
Hysham
Willow Creek
Broadview
Belgrade
Robert Guthrie
Philip Sastello
Wayne Galliher
Harry Dugro
Elizabeth Veach
Byron Parker
Olive Menapace
Myrtle McPhail
Sham
Cleo Stratton
Edwin Wender
June Parslow
Beatrice Stratton
Mary Curley
Ellen Steensland
Helen Eagle
Dorothy Woodward
Joc. Fitzgerald
Kenneth Willman
Victor Hay
Flora Davis
Harry Thompson
William Leslie
Theodore Avery
Big Timbers
Dad Geer Answers Final Call After Fifty Five Years Service
Livingston Enterprise reports death of George Dad Geer age 84 former Livingston engineer who spent last years in Arcadia California. A pioneer Northern Pacific engineer he served 39 years on NP beginning 1883 and retired 1922. He survived by daughter Mrs Co T Sackett and son Ned Geer. Funeral planned in California.
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Geer
Livingston Enterprise
George
Dad” Geer
Livingston
Arcadia
Cal
Co. T. Sackett
Northern Pacific
California
Mr. Geer
Monroe County
New York
Abraham Lincoln
Michigan
Union Pacific
Rock Island
St. Louis
Texas Pacific
International
Great Northern
Bozeman
Hon Edwin L Norris Dies In Great Falls
Edwin L Norris former governor of Montana died at his home in Great Falls from a cerebral hemorrhage. He complained of numbness last evening and soon lost consciousness. Funeral plans to be announced after relatives in Kentucky are heard from. Norris served eight years in state government and practiced law since statehood beginning in 1889. He was born August 15 1865 in Kentucky and later lived in Dillon as a lawyer and state senator from Beaverhead County 1896 to 1900.
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Great Falls
Edwin L. Norris
Montana
Norris
Union
Cumberland County
Kentucky
Western Kentucky Normal School
Bowling Green
Dillon
Beaverhead County
State
Teachers’ and Grade Examinations Held at Court House
Seventh and eighth grade examinations were held at the court house on April 24 and 25 by Mrs. Margaret Deegan. The list includes James Hart, Thomas Hanson, Robert Nye, Irene Ewan, Gerald Drivdahl and many others. A second class of teachers’ certificate exams followed with instructors such as Mrs. Amanda Fisher, Mrs. Margaret Willard, Miss Bernice Tatum, Miss Eva May Elgin and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Court House
Margaret Deegan
James Hart
Thomas Hanson
Robert Nye
Irene Ewan
Gerald Drivdahl
Mary Stickley
Roy McComas
Wallace Hannah
Lewis Roberts
Jennie Larson
Oswald Nevin
Maude C. Daily
Leslie Cunningham
Hanna Hanson
Melba Hulin
Dwight Tilton
Alma Johnson
Irene Stanson
Willie Hulin
Hattie Johnson
Mathilda Mathes
Helen Duffey
Arthur York
Mae Duffey
Theda Thompson
Dorothy Cunningham
Theodore Lamach
Harold Alen
Iva V. Alen
Edward Osburn
Samuel Frederickson
Mildred York
Joe Mathes
Ben Frederickson
Harry Overfelt
Lewis Stickley
Marjorie Schallock
Sadie Olson
Gladys Ness
Wallis Schallock
Avis Alen
Starling
Amanda Fisher
Margaret Willard
Bernice Tatum
Mary Hiner
Opal Rash
Eva May Elgin
Helen Wallum
Katherine Bray
Ida Rostad
Edith McAllister
Aretha Dutton
Nora Fraser
Signe Anderson
Clara Esp
Minnie Woolsey
Blair Coan Admits Affidavit Scout Role Under Subpoena
Blair Coan, subpoenaed witness before a senate committee examining Senator Wheeler’s indictment, says he collected affidavits in Montana and gave signer names to the Great Falls district attorney. He explains he was sent by George B. Lockwood to gather material for newspaper publicity while Washington testifying was delayed. He says it is his practice to back up statements with affidavits. Coan notes his earlier career as a newspaper man and his service as lieutenant governor from 1905 to 1908.
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Washington
Blair Coan
Senate
Wheeler
Montana
Great Falls
Coan
George B. Lockwood
Republican National Committee
Daugherty
Toole
Japanese Trouble Is Hanging In Balance
President Coolidge holds talks with lawmakers to ease Asiatic exclusion provisions in the immigration bill. A possible postponement of the act’s effective date is under study to bridge congressional and Japanese positions, though likely to face resistance in the conference committee. White House discussions include Chairman Johnson, Chairman Lodge, Secretary Hughes, and Senator Reed.
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Washington
Coolidge
Congress
Japan
Conference Committee
White House
Johson
House Committee
Lodge
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hughes
Reed
Pennsylvania
Senate
Indiana Governor McCray Found Guilty in Mail Fraud Case
Governor Warren T. McCray was convicted by a federal jury in Indianapolis of using the mails to defraud. Judge Anderson ordered McCray jailed pending sentencing, with possible penalties up to $1,000 fine and five years imprisonment. He plans no immediate statement on appeal.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Warren T. McCray
M. A. Ryan
Anderson
McCray
Marion County
Walsh Says World Court Is Dead
Senator Walsh of Montana told the League of Women Voters in Buffalo that American participation in the world court is dead unless the public supports it. He argued the court’s origins are tied to the League of Nations and that its prospects are moribund in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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Senator Walsh
Buffalo
N. Y
Walsh
Montana
League of Women Voters
League of Nations
Senate
Committee On Foreign Relations
World Court
United States
Butte Miner Editor Passes Of Pneumonia
Henry C. Sultzer 68 a longtime editor at the Butte Miner died of pneumonia. A Baltimore native he worked for the Baltimore Sun Philadelphia Times and New York World before moving to Montana in 1890. He served as city editor Helena Independent and state editor at the Miner with stints at the Standard and Bozeman Chronicle. He leaves a wife three daughters and two sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Henry C. Sultzer
Butte Miner
Baltimore
Thomas Dakehart Sultzer
Baltimore American
Sultzer
Baltimore Sun
Philadelphia Times
New York World
Montana
Helena
Miner
Anaconda
Standard
The
Bozeman Chronicle
Woman's Club Easter Ball A Grand Success
The Woman's club Easter ball at Masonic hall Friday night drew a large crowd with festive yellow daffodils and abundant cut flowers and pussy willows. Johnson's orchestra provided music as dancing and card games filled the evening. Decorations and refreshments committees were praised for a polished, homey atmosphere and a well received cafeteria luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Club
Masonic Hall
Johnson
Mervin Sell
F. R. Hickman
Harry Cross
G. H. Howard
Percy G. Webb
John W. Davis
J. E. Cameron
Agnes Lane
Mollie Sparrow
Inga Solberg
Thousands pay tribute to Chieftain Murphy of Tammany Hall
The New York funeral drew about 100000 mourners from all walks of life for Charles F. Murphy longtime head of Tammany Hall. The service began at East 17th Street home then moved to St Patrick's Cathedral with 8000 inside and 5000 outside. Interment followed at Calgary cemetery in Queens as Governor Alfred E. Smith led honorary pallbearers and Governor Smith showed visible grief.
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New York
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
East 17Th Street
Lower East Side
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Fifth Avenue
John J. Dunn
Calgary
Queens
Alfred E. Smith
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A. P
Uncle Sam
Callars
Sweet ‘Cini High School
McCrey
Linus Meredith
Indiana
General Assembly of
James W. Noel
Marshal Meredith
Tammany
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