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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1930
Page
3
New York reports eight Broadway productions closing this weekend as summer distractions loom. Journey’s End ends after 487 performances, while Berkeley Square and others bow out. Green Pastures remains the lone hit drawing steady crowds.
Iowa voters on June 2 will choose candidates for national and state posts as Republicans defend opposition to the Smoot Hawley tariff. The race centers on J J Dickinson and John Hammill with Lund and Payne also in contention. The winner faces Democrat Daniel F Steck.
Glacier Park May 18. Mike Shannon notes a unique Montana figure George Taylor born in China and raised in Helena later adopted by Jesse F. Taylor. He became a famed but modest cowboy with a long Montana ranching life near Glacier Park and three sons.
Government actions against Galena Chemical company and others in five cases raise questions on mootness and merits. Wisconsin legislators protested to Prohibition Commissioner Doran over seizure of 6000 dollars of paraphernalia and ingredients for liquor in John Long’s state last week. Doran had no report on the seizure.
Detroit News notes Memorial Day grew from Civil War memory to a national tribute. It recalls Lee’s surrender on April 9, Johnston’s capitulation on April 26, and Kirby Smith’s continued resistance until the May 26 surrender at New Orleans. The piece highlights women burying soldiers with flowers and Gen. John A. Logan’s 1968 designation of May 20 for the observance.
The piece traces Memorial Day’s origins after the Civil War as a tribute to fallen Northern soldiers and follows its evolving role. It suggests a shift toward a universal, all souls style observance, likening May 30 to a religious, contemplative date transcending specific wars.
The article notes thinning ranks of Civil War veterans as time passes. It highlights declining attendance at annual reunions, with survivors few in number, movements less steady, and motor car aid shortening the procession. Pension records show faster passage of time for these heroes.
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