Senator John E. Edwards Dies at 59 in Montana
The sudden death of Senator John E. Edwards of Forsyth is mourned statewide. A longtime Republican leader and promoter of Forsyth Rosebud County, he was renowned for steadfast truth in voting and relentless public service. His passing ends a prominent career shaping eastern Montana’s development.
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Edwards
John E. Edwards
Forsyth
Montana
State Senate
Sweet Grass County
Rosebud
Eccentricity and Crime in the West
The piece links murder and volatility to eccentricity among miners in Montana and Colorado, citing Henry Hughson and Frank Lewis, plus prior cases in Park and Sweet Grass counties. It argues authorities lack treatment options in the West, urging preemptive confinement before innocent lives are lost.
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Henry Hughson
Independence
Frank Lewis
Hughson
Montana
Lewis
Park County
Sweet Grass County
Colorado
Bailey Calls Tourists Camps Unwise For Sioux Falls
Sioux City Tribune notes C. O. Bailey a Sioux Falls park board member argues against city tourist camps. He says laws do not permit park allotments for tourists and that such camps offer little local benefit while enabling unfair competition with hotels and garages. He adds some minor value if camps exist without special branding.
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Sioux City
C. O. Bailey
Sioux Falls
S. D
Bailey
War costs include trade loss and oriental gains
Wealthy Americans worry over European tariff barriers while Japan and China post rising surplus with the United States. Latest Commerce data show Far East sales to the U S fell by over 100 million while Japan and China added 125 million and 58 million respectively. The Far East balances approach 500 million in favor of Asia. European war costs extend beyond casualties to skewed trade and capital flows.
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Helena
Europe
Japan
China
Department of Commerce
Far East
United States
Butte Man Charged With Kidnaping In Custody Dispute
Vincent R. Larish, divorced from Marie R. Downs, is charged with kidnapping after allegedly taking four year old Margaret Larish to Everett Washington in defiance of a court order. Francis Larish named as co-defendant. custody rulings dated September 17 called for alternating custody until January 1 1926.
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Butte
Vincent R. Larish
Marie R. Downs
France
Larish
Everett
Wash
Margaret Larish
George Bourquin
Francis Larish
Vincent Larish
Bourquin
Silver Bow County
Washington
Idaho
Butte Public Schools Ban Special Days This Year
Butte city schools will ban special days weeks and programs after A H Douglass announced at a principals meeting that events originating outside the schools will not be sponsored. He cited Thrift week Safety First week Better Health week Citizenship week and others as interfering with educational function.
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Butte
A. H. Douglass
Douglass
Nouglass
Col Mitchell Refuses Witness Before Shenandoah Court
Washington Oct 8 Acting on counsel advice Colonel William Mitchell twice refused to testify before the naval court probing the Shenandoah wreck. He declined the oath and then defied a formal subpoena. The court's next step or possible war department action remains undecided as officials review applicable statutes.
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Washington
William Mitchell
Naval Court
Shenandoah
Navy Department
War Department
Army
Navy
Federal District Attorney
Hilary P. Jones
Wilbur
Mitchell
Shenandoah Court
Masked Bandits Hold Up City Mail Truck
A gang of five or more masked men intercepted a United States mail truck in Los Angeles near Second and Santa Fe streets and escaped with registered mail. Driver J M Johnson and a mail clerk were detained as the gang forced the truck to a dark alley and stripped the registered mail pouches from the vehicle.
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Los Angeles
United States
J. M. Johnson
Santa Fe
Chicago
Second
Johnson
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