Disarmament talk and boxing debates in one piece
An Anaconda Standard excerpt discusses hopeful disarmament at a Washington conference and moral appeals for peaceful spending. It also critiques Jack Dempsey vs Harry Wills boxing prospects, weighing race, prestige, and strategic choices for a white heavyweight champion if a bout with Wills occurs.
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Harry Wills
Dempsey
Willard
Lake Michigan
Wilson Avenue
Wills
Jack
Senegal
Right to Criticise Preserved in Free Government
Chicago officials sued two newspapers to curb criticism of public administration but the suits were dismissed. The judge held that suppressing the press would betray the citizen’s role in governance and that no law bans political discussion. A free government depends on open scrutiny.
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Billings Gazette
Chicago
America
Paying the Price
Fergus County Argus reports Arthur Reynolds of the Continental and Commercial National Bank of Chicago says the US has moved fastest to recover from war and will solve economic problems, but Europe faces a slow recovery and a generation may pass before full restoration. He notes Americans will pay the price and warns restructuring and political action will take time.
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Fergus County Argus
United States
America
Europe
Arthur Reynolds
Continental and Commercial National
Bank
Chicago
Widow Faces $2200 Fine For Moonshine Possession In Butte
In Butte on October 22 a widow with four children faces a federal demand of $2,200 plus penalties for four quarts of moonshine found in her possession after a single guilty count. The federal Internal Revenue Service pursues the balance despite prior local plea and court action. The widow’s home, valued at $1,400 with $9,000 unpaid on it, hangs in the balance. she may petition the president to save the property.
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Butte
Murray
United States Department of Internal Revenue
Aertald
Internal Revenue Collectors
Thirteen Years Ago Items Highlight Local News
The Pioneer reports births and community updates from 1908. Louis Wirak welcomes a baby boy. Big Timber districtRegistry includes 456 names with 156 new voters this year. J S Solberg joins the school board. Lutheran church altar arrives for next Sunday setup. Erickson returns from district conference. Rapstad sells 3,200 sheep yielding 33,190 pounds of wool at 20 cents per pound.
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Big Timber District
J. N. Rapstad
John T. Lodge & Co
Boston
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Big 1 Timber Pioneer
Big Timber
Montana
Jerome Williams
Sweet Grass County
Foreign Advertising
the American Press, Association
Washington Conference
Pennsylvania State College
Sproul
Aberdeen
State University
Clark’s Fork
Noble Pool Hall
Main Street
The
Pioneer
Mrs
Louis Wirak
J. S. Solberg
Fore‘wald
Big Timber School Board
O. A. Fallang
Key. Erickson
Kalispell
Scandinavian
Big Timber, Montana
Ine
Farm Bureau
Melville
Toa
Billings
Bozeman
Illinois
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