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Newspaper

Helena Independent

Location

Helena, Montana, United States of America

Date

Apr 06, 1925

Page

2

All Hope in Senate Lost by Coolidge

The piece discusses a push to revise rules to empower the speaker and the House in December, reviving Speaker-dominant processes akin to Cannon era. It anticipates insurgency collapse, affecting administration program passage, while outlining expected bills and acts for the president to push in the inaugural and upcoming elections. It notes St Paul tragedy of William Simpson, wife, and son, and a Butte death of Maurice Condon.

Phil Campbell Kansas House Committee On Committees Committee of Appropriations Senate St. Paul William Simpson

Sage and Sulphur Compound Restores Hair Color Naturally

Almost everyone knows Sage Tea and Sulphur when faded or gray. Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound offers an improved old recipe in a large bottle from drug stores at low cost. It darkens hair evenly by morning with one or two applications, leaving hair glossy and youthful. Not a disease cure.

Wyeth

Buster Keaton Stars in Seven Chances at the Marlow

Buster Keaton and T Roy Barnes headline the screening of Seven Chances on the marquee today. The film, a Metro-Goldwyn comedy produced by Joseph M Schenck, adapts Belasco stage material into a high spirited farce about a man who must land a wife before his seven million dollars vanishes.

Buster Keaton T. Roy Barnes Wall Street Buster Marlow Metro-Goldwyn Joseph M. Schenck David Belasco Joe Mitchell Jean Havez Clyde Bruckman Belasco

Nelson Story Sr Celebrates 87th Birthday at Home

Bozeman April 5 Nelson Story one of Montana’s early pioneers who arrived in 1863 celebrated his eighty seventh birthday quietly at his West Main Street home where he has lived for over 35 years. Confined by illness, he remains mostly homebound but rises daily in a wheelchair with care from his son Bryan Story his family and nurses receiving flowers and kind wishes from relatives and friends.

Bozeman Nelson Story Montana West Main Street Bryan Story Mr. Story Mr Story

No Boom but Settlers Flocking to Montana

Harlem April 3 E C Leedy predicts a gradual influx of settlers to Montana rather than a boom. He cites low lands and favorable conditions, with hundreds of inquiries from homeseekers via the Pacific northwest campaign. Settlers arrive along the railroad, especially in the Milk River valley, preparing for sugar beet season as Chinook builds a sugar plant drawing new farmers.

Harlem Montana E. C. Leedy Great Northern Leedy Pacific Northwest Mik Rner Chinook

Noise of Atoms Moving Detected by Iron Sensor

Sensitive amplifiers detected movement of atoms within a piece of iron revealing atomic motion at microscopic scales. The observation highlights how lattice dynamics produce measurable signals in metallic materials.

Harlowton Man Fights Boll Weevil with Electrocution

A Harlowton innovator says a new electric device can exterminate boll weevils in cotton fields. Using a 230 to 500 volt direct current generator mounted on a truck, the machine would shock pests along rows, with copper ribbon feelers contacting the plants. Moisture enhances effectiveness and night work is likely due to dew.

Electricity in Bath Kills a Butte Man

Butte, April 5. William Shiners, 62, was found dead at his home believed electrocuted by 110 volt current. He had attached wires to a portable bath tub on the kitchen floor in an attempted home remedy for back pains. His wife found the overturned tub and his body after returning from an evening out.

Butte Wiliam Shiners Shewers

Move for Python at London Zoo Requires Many Men

A 16 foot python at the London Zoo needed twelve men to move and control it, a task compared to moving the belongings of six families. Separately, John D. Rockefeller's charitable gifts are now estimated at about 450.000.0009.

London John D. Rockefeller

Amazing device cuts gas use to 49 miles per gallon

Sioux Falls resident Saki James A. May of 4624 E Street claims a new auto device reduces gasoline consumption by removing carbon preventing spark plug trouble and overheating. He says cars can average over 49 miles per gallon and that installation takes five minutes. May seeks agents and offers to send one free to an auto owner in each locality.

Sioux Falls S. Daki James A. May E Street Matt May

Indian Complains White Clipped Off His Pretty Braid

Kalispell April 3 Old Tomah a well known Kalispell Indian for 30 years complained to H P Stanford that a white man cut off one of his braids an adornment prized by natives. Tomah described being accosted by a large youth who seized the braid mocked him and slapped his face and told him to go home.

Kalispell Tomah Kootenai H. P. Stanford Stanford

Actor Pins Down Police Pinch Tale at Park and Main

An Otis Skinner actor, using a strong New York Londonese accent, asked Park and Main officer Thomas Walsh about Woolworths. After a brief exchange Walsh detained him, prompting the actor to seek Mayor Hermann for redress. The mayor and officer then settled the matter.

Butte Erm Walsh Horman

Dam Repairs Needed to Assure Good Flow

Dam damage from an ice gorge on the Milk River near Herlem dam has created a large hole and bent crest section, preventing sufficient water flow until repairs lower the water. Possible options include diverting water via Zurich irrigation district and installing a pumping plant, but no action has been taken yet by the ditch company.

Battem Milk River Herlem Zurich High Line Ditch Company

Butte Man Crashes Into Buggy. One Critical

Pat Murphy about 50 of 1915 South Montana street was fatally injured when an automobile reportedly driven by Pat Clifford struck the rear of a buggy on South Montana street near the Montana Power sub station. Murphy was thrown, the buggy demolished, and the car rolled over. Murphy was taken to Murray hospital in unconscious condition with suspected skull fracture. Clifford could not explain the accident, saying he did not see the horse and buggy in time.

Butte Pat Murphy South Montana Street Jdate Pat Clifford Murphy Montana Murray Hospital Howard Jones Howard Johnson Clifford

Folly of Vanity at Antlers features Blythe and Dove

The William Fox photoplay Folly of Vanity starring Betty Blythe Billie Dove and Jack Mulhall plays out a dramatic fantasy about a young wife with a champagne taste pressuring her husband for luxury. Neptunes caverns and dazzling fantasy sequences provide spectacle while a jewel loving villain tests the home life.

William Fox Betty Blythe Billie Dove Jack Mulhall Sheba John Sampels King Neptune

MacMillan Arctic Expedition Aims At New Continent

The MackMillan expedition to the Arctic plans summer work, weather observations, and radio experiments with a goal to reach undiscovered lands. They expect to explore Norse ruins in Labrador and Greenland and study early American history origins.

Columbia Peary Civilization Navy Department MacMillan Arctic Noren Labrador Greenland Eric the Red

Tornado Kills One and Destroys Dairy in Florida

A deadly tornado crossed the Florida coast near Hialeah demolishing White Belt Dairy and six buildings. Mrs. Mathilda Schultz, 70, died and several workers were injured. The dairy complex suffered estimated damages over 160000 dollars, with homes and stock losses also extensive. Reports of hail and heavy debris followed the storm along the east coast.

Mathilda Schultz White Belt Dairy F. E. Sullivan Westewood Hialeah White Belt Mathilda Schulz Mami Florida Homestead Miami Fort Lauderdale Here Arthur Pryor

Vienna Carnival Spares Champagne For Lemonade Fun

With champagne too expensive for most revelers, Vienna residents instead enjoyed the annual carnival on lemonade and soda water amid a general somber mood and scarce luxury.

Vienna

Camphor Eye Wash Claims Quick Relief in Lab Optik Mix

Readers are told Lavoptik eye wash containing camphor witch hazel and hydras is surprisingly effective for weak strained or sore eyes. A free aluminum eye cup is offered with a purchase at Chatfield Drug Store No 6 North Main Street.

Pons Chatfield Drug Store North Main Sb

Drunk Lover Confesses Slaying Fiancée in Car

Arthur Rose, 23, in St Louis, testified he killed his fiancée Miss Alice Walters, 18, after jealousy and whisky led to a confrontation during a car trip from a road house. Walters died soon after arriving at Rose's home. Rose was arrested. Walters had refused his dance and he blamed intoxication for the tragedy.

Associated Press St. Louis Arthur Rose Alice Walters Miss Walters Rose

Babe Lawrence for Killing in Texas

Phoenix reports Babe Lawrence wanted in Tarrant County Texas on a murder charge connected to the shooting death of Deputy Sheriff Joe Morgan of Muskogee Oklahoma Morgan was killed June 18 1924 when he arrested Babe Lawrence and his brother Will for alleged theft of an automobile in Oklahoma Wil Lawrence convicted of the murder of Officer Haze Burch in Phoenix was moved from Florence state prison after a death sentence was imposed

Phoenix Ariz Babe' A Lawrence Tarrant County Texas Joe P Morgan Muskogee Oklo Fort Worth Morgan Babe Lawrence Will Oklahoma Wil Lawrence Haze Burch Florence State Prison

Post Card Records: Tiny Phonograph Messages Patented in Berlin

Charles Rammelsberg patents sending messages on small phonograph records attached to post cards. Recipients use a tiny phonograph to play the embedded message, enabling compact audio communication.

Berlin Charles Rammelsberg

Laxatu.c Bromine Quinine Cold Cure Ad Claims

An old ad touts Laxatu.c Bromine Quinine tablets as the first original cold and grip remedy. The box shows the signature TL W. Grove and the copy promises a safe proven remedy to cure two colds in one day.

W. Grove

Lady Astor Defends Speech in Commons After Disruptions

London April 5 Lady Astor in a Commons speech admitted interruptions by Hayday and Jaborite last Friday that tired and nettled her but said it passed and she is improving. Mr Harday told constituents in Nottingham that Astor’s remark was another act of spiteful antagonism.

London Lady Aator A. Hayday Jaborite House of Commons

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Coolidge Maurice Condon Montana Book & Stationery Co DR. Pons Flaherty Kehler On Broadway W. A. Meyer Walker Garage Davis & Broadway Ethel Nelson Story, Sr Harlowton Boll Weevil W. L. Dysart Bath Indian Jack Mulmall Folly OF Vanity William Fox M'Millan Pega One Betty Biythe Queen of Sheba Charley Chase Fox News Weekly Ggg Loomis Prese Winter Garden Oo Tny Babe” Lawrence Lady Aston Maidlow Cupid Captain Blood Rafael Sabatini Fred Henderson Fred Bill Louise
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