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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1925
Page
4
A physician urges daily quart water intake to flush the kidneys and prevent acid buildup from rich foods. It suggests Jad Salts or similar mineral salts from a pharmacy, taken before breakfast for a few days, plus medical checks twice yearly.
The Boulder school board authorized Governor Erickson to appoint a committee to visit state institutions and evaluate the need for requested funds. Bail projects totaling about 1.5 million were approved. Unsold bonds remaining from the 1920 issue total 758,000. The attorney general was asked to study removing children from the state orphans home where 41 percent have at least one parent living.
The piece notes possible dissolution of the chamber and elections this year in France. It recalls President MacMahon dissolving the lower house after royalist pressure, leading to a disastrous outcome and his resignation, suggesting fragility of governments amid a republican majority.
The will of W A Clark directs Montana trust administration by the state supreme court. Major bequests include 25000 to the Mary Andrews Memorial Home in Los Angeles, 100000 to Charles W Clark and William A Clark Jr., 25000 to three sisters in Los Angeles, 25000 to heirs of a deceased sister, 10000 to Minnie Bonner's children, and 2500 10000 for several named individuals in Butte Missoula and New York. A 100000 endowment to New York Kindergarten Association funds Katherine Stauffer Clark Kindergarten No 18 with annual Christmas gifts for pupils and country lodging for pupils. The Fifth Avenue house in New York is to be maintained.
Associated Press reports legal opinions split on using a railroad timetable to aid a new trial for Gerald Chapman a condemned mail robber. The jury had requested the schedule to gauge if Chapman could travel from Springfield to Brooklyn after 3 30 p m and reach the scene by 8 30 p m but the timetable was not admitted as evidence. Former Governor Whitman and Chief Assistant District Attorney de Feo argue against such admission while Federal Attorney Buckner says it would be permissible by agreement of counsel.
A spirited shoot em up melodrama from William Fox stars Mildred Patterson and Robert Wallace. Alan Hale as the villain plots to steal money and kidnap the bride to be, leading to a wild chase with a runaway engine and a perilous drawbridge finale.
Henry Good of Kalispell and W. J. Mulvaney of Billings, two of the three Montana highway commission members, created a temporary organization yesterday with Good as chairman. They disposed of routine department business and expect to finish today. The permanent organization and non-urgent business await the return from California of O. S. Warden of Great Falls, the third member.
Reported feud in Kentucky erupts again after a fire in crowded streets linked to fines for prior brawls. A party led by Stears allegedly involved in a house cleaning incident. Despite no night excitement, locals warn the feuding factions are not finished.
New York April 6 Robert W De Forest president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art said the late William Andrew Clarks will bequest may be difficult to accept due to conditions requiring exclusive display of the art in a WA Clark gallery and timely acceptance. The will also leaves $2 500 000 to Mrs Anna E Clark and provisions for the Clark home and stock to executors until June 10 1928. The estate value is stated as over 10 million dollars.
Labor members cheered as Mr Hayday pressed Lady Astor to retract remarks he said harmed his character and dignity. She claimed withdrawal in a letter, while he denied ties to the liquor trade. The exchange ended with mutual civility as the matter was dropped. Also noted are Henry Raeburn's Portrait of The Artist's Daughter valued at 150000 dollars and extensive works by Corot and Boutet de Monvel, tied to a Fifth Avenue mansion valued at about five million dollars.
Mr Marlow visited the American Brags company plants in Chicago Kenosha Wisconsin Akron Buffalo and Toronto now owned by Anaconda Copper Mining. He noted the firm is a large mining operator and significant manufacturer consuming its own copper lead and zinc. A Bonner Montana lumber plant sends a fifth of its output to box packing for finished goods. Arthur and Leigh Marlow attend Exeter College during Easter.
The regular spring conference of governors from the 12 Federal Reserve banks opened in Washington on April 6. Discussions cover bank administration and interbank activities. The report notes a literary aside about springtime thoughts.
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