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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1925
Page
3
The jury concluded Scott is not sane after detailed trial readings. Catherine Scott, his wife, and his mother wept as the judge read the verdict condemning him to hang if sanity is not proven. Scott’s father, aged and crippled, celebrated his 63rd birthday as the case moved toward appeals.
A historic registration drive drew numerous dignitaries and spouses including Governor and Mrs Stewart Helena Judge and Mrs Trank Vor able Autre, with many attendees from Helena and surrounding areas. The list shows local officials, partners, and residents joining the event in Helena.
A garbled OCR style list presents numerous personal names with spouses and kin, plus scattered place fragments. The text includes many likely surnames and family groupings such as Wenger, Ty, Vos, and related wives, with occasional parental or married name cues, but no clear event, location, or date. The fragmentary entry resembles a genealogical or census-like roster rather than a complete news item.
A garbled OCR passage lists names and phrases such as Helene Serre, Wood Sederty, Peters, Tony, Nay, Rose, Poem, Millet, and others. Many fragments resemble store, water, and place references with scattered dates and numbers, but content remains incomprehensible.
A large Klan gathering is planned across the city with a parade down Pennsylvania Avenue. Police noted the event will prohibit masks per permit. The long program lists many participants and speeches by local leaders and Kiwanis officials, with festivities running through the day.
Delegates at Grant Park hear Monagnor C J Quills announce anticipated attendance between one and two million for the closing session of the forty third annual supreme convention. Evening mass for 100000 men planned with Quilles and 50000 parochial students. Resolution work continues as election city is referred to the directors. A tubercular sanitarium project is rejected while Our Sorrowful Mother care at Portland Oregon is approved. A loyalty pledge to the pope is broadcast by the convention.
Rewards totaling 1700 dollars were offered for Charles Henry Schwarzy a chemist of the Cerlinese company amid police efforts along the Pacific coast to locate him. Reports suggested a death by explosion, a possible boat to Sweden, or escape to England with his family while investigators questioned a corpse as not being Schwarzy.
In a San Francisco interview Erich von Strehem defends a shift away from sensational trashy films toward serious drama. He cites public discontent with lowbrow productions and asserts audiences crave portrayals of real human experience, not puppets. The director promotes Greed and other future projects. He plans a Marlow screening this Saturday with matinees daily.
An eye catching note about Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey circus clowns, featuring Dan the fox terrier and Rob's tale of teaching tricks and a long partnership with a dog named Bob. It mentions a large troupe of performers and a Tuesday August 18 appearance.
Former prohibition agent Clem Gray and Titus County deputy sheriff faced execution by electric chair at state penitentiary at dawn. Gray, 4, attempted to cheat the chair using razor blades after a dispute with a guard. Night Warden J How ard intervened, striking Gray after entering his cell and medical staff moved him to the chair with a neck wound bleeding.
The worstly garbled report notes the largest grain shipments and receipts in the state's history. During the past crop year over 104,000,000 bushels of grain were received and shipments exceeded the stated amount. The figures were compiled and released today by the Wacansa Grain and Warehouse commission.
Visiting women registered for the Kiwanis convention will attend an afternoon session at the Country Club with a luncheon and bridge. Mrs D Sutphen leads the entertainment committee and urges all visiting women to attend. Out-of-town guests from Anaconda, Billings, Glasgow, Missoula, Butte, Whitefish and other towns are listed among attendees.
Lew Hawkins draws strong audience approval as a graceful blackface comedian in a vaudeville bill at Tyrie and Haymarket. The Royal Veteran Foe and Walk of the company receive hearty encores while Ard Brot open with nimble rings acts and the clever Marriage and Insurance plot entertains.
With seven counties counted in the recount of the Iowa senatorial race the lead shifts between Brookhart and Steich as the tallies show Brookhart leading by a narrow margin while Steh has challenged votes. Paper ballots were used in the recount and the counties counted constitute about half of the total.
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