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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1925
Page
4
A physician argues imitation shapes habit noting an Indian infant in England echoed a ship fog horn and was kept by hotelkeepers from crying. The piece then jokes about a French car firm advertising on the Eiffel Tower and suggests U S monuments may follow.
A Salt Lake City charity official warns that the flivver gypsy or automobile migrant is a growing social issue. The roving families carry belongings, pets, and children in old cars, seek charity, and move on after brief work stints. Best response is to refer appeals to local charity groups.
Dr Eric Pritchard of London Infants Hospital is cited discussing why babies cry. He notes adults rarely explain a family's crying need and suggests crying signals life, similar to a lamb bleating. The piece argues his views may be questioned as publicity.
Governor Blaine vetoes a bill that would make owners of farm animals liable for any animal fights witnessed by neighbors. The measure, seen as overreaching, would have allowed arrests and fines for owners of roosters cattle sheep or horses when fights occurred without the owner present. The veto follows debates about Wisconsin style regulation and echoes concerns about state overreach and tax rhetoric.
Representative Oldfield, head of the Democratic congressional committee, previews strong western prospects for next year. He cites agricultural discontent and tariff disputes driving potential gains, noting many state leaders in Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Ohio report a ripe moment for a major Democratic movement. He compares mood to the era opposing the Payne-Aldrich tariff, arguing the Fordney-McCumber act fuels optimism.
A plaintiff identifies ASL Laws seeking 7500 dollars in damages claiming a No on player struck by a baseball during home play, causing injury. The suit centers on the ball hitting a batter during a home run event and the resulting harm.
A UK commentary argues that subsidizing coal industry wages via a beer tax harms workers. It notes mine wages cannot be paid at current coal prices and that taxing beer shifts costs to workers. The piece claims workers bear the burden of politically motivated taxes aimed at “evict the rich” and warns the worker loses under excessive taxation.
Washington report notes a national public mood split on whether pie is essential to breakfast and the broader cultural clash over prohibition. Nutrition expert Roscoe H. Shaw blows past taste to argue pies are real foods with balanced nutrients. custards, pumpkins, squash and sweet potatoes cited as near complete foods.
A historical discussion cites experiments with custard pies fed to albino rats to test nutritional value. It highlights dairy, eggs, and wheat flour as key protein and vitamin sources, while noting pie enthusiasts defend pies as energy foods despite debates over dietary laws and definitions of food.
Chief Justice Grafton Green of the Tenneree court will hear the Scopes evolution case when it goes before the higher court at Knoxville. In September Justice Green will be at Nashville for the proceedings.
Last week's bond activity was extremely dull with only 320.8 million in new offerings, the lowest of the year. The largest issue was 10 million in six percent debentures from Southeastern Power and Light, while other offerings included 3 million of Laclede Gas gold notes.
The president visits his father on the farm with no fall election in sight. A casual note mentions movie crews possibly delaying filming. Bertha Stud- King, 27, was injured near Casper when struck by a car in a remittance of the incident.
The poem laments worn “flivvering” road life as drivers and tents dot a dusty highway at dusk. It sketches late arrivals, radios, busted wheels, and makeshift beds beneath sunburned pores. The verses critique the touring craze and fading glamour of old cars against a shopbound fate.
The Helena Independent Information Bureau offers readers questions and answers on topics from travel rates and Olympic history to jewelry care, geography, and science. It covers passport counts since Kellogg’s tenure, Roman roads, compass angles, Rocky Mountain goats, and the Kashah National Forest, with brief explanations and dates.
Governor Pinchot held talks with Joseph J. Walsh state secretary of mines in Wilkesbarre about the anthracite coal situation and the threatened stoppage set for August 31 when the current contract ends. The governor said the conference was to keep informed about the situation.
Boston August 15 Benjamin Kaufman a former Boston broker serving two years in Plymouth jail for fraudulent use of the mails was released today after a communication from the attorney general's department saying President Coolidge had commuted the sentence. Kaufman and six others were tried in 1921 and convicted with two co defendants. He was sentenced last February.
Five cars of a Cincinnati Indianapolis and Western excursion train bound from Indianapolis to Decatur derailed one mile east of Marshall Indiana. The engine was derailed but no injuries were reported. The train carried 500 shop employees on an outing.
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