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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1925
Page
5
A Helena newspaper urges shifting shopping away from Saturday to weekdays and early week. It argues Saturday only commerce strains merchants, wastes perishable goods, raises costs, and leaves clerks idle. It cites fruit and grocery delivery issues and calls for Monday Tuesday purchases to spread demand and cut waste.
A chaotic report turns on a divorce rate claim linked to congressmen bringing liquor from Panama. The piece implies a broader political fuss and invites scrutiny of alleged conduct.
A New York City group proposes to replace farm born youths with city raised boys to train them as farmers. Critics doubt urban youths will adapt to farm life, given shelter and grime of tenements. The project awaits newspaper launch details and public response.
October 20 at the Hotel Astor will host a Make a Farmer Dinner. 120 tables paid 600 dollars each will fund about 72 000 dollars to support one hundred twenty city boys in their first year at the National Farm School. The piece weighs on whether city boys can become farmers through college programs, noting many farm-born youths quit due to long hours and modest pay, while city lads may be lured by shorter hours and entertainment. The writers urge New York businessmen to persuade urban youths farm life offers greater remuneration and to shift ideas away from city pleasures toward agricultural careers.
A former German emperor declares the fatherland must recall him to lead the nation, presenting his return as the sole path to salvation and the restoration of governance.
The writer argues against placing a Fundamentalist College in Dayton Tennessee and urges locating such a memorial near dominant, secular learning centers like Johns Hopkins Harvard Yale or state universities. He cites historical debates about knowledge and suggests modern education should rely on books rather than controversial outreach.
An exchange ponders whether the jailed killer’s conduct stems from artistic temperament or self importance. The dialogue hints at drastic action against a sentimentalist if he exits, suggesting potential violence tied to the suspect’s temperament.
The phrase cell shocked has been cited as a defense for murder prompting discussion on whether suspects should stay in open air custody awaiting trial or whether jails should be abolished.
The Baltimore Sun ridicules George Horace Lorimer and his claim that modern French art is saturated with Bolshevism. It satirically proposes a Tennessee anti evolution style law to ban nonorthodox furnishings while joking about courtroom rulings on chair orthodoxy.
A Washington column argues personality is a man’s first line of defense and attack and shapes how he is perceived. It notes media, speech, carriage, and overall character as essential media, with examples from Caesar to Wilson, and urges schools to foster health and speech to nurture growing personalities.
A discussion traces early language learning, speech improvement methods, and the rise of school based personality development. It notes surgery cases where the larynx is removed and speech is produced via tracheal stoma, yielding clear articulation but harsh tone. The piece cites cities like Cleveland Washington Newark Seattle adopting such programs.
A critical snippet from John O'Lonlon's Weekly savages politicians for overusing abstract nouns and grand phrases about self government and empire. It mocks their pretended principles and misplaced rhetoric while noting their persistent yet biased views.
Chicago Aug 20 enraged husband branded the lover with a heated wire. Walter Johnson 25 marked the initials "Vo 7" on Johnson's cheek while the victim tied and gagged sat nearby. Police heard the tale as Johnson staggered into the station badly scarred. Felect sought. not found. New York fly Associated Press James T. Goodrich former Indiana governor William N. Paskell and Dr FLA Golder of Letany Stanford University plan unofficial trip to Soviet Russia
New York August 20. Roy Chapman Andrews expedition in Mongolia reports traces of the earliest primitive mat in central Asia. Anthropologist Dr Clark Wisnler says the find suggests Asia’s stone age culture paralleled Europe’s and may illuminate origins of prehistoric America. The discovery could reveal direct relations between pre historic man in America and the old world.
National Capital dispatch notes the anti smuggling conference expanding as shop price increases for July rise sharply. Secretary Mellon explains factors behind the Belgian debt settlement while Dr Nepry C Taylor resigns from the agriculture department amid Secretary Jardine's renucat.
Washington August 20 The retail food index of the bureau of labor statistics shows a rise of slightly more than five percent for July over June An 11 5 percent year over year increase is reported for all food articles The average family expenditure for food for the month ending July 15 rose in several cities including Reston Providence Milwaukee Butte Chicago Omaha Washington and others while Salt Lake City posted a one percent decline
Warsaw dispatches report Leon Trotzky is named chief of the economic council in Moscow. His return to power was anticipated in Polish circles, seen as a move to direct his energy toward improving Russia’s economic conditions while limiting broader political sway.
Belfast July reports John Neill, 86, a Scot who left Glasgow for the United States in 1863 and fought in the Civil War, arrived on the Cedric from Liverpool en route to Hawaii. He says he felt like a stranger in a strange land and plans to spend his remaining days in Honolulu.
Madison Wis Aug 20 by the Associated Press the special election to fill the unexpired term of the late Senator La Follette will be held September 29 Governor Blaine issued the call today The special primary to nominate two candidates will be held two weeks before the election Secretary of State Fred Rozimerman said the special election would be called for September 15
The Helena Independent Information Bureau offers readers quick factual answers on topics from naval flag routines to traffic counts and historic battles. It explains ways ships fly flags on entering foreign ports, Yale event traffic, and lists of decisive battles, with concise, plain language.
New York Aug 20 Rodolph Valentina original sheik of the screen and his second wife Winifred Dewolfa Valentine dancer and daughter of a perfume manufacturer have agreed to separate. The separation is friendly with no divorce or alimony agreement, but the desire of two artists to pursue individual talents in different directions.
Winnipeg fur auction through the first two days reported sales valued at about 473000 dollars. Offerings included mart en otter skunk badger beaver white fox and red fox with white fox bringing 28 to 46 dollars and cross fox about ten percent higher than prior sales. Red fox averaged about ten percent higher in the afternoon session with eastern buyers purchasing.
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