Montana Paper Blocks Lanstrum Ad For Exposition
The Independent rejects printing a photographed portrait of Doc Lanstrum as advertising for the Northwest Land Products exposition. It accuses Lanstrum of years of anti Montana campaigning and alleges he used a Cut Bank editor to misrepresent state views. The paper also questions Lanstrum’s fit as a Montana representative and warns against costly engravings.
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Independent
Tacoma
Doc Lanstrum
Madison Square Garden
New York
Montana
Cut Bank Pioneer Press
Dan Whetstone
Joe Dixon
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Erickeon
Doc Dixon
Rascal
Whetstone
Cut Bank
Jack
Doc Lanatrum
Galesburg
United States Senate
King C. Gillette
Phaven Gill
Henry George
Doctor Munyon
Shriners
Germany Uses Production to Back Versailles Goals
The piece argues that only a few powers still fear the League while Germany, constrained by Versailles, will focus on rebuilding. It notes Von Hindenburg’s backing of the Locarno pact, the U S stance, and the idea that economic pressure can replace military enforcement. An editor recounts a collision tale with a quip about signals.
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Russia
Mexico
Germany
von Hindenburg
United States
Lunching Habits Tied to National Prosperity
The text argues that Americans rushing through lunch contributes to national prosperity, a view that also implicates decision makers and undertakers in the same habit. It reflects a brisk, businesslike tone about daily meals and societal efficiency.
Germany Opposes Locarno Pact in Reichstag Split
The minority in the German Reichstag opposing Locarno ratification clings to Versailles penalties and a restored Kaiser era. They seek to keep Alsace Lorraine agitation alive and favor goose-step revival, arguing against Germany joining the League of Nations and European councils.
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Reichstag
Alsace-Lorraine
United States
Germany
League of Nations
Councils of Europe
Councils of the World
Col Elias Marsters Considers White For Alaska Marshal
Montana and Adena parting ways with Col Elias Marsters as Col White is discussed as a potential Alaska U S marshal. Reports note White’s varied postings and Mann Act inspector background with illness of speculation about Idaho’s support and Washington interviews.
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Montana
Adena
Boise
Col Elias Marsters
Prohibition
Col Marsters
Marsters
Alaska
Washington
Senator Borah
Idaho
Menn Ad
San Francisco
Wyoming
Cal White
Seattle
Denver
Portland
Mann Act Department
Santa Fe
Wayne B. Wheeler
Lincoln Andrews
Elias Marsters
Mann Adt
Helena
Lecturer From Penitentiaries Flouts Reform
A seasoned ex convict visits the editor with plans to lecture on prison graft and management. The journalistic portrait condemns his predatory confidence games, arguing reform should occur before imprisonment and comparing wasteful reform efforts to saving food before it is discarded.
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Oregon
Hmi
Sermon Snippets From Reverend Roy L Swith
Sentences from a Minneapolis pastor critique science and religion. The notes argue science reveals divine operation but cannot create, questions faith, and challenge the sacred in personal experience.
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Roy L. Swith
Simpson
MN. E. Church
Minneapolis
Football Upsets Turned 1925 Season Into National Display
Washington press recalls a thrilling 1925 college football season marked by shocks and record crowds. Harvard Yale Princeton Michigan Northwestern Kansas Stanford Missouri California and Dartmouth all posted notable results as the sport shed regional dominance and grew into a national phenomenon. The era's star teams, the rise of the west, and a push toward stadium expansion signaled football’s broader appeal and future growth.
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Washington, D. C
Cers
Veaders
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Minots
Grange
Penn
Michigan
Navy
Northwestern
Kansas
Missouri
Stanford
California
Dartmouth
Cornell
Michigan Navy
Elis
Nebraska
Notre Darer
Caliornia
Chicago
Perm
Philadelphia
West
Michigan-Navy
Maine
Rutgers
America
England
Cambridge
Oxford
Columbia
American Intercollegiate Football Association
Pagan
Navy Opposed to One Air Service Navy Opposed to One Air Service
Washington four 4 The court martial of Colonel William Mitchell finished a record number of prosecutions today as Admiral Pratt defended Newport war college and challenged claims that Navy control would harm national defense. Pratt named three top officers as successful despite not attending the college and quipped that common sense beats credentials. He said current aviation policy is sound and dismissed the idea that Navy leadership lacking Newport degrees endangers national defense.
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Washington
William Mitchell
Navy
William V. Pratt
Newport, RI
War College
Newport
William §. Sins
Mit
Pratt
Edward W. Eberle
Admral S
Robison
United States Fleet
Robert E. Coontz
Norfolk, Va
Navy Yard
Newport College
National capital notes on tax law and football history
The article surveys tax bill prep for Congress, Prohibition momentum, air board recommendations, and navy court martial testimony. It also traces football's rise in the U S from ancient origins to 1925, noting expanding popularity, large crowds, and the shift toward national scales with bigger stadiums and widespread interest.
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Congress
Air Board
Navy
Mitchell
Army
Air Service Central Issue in Early Congress Debate
Washington dispatch notes air power as a top national issue as Congress reconvenes. President Coolidge opposes unified air service though backs the air board plan. Democratic leaders push for a unified system, possibly a national defense department or a separate aviation department. Bills drafting the board’s aviation recommendations move in both chambers led by Wadsworth Hale and Bingham. Hoover and Jones approve the Bingham civil aviation measure, with Parker in the House to introduce a companion bill.
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Washington
Congress
Coolidge
Unified Air Service
Air Board
House
Senate
Robinson Arkansas
National Defense Organization
Board
United Air Service
Department of National Defense
Department of Aviation
Wadsworth
Military Committee
Army Air Service
Hale
Naval Committee
Naval Air Service
Bingham
Connecticut
Hoover
Charman Jones
Senate Commerce Committee
Parker
Commerce Comittes
Elk Slaughter Debate on Winter Range Feeding
Ralph Allan of the Allan ranch in Sun River canyon argues against feeding elk on forest reserve winter ranges after summer grazing. He contends wild game and domestic stock cannot be raised together and notes there was slaughter of elk last month, though The Leader did not claim it outright.
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Ralph Allan
Allan Ranch
Sun River Canyon
Mr. Atlin
Mfc
Allan
Mr. Allan
Great Falls
The Fishing Decision in Montana Sportsmen Debate
The Havre Daily Promoter reports Montana Supreme Court ruling allowing landowners to exclude fishing on non navigable streams. Sportsmen fear loss of licenses and access, urging constitutional amendment to restore free hunting and fishing across the state and preserve hatcheries and wardens.
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Monlata
Fish and Game Commission
Grame Department
Montana Supreme Court
Beaver Creek
Supreme Court
Havre
Government forms commission to curb vodka drunkenness
Moscow reports that drunkenness from vodka has grown so widespread that the government creates a special commission to draft measures to address the issue. The move signals heightened state concern and planned policy steps to reduce disorder linked to alcohol consumption.
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Moscow
Answers to Questions for Helena Readers
The Helena Independent Information Bureau invites women to send questions on home problems from ants in the pantry to baby care. Many questions answered by Frederic J. Haskin and staff cover leather care, fur tanning, Indian land value, Great Lakes freight, chick growth, trouser origins, pumpkin seed counts, postoffice funding, music scholarships, and removing pock marks with professional methods.
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Washington
Formation Bureau
Helena
Department of Commerce
St. Louis
Fouke Fur Company
Pribilof Islands
Fuckiers
New York City
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence
Soo
Welland
Lawrence River
Department of Agriculture
America
George
Ansertea
Enefind
England
States
Disraeli
D. PT. A
Postoffice Department
Congress
Clarence Barker
Department of Agrie
Columbia University
Enid Williams
University of California
George Ladd
Tavis
Julliard
Mosenthal
Pulitzer
United States
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