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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1925
Page
6
A harsh critique cites the Dinwiddies urging severe penalties and wholesale murder as futile, while claiming President Coolidge's anti prohibition stance promises a new dawn. The piece mocks uplifter assurances and predicts failure regardless of punitive measures.
Count Salm presses for divorce as Millicent Rogers faces a public struggle over the Rogers fortune, signaling a drawn out contest over the vast wealth and social influence surrounding the family.
The piece critiques crowds of reporters and photographers chasing a Maine country fiddler and his wife invited to Ford’s Michigan home. Ford bans the guards and press, while Mencken’s lingo labels Americans as yokels. The anti saloon league cheers as the president asks Congress to unlock treasury funds.
A New York conference of Prohibition workers featured Indiana’s Oliver W. Stewart urging candid, heartfelt speech. Dinwiddie praised presidential backing for enforcing the law, noting budgetary and federal resources to back prohibition, while skeptics questioned a dry nation fate amid shifting public support.
Eastern newspapers report higher childbirth mortality in the United States due to declining country medical care. Fewer graduates choose rural practice amid higher education costs, urban allure, and government restrictions. The Baltimore Sun notes increased regulation, clinics invading private practice, and calls for more funding to D.C. agencies amid widespread legislative proposals.
The San Francisco Chronicle publishes an editorial quoting Count Michimasa Soyejima who denounces war rhetoric between the United States and Japan as folly. It notes a recent fictional account of a Pacific conflict and argues that both nations would suffer heavy losses without gain, urging calm and denouncing jingoism.
A list of aphoristic sermon lines delivered by the Reverend Roy L Smith D D in Minneapolis. The phrases compare personal virtues and possessions, urging practical values over pretension and ego, and stressing contentment with accessible goods and beauty.
Washington reports the International Association of Policewomen campaigns to educate the public on policewomen work. Since 1915 the group has sought standard training, higher qualifications, and the creation of women’s bureaus in police departments, with Washington and Detroit cited as successful models. The movement faces prejudices, but advocates say women can excel in roles like detention oversight and social work within law enforcement.
The Trans-Continental Passenger association said California Oregon Washington and British Columbia lines will offer low round trip excursion rates from these states to eastern destinations including Chicago St Louis Memphis New Orleans Montreal Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington with a return limit of October 31 1926 Rates from eastern points to the north Pacific coast California and western territories run May 15 to Sept 30 while all other routes start June 3. October 31 remains the season end.
Former Lieutenant Governor W. W. McDowell reports to Governor S. W. Stewart on booming Florida conditions. Miami surges with construction as Coral Gables reports 75 million dollars in lot sales and a new 10 million dollar hotel. Statewide growth pours in, with farms, tung oil trees, and rapid real estate activity. Lea Faust in Leesburg mobilizes funds from New Jersey.
WW. A. Dowell writes from Leesburg to weigh Florida property prospects amid a statewide boom. He notes road freight disruptions hindering Florida construction, reports stalled Florida freight, and contrasts Florida with California. He advises caution, predicting prices may fall after the boom ends and favors Helena real estate for better returns.
The house debated the tax bill while President Coolidge praised Reid Cross. Prosecution questioned the authorship of Col. Mitchell's wigged defense in his court martial. Coolidge sent to Congress the budget estimating government expenditures at 3,895,207 for 1921.
A broad Washington bureau of information offers free service on governmental affairs. Readers submit inquiries and receive answers on topics from household problems to science and travel, via The Helena Independent Information Bureau directed by Frederick Ir. Haskin.
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