Wild Cats Stir Helena Rumor Mill In January 1925
A Helena newspaper comments on a local wildcat sighting near the city limits and imagines a publicity boost for Glacier National Park. The piece riffs on park publicity agents, rodeos, and famous figures, urging imaginative press coverage while noting the era’s journalism style and humor.
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Independent Publishing Company, Inc
Hielena
Montana
Seneca
A. Campbell
Pram
Jane Macmillan
Campbell
Dg. Lafollette
Bert Campbell
Associated Press
Seers
Ravancs
Daily Independent
Pial
Helena
National Park
Glacier Highway
Harry Child
Broadwaters
Montana City
Washington
Glacier Park
Old Hoke Smith
Bill Ferguson
Leon Tretzky
Mayor Hylan
Mabel Willebrandt
Rocky Mountain
West
National Parks Publicity Bureau
Montana City Road House
Jefferson County
Calles and Obregon era stir in Mexico reforms
President Calles signals bold program aimed at agrarian reform and graft purge. He plans to cut holidays, shrink the federal workforce, and reduce the army by two thirds to balance the budget amid rising backing for his drastic reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plutarco Calles
Mexico
Alvaro Obregon
Calles
Mexican politics and Monroe Doctrine cited in unrest
The article discusses Mexico under Calles with strong military backing and a push to remove surplus government workers, warning of regional instability and potential effects on other nations. It notes U S restraint toward Mexico and references a reinforced government stance amid reforms. Later it reports Normalcy returning after a bombing at the Hall of Justice in San Francisco.
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United States
Mexico
Calles
San Francisco
Hall of Justice
Partisanship in Montana Cited Against Rhode Island Example
A Meagher County Republican editorial condemns extreme partisan tactics seen in Rhode Island. It notes Rhode Island’s politics led to exile of a Republican Senate, fears of kidnapping to force attendance, and eventual return after a constitutional stalemate. The piece argues Montana legislators should cooperate for state needs and warns against partisan warfare. Former Governor Davis may soon gauge the value of a pardon.
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Montana
Rhode Island
Senate
Rutland
Mass
Meagher County
Commonwealth
Davis
Protection of Wheat Prices and Tariff Rationale
A United States Department of Agriculture bulletin argues wheat prices abroad are not higher than in the U S and that Chicago futures sometimes trade below Liverpool. It notes Winnipeg and Minneapolis prices and questions the purpose of tariffs to shield American farmers when world markets show higher costs at times.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Chicago
Liverpool
Kansas City
Winnipeg
Fort William
Minneapolis
Editorial critique over French debt aims and payee schemes
A New York World summary notes Washington criticism of demands to collect France’s debt from Britain and America. It contrasts statements by Col Harvey and Rep Watson urging full payment under British terms with Poincare inspired overoptimism. The piece warns against overreaching hopes of large future settlements and stresses need for realism in claims.
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France
Washington Post
Col. Harvey
The
Times
Herald Tribune
World
Meanhile
Washington
Henry W. Watson
Wars and Means
England
Mr. Watson
Britain
America
Poincare
Dawes
Europe
Germany
The International Money Order Paradox Explored
The Washington dispatch explains how the U S postal service handles international money orders by using bills of exchange to balance payments with foreign post offices, allowing transfers without crossing U S borders. It details exchange offices in New York San Francisco Seattle and Jaredo Texas the flow of advices and duplicates the process for orders payable abroad versus payable in the United States and notes a $429 047 87 gain from foreign exchange in the last fiscal year.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Great Britain
Mexico
Japan
Irish Free State
Sweden
Bulgaria
Canada
Lnt
John
Dallas
Texas
Milan
Italy
Tie
Atlantic Ocean
International Money Order Service
New York
San Francisco
Seattle
Jaredo
Tex
Foreign Exchange
France
Post Office Department
Iso
United States Co
Foreign Exchange Office
United States Post Office
W. Irving Glover
United States Postal Service
Governor Erickson's Message Receives Public Support
Governor Erickson's message to the Montana legislature is praised for its constructive program and economy drive. The Ryegate Reporter notes its lack of bickering and avoidance of pushing for more money, contrasting it with four years of contentious politics. The piece mentions Mrs Bryan and observes Congress, while a Tennessee Tar verse and Grace Scherm Merhorn’s death in New York are also noted.
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Erickson
Montana
Bill Ryegate
Answers to Questions from The Helera Bureau
Reader questions answered by the Helera Independent Information Bureau directed from Washington. Topics include life expectancy gains over 50 years, ants tending aphids for honeydew, Japanese and American air forces figures, Long Island potato naming versus origin, and the first presentation of a levitation conjuring act.
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Helera Independent Information Bureau
Frederick J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Bureau
Wounot
Inquirer
H. E. W. A. Actuaries
Ife
Mayo
A. R
W. HL
United States
Japan
New Jersey
Long Island
J. A
DAN McGOVERN QUIPS AND QUIZZES COLUMN
A bustling column features quips by Dan McGovern and light Q A exchanges. It recounts a 1848 California gold nugget discovery by a girl at John A. Sutter’s mill, mentions Jenny Lind statues in New York with a 1925 dedication date, and notes North Dakota’s cigarette law talk. It also covers a health department ruling that Christmas tree decorative sawdust is free of poisonous dyes.
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California
Sacramento River
Marshall
John A. Sutter
Drake
New York City
Jenny jLind
Battery Park
New York
Jenny Lind Association
Hall of Fame
Joan of Arc
Beethoven
Mozart
Weber
Grieg
Verdi
North Dakota
Department of Health
Idaho House sees state-wide direct primary bill
The Idaho lower house introduced a state-wide direct primary bill at today’s session. Sponsored by Democrats in line with the party pledge at the state convention last year, it is identical to the measure Democrats proposed two years ago in the 17th legislature and previously failed.
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Idaho
Associated Press
Boise, Ida
Federal agents faulted by judge in 33 case whisky delivery trial
Detroit January 11 Judge Charles C Simons criticized the federal prohibition unit as three agents charged Morris Rosen with attempting to deliver 33 cases of Scotch whisky shipped to Boothby Bros Detroit via American Railway Express The jury found Rosen not guilty after a tense courtroom exchange highlighting investigative shortcomings and questions about the case against the agents and the shipping origin
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Detroit
Charles C. Simons
United States District Court
Morris Rosen
Boothby Bros
American Railway Express
Simons
Boothby Brothers
United States
United States Secret Service
Department of Justice
Rosen
al Simons
Express Company
Federal Prohibition
Michigan
Prohibition
Edwin A. Grove
Sheldon Mitchell
William G. Davis
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Minnie
Grandma
Granny
Tennessee
Grace Schermerhorn
New York State Home Economics Association
Agea Doc
Dan McGovern
Bill Aiken
Olt
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