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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1925
Page
3
A donor provides 5000 dollars to build a Fundamentalist college on Broyles hill south of town. The project aims to unite northern and southern influences with a blue and gray uniform. Since the death of the commoner, supporters push to name the college Bryan Memorial and hold a meeting to advance the movement.
Hill calls for a sweeping reorganization of prohibition enforcement to curb corruption. He condemns the Volstead act as the greatest breeder of corruption and says new, nonpartisan enforcement is needed while promising wholesale dismissals of current personnel.
Advertises Calatabs as a purifying remedy for chronic ailments. Claims physicians endorse purification as nature’s foundation of health and urges a thorough course of Calatabs, with a family package available for 25 cents at drug stores.
Public viewing and simple rites are planned for the late Democratic leader William Jennings Bryan. The body will travel from Dayton to Chattanooga on a special car, then join the Southern Railway to Washington with stops in Knoxville Bristol Roanoke and Lynchburg. Mrs Bryan and advisers manage details as telegrams pour in and family members rush to join in Dayton and Washington.
Reginald Barker directs The White Desert for Metro Goldwyn Mayer showing today and Wednesday at the Marlow theater. Claire Windsor and Pat O Malley lead a strong cast in a snowbound Rocky Mountain romance with drama, humor, and authentic photography.
Messages of sympathy from Evangeline Booth Taft Harrison Cox and Pepper poured in after William Jennings Bryan died. Leaders praised his courage devotion and lasting impact on American politics while theaters in New York began removing satirical Bryan scenes.
The cemetery placement follows a veteran statesman’s wishes. Ben G. Davis, a longtime friend, chose a spot near the Lincoln Memorial and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier for former Secretary Bryan. Flags will fly at half mast on funeral day per President Coolidge.
Paris reports William Jennings Bryan died suddenly prompting headlines calling him defender of the Bible. London notes surprise at his passing amid Dayton activity, citing a Darwin vs Genesis clash. Rome recalls his Rome visit and his interest in archaeology history and art.
Regret followed the news of Mr. Bryan's death as Eugene V. Dobbs lamented the loss while noting the progress cause endures. The piece also reports a separate civil suit in Chicago against the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul railway by Mabel Reinecke for taxes due in 1912 and 1916 with interest.
Lady Grace Free plans to bring suit as details unfold in court. She blames others for most of her troubles and sits with cell mate Theresa House, wife of the elusive bandit king who escaped jail and remains at large. The jailed woman, dubbed Bandit Queen Jugglea Suds, enjoys luxuries while Lady Grace lacks funds and hopes for release to meet obligations.
A derailed Pennsylvania bridge train in Atlantic City injures James A Flaherty supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus in the rear chair car. The derailment followed a drawbridge crossing due to a wheel defect. nine cars left the tracks while only the engine and first three coaches remained on the rails.
Five members of the Divine family from Bowling Green Kentucky died after a Chicago and Eastern Illinois passenger train struck their automobile at a crossing north of Vincennes Indiana. J H Divine and wife Courtney 5 Thomas 3 Dorothy 11 perished or died from injuries. The accident occurred near Boxville Kentucky. A separate BC fire report notes renewed forest fires after a relief period.
A Chicago woman sues her husband for divorce and sues her parents for 100000 dollars for alienation of affections. She claims during a motor trip to Boston they preferred a dog to her and took the animal along.
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