California quake theory questioned by boosters and skeptics
The piece argues poor construction caused Santa Barbara damage more than the quake itself and notes a Portland scientist Doc Tanzer links oil taping to temblors. It contrasts California with Montana and other oil regions, calling Tanzer's theory largely bunk, while Missoula records $4.68 raised in forty eight hours for rebuilding Manhat tan, Three Forks and Logan schools.
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Santa Barbara
California
Montana
Cat Creek
Kevin
Portland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Texas
Oklahoma
Doc Tanzer
Missoula
Manhattan
Three Forks
Logan
Miles City Opposes Carnival Locating for Week
Strong opposition grows in Miles City toward allowing a carnival company to set up for a week. The proposed arrangement with the American Legion was rejected for diverting money from legitimate trade with little citizen benefit. The same company reportedly took over $5,000 from local commerce last year. Citizens complain about high costs for food and ride entertainment, preferring to avoid carnivals between city events.
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Miles City
American Legion
Will Rogers Quiet on Oklahoma Governor Offer
Will Rogers, famed as a comedian and Follies commentator, has not publicly replied to Oklahoma Democrats’ offer to nominate him for governor. The article notes his keen grasp of current events and suggests he would be an effective, colorful leader if he accepted.
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Wile Rogers
Will Rogers
Democrats
Oklahoma
Wil
Daily News
Rogers
Entertaining One Eyes Boss Role for Oklahoma State
The piece notes a comic figure who jokes about reading newspapers for wisdom and contemplates whether the governorship could suit him. He is wary of payroll limits affecting his family income and wonders if the job would curb his drawing power as a popular vaudeville style entertainer.
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Oklahoma
Conspiracy fears over western senators and forest service aims
Governor Pinchot warns of a new conspiracy among western senators to "shoot the forest service to pieces" and to place forest oversight under a new interdepartmental board. The Boston Transcript attacks the Public Lands subcommittee led by Stanfield Cameron Pittman Jones Kendrick Oddie Dill and Dale, claiming hearings will yield ammunition for curbing the service.
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United States
Pinchot
Forest Service
Boston Transcript
Public Lands Committee
Senate
Stanfield
Oregon
Cameron
Arizona
Pittman
Nevada
Jones
New Mexico
Kendrick
Wyoming
Oddie
Dill
Washington
Dale
Vermont
Boston
West
Congress
Forst Service
Department of the Interlier
Secretary of Agriculture
Senator Phipps notes Europe recovery and US auto edge
Senator Phipps of Colorado after touring Europe reports war-devastated areas reopening and good crop prospects. He observes well-employed workers and thrifty populations in France Belgium and Italy and notes many American automobiles on European roads as evidence that US factories can compete abroad, including in autos taxed by duties that raise costs at home.
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Senator Phipps
Colorado
Pittsburg
France
Belgium
Italy
The Best Editorial of the Day on Farm Wages 1925
The St Paul Pioneer Press editorial notes a modest wage rise for a farming family ending June 30 1925 versus 1924. It compares farm and railroad returns, values modest living standards, and argues for parity between agriculture and other industries while acknowledging the farmer’s modest expectations and collective bargaining.
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The
St. Paul
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Welkin
Hread
Florida land promissory tale swells into farce of riches
The Haskin Letter features a Florida real estate saga where a schoolteacher saddled with a 3500 investment balks at selling as boom builds. Despite offers of 75000 cash and a 900 year lease, she pursues lifelong independence, netting 500 monthly payments of 600000 over nearly a century, while others shift from minnows to whales in Florida real estate lore.
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Washington, D. C
Florida
South
Ponce de Leon
Veryone
Everglades
North Carolina
Dream of easy wealth spurs reckless deals and warnings
A parade of inflated real estate schemes promises quick riches from undeveloped homes and risky deals. One man sees a debt convert to a $135,000 sale after a rushed option, while markets boom with scarce post office boxes and phones. Experts urge thorough investigation and warn that no boom has ever followed by depression.
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Uncle San
United States
Editorial letters criticize State Fair sticker distribution
A letter to The Independent andState FairManagement complains that about 90 percent of fair stickers are worn by small bar owners while wealthy car owners avoid them. The writer mocks officials, proposes a police chief sticker plan and even suggests a Vigilante Committee to label cars as a Montana disgrace.
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Independent
State Fair Management
Ringling Circus
Sam Stewart
Montana
Murders in Amoy China Stir Local Tensions
In Amoy on July 29 two prominent local Chinese figures were shot as they aided strikes and disturbances. One died, while authorities say the attackers aimed to incite the public and frighten conservatives. The chaotic incident follows London dispatches referencing high ranking officials and social figures in the case.
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Amoy
China
Associated Press
Toan
Winners of Oratorical Contests Who Achieved Fame as Great Leaders
The piece notes early wins of Robert M. LaFollette, William J. Bryan, and E. A. Bancroft in interstate and intercollegiate contests, asking readers to foresee their later prominence. It cites their subjects Iago, Justice, and The Loneliness of Genius, and mentions Knox College alumni Lanstrum and Edgerton in Helena.
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Robert M. LaFollette
Iowa City
Iowa
William J. Bryan
Galenburg
E. A. Bancroft
St. Louis
Gale
Knnox College
Galesburg
Knox
Helena
O. M. Lanstrum
John J. Edgerton
LaFollette
Iago
Shakespeare
Hamlet
Wisconsin
Lago
W. J. Bryan
Jin
Bryan
Illinois College
Lee W. Yerry
Chicago University
Knox College
Bancroft
Mr. Bancroft
Mr. LaFollette
Mr. Bryan
Prince Should Know Well Art of Sipping Ancient Volume
Los Angeles July 28 AP report details a 1696 treatise on raising a prince found amid Welfare Industries stores. The volume, likely by Messieur du Port Royal, covers refined conduct, love, sipping, horsemanship, attire, and courtly manners in quaint English prose. Efforts to trace its origins failed. the book remains in excellent condition.
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Los Angeles
Associated Press
Messieur du Port
Industeiec
Tax Publicity May Signal Millennium Start
It notes with skepticism that publicity of last year’s payments is to occur on September 2, a test of progressive tax publicity as a catalyst for millennium-era reform. The column uses prophecy imagery and cites the Baltimore Sun, suggesting the date may be premature.
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Baltimore Sun
Answers to Questions from The Hel ena Independent Information Bureau
A long Q and A feature from The Helena Independent Information Bureau with educational trivia and world facts. Topics include William Jennings Bryan's convention role in 1920, Dario Reata’s death, the Flying Italian racing record, president of the research publishers association, sources of platinum, deepest Atlantic spot near Haiti, New York Community Trust formation, Jupiter's visibility, the jujube fruit, graves of Unknown Soldiers, and algae control in a private lake.
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William Jennings Bryan
James M. Cox
J. Bryan
Nebraska
Dario Reata
England
Indianapolis
Chicago
Transvaal
South Africa
United States
Othe Atlantic Ocean
Haiti
New York Community Trust
W. A
Naval Observatory
France
Arc de Triomphe
Britain
Westminster Abbey
Italy
Victor Emanuel
Piazza Venézia
Portugal
Batalha Monastery
Arlington National Cemetery
Bureau of Fisheries
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North Pole
Europe
By Mortis
George Matthew Adams
Roy L. Gnith
Simpson M. FE
Minneapolis
Haskin
Amot
London
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Lord Cheytesmore
Elizabeth Nativen
New Guinem
Nate Richardson
Epun
Fiat F. O. French
New York
George Washington
Buryat
Frederic J. Haskin
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